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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c index 2e56cad..8a1f0bc 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * SMsC 37B787 Watchdog Timer driver for Linux 2.6.x.x * * Based on acquirewdt.c by Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - * and some other existing drivers + * and some other existing drivers * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ * * The authors do NOT admit liability nor provide warranty for * any of this software. This material is provided "AS-IS" in - * the hope that it may be useful for others. + * the hope that it may be useful for others. * * (C) Copyright 2003-2006 Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de> * @@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ * * Theory of operation: * - * A Watchdog Timer (WDT) is a hardware circuit that can - * reset the computer system in case of a software fault. - * You probably knew that already. + * A Watchdog Timer (WDT) is a hardware circuit that can + * reset the computer system in case of a software fault. + * You probably knew that already. * - * Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver - * via the /dev/watchdog special device file that userspace is - * still alive, at regular intervals. When such a notification - * occurs, the driver will usually tell the hardware watchdog - * that everything is in order, and that the watchdog should wait - * for yet another little while to reset the system. - * If userspace fails (RAM error, kernel bug, whatever), the - * notifications cease to occur, and the hardware watchdog will - * reset the system (causing a reboot) after the timeout occurs. + * Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver + * via the /dev/watchdog special device file that userspace is + * still alive, at regular intervals. When such a notification + * occurs, the driver will usually tell the hardware watchdog + * that everything is in order, and that the watchdog should wait + * for yet another little while to reset the system. + * If userspace fails (RAM error, kernel bug, whatever), the + * notifications cease to occur, and the hardware watchdog will + * reset the system (causing a reboot) after the timeout occurs. * * Create device with: * mknod /dev/watchdog c 10 130 @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static long wb_smsc_wdt_ioctl(struct file *file, case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT: new_timeout = timeout; if (unit == UNIT_MINUTE) - new_timeout *= 60; + new_timeout *= 60; return put_user(new_timeout, uarg.i); default: return -ENOTTY; |
