From d6b469d915ae348b3bb8b25034063d6870ff4a00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Cox Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:20 +0200 Subject: watchdog: create all the proper device files Create the watchdog class and it's associated devices. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck --- Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/watchdog') diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index 3c85fc7dc1f1..ce1fa22aa70b 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ The watchdog device structure looks like this: struct watchdog_device { int id; struct cdev cdev; + struct device *dev; + struct device *parent; const struct watchdog_info *info; const struct watchdog_ops *ops; unsigned int bootstatus; @@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ It contains following fields: watchdog_register_device. * cdev: cdev for the dynamic /dev/watchdog device nodes. This field is also populated by watchdog_register_device. +* dev: device under the watchdog class (created by watchdog_register_device). +* parent: set this to the parent device (or NULL) before calling + watchdog_register_device. * info: a pointer to a watchdog_info structure. This structure gives some additional information about the watchdog timer itself. (Like it's unique name) * ops: a pointer to the list of watchdog operations that the watchdog supports. -- cgit v1.2.3