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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 785fa0c996a4..829955bd245e 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
unsigned int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
+ long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
};
It is important that you first define the module owner of the watchdog timer
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are:
to re-program the watchdog timer device.
(Note: the WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT needs to be set in the options field of the
watchdog's info structure).
+* ioctl: if this routine is present then it will be called first before we do
+ our own internal ioctl call handling. This routine should return -ENOIOCTLCMD
+ if a command is not supported. The parameters that are passed to the ioctl
+ call are: watchdog_device, cmd and arg.
The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike
bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are: