Commit 7cc543e8 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds

Merge http://linux-watchdog.bkbits.net/linux-2.6-watchdog

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux
parents 12ff25a3 4ab102d5
......@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ config PCWATCHDOG
tristate "Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog"
depends on WATCHDOG && ISA
---help---
This is the driver for the Berkshire Products PC Watchdog card.
This is the driver for the Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog card.
This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze,
and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of
time. This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for different
......@@ -406,10 +406,8 @@ config WDT
---help---
If you have a WDT500P or WDT501P watchdog board, say Y here,
otherwise N. It is not possible to probe for this board, which means
that you have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ using
the "wdt=" kernel option (try "man bootparam" or see the
documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to
pass options to the kernel at boot time).
that you have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ that
is needed (you can do this via the io and irq parameters)
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called wdt.
......@@ -425,11 +423,8 @@ config WDT_501
Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a WDT501P watchdog board
installed.
config WDT_501_FAN
bool "Fan Tachometer"
depends on WDT_501
help
Enable the Fan Tachometer on the WDT501. Only do this if you have a
If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the WDT501P, then you
can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a
fan tachometer actually set up.
#
......@@ -455,30 +450,29 @@ config PCIPCWATCHDOG
Most people will say N.
config WDTPCI
tristate "WDT PCI Watchdog timer"
tristate "PCI-WDT500/501 Watchdog timer"
depends on WATCHDOG && PCI
---help---
If you have a PCI WDT500/501 watchdog board, say Y here, otherwise
N. It is not possible to probe for this board, which means that you
have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ using the "wdt="
kernel option (try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your
boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
kernel at boot time).
If you have a PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog board, say Y here, otherwise N.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called wdt_pci.
config WDT_501_PCI
bool "WDT501-PCI features"
bool "PCI-WDT501 features"
depends on WDTPCI
help
Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature
with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give
you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from
/dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a WDT501P watchdog board
Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a PCI-WDT501 watchdog board
installed.
If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the PCI-WDT501, then you
can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a
fan tachometer actually set up.
#
# USB-based Watchdog Cards
#
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