From 566084007d3672aebd82a27b448095be67fb208f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylvain Rochet <sylvain.rochet@finsecur.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:26:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] dts: Documentation: AT91 Watchdog, explain what atmel,idle-halt property really do atmel,idle-halt property should be used with care, it actually makes the watchdog not counting when the CPU is in idle state, therefore the watchdog reset time depends on mean CPU usage and will not reset at all of the CPU stop working while it is in idle state, which is probably not what you want. Signed-off-by: Sylvain Rochet <sylvain.rochet@finsecur.com> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt index f90e294d7631f..a4d869744f595 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Optional properties: - atmel,disable : Should be present if you want to disable the watchdog. - atmel,idle-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when entering idle state. + CAUTION: This property should be used with care, it actually makes the + watchdog not counting when the CPU is in idle state, therefore the + watchdog reset time depends on mean CPU usage and will not reset at all + if the CPU stop working while it is in idle state, which is probably + not what you want. - atmel,dbg-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when entering debug state. -- GitLab