Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog

* git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog:
  watchdog: omap_wdt.c: fix the WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS ioctl if not implemented.
  watchdog: new driver for VIA chipsets
  watchdog: ath79_wdt: flush register writes
  drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c: drop iounmap for devm_ allocated data
  watchdog: documentation: describe nowayout in coversion-guide
  watchdog: documentation: update index file
  watchdog: Convert wm831x driver to devm_kzalloc()
  watchdog: add nowayout helpers to Watchdog Timer Driver Kernel API
  watchdog: convert drivers/watchdog/* to use module_platform_driver()
  watchdog: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() for static spinlocks
  watchdog: Convert Wolfson drivers to module_platform_driver

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX b/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX
index fc51128071c..fc9082a1477 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 00-INDEX
 	- this file.
+convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
+	- how-to for converting old watchdog drivers to the new kernel API.
 hpwdt.txt
 	- information on the HP iLO2 NMI watchdog
 pcwd-watchdog.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
index ae1e90036d0..be8119bb15d 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,25 @@ Here is a simple example for a watchdog device:
 +};
 
 
+Handle the 'nowayout' feature
+-----------------------------
+
+A few drivers use nowayout statically, i.e. there is no module parameter for it
+and only CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT determines if the feature is going to be
+used. This needs to be converted by initializing the status variable of the
+watchdog_device like this:
+
+        .status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS,
+
+Most drivers, however, also allow runtime configuration of nowayout, usually
+by adding a module parameter. The conversion for this would be something like:
+
+	watchdog_set_nowayout(&s3c2410_wdd, nowayout);
+
+The module parameter itself needs to stay, everything else related to nowayout
+can go, though. This will likely be some code in open(), close() or write().
+
+
 Register the watchdog device
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 4f7c894244d..4b93c28e35c 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API.
 ===============================================
-Last reviewed: 22-Jul-2011
+Last reviewed: 29-Nov-2011
 
 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
 
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
 * WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT: this bit stores the nowayout setting for the watchdog.
   If this bit is set then the watchdog timer will not be able to stop.
 
+  To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog
+  timer device) you can either:
+  * set it statically in your watchdog_device struct with
+	.status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS,
+    (this will set the value the same as CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) or
+  * use the following helper function:
+  static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout)
+
 Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feature and
 the nowayout feature. To use the magic close feature you must set the
 WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the options field of the watchdog's info structure.