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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
index a750532ffcf..63fdc34ceb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ static void keep_alive(void)
*/
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
+ int flags;
+
fd = open("/dev/watchdog", O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
@@ -41,12 +43,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (argc > 1) {
if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-d", 2)) {
- ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_DISABLECARD);
+ flags = WDIOS_DISABLECARD;
+ ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card disabled.\n");
fflush(stderr);
exit(0);
} else if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-e", 2)) {
- ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_ENABLECARD);
+ flags = WDIOS_ENABLECARD;
+ ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card enabled.\n");
fflush(stderr);
exit(0);
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 4cc4ba9d715..eb7132ed8bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -222,11 +222,10 @@ returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature);
Finally the SETOPTIONS ioctl can be used to control some aspects of
-the cards operation; right now the pcwd driver is the only one
-supporting this ioctl.
+the cards operation.
int options = 0;
- ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, options);
+ ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &options);
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