watchdog: introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT
This allows setting a default value for the watchdog.open_timeout
commandline parameter via Kconfig.
Some BSPs allow remote updating of the kernel image and root file
system, but updating the bootloader requires physical access. Hence, if
one has a firmware update that requires relaxing the
watchdog.open_timeout a little, the value used must be baked into the
kernel image itself and cannot come from the u-boot environment via the
kernel command line.
Being able to set the initial value in .config doesn't change the fact
that the value on the command line, if present, takes precedence, and is
of course immensely useful for development purposes while one has
console acccess, as well as usable in the cases where one can make a
permanent update of the kernel command line.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 975e573..ec2647e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@
the watchdog on its own. Thus if your userspace does not start fast
enough your device will reboot.
+config WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT
+ int "Timeout value for opening watchdog device"
+ default 0
+ help
+ The maximum time, in seconds, for which the watchdog framework takes
+ care of pinging a hardware watchdog. A value of 0 means infinite. The
+ value set here can be overridden by the commandline parameter
+ "watchdog.open_timeout".
+
config WATCHDOG_SYSFS
bool "Read different watchdog information through sysfs"
help
