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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-04-19 09:23:28 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-04-19 09:23:28 -0300
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Merge tag 'v3.4-rc3' into staging/for_v3.5
* tag 'v3.4-rc3': (3755 commits) Linux 3.4-rc3 x86-32: fix up strncpy_from_user() sign error ARM: 7386/1: jump_label: fixup for rename to static_key ARM: 7384/1: ThumbEE: Disable userspace TEEHBR access for !CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE ARM: 7382/1: mm: truncate memory banks to fit in 4GB space for classic MMU ARM: 7359/2: smp_twd: Only wait for reprogramming on active cpus PCI: Fix regression in pci_restore_state(), v3 SCSI: Fix error handling when no ULD is attached ARM: OMAP: clock: cleanup CPUfreq leftovers, fix build errors ARM: dts: remove blank interrupt-parent properties ARM: EXYNOS: Fix Kconfig dependencies for device tree enabled machine files do not export kernel's NULL #define to userspace ARM: EXYNOS: Remove broken config values for touchscren for NURI board ARM: EXYNOS: set fix xusbxti clock for NURI and Universal210 boards ARM: EXYNOS: fix regulator name for NURI board ARM: SAMSUNG: make SAMSUNG_PM_DEBUG select DEBUG_LL cpufreq: OMAP: fix build errors: depends on ARCH_OMAP2PLUS sparc64: Eliminate obsolete __handle_softirq() function sparc64: Fix bootup crash on sun4v. ARM: msm: Fix section mismatches in proc_comm.c ...
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Here is a overview of the functions and probably needed actions:
WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
No preparations needed
+ WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT:
+ It needs get_timeleft() callback to be defined. Otherwise it
+ will return EOPNOTSUPP
+
Other IOCTLs can be served using the ioctl-callback. Note that this is mainly
intended for porting old drivers; new drivers should not invent private IOCTLs.
Private IOCTLs are processed first. When the callback returns with