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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-03-17 23:47:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-03-17 23:47:50 +0300 |
| commit | 8eee93e2576c303b6071368456dcd6c9a5a021c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c65d2dc160af900e0c87ebc4b41979c0b9075cf /Documentation/misc-devices | |
| parent | 1a4ab084afaa8e5405a3e22aca21478ee3ca5d59 (diff) | |
| parent | 16617535684faf9de30620de83667214297a36b8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8eee93e2576c303b6071368456dcd6c9a5a021c9.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'char-misc-4.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the big char/misc driver update for 4.6-rc1.
The majority of the patches here is hwtracing and some new mic
drivers, but there's a lot of other driver updates as well. Full
details in the shortlog.
All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues"
* tag 'char-misc-4.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (238 commits)
goldfish: Fix build error of missing ioremap on UM
nvmem: mediatek: Fix later provider initialization
nvmem: imx-ocotp: Fix return value of imx_ocotp_read
nvmem: Fix dependencies for !HAS_IOMEM archs
char: genrtc: replace blacklist with whitelist
drivers/hwtracing: make coresight-etm-perf.c explicitly non-modular
drivers: char: mem: fix IS_ERROR_VALUE usage
char: xillybus: Fix internal data structure initialization
pch_phub: return -ENODATA if ROM can't be mapped
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Support kexec on ws2012 r2 and above
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Support handling messages on multiple CPUs
Drivers: hv: utils: Remove util transport handler from list if registration fails
Drivers: hv: util: Pass the channel information during the init call
Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in vmbus_wait_for_unload()
Drivers: hv: vmbus: remove code duplication in message handling
Drivers: hv: vmbus: avoid wait_for_completion() on crash
Drivers: hv: vmbus: don't loose HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED messages
misc: at24: replace memory_accessor with nvmem_device_read
eeprom: 93xx46: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework
eeprom: at25: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/misc-devices')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei.txt b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei.txt index 91c1fa34f48b..2b80a0cd621f 100644 --- a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei.txt +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei.txt @@ -231,15 +231,15 @@ IT knows when a platform crashes even when there is a hard failure on the host. The Intel AMT Watchdog is composed of two parts: 1) Firmware feature - receives the heartbeats and sends an event when the heartbeats stop. - 2) Intel MEI driver - connects to the watchdog feature, configures the - watchdog and sends the heartbeats. + 2) Intel MEI iAMT watchdog driver - connects to the watchdog feature, + configures the watchdog and sends the heartbeats. -The Intel MEI driver uses the kernel watchdog API to configure the Intel AMT -Watchdog and to send heartbeats to it. The default timeout of the +The Intel iAMT watchdog MEI driver uses the kernel watchdog API to configure +the Intel AMT Watchdog and to send heartbeats to it. The default timeout of the watchdog is 120 seconds. -If the Intel AMT Watchdog feature does not exist (i.e. the connection failed), -the Intel MEI driver will disable the sending of heartbeats. +If the Intel AMT is not enabled in the firmware then the watchdog client won't enumerate +on the me client bus and watchdog devices won't be exposed. Supported Chipsets |