On 12 Feb 2003, Rusty Lynch wrote:
> The following is a proposal for a new sysfs based watchdog interface
> to be used as a replacement for the current char device w/ ioctl api
> as described in Documentation/watchdog-api.txt.
[...]
> Where each these files to the following ==>
>
> start (RO)
> - show: starts watchdog count
This would be much better as a store -- that way 'cat /.../watchdog0/*'
will not activate the watchdog. A more deliberate action is safer for
forgetful admins, such as me.
[...]
> status (RO)
> - show: prints the current status value
>
> bootstatus (RO)
> - show: same as 'status', but valid for just after the last reboot.
[...]
> enable (RW)
> - show: prints 0 or 1 to indicate if the wdt is enabled
> - store: expects 0 or 1 to disable or enable the wdt
Isn't this the same information as the 'status' and 'start' members?
Daniel
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