- Mellanox watchdog drivers
- for x86 based system switches
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+Mellanox watchdog drivers
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+
+for x86 based system switches
+=============================
This driver provides watchdog functionality for various Mellanox
Ethernet and Infiniband switch systems.
There are 2 types of HW watchdog implementations.
Type 1:
-Actual HW timeout can be defined as a power of 2 msec.
-e.g. timeout 20 sec will be rounded up to 32768 msec.
-The maximum timeout period is 32 sec (32768 msec.),
-Get time-left isn't supported
+ Actual HW timeout can be defined as a power of 2 msec.
+ e.g. timeout 20 sec will be rounded up to 32768 msec.
+ The maximum timeout period is 32 sec (32768 msec.),
+ Get time-left isn't supported
Type 2:
-Actual HW timeout is defined in sec. and it's the same as
-a user-defined timeout.
-Maximum timeout is 255 sec.
-Get time-left is supported.
+ Actual HW timeout is defined in sec. and it's the same as
+ a user-defined timeout.
+ Maximum timeout is 255 sec.
+ Get time-left is supported.
Type 1 HW watchdog implementation exist in old systems and
all new systems have type 2 HW watchdog.