Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:40:22 -0500 | From | scameron@beardog ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hpsa: add heartbeat sysfs host attribute |
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 07:01:47PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:03:14PM -0500, Stephen M. Cameron wrote: > > From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com> > > > > The cciss driver had a CCISS_HEARTBEAT ioctl which [...] > > > > + The "heartbeat" read-only attribute returns the value of a heartbeat > > + counter register on a Smart Array controller as a 32 bit unsigned > > + hexadecimal integer (e.g: "0x12345678"). The value should change > > + periodically, not less than once per second. If this value fails to > > + change for a period longer than one second, it means something has > > + gone wrong (e.g. Smart Array controller firmware has locked up.) > > + > > This all belongs in Documentation/ABI/ care to move it there instead?
Sure.
-- steve
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