Commit d7933ef3 authored by Xu Wang's avatar Xu Wang Committed by Christian Borntraeger
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watchdog: change option wording to allow for more watchdogs 



We will introduce a new watchdog for s390x. Lets adopt
qemu-options.hx to allow more watchdog devices.

Signed-off-by: default avatarXu Wang <gesaint@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
[split out qemu-option.hx base changes]
parent 169b7133

qemu-options.hx

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@@ -3152,7 +3152,7 @@ when the shift value is high (how high depends on the host machine). 
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DEF("watchdog", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog, \

    "-watchdog i6300esb|ib700\n" \

    "-watchdog model\n" \

    "                enable virtual hardware watchdog [default=none]\n",

    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)

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@@ -3160,16 +3160,21 @@ STEXI 
@findex -watchdog

Create a virtual hardware watchdog device.  Once enabled (by a guest

action), the watchdog must be periodically polled by an agent inside

the guest or else the guest will be restarted.

the guest or else the guest will be restarted. Choose a model for

which your guest has drivers.



The @var{model} is the model of hardware watchdog to emulate.  Choices

for model are: @code{ib700} (iBASE 700) which is a very simple ISA

watchdog with a single timer, or @code{i6300esb} (Intel 6300ESB I/O

controller hub) which is a much more featureful PCI-based dual-timer

watchdog.  Choose a model for which your guest has drivers.



Use @code{-watchdog help} to list available hardware models.  Only one

The @var{model} is the model of hardware watchdog to emulate. Use

@code{-watchdog help} to list available hardware models. Only one

watchdog can be enabled for a guest.



The following models may be available:

@table @option

@item ib700

iBASE 700 is a very simple ISA watchdog with a single timer.

@item i6300esb

Intel 6300ESB I/O controller hub is a much more featureful PCI-based

dual-timer watchdog.

@end table

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DEF("watchdog-action", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog_action, \