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 | The Linux WatchDog Timer Power Management Guide | 
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 | Last reviewed: 17-Dec-2018 | 
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 | Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> | 
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 | Introduction | 
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 | This document states rules about watchdog devices and their power management | 
 | handling to ensure a uniform behaviour for Linux systems. | 
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 | Ping on resume | 
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 | On resume, a watchdog timer shall be reset to its selected value to give | 
 | userspace enough time to resume. [1] [2] | 
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 | [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10252209/ | 
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 | [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10711625/ |