1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 65c3c42b5e7c..242eea859637 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -241,6 +241,22 @@ config RAVE_SP_WATCHDOG
 	help
 	  Support for the watchdog on RAVE SP device.
 
+config MLX_WDT
+	tristate "Mellanox Watchdog"
+	depends on MELLANOX_PLATFORM
+	select WATCHDOG_CORE
+	select REGMAP
+	help
+	  This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on Mellanox systems.
+	  If you are going to use it, say Y here, otherwise N.
+	  This driver can be used together with the watchdog daemon.
+	  It can also watch your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze,
+	  and if it does, it reboots your system after a certain amount of
+	  time.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called mlx-wdt.
+
 # ALPHA Architecture
 
 # ARM Architecture
@@ -1157,7 +1173,7 @@ config HP_WATCHDOG
 	select WATCHDOG_CORE
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	help
-	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
+	  A software monitoring watchdog and NMI handling driver. This driver
 	  will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
 	  will only load on an HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
@@ -1175,12 +1191,13 @@ config KEMPLD_WDT
 	  called kempld_wdt.
 
 config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
-	bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
+	bool "NMI support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
 	depends on HP_WATCHDOG
 	default y
 	help
-	  When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
-	  log the cause of the NMI.
+	  Enables the NMI handler for the watchdog pretimeout NMI and the iLO
+	  "Generate NMI to System" virtual button.  When an NMI is claimed
+	  by the driver, panic is called.
 
 config SC1200_WDT
 	tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"