watchdog: hpwdt (12/12): Make NMI decoding a compile-time option

hpwdt is quite functional without the NMI decoding feature.
This change lets users disable the NMI portion at compile-time
via the new HPWDT_NMI_DECODING config option.

Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Mingarelli <Thomas.Mingarelli@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index cee25e401440..b036677df8c4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -578,12 +578,17 @@ config HP_WATCHDOG
         depends on X86
         help
           A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
-          will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. Also, when an NMI
-          occurs this driver will make the necessary BIOS calls to log
-          the cause of the NMI. This is a driver that will only load on a
-          HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
-          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
-          module will be called hpwdt.
+          will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
+          will only load on a HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+          called hpwdt.
+
+config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
+        bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
+        depends on HP_WATCHDOG
+        help
+          When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
+          log the cause of the NMI.
 
 config SC1200_WDT
         tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"