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