[PATCH] doc: update README for booting without watchdog

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Christian Storm

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Apr 3, 2019, 11:17:33 AM4/3/19
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From: Christian Storm <christi...@siemens.com>

Reflect commit bee8959's change in frontpage README.

Signed-off-by: Christian Storm <christi...@siemens.com>
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README.md | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e5df54..ce25bb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ The following watchdog drivers are implemented:
* Intel TCO
* Intel i6300esb

-Currently, it is not possible to disable the watchdog initialization. If no
-working watchdog is found, the boot process fails.
+Note that if no working watchdog is found, the boot process deliberately fails.
+That said, setting a watchdog timeout of `0` allows to boot nonetheless without
+a working watchdog, e.g., for testing purposes.

## Configuration ##

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2.21.0

Jan Kiszka

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Apr 3, 2019, 11:37:24 AM4/3/19
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Thanks, applied.

Jan

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