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- Watchdog Timer Interfaces For The Linux Operating System
-
- Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
-
- Custom Linux Driver And Program Development
-
-
-The following watchdog drivers are currently implemented:
-
- ICS WDT501-P
- ICS WDT501-P (no fan tachometer)
- ICS WDT500-P
- Software Only
- SA1100 Internal Watchdog
- Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Revision A & C (by Ken Hollis)
-
-
-All six interfaces provide /dev/watchdog, which when open must be written
-to within a timeout or the machine will reboot. Each write delays the reboot
-time another timeout. In the case of the software watchdog the ability to
-reboot will depend on the state of the machines and interrupts. The hardware
-boards physically pull the machine down off their own onboard timers and
-will reboot from almost anything.
-
-A second temperature monitoring interface is available on the WDT501P cards
-and some Berkshire cards. This provides /dev/temperature. This is the machine
-internal temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Each read returns a single byte
-giving the temperature.
-
-The third interface logs kernel messages on additional alert events.
-
-Both software and hardware watchdog drivers are available in the standard
-kernel. If you are using the software watchdog, you probably also want
-to use "panic=60" as a boot argument as well.
-
-The wdt card cannot be safely probed for. Instead you need to pass
-wdt=ioaddr,irq as a boot parameter - eg "wdt=0x240,11".
-
-The SA1100 watchdog module can be configured with the "sa1100_margin"
-commandline argument which specifies timeout value in seconds.
-
-The i810 TCO watchdog modules can be configured with the "i810_margin"
-commandline argument which specifies the counter initial value. The counter
-is decremented every 0.6 seconds and default to 50 (30 seconds). Values can
-range between 3 and 63.
-
-The i810 TCO watchdog driver also implements the WDIOC_GETSTATUS and
-WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS ioctl()s. WDIOC_GETSTATUS returns the actual counter value
-and WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS returns the value of TCO2 Status Register (see Intel's
-documentation for the 82801AA and 82801AB datasheet).
-
-Features
---------
- WDT501P WDT500P Software Berkshire i810 TCO SA1100WD
-Reboot Timer X X X X X X
-External Reboot X X o o o X
-I/O Port Monitor o o o X o o
-Temperature X o o X o o
-Fan Speed X o o o o o
-Power Under X o o o o o
-Power Over X o o o o o
-Overheat X o o o o o
-
-The external event interfaces on the WDT boards are not currently supported.
-Minor numbers are however allocated for it.
-
-
-Example Watchdog Driver: see Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c
-
-
-Contact Information
-
-People keep asking about the WDT watchdog timer hardware: The phone contacts
-for Industrial Computer Source are:
-
-Industrial Computer Source
-http://www.indcompsrc.com
-ICS Advent, San Diego
-6260 Sequence Dr.
-San Diego, CA 92121-4371
-Phone (858) 677-0877
-FAX: (858) 677-0895
->
-ICS Advent Europe, UK
-Oving Road
-Chichester,
-West Sussex,
-PO19 4ET, UK
-Phone: 00.44.1243.533900
-
-
-and please mention Linux when enquiring.
-
-For full information about the PCWD cards see the pcwd-watchdog.txt document.