implementation entirely in software (which can sometimes fail to
reboot the machine) and a driver for hardware watchdog boards, which
are more robust and can also keep track of the temperature inside
- your computer. For details, read <file:Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt>
- in the kernel source.
+ your computer. For details, read
+ <file:Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt> in the kernel source.
The watchdog is usually used together with the watchdog daemon
which is available from
module will be called ibmasr.
config WAFER_WDT
- tristate "ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer Watchdog"
+ tristate "ICP Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer"
depends on X86
help
- This is a driver for the hardware watchdog on the ICP Wafer 5823
- Single Board Computer (and probably other similar models).
+ This is a driver for the hardware watchdog on the ICP Single
+ Board Computer. This driver is working on (at least) the following
+ IPC SBC's: Wafer 5823, Rocky 4783, Rocky 3703 and Rocky 3782.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called wafer5823wdt.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called rm9k_wdt.
+config AR7_WDT
+ tristate "TI AR7 Watchdog Timer"
+ depends on AR7
+ help
+ Hardware driver for the TI AR7 Watchdog Timer.
+
# PARISC Architecture
# POWERPC Architecture