watchdogd(8) [mojave man page]
WATCHDOGD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual WATCHDOGD(8) NAME
watchdogd -- watchdog daemon DESCRIPTION
watchdogd is part of the watchdog infrastructure, it ensures that both the kernel and user spaces are making progress. If the kernel or user space is stuck, a reboot will be triggered by the watchdog infrastructure. This command is not intended to be invoked directly. Mac OS X November 1, 2013 Mac OS X
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VIAWD(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual VIAWD(4) NAME
viawd -- device driver for VIA south bridge watchdog timer SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: device viawd Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): viawd_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The viawd driver provides watchdog(4) support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on VIA south bridge chipset (VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900). The VIA south bridge have a built-in watchdog timer, which can be enabled and disabled by user's program and set between 1 to 1023 seconds. The viawd driver when unloaded with running watchdog will reschedule the watchdog to 5 minutes. SEE ALSO
watchdog(4), watchdog(8), watchdogd(8), watchdog(9) HISTORY
The viawd driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. AUTHORS
The viawd driver and this manual page were written by Fabien Thomas <fabient@FreeBSD.org>. BSD
December 7, 2011 BSD