watchdog(8) [freebsd man page]

WATCHDOG(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       WATCHDOG(8)

NAME

     watchdog -- watchdog control program

SYNOPSIS

     watchdog [-d] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION

     The watchdog utility can be used to control the kernel's watchdog facility.

     The -d option enables debugging.

     The -t timeout option specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of zero will disable the watchdog.	The default timeout is 128
     seconds.

SEE ALSO

     watchdog(4), watchdogd(8), watchdog(9)

HISTORY

     The watchdog utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.

AUTHORS

     The watchdog utility and manual page were written by Sean Kelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org> and Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>.

     Some contributions made by Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org>.

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								 October 18, 2014							       BSD

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>.

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								 December 7, 2011							       BSD