Re: iTCO watchdog timer

Wim Van Sebroeck
2008-03-06T21:28:34Z

Hi All,

Sorry but it's quite busy at the moment...

> > I have new Intel DG33FB mainboard.
> >
> >
> > Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
> > Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver
> > v1.02 (26-Jul-2007)
> > Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9DH TCO device
> > (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
> > Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec
> > (nowayout=0)
> > ...
> > Mar 4 14:22:59 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Unexpected close, not stopping
> > watchdog!
> >
> >
> > I start watchdog.c and then kill it expecting the system to reboot - but
> > it doesn't.
> >
> > Isn't this how it is supposed to work?

This is indeed how it should work. It's indeed strange that the system doesn't
reboot. If I find some time I will give you some test code to run.

Greetings,
Wim.