Re: iTCO watchdog timer

Andrew Morton
2008-03-04T21:56:45Z

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:10:05 -0500
Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 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?
>
> Linux version 2.6.23.15-137.fc8
>
>

(cc Wim)