Re: iTCO watchdog timer

Stephen Clark
2008-03-06T21:35:28Z

Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
That would be much appreciated. One of the reasons I bought this mother
board was the WDT.