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Tested on VT8251, VX900 but CX700, VX800, VX855 should works. MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: NETASQ
80 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
80 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Fabien Thomas <fabient@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 7, 2011
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.Dt VIAWD 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm viawd
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.Nd device driver for VIA south bridge watchdog timer
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following line in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device viawd"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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viawd_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides
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.Xr watchdog 4
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support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on
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VIA south bridge chipset (VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900).
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.Pp
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The VIA south bridge have a built-in watchdog timer,
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which can be enabled and disabled by user's program and set between
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1 to 1023 seconds.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver when unloaded with running watchdog will reschedule the watchdog
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to 5 minutes.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr watchdog 4 ,
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.Xr watchdog 8 ,
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.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
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.Xr watchdog 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Fx 10.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver and this manual page were written by
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.An Fabien Thomas Aq fabient@FreeBSD.org .
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