NAME
iopwdog
- Intel I/O Processor Watchdog Timer
SYNOPSIS
iopxs* at mainbus?
iopwdog* at iopxs?
DESCRIPTION
The
iopwdog
driver supports the watchdog timer built-in to the following Intel
I/O Processors:
-
Intel i80321 I/O Processor
The watchdog timer counts down at a fixed rate based on the clock
speed of the XScale CPU core. The period of the watchdog timer
cannot be changed, nor can the watchdog time be disabled once is
has been enabled.
SEE ALSO
wdogctl(8)
HISTORY
The
iopwdog
device first appeared in
NetBSD2.0.
AUTHORS
The
iopwdog
driver was written by
Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
and contributed by Wasabi Systems, Inc.