Re: NetBSD-5 ichlpcib watchdog timer seems to be broken for some revisions of the ichlpcib chip set.

[buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost (Brian Buhrow)]

        Hello.  In my case, the watchdog timers actually reboot the system.
Unfortunately, with these revisions, the reboot is certain, not just if the
timer fails to be tickled.  I have another revision that works fine.
-Brian

On Jun 27, 12:34am, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
} Subject: Re: NetBSD-5 ichlpcib watchdog timer seems to be broken for some 
} On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 03:06:34PM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote:
} > The timer can be set, but the tickle function fails to keep the timer
} > from triggering and rebooting the machine.
} 
} In my old Thinkpad the watchdog didn't completely work. In my case, it
} just hung the machine, without rebooting. It definitely triggered
} though. Could you check if you have the same issue?
} 
} I have no explaination for that behavior and suspected at the time that
} it was a bug in the 0x2 or 0x3 (forgot which) revision.
} 
} Joerg
>-- End of excerpt from Joerg Sonnenberger