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.  I think so.  But if you mean that the timer is triggering
early, before it's tickled, that's possible.  I guess I could try testing
that theory by having the wdogctl program tickle  quicker than half the
time left on the timer.


-Brian
On Jun 28,  9:02pm, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
} Subject: Re: NetBSD-5 ichlpcib watchdog timer seems to be broken for some 
} On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 06:34:56PM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote:
} >     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
} 
} So if you set the watchdog timer to the maximum period (367s?), it will
} reboot after that time?
} 
} Joerg
>-- End of excerpt from Joerg Sonnenberger