Re: kern/46198: ichlpcib watchdog is not reset

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/46198; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/46198: ichlpcib watchdog is not reset
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:17:46 +0100

 On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:15:01AM +0000, Hauke Fath wrote:
 > System: NetBSD venediger 6.0_BETA NetBSD 6.0_BETA (VENEDIGER) #0: Mon Mar 5 
 > 21:25:52 CET 2012 
 > hf@Hochstuhl:/var/obj/netbsd-builds/6/i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/VENEDIGER 
 > i386
 > Architecture: i386
 > Machine: i386
 > >Description:
 > 
 >      The Super Micro X7SBE sports an Intel ICH9R chipset that comes
 >      with a hardware watchdog:
 > 
 > ichlpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x2916 (rev. 0x02)
 > timecounter: Timecounter "ichlpcib0" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
 > ichlpcib0: 24-bit timer
 > ichlpcib0: TCO (watchdog) timer configured.
 > gpio0 at ichlpcib0: 64 pins
 > 
 >      I can set up wdogctl (user or kernel mode does not make a
 >      difference)
 > 
 > wdogctl=YES             wdogctl_flags="-p 30 -u ichlpcib0"
 > 
 > % wdogctl
 > Available watchdog timers:
 >         ichlpcib0, 30 second period [armed, user tickle, pid 22]
 > %
 > 
 >      but when I activate the watchdog in bios setup, the machine
 >      reboots after the documented 4 min.
 
 Does it also happen if you don't activate in in the BIOS ?
 wdogctl should activate it too ...
 if not activated by the bios, but you activate it with wdogctl -e  and
 let it expire, does the system reset ?
 
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