Subject: Re: ichlpcib watchdog ?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/30/2006 05:51:11
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> writes:

> Hi,
> has someone got the ichlpcib watchdog working ?
> I have a motherboard with an ICH7, which should support the watchdog.
> It's probed and I can configure it:
> Available watchdog timers:
> 	ichlpcib0, 37 second period [armed, user tickle, pid 417]
>
> But if I enter ddb or kill -STOP the tickler process, I'd expect the
> watchdog to fire. It doesn't. Also, a wdogctl -e ichlpcib0 and calling
> wdogctl -t only once doesn't cause the watchdog to fire either.
>
> Any idea why ?

Yeah, I can confirm the problem..
ichlpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0
ichlpcib0: Intel 82801FBM ICH6M LPC Interface Bridge (rev. 0x04)
ichlpcib0: TCO (watchdog) timer configured.
ichlpcib0: No SpeedStep

I have no idea why this happens, though.

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Rui Paulo - rpaulo@fnop.net