Re: kern/46198: ichlpcib watchdog is not reset

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

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