| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # Watchdog device configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 5 | menuconfig WATCHDOG | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | bool "Watchdog Timer Support" | 
|  | 7 | ---help--- | 
|  | 8 | If you say Y here (and to one of the following options) and create a | 
|  | 9 | character special file /dev/watchdog with major number 10 and minor | 
|  | 10 | number 130 using mknod ("man mknod"), you will get a watchdog, i.e.: | 
|  | 11 | subsequently opening the file and then failing to write to it for | 
|  | 12 | longer than 1 minute will result in rebooting the machine. This | 
|  | 13 | could be useful for a networked machine that needs to come back | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | on-line as fast as possible after a lock-up. There's both a watchdog | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | implementation entirely in software (which can sometimes fail to | 
|  | 16 | reboot the machine) and a driver for hardware watchdog boards, which | 
|  | 17 | are more robust and can also keep track of the temperature inside | 
|  | 18 | your computer. For details, read <file:Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt> | 
|  | 19 | in the kernel source. | 
|  | 20 |  | 
|  | 21 | The watchdog is usually used together with the watchdog daemon | 
|  | 22 | which is available from | 
|  | 23 | <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/daemons/watchdog/>. This daemon can | 
|  | 24 | also monitor NFS connections and can reboot the machine when the process | 
|  | 25 | table is full. | 
|  | 26 |  | 
|  | 27 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 28 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 29 | if WATCHDOG | 
|  | 30 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | config WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT | 
|  | 32 | bool "Disable watchdog shutdown on close" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | help | 
|  | 34 | The default watchdog behaviour (which you get if you say N here) is | 
|  | 35 | to stop the timer if the process managing it closes the file | 
|  | 36 | /dev/watchdog. It's always remotely possible that this process might | 
|  | 37 | get killed. If you say Y here, the watchdog cannot be stopped once | 
|  | 38 | it has been started. | 
|  | 39 |  | 
|  | 40 | # | 
|  | 41 | # General Watchdog drivers | 
|  | 42 | # | 
|  | 43 |  | 
|  | 44 | comment "Watchdog Device Drivers" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 |  | 
| Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | # Architecture Independent | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 |  | 
|  | 48 | config SOFT_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 49 | tristate "Software watchdog" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | help | 
|  | 51 | A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system | 
|  | 52 | from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover | 
|  | 53 | from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install. | 
|  | 54 |  | 
|  | 55 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 56 | module will be called softdog. | 
|  | 57 |  | 
|  | 58 | # ARM Architecture | 
|  | 59 |  | 
| Andrew Victor | bdcff34 | 2006-09-26 17:49:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | config AT91RM9200_WATCHDOG | 
| Andrew Victor | 853807f | 2006-03-14 11:11:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | tristate "AT91RM9200 watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 62 | depends on ARCH_AT91RM9200 | 
| Andrew Victor | 853807f | 2006-03-14 11:11:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | help | 
|  | 64 | Watchdog timer embedded into AT91RM9200 chips. This will reboot your | 
|  | 65 | system when the timeout is reached. | 
|  | 66 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | config 21285_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 68 | tristate "DC21285 watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 69 | depends on FOOTBRIDGE | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | help | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | The Intel Footbridge chip contains a built-in watchdog circuit. Say Y | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | here if you wish to use this. Alternatively say M to compile the | 
|  | 73 | driver as a module, which will be called wdt285. | 
|  | 74 |  | 
|  | 75 | This driver does not work on all machines. In particular, early CATS | 
|  | 76 | boards have hardware problems that will cause the machine to simply | 
|  | 77 | lock up if the watchdog fires. | 
|  | 78 |  | 
|  | 79 | "If in doubt, leave it out" - say N. | 
|  | 80 |  | 
|  | 81 | config 977_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 82 | tristate "NetWinder WB83C977 watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 83 | depends on FOOTBRIDGE && ARCH_NETWINDER | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | help | 
|  | 85 | Say Y here to include support for the WB977 watchdog included in | 
|  | 86 | NetWinder machines. Alternatively say M to compile the driver as | 
|  | 87 | a module, which will be called wdt977. | 
|  | 88 |  | 
|  | 89 | Not sure? It's safe to say N. | 
|  | 90 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | config IXP2000_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 92 | tristate "IXP2000 Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 93 | depends on ARCH_IXP2000 | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | help | 
|  | 95 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer | 
|  | 96 | in the Intel IXP2000(2400, 2800, 2850) network processors. | 
|  | 97 | This driver can be built as a module by choosing M. The module | 
|  | 98 | will be called ixp2000_wdt. | 
|  | 99 |  | 
|  | 100 | Say N if you are unsure. | 
|  | 101 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | config IXP4XX_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 103 | tristate "IXP4xx Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 104 | depends on ARCH_IXP4XX | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | help | 
|  | 106 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer | 
|  | 107 | in the Intel IXP4xx network processors. This driver can | 
|  | 108 | be built as a module by choosing M. The module will | 
|  | 109 | be called ixp4xx_wdt. | 
|  | 110 |  | 
|  | 111 | Note: The internal IXP4xx watchdog does a soft CPU reset | 
|  | 112 | which doesn't reset any peripherals. There are circumstances | 
|  | 113 | where the watchdog will fail to reset the board correctly | 
|  | 114 | (e.g., if the boot ROM is in an unreadable state). | 
|  | 115 |  | 
|  | 116 | Say N if you are unsure. | 
|  | 117 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | config S3C2410_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 119 | tristate "S3C2410 Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 120 | depends on ARCH_S3C2410 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | help | 
|  | 122 | Watchdog timer block in the Samsung S3C2410 chips. This will | 
|  | 123 | reboot the system when the timer expires with the watchdog | 
|  | 124 | enabled. | 
|  | 125 |  | 
|  | 126 | The driver is limited by the speed of the system's PCLK | 
| Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | signal, so with reasonably fast systems (PCLK around 50-66MHz) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | then watchdog intervals of over approximately 20seconds are | 
|  | 129 | unavailable. | 
|  | 130 |  | 
|  | 131 | The driver can be built as a module by choosing M, and will | 
|  | 132 | be called s3c2410_wdt | 
|  | 133 |  | 
|  | 134 | config SA1100_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 135 | tristate "SA1100/PXA2xx watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 136 | depends on ARCH_SA1100 || ARCH_PXA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | help | 
|  | 138 | Watchdog timer embedded into SA11x0 and PXA2xx chips. This will | 
|  | 139 | reboot your system when timeout is reached. | 
|  | 140 |  | 
|  | 141 | NOTE: once enabled, this timer cannot be disabled. | 
|  | 142 |  | 
|  | 143 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 144 | module will be called sa1100_wdt. | 
|  | 145 |  | 
| Russell King | b9d36b8 | 2005-09-12 22:56:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | config MPCORE_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 147 | tristate "MPcore watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 148 | depends on ARM_MPCORE_PLATFORM && LOCAL_TIMERS | 
| Russell King | b9d36b8 | 2005-09-12 22:56:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | help | 
|  | 150 | Watchdog timer embedded into the MPcore system. | 
|  | 151 |  | 
|  | 152 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 153 | module will be called mpcore_wdt. | 
|  | 154 |  | 
| Alessandro Zummo | f52ac8f | 2006-03-25 03:06:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | config EP93XX_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 156 | tristate "EP93xx Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 157 | depends on ARCH_EP93XX | 
| Alessandro Zummo | f52ac8f | 2006-03-25 03:06:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | help | 
|  | 159 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer | 
|  | 160 | embedded in the Cirrus Logic EP93xx family of devices. | 
|  | 161 |  | 
|  | 162 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 163 | module will be called ep93xx_wdt. | 
|  | 164 |  | 
| Komal Shah | 7768a13 | 2006-09-29 01:59:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | config OMAP_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 166 | tristate "OMAP Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 167 | depends on ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP24XX | 
| Komal Shah | 7768a13 | 2006-09-29 01:59:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | help | 
|  | 169 | Support for TI OMAP1610/OMAP1710/OMAP2420 watchdog.  Say 'Y' here to | 
|  | 170 | enable the OMAP1610/OMAP1710 watchdog timer. | 
|  | 171 |  | 
| Vitaly Wool | 9325fa3 | 2006-06-26 19:31:49 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | config PNX4008_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 173 | tristate "PNX4008 Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 174 | depends on ARCH_PNX4008 | 
| Vitaly Wool | 9325fa3 | 2006-06-26 19:31:49 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | help | 
|  | 176 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer | 
|  | 177 | in the PNX4008 processor. | 
|  | 178 | This driver can be built as a module by choosing M. The module | 
|  | 179 | will be called pnx4008_wdt. | 
|  | 180 |  | 
|  | 181 | Say N if you are unsure. | 
|  | 182 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | # X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture | 
|  | 184 |  | 
|  | 185 | config ACQUIRE_WDT | 
|  | 186 | tristate "Acquire SBC Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 187 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | ---help--- | 
|  | 189 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on Single Board | 
|  | 190 | Computers produced by Acquire Inc (and others). This watchdog | 
|  | 191 | simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if | 
|  | 192 | it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. | 
|  | 193 |  | 
|  | 194 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 195 | module will be called acquirewdt. | 
|  | 196 |  | 
|  | 197 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 198 |  | 
|  | 199 | config ADVANTECH_WDT | 
|  | 200 | tristate "Advantech SBC Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 201 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | help | 
|  | 203 | If you are configuring a Linux kernel for the Advantech single-board | 
|  | 204 | computer, say `Y' here to support its built-in watchdog timer | 
|  | 205 | feature. More information can be found at | 
|  | 206 | <http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/> | 
|  | 207 |  | 
|  | 208 | config ALIM1535_WDT | 
|  | 209 | tristate "ALi M1535 PMU Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 210 | depends on X86 && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | ---help--- | 
|  | 212 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ALi M1535 PMU. | 
|  | 213 |  | 
|  | 214 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 215 | module will be called alim1535_wdt. | 
|  | 216 |  | 
|  | 217 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 218 |  | 
|  | 219 | config ALIM7101_WDT | 
|  | 220 | tristate "ALi M7101 PMU Computer Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 221 | depends on X86 && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | help | 
|  | 223 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ALi M7101 PMU | 
|  | 224 | as used in the x86 Cobalt servers. | 
|  | 225 |  | 
|  | 226 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 227 | module will be called alim7101_wdt. | 
|  | 228 |  | 
|  | 229 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 230 |  | 
|  | 231 | config SC520_WDT | 
|  | 232 | tristate "AMD Elan SC520 processor Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 233 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | help | 
|  | 235 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog built in to the | 
|  | 236 | AMD "Elan" SC520 microcomputer commonly used in embedded systems. | 
|  | 237 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't | 
|  | 238 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain | 
|  | 239 | amount of time. | 
|  | 240 |  | 
|  | 241 | You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use | 
|  | 242 | it as a module.  The module will be called sc520_wdt. | 
|  | 243 |  | 
|  | 244 | config EUROTECH_WDT | 
|  | 245 | tristate "Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 246 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | help | 
|  | 248 | Enable support for the watchdog timer on the Eurotech CPU-1220 and | 
|  | 249 | CPU-1410 cards.  These are PC/104 SBCs. Spec sheets and product | 
|  | 250 | information are at <http://www.eurotech.it/>. | 
|  | 251 |  | 
|  | 252 | config IB700_WDT | 
|  | 253 | tristate "IB700 SBC Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 254 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 255 | ---help--- | 
|  | 256 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the IB700 Single | 
|  | 257 | Board Computer produced by TMC Technology (www.tmc-uk.com). This watchdog | 
|  | 258 | simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if | 
|  | 259 | it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. | 
|  | 260 |  | 
|  | 261 | This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for slightly different hardware. | 
|  | 262 |  | 
|  | 263 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 264 | module will be called ib700wdt. | 
|  | 265 |  | 
|  | 266 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 267 |  | 
| Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | config IBMASR | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | c310e2b | 2006-09-02 19:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | tristate "IBM Automatic Server Restart" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 270 | depends on X86 | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | c310e2b | 2006-09-02 19:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | help | 
| Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | This is the driver for the IBM Automatic Server Restart watchdog | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | timer built-in into some eServer xSeries machines. | 
| Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 274 |  | 
|  | 275 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 276 | module will be called ibmasr. | 
|  | 277 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | config WAFER_WDT | 
|  | 279 | tristate "ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 280 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 281 | help | 
|  | 282 | This is a driver for the hardware watchdog on the ICP Wafer 5823 | 
|  | 283 | Single Board Computer (and probably other similar models). | 
|  | 284 |  | 
|  | 285 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 286 | module will be called wafer5823wdt. | 
|  | 287 |  | 
| David Hardeman | cc90ef0 | 2005-08-17 09:07:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | config I6300ESB_WDT | 
|  | 289 | tristate "Intel 6300ESB Timer/Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 290 | depends on X86 && PCI | 
| David Hardeman | cc90ef0 | 2005-08-17 09:07:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | ---help--- | 
|  | 292 | Hardware driver for the watchdog timer built into the Intel | 
|  | 293 | 6300ESB controller hub. | 
|  | 294 |  | 
|  | 295 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 296 | module will be called i6300esb. | 
|  | 297 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 9e0ea34 | 2006-05-21 14:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | config ITCO_WDT | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | tristate "Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 300 | depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 9e0ea34 | 2006-05-21 14:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | ---help--- | 
|  | 302 | Hardware driver for the intel TCO timer based watchdog devices. | 
|  | 303 | These drivers are included in the Intel 82801 I/O Controller | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | Hub family (from ICH0 up to ICH8) and in the Intel 6300ESB | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 9e0ea34 | 2006-05-21 14:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | controller hub. | 
|  | 306 |  | 
|  | 307 | The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) timer is a watchdog timer | 
|  | 308 | that will reboot the machine after its second expiration. The | 
|  | 309 | expiration time can be configured with the "heartbeat" parameter. | 
|  | 310 |  | 
|  | 311 | On some motherboards the driver may fail to reset the chipset's | 
|  | 312 | NO_REBOOT flag which prevents the watchdog from rebooting the | 
|  | 313 | machine. If this is the case you will get a kernel message like | 
|  | 314 | "failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag, reboot disabled by hardware". | 
|  | 315 |  | 
|  | 316 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 317 | module will be called iTCO_wdt. | 
|  | 318 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e033351 | 2006-11-12 18:05:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 319 | config ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT | 
|  | 320 | bool "Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog Specific Vendor Support" | 
|  | 321 | depends on ITCO_WDT | 
|  | 322 | ---help--- | 
|  | 323 | Add vendor specific support to the intel TCO timer based watchdog | 
|  | 324 | devices. At this moment we only have additional support for some | 
|  | 325 | SuperMicro Inc. motherboards. | 
|  | 326 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 327 | config SC1200_WDT | 
|  | 328 | tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 329 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | help | 
|  | 331 | This is a driver for National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 hardware | 
|  | 332 | watchdog cards as found on the SC1200. This watchdog is mainly used | 
|  | 333 | for power management purposes and can be used to power down the device | 
|  | 334 | during inactivity periods (includes interrupt activity monitoring). | 
|  | 335 |  | 
|  | 336 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 337 | module will be called sc1200wdt. | 
|  | 338 |  | 
|  | 339 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 340 |  | 
|  | 341 | config SCx200_WDT | 
|  | 342 | tristate "National Semiconductor SCx200 Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 343 | depends on SCx200 && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | help | 
|  | 345 | Enable the built-in watchdog timer support on the National | 
|  | 346 | Semiconductor SCx200 processors. | 
|  | 347 |  | 
|  | 348 | If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_wdt. | 
|  | 349 |  | 
| Sven Anders & Marcus Junker | 789fc0a | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 350 | config PC87413_WDT | 
|  | 351 | tristate "NS PC87413 watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 352 | depends on X86 | 
| Sven Anders & Marcus Junker | 789fc0a | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 353 | ---help--- | 
|  | 354 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the PC87413 chipset | 
|  | 355 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't | 
|  | 356 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain | 
|  | 357 | amount of time. | 
|  | 358 |  | 
|  | 359 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 360 | module will be called pc87413_wdt. | 
|  | 361 |  | 
|  | 362 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 363 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | config 60XX_WDT | 
|  | 365 | tristate "SBC-60XX Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 366 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | help | 
|  | 368 | This driver can be used with the watchdog timer found on some | 
|  | 369 | single board computers, namely the 6010 PII based computer. | 
|  | 370 | It may well work with other cards.  It reads port 0x443 to enable | 
|  | 371 | and re-set the watchdog timer, and reads port 0x45 to disable | 
|  | 372 | the watchdog.  If you have a card that behave in similar ways, | 
|  | 373 | you can probably make this driver work with your card as well. | 
|  | 374 |  | 
|  | 375 | You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use | 
|  | 376 | it as a module.  The module will be called sbc60xxwdt. | 
|  | 377 |  | 
| Ian E. Morgan | 3809ad3 | 2005-09-01 22:49:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | config SBC8360_WDT | 
|  | 379 | tristate "SBC8360 Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 380 | depends on X86 | 
| Ian E. Morgan | 3809ad3 | 2005-09-01 22:49:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | ---help--- | 
|  | 382 |  | 
|  | 383 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the SBC8360 Single | 
|  | 384 | Board Computer produced by Axiomtek Co., Ltd. (www.axiomtek.com). | 
|  | 385 |  | 
|  | 386 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 387 | module will be called sbc8360.ko. | 
|  | 388 |  | 
|  | 389 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 390 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 391 | config CPU5_WDT | 
|  | 392 | tristate "SMA CPU5 Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 393 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | ---help--- | 
|  | 395 | TBD. | 
|  | 396 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 397 | module will be called cpu5wdt. | 
|  | 398 |  | 
| Sven Anders | 485ae77 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | config SMSC37B787_WDT | 
|  | 400 | tristate "Winbond SMsC37B787 Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 401 | depends on X86 | 
| Sven Anders | 485ae77 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 402 | ---help--- | 
|  | 403 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog component on the | 
|  | 404 | Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset as used on the NetRunner Mainboard | 
|  | 405 | from Vision Systems and maybe others. | 
|  | 406 |  | 
|  | 407 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't | 
|  | 408 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain | 
|  | 409 | amount of time. | 
|  | 410 |  | 
|  | 411 | Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver that | 
|  | 412 | userspace is still alive, at regular intervals. | 
|  | 413 |  | 
|  | 414 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 415 | module will be called smsc37b787_wdt. | 
|  | 416 |  | 
|  | 417 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 418 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 419 | config W83627HF_WDT | 
|  | 420 | tristate "W83627HF Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 421 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | ---help--- | 
|  | 423 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83627HF chipset | 
|  | 424 | as used in Advantech PC-9578 and Tyan S2721-533 motherboards | 
|  | 425 | (and likely others).  This watchdog simply watches your kernel to | 
|  | 426 | make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer | 
|  | 427 | after a certain amount of time. | 
|  | 428 |  | 
|  | 429 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 430 | module will be called w83627hf_wdt. | 
|  | 431 |  | 
|  | 432 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 433 |  | 
| Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | config W83697HF_WDT | 
| Samuel Tardieu | ff02cfc | 2006-09-07 11:57:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | tristate "W83697HF/W83697HG Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 436 | depends on X86 | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | ---help--- | 
| Samuel Tardieu | ff02cfc | 2006-09-07 11:57:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 438 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83697HF/HG | 
|  | 439 | chipset as used in Dedibox/VIA motherboards (and likely others). | 
|  | 440 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't | 
|  | 441 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain | 
|  | 442 | amount of time. | 
| Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 443 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 445 | module will be called w83697hf_wdt. | 
| Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 446 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 447 | Most people will say N. | 
| Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 448 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 449 | config W83877F_WDT | 
|  | 450 | tristate "W83877F (EMACS) Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 451 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 452 | ---help--- | 
|  | 453 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83877F chipset | 
|  | 454 | as used in EMACS PC-104 motherboards (and likely others).  This | 
|  | 455 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 456 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 457 | time. | 
|  | 458 |  | 
|  | 459 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 460 | module will be called w83877f_wdt. | 
|  | 461 |  | 
|  | 462 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 463 |  | 
| Jose Miguel Goncalves | b4cc4aa | 2005-09-06 17:05:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 464 | config W83977F_WDT | 
|  | 465 | tristate "W83977F (PCM-5335) Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 466 | depends on X86 | 
| Jose Miguel Goncalves | b4cc4aa | 2005-09-06 17:05:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | ---help--- | 
|  | 468 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83977F I/O chip | 
|  | 469 | as used in AAEON's PCM-5335 SBC (and likely others).  This | 
|  | 470 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 471 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 472 | time. | 
|  | 473 |  | 
|  | 474 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 475 | module will be called w83977f_wdt. | 
|  | 476 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 477 | config MACHZ_WDT | 
|  | 478 | tristate "ZF MachZ Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 479 | depends on X86 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 480 | ---help--- | 
|  | 481 | If you are using a ZF Micro MachZ processor, say Y here, otherwise | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | N.  This is the driver for the watchdog timer built-in on that | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | processor using ZF-Logic interface.  This watchdog simply watches | 
|  | 484 | your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it | 
|  | 485 | reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. | 
|  | 486 |  | 
|  | 487 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 488 | module will be called machzwd. | 
|  | 489 |  | 
| Calin A. Culianu | eed6565 | 2006-01-14 13:20:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 490 | config SBC_EPX_C3_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 491 | tristate "Winsystems SBC EPX-C3 watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 492 | depends on X86 | 
| Calin A. Culianu | eed6565 | 2006-01-14 13:20:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 493 | ---help--- | 
|  | 494 | This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the EPX-C3 | 
|  | 495 | Single-board computer made by Winsystems, Inc. | 
|  | 496 |  | 
|  | 497 | *Note*: This hardware watchdog is not probeable and thus there | 
|  | 498 | is no way to know if writing to its IO address will corrupt | 
|  | 499 | your system or have any real effect.  The only way to be sure | 
|  | 500 | that this driver does what you want is to make sure you | 
| Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | are running it on an EPX-C3 from Winsystems with the watchdog | 
| Calin A. Culianu | eed6565 | 2006-01-14 13:20:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | timer at IO address 0x1ee and 0x1ef.  It will write to both those | 
|  | 503 | IO ports.  Basically, the assumption is made that if you compile | 
|  | 504 | this driver into your kernel and/or load it as a module, that you | 
|  | 505 | know what you are doing and that you are in fact running on an | 
|  | 506 | EPX-C3 board! | 
|  | 507 |  | 
|  | 508 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 509 | module will be called sbc_epx_c3. | 
|  | 510 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 511 | # PowerPC Architecture | 
|  | 512 |  | 
|  | 513 | config 8xx_WDT | 
|  | 514 | tristate "MPC8xx Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 515 | depends on 8xx | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 516 |  | 
| Kumar Gala | fabbfb9 | 2006-01-14 13:20:50 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | config 83xx_WDT | 
|  | 518 | tristate "MPC83xx Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 519 | depends on PPC_83xx | 
| Kumar Gala | fabbfb9 | 2006-01-14 13:20:50 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 520 |  | 
| James Chapman | 3be1021 | 2005-08-17 09:01:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | config MV64X60_WDT | 
|  | 522 | tristate "MV64X60 (Marvell Discovery) Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 523 | depends on MV64X60 | 
| James Chapman | 3be1021 | 2005-08-17 09:01:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 524 |  | 
| Kumar Gala | a2f40cc | 2005-09-03 15:55:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | config BOOKE_WDT | 
| Dave Jiang | 34f6d74 | 2007-04-14 08:25:24 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | bool "PowerPC Book-E Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 527 | depends on BOOKE || 4xx | 
| Kumar Gala | 39cdc4b | 2005-09-03 15:55:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 528 | ---help--- | 
|  | 529 | Please see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt for | 
|  | 530 | more information. | 
| Kumar Gala | a2f40cc | 2005-09-03 15:55:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 531 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | # PPC64 Architecture | 
|  | 533 |  | 
|  | 534 | config WATCHDOG_RTAS | 
|  | 535 | tristate "RTAS watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 536 | depends on PPC_RTAS | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 537 | help | 
|  | 538 | This driver adds watchdog support for the RTAS watchdog. | 
|  | 539 |  | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | c310e2b | 2006-09-02 19:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 540 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 541 | will be called wdrtas. | 
|  | 542 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 543 | # MIPS Architecture | 
|  | 544 |  | 
|  | 545 | config INDYDOG | 
|  | 546 | tristate "Indy/I2 Hardware Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 547 | depends on SGI_IP22 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 548 | help | 
| Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 549 | Hardware driver for the Indy's/I2's watchdog. This is a | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 550 | watchdog timer that will reboot the machine after a 60 second | 
|  | 551 | timer expired and no process has written to /dev/watchdog during | 
|  | 552 | that time. | 
|  | 553 |  | 
| Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 554 | config WDT_RM9K_GPI | 
|  | 555 | tristate "RM9000/GPI hardware watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 556 | depends on CPU_RM9000 | 
| Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 557 | help | 
|  | 558 | Watchdog implementation using the GPI hardware found on | 
|  | 559 | PMC-Sierra RM9xxx CPUs. | 
|  | 560 |  | 
|  | 561 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 562 | module will be called rm9k_wdt. | 
|  | 563 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 564 | # S390 Architecture | 
|  | 565 |  | 
|  | 566 | config ZVM_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 567 | tristate "z/VM Watchdog Timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 568 | depends on S390 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 569 | help | 
|  | 570 | IBM s/390 and zSeries machines running under z/VM 5.1 or later | 
|  | 571 | provide a virtual watchdog timer to their guest that cause a | 
|  | 572 | user define Control Program command to be executed after a | 
|  | 573 | timeout. | 
|  | 574 |  | 
|  | 575 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module | 
|  | 576 | will be called vmwatchdog. | 
|  | 577 |  | 
|  | 578 | # SUPERH Architecture | 
|  | 579 |  | 
|  | 580 | config SH_WDT | 
|  | 581 | tristate "SuperH Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 582 | depends on SUPERH | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 583 | help | 
|  | 584 | This driver adds watchdog support for the integrated watchdog in the | 
|  | 585 | SuperH processors. If you have one of these processors and wish | 
|  | 586 | to have watchdog support enabled, say Y, otherwise say N. | 
|  | 587 |  | 
|  | 588 | As a side note, saying Y here will automatically boost HZ to 1000 | 
|  | 589 | so that the timer has a chance to clear the overflow counter. On | 
|  | 590 | slower systems (such as the SH-2 and SH-3) this will likely yield | 
|  | 591 | some performance issues. As such, the WDT should be avoided here | 
|  | 592 | unless it is absolutely necessary. | 
|  | 593 |  | 
|  | 594 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 595 | module will be called shwdt. | 
|  | 596 |  | 
| Paul Mundt | f118420 | 2006-09-27 17:53:59 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 597 | config SH_WDT_MMAP | 
|  | 598 | bool "Allow mmap of SH WDT" | 
|  | 599 | default n | 
|  | 600 | depends on SH_WDT | 
|  | 601 | help | 
|  | 602 | If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap the | 
|  | 603 | WDT/CPG registers. | 
| Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 604 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 605 | # SPARC64 Architecture | 
|  | 606 |  | 
|  | 607 | config WATCHDOG_CP1XXX | 
|  | 608 | tristate "CP1XXX Hardware Watchdog support" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 609 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 610 | ---help--- | 
|  | 611 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog timers present on | 
|  | 612 | Sun Microsystems CompactPCI models CP1400 and CP1500. | 
|  | 613 |  | 
|  | 614 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 615 | module will be called cpwatchdog. | 
|  | 616 |  | 
|  | 617 | If you do not have a CompactPCI model CP1400 or CP1500, or | 
|  | 618 | another UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine boardset with hardware watchdog, | 
|  | 619 | you should say N to this option. | 
|  | 620 |  | 
|  | 621 | config WATCHDOG_RIO | 
|  | 622 | tristate "RIO Hardware Watchdog support" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 623 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 624 | help | 
|  | 625 | Say Y here to support the hardware watchdog capability on Sun RIO | 
|  | 626 | machines.  The watchdog timeout period is normally one minute but | 
|  | 627 | can be changed with a boot-time parameter. | 
|  | 628 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 629 | # | 
|  | 630 | # ISA-based Watchdog Cards | 
|  | 631 | # | 
|  | 632 |  | 
|  | 633 | comment "ISA-based Watchdog Cards" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 634 | depends on ISA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 635 |  | 
|  | 636 | config PCWATCHDOG | 
|  | 637 | tristate "Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 638 | depends on ISA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 639 | ---help--- | 
|  | 640 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog card. | 
|  | 641 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 642 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 643 | time. This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for different | 
|  | 644 | hardware. Please read <file:Documentation/watchdog/pcwd-watchdog.txt>. The PC | 
|  | 645 | watchdog cards can be ordered from <http://www.berkprod.com/>. | 
|  | 646 |  | 
|  | 647 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 648 | module will be called pcwd. | 
|  | 649 |  | 
|  | 650 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 651 |  | 
|  | 652 | config MIXCOMWD | 
|  | 653 | tristate "Mixcom Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 654 | depends on ISA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 655 | ---help--- | 
|  | 656 | This is a driver for the Mixcom hardware watchdog cards.  This | 
|  | 657 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 658 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 659 | time. | 
|  | 660 |  | 
|  | 661 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 662 | module will be called mixcomwd. | 
|  | 663 |  | 
|  | 664 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 665 |  | 
|  | 666 | config WDT | 
|  | 667 | tristate "WDT Watchdog timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 668 | depends on ISA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 669 | ---help--- | 
|  | 670 | If you have a WDT500P or WDT501P watchdog board, say Y here, | 
|  | 671 | otherwise N. It is not possible to probe for this board, which means | 
|  | 672 | that you have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ that | 
|  | 673 | is needed (you can do this via the io and irq parameters) | 
|  | 674 |  | 
|  | 675 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 676 | module will be called wdt. | 
|  | 677 |  | 
|  | 678 | config WDT_501 | 
|  | 679 | bool "WDT501 features" | 
|  | 680 | depends on WDT | 
|  | 681 | help | 
|  | 682 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature | 
|  | 683 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give | 
|  | 684 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from | 
|  | 685 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees | 
|  | 686 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a WDT501P watchdog board | 
|  | 687 | installed. | 
|  | 688 |  | 
|  | 689 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the WDT501P, then you | 
|  | 690 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a | 
|  | 691 | fan tachometer actually set up. | 
|  | 692 |  | 
|  | 693 | # | 
|  | 694 | # PCI-based Watchdog Cards | 
|  | 695 | # | 
|  | 696 |  | 
|  | 697 | comment "PCI-based Watchdog Cards" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 698 | depends on PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 699 |  | 
|  | 700 | config PCIPCWATCHDOG | 
|  | 701 | tristate "Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 702 | depends on PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 703 | ---help--- | 
|  | 704 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog card. | 
|  | 705 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 706 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 707 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. | 
|  | 708 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/pci_pc_watchdog.htm>. | 
|  | 709 |  | 
|  | 710 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 711 | module will be called pcwd_pci. | 
|  | 712 |  | 
|  | 713 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 714 |  | 
|  | 715 | config WDTPCI | 
|  | 716 | tristate "PCI-WDT500/501 Watchdog timer" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 717 | depends on PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 718 | ---help--- | 
|  | 719 | If you have a PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog board, say Y here, otherwise N. | 
|  | 720 |  | 
|  | 721 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 722 | module will be called wdt_pci. | 
|  | 723 |  | 
|  | 724 | config WDT_501_PCI | 
|  | 725 | bool "PCI-WDT501 features" | 
|  | 726 | depends on WDTPCI | 
|  | 727 | help | 
|  | 728 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature | 
|  | 729 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give | 
|  | 730 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from | 
|  | 731 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees | 
|  | 732 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a PCI-WDT501 watchdog board | 
|  | 733 | installed. | 
|  | 734 |  | 
|  | 735 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the PCI-WDT501, then you | 
|  | 736 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a | 
|  | 737 | fan tachometer actually set up. | 
|  | 738 |  | 
|  | 739 | # | 
|  | 740 | # USB-based Watchdog Cards | 
|  | 741 | # | 
|  | 742 |  | 
|  | 743 | comment "USB-based Watchdog Cards" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 744 | depends on USB | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 745 |  | 
|  | 746 | config USBPCWATCHDOG | 
|  | 747 | tristate "Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog" | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 748 | depends on USB | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 749 | ---help--- | 
|  | 750 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog card. | 
|  | 751 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, | 
|  | 752 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of | 
|  | 753 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. | 
|  | 754 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/usb_pc_watchdog.htm>. | 
|  | 755 |  | 
|  | 756 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 757 | module will be called pcwd_usb. | 
|  | 758 |  | 
|  | 759 | Most people will say N. | 
|  | 760 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 761 | endif # WATCHDOG |