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 | |
Florian Fainelli | 04bf3b4 | 2007-05-06 12:55:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 554 | config WDT_MTX1 |
| 555 | tristate "MTX-1 Hardware Watchdog" |
| 556 | depends on MIPS_MTX1 |
| 557 | help |
| 558 | Hardware driver for the MTX-1 boards. This is a watchdog timer that |
| 559 | will reboot the machine after a 100 seconds timer expired. |
| 560 | |
Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 561 | config WDT_RM9K_GPI |
| 562 | tristate "RM9000/GPI hardware watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 563 | depends on CPU_RM9000 |
Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 564 | help |
| 565 | Watchdog implementation using the GPI hardware found on |
| 566 | PMC-Sierra RM9xxx CPUs. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 569 | module will be called rm9k_wdt. |
| 570 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 571 | # S390 Architecture |
| 572 | |
| 573 | config ZVM_WATCHDOG |
| 574 | tristate "z/VM Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 575 | depends on S390 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 576 | help |
| 577 | IBM s/390 and zSeries machines running under z/VM 5.1 or later |
| 578 | provide a virtual watchdog timer to their guest that cause a |
| 579 | user define Control Program command to be executed after a |
| 580 | timeout. |
| 581 | |
| 582 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 583 | will be called vmwatchdog. |
| 584 | |
| 585 | # SUPERH Architecture |
| 586 | |
| 587 | config SH_WDT |
| 588 | tristate "SuperH Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 589 | depends on SUPERH |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 590 | help |
| 591 | This driver adds watchdog support for the integrated watchdog in the |
| 592 | SuperH processors. If you have one of these processors and wish |
| 593 | to have watchdog support enabled, say Y, otherwise say N. |
| 594 | |
| 595 | As a side note, saying Y here will automatically boost HZ to 1000 |
| 596 | so that the timer has a chance to clear the overflow counter. On |
| 597 | slower systems (such as the SH-2 and SH-3) this will likely yield |
| 598 | some performance issues. As such, the WDT should be avoided here |
| 599 | unless it is absolutely necessary. |
| 600 | |
| 601 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 602 | module will be called shwdt. |
| 603 | |
Paul Mundt | f118420 | 2006-09-27 17:53:59 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 604 | config SH_WDT_MMAP |
| 605 | bool "Allow mmap of SH WDT" |
| 606 | default n |
| 607 | depends on SH_WDT |
| 608 | help |
| 609 | If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap the |
| 610 | WDT/CPG registers. |
Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 611 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 612 | # SPARC64 Architecture |
| 613 | |
| 614 | config WATCHDOG_CP1XXX |
| 615 | tristate "CP1XXX Hardware Watchdog support" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 616 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 617 | ---help--- |
| 618 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog timers present on |
| 619 | Sun Microsystems CompactPCI models CP1400 and CP1500. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 622 | module will be called cpwatchdog. |
| 623 | |
| 624 | If you do not have a CompactPCI model CP1400 or CP1500, or |
| 625 | another UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine boardset with hardware watchdog, |
| 626 | you should say N to this option. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | config WATCHDOG_RIO |
| 629 | tristate "RIO Hardware Watchdog support" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 630 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 631 | help |
| 632 | Say Y here to support the hardware watchdog capability on Sun RIO |
| 633 | machines. The watchdog timeout period is normally one minute but |
| 634 | can be changed with a boot-time parameter. |
| 635 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 636 | # |
| 637 | # ISA-based Watchdog Cards |
| 638 | # |
| 639 | |
| 640 | comment "ISA-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 641 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 642 | |
| 643 | config PCWATCHDOG |
| 644 | tristate "Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 645 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 646 | ---help--- |
| 647 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog card. |
| 648 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 649 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 650 | time. This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for different |
| 651 | hardware. Please read <file:Documentation/watchdog/pcwd-watchdog.txt>. The PC |
| 652 | watchdog cards can be ordered from <http://www.berkprod.com/>. |
| 653 | |
| 654 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 655 | module will be called pcwd. |
| 656 | |
| 657 | Most people will say N. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | config MIXCOMWD |
| 660 | tristate "Mixcom Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 661 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 662 | ---help--- |
| 663 | This is a driver for the Mixcom hardware watchdog cards. This |
| 664 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 665 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 666 | time. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 669 | module will be called mixcomwd. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | Most people will say N. |
| 672 | |
| 673 | config WDT |
| 674 | tristate "WDT Watchdog timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 675 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 676 | ---help--- |
| 677 | If you have a WDT500P or WDT501P watchdog board, say Y here, |
| 678 | otherwise N. It is not possible to probe for this board, which means |
| 679 | that you have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ that |
| 680 | is needed (you can do this via the io and irq parameters) |
| 681 | |
| 682 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 683 | module will be called wdt. |
| 684 | |
| 685 | config WDT_501 |
| 686 | bool "WDT501 features" |
| 687 | depends on WDT |
| 688 | help |
| 689 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature |
| 690 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give |
| 691 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from |
| 692 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees |
| 693 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a WDT501P watchdog board |
| 694 | installed. |
| 695 | |
| 696 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the WDT501P, then you |
| 697 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a |
| 698 | fan tachometer actually set up. |
| 699 | |
| 700 | # |
| 701 | # PCI-based Watchdog Cards |
| 702 | # |
| 703 | |
| 704 | comment "PCI-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 705 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 706 | |
| 707 | config PCIPCWATCHDOG |
| 708 | tristate "Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 709 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 710 | ---help--- |
| 711 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog card. |
| 712 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 713 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 714 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. |
| 715 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/pci_pc_watchdog.htm>. |
| 716 | |
| 717 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 718 | module will be called pcwd_pci. |
| 719 | |
| 720 | Most people will say N. |
| 721 | |
| 722 | config WDTPCI |
| 723 | tristate "PCI-WDT500/501 Watchdog timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 724 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 725 | ---help--- |
| 726 | If you have a PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog board, say Y here, otherwise N. |
| 727 | |
| 728 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 729 | module will be called wdt_pci. |
| 730 | |
| 731 | config WDT_501_PCI |
| 732 | bool "PCI-WDT501 features" |
| 733 | depends on WDTPCI |
| 734 | help |
| 735 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature |
| 736 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give |
| 737 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from |
| 738 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees |
| 739 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a PCI-WDT501 watchdog board |
| 740 | installed. |
| 741 | |
| 742 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the PCI-WDT501, then you |
| 743 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a |
| 744 | fan tachometer actually set up. |
| 745 | |
| 746 | # |
| 747 | # USB-based Watchdog Cards |
| 748 | # |
| 749 | |
| 750 | comment "USB-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 751 | depends on USB |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 752 | |
| 753 | config USBPCWATCHDOG |
| 754 | tristate "Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 755 | depends on USB |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 756 | ---help--- |
| 757 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog card. |
| 758 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 759 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 760 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. |
| 761 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/usb_pc_watchdog.htm>. |
| 762 | |
| 763 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 764 | module will be called pcwd_usb. |
| 765 | |
| 766 | Most people will say N. |
| 767 | |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 768 | endif # WATCHDOG |