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 |
Dirk Hohndel | e403149 | 2007-10-30 13:37:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | your computer. For details, read |
| 19 | <file:Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt> in the kernel source. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Mark Brown | 006948b | 2008-11-06 10:56:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | config WM8350_WATCHDOG |
| 59 | tristate "WM8350 watchdog" |
| 60 | depends on MFD_WM8350 |
| 61 | help |
| 62 | Support for the watchdog in the WM8350 AudioPlus PMIC. When |
| 63 | the watchdog triggers the system will be reset. |
| 64 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | # ALPHA Architecture |
| 66 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | # ARM Architecture |
| 68 | |
Andrew Victor | bdcff34 | 2006-09-26 17:49:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | config AT91RM9200_WATCHDOG |
Andrew Victor | 853807f | 2006-03-14 11:11:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | tristate "AT91RM9200 watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | depends on ARCH_AT91RM9200 |
Andrew Victor | 853807f | 2006-03-14 11:11:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | help |
| 73 | Watchdog timer embedded into AT91RM9200 chips. This will reboot your |
| 74 | system when the timeout is reached. |
| 75 | |
Renaud CERRATO | e6bb42e | 2008-06-23 17:05:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | config AT91SAM9X_WATCHDOG |
Andrew Victor | f0e625c | 2008-11-05 22:36:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | tristate "AT91SAM9X / AT91CAP9 watchdog" |
| 78 | depends on ARCH_AT91 && !ARCH_AT91RM9200 |
Renaud CERRATO | e6bb42e | 2008-06-23 17:05:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | help |
Andrew Victor | f0e625c | 2008-11-05 22:36:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | Watchdog timer embedded into AT91SAM9X and AT91CAP9 chips. This will |
| 81 | reboot your system when the timeout is reached. |
Renaud CERRATO | e6bb42e | 2008-06-23 17:05:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | config 21285_WATCHDOG |
| 84 | tristate "DC21285 watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | depends on FOOTBRIDGE |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | help |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | The Intel Footbridge chip contains a built-in watchdog circuit. Say Y |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | here if you wish to use this. Alternatively say M to compile the |
| 89 | driver as a module, which will be called wdt285. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | This driver does not work on all machines. In particular, early CATS |
| 92 | boards have hardware problems that will cause the machine to simply |
| 93 | lock up if the watchdog fires. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | "If in doubt, leave it out" - say N. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | config 977_WATCHDOG |
| 98 | tristate "NetWinder WB83C977 watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | depends on FOOTBRIDGE && ARCH_NETWINDER |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | help |
| 101 | Say Y here to include support for the WB977 watchdog included in |
| 102 | NetWinder machines. Alternatively say M to compile the driver as |
| 103 | a module, which will be called wdt977. |
| 104 | |
| 105 | Not sure? It's safe to say N. |
| 106 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | config IXP2000_WATCHDOG |
| 108 | tristate "IXP2000 Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | depends on ARCH_IXP2000 |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | help |
| 111 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 112 | in the Intel IXP2000(2400, 2800, 2850) network processors. |
| 113 | This driver can be built as a module by choosing M. The module |
| 114 | will be called ixp2000_wdt. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | Say N if you are unsure. |
| 117 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | config IXP4XX_WATCHDOG |
| 119 | tristate "IXP4xx Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | depends on ARCH_IXP4XX |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | help |
| 122 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 123 | in the Intel IXP4xx network processors. This driver can |
| 124 | be built as a module by choosing M. The module will |
| 125 | be called ixp4xx_wdt. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | Note: The internal IXP4xx watchdog does a soft CPU reset |
| 128 | which doesn't reset any peripherals. There are circumstances |
| 129 | where the watchdog will fail to reset the board correctly |
| 130 | (e.g., if the boot ROM is in an unreadable state). |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Say N if you are unsure. |
| 133 | |
Andrew Victor | ccb8f43 | 2007-05-14 14:45:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | config KS8695_WATCHDOG |
| 135 | tristate "KS8695 watchdog" |
| 136 | depends on ARCH_KS8695 |
| 137 | help |
| 138 | Watchdog timer embedded into KS8695 processor. This will reboot your |
| 139 | system when the timeout is reached. |
| 140 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | config S3C2410_WATCHDOG |
| 142 | tristate "S3C2410 Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | depends on ARCH_S3C2410 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | help |
| 145 | Watchdog timer block in the Samsung S3C2410 chips. This will |
| 146 | reboot the system when the timer expires with the watchdog |
| 147 | enabled. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | The driver is limited by the speed of the system's PCLK |
Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | signal, so with reasonably fast systems (PCLK around 50-66MHz) |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | then watchdog intervals of over approximately 20seconds are |
| 152 | unavailable. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | The driver can be built as a module by choosing M, and will |
| 155 | be called s3c2410_wdt |
| 156 | |
| 157 | config SA1100_WATCHDOG |
| 158 | tristate "SA1100/PXA2xx watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | depends on ARCH_SA1100 || ARCH_PXA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | help |
| 161 | Watchdog timer embedded into SA11x0 and PXA2xx chips. This will |
| 162 | reboot your system when timeout is reached. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | NOTE: once enabled, this timer cannot be disabled. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 167 | module will be called sa1100_wdt. |
| 168 | |
Russell King | b9d36b8 | 2005-09-12 22:56:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | config MPCORE_WATCHDOG |
| 170 | tristate "MPcore watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | depends on ARM_MPCORE_PLATFORM && LOCAL_TIMERS |
Russell King | b9d36b8 | 2005-09-12 22:56:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | help |
| 173 | Watchdog timer embedded into the MPcore system. |
| 174 | |
| 175 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 176 | module will be called mpcore_wdt. |
| 177 | |
Alessandro Zummo | f52ac8f | 2006-03-25 03:06:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | config EP93XX_WATCHDOG |
| 179 | tristate "EP93xx Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | depends on ARCH_EP93XX |
Alessandro Zummo | f52ac8f | 2006-03-25 03:06:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | help |
| 182 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 183 | embedded in the Cirrus Logic EP93xx family of devices. |
| 184 | |
| 185 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 186 | module will be called ep93xx_wdt. |
| 187 | |
Komal Shah | 7768a13 | 2006-09-29 01:59:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | config OMAP_WATCHDOG |
| 189 | tristate "OMAP Watchdog" |
Russell King | b7cfc9c | 2009-01-24 16:48:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | depends on ARCH_OMAP16XX || ARCH_OMAP24XX || ARCH_OMAP34XX |
Komal Shah | 7768a13 | 2006-09-29 01:59:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | help |
Russell King | b7cfc9c | 2009-01-24 16:48:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | Support for TI OMAP1610/OMAP1710/OMAP2420/OMAP3430 watchdog. Say 'Y' |
| 193 | here to enable the OMAP1610/OMAP1710/OMAP2420/OMAP3430 watchdog timer. |
Komal Shah | 7768a13 | 2006-09-29 01:59:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | |
Vitaly Wool | 9325fa3 | 2006-06-26 19:31:49 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | config PNX4008_WATCHDOG |
| 196 | tristate "PNX4008 Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | depends on ARCH_PNX4008 |
Vitaly Wool | 9325fa3 | 2006-06-26 19:31:49 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | help |
| 199 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 200 | in the PNX4008 processor. |
| 201 | This driver can be built as a module by choosing M. The module |
| 202 | will be called pnx4008_wdt. |
| 203 | |
| 204 | Say N if you are unsure. |
| 205 | |
Dan Williams | 70c14ff | 2007-07-20 02:07:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | config IOP_WATCHDOG |
| 207 | tristate "IOP Watchdog" |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | depends on PLAT_IOP |
Dan Williams | 70c14ff | 2007-07-20 02:07:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | select WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT if (ARCH_IOP32X || ARCH_IOP33X) |
| 210 | help |
| 211 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 212 | in the Intel IOP3XX & IOP13XX I/O Processors. This driver can |
| 213 | be built as a module by choosing M. The module will |
| 214 | be called iop_wdt. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | Note: The IOP13XX watchdog does an Internal Bus Reset which will |
| 217 | affect both cores and the peripherals of the IOP. The ATU-X |
| 218 | and/or ATUe configuration registers will remain intact, but if |
| 219 | operating as an Root Complex and/or Central Resource, the PCI-X |
| 220 | and/or PCIe busses will also be reset. THIS IS A VERY BIG HAMMER. |
| 221 | |
Vladimir Barinov | 7d831bf | 2007-06-12 18:09:50 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | config DAVINCI_WATCHDOG |
| 223 | tristate "DaVinci watchdog" |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | depends on ARCH_DAVINCI |
Vladimir Barinov | 7d831bf | 2007-06-12 18:09:50 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | help |
| 226 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 227 | in the DaVinci DM644x/DM646x processors. |
| 228 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 229 | module will be called davinci_wdt. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | NOTE: once enabled, this timer cannot be disabled. |
| 232 | Say N if you are unsure. |
| 233 | |
Sylver Bruneau | 22ac923 | 2008-06-26 10:47:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | config ORION5X_WATCHDOG |
| 235 | tristate "Orion5x watchdog" |
| 236 | depends on ARCH_ORION5X |
| 237 | help |
| 238 | Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer |
| 239 | in the Orion5x ARM SoCs. |
| 240 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 241 | module will be called orion5x_wdt. |
| 242 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | # ARM26 Architecture |
| 244 | |
Hans-Christian Egtvedt | a9cb395 | 2007-06-07 16:06:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 245 | # AVR32 Architecture |
| 246 | |
| 247 | config AT32AP700X_WDT |
| 248 | tristate "AT32AP700x watchdog" |
Haavard Skinnemoen | 438ff3f | 2007-10-29 15:28:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | depends on CPU_AT32AP700X |
Hans-Christian Egtvedt | a9cb395 | 2007-06-07 16:06:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | help |
| 251 | Watchdog timer embedded into AT32AP700x devices. This will reboot |
| 252 | your system when the timeout is reached. |
| 253 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 254 | # BLACKFIN Architecture |
Bryan Wu | 1e6d320 | 2007-07-15 02:50:02 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 255 | |
| 256 | config BFIN_WDT |
| 257 | tristate "Blackfin On-Chip Watchdog Timer" |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | depends on BLACKFIN |
Bryan Wu | 1e6d320 | 2007-07-15 02:50:02 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | ---help--- |
| 260 | If you say yes here you will get support for the Blackfin On-Chip |
| 261 | Watchdog Timer. If you have one of these processors and wish to |
| 262 | have watchdog support enabled, say Y, otherwise say N. |
| 263 | |
| 264 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 265 | module will be called bfin_wdt. |
| 266 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | # CRIS Architecture |
| 268 | |
| 269 | # FRV Architecture |
| 270 | |
| 271 | # H8300 Architecture |
| 272 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | # X86 (i386 + ia64 + x86_64) Architecture |
| 274 | |
| 275 | config ACQUIRE_WDT |
| 276 | tristate "Acquire SBC Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | ---help--- |
| 279 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on Single Board |
| 280 | Computers produced by Acquire Inc (and others). This watchdog |
| 281 | simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if |
| 282 | it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 285 | module will be called acquirewdt. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Most people will say N. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | config ADVANTECH_WDT |
| 290 | tristate "Advantech SBC Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | help |
| 293 | If you are configuring a Linux kernel for the Advantech single-board |
| 294 | computer, say `Y' here to support its built-in watchdog timer |
| 295 | feature. More information can be found at |
| 296 | <http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/> |
| 297 | |
| 298 | config ALIM1535_WDT |
| 299 | tristate "ALi M1535 PMU Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | depends on X86 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | ---help--- |
| 302 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ALi M1535 PMU. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 305 | module will be called alim1535_wdt. |
| 306 | |
| 307 | Most people will say N. |
| 308 | |
| 309 | config ALIM7101_WDT |
| 310 | tristate "ALi M7101 PMU Computer Watchdog" |
Alexander Clouter | bdd8735 | 2008-08-12 15:09:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | help |
| 313 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ALi M7101 PMU |
Alexander Clouter | bdd8735 | 2008-08-12 15:09:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | as used in the x86 Cobalt servers and also found in some |
| 315 | SPARC Netra servers too. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 316 | |
| 317 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 318 | module will be called alim7101_wdt. |
| 319 | |
| 320 | Most people will say N. |
| 321 | |
Jordan Crouse | 0b36086 | 2008-01-21 10:07:00 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 322 | config GEODE_WDT |
| 323 | tristate "AMD Geode CS5535/CS5536 Watchdog" |
| 324 | depends on MGEODE_LX |
| 325 | help |
| 326 | This driver enables a watchdog capability built into the |
| 327 | CS5535/CS5536 companion chips for the AMD Geode GX and LX |
| 328 | processors. This watchdog watches your kernel to make sure |
| 329 | it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after |
| 330 | a certain amount of time. |
| 331 | |
| 332 | You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use |
| 333 | it as a module. The module will be called geodewdt. |
| 334 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | config SC520_WDT |
| 336 | tristate "AMD Elan SC520 processor Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 337 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | help |
| 339 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog built in to the |
| 340 | AMD "Elan" SC520 microcomputer commonly used in embedded systems. |
| 341 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't |
| 342 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain |
| 343 | amount of time. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use |
| 346 | it as a module. The module will be called sc520_wdt. |
| 347 | |
| 348 | config EUROTECH_WDT |
| 349 | tristate "Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 350 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | help |
| 352 | Enable support for the watchdog timer on the Eurotech CPU-1220 and |
| 353 | CPU-1410 cards. These are PC/104 SBCs. Spec sheets and product |
| 354 | information are at <http://www.eurotech.it/>. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | config IB700_WDT |
| 357 | tristate "IB700 SBC Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 359 | ---help--- |
| 360 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the IB700 Single |
| 361 | Board Computer produced by TMC Technology (www.tmc-uk.com). This watchdog |
| 362 | simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if |
| 363 | it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for slightly different hardware. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 368 | module will be called ib700wdt. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | Most people will say N. |
| 371 | |
Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 372 | config IBMASR |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c310e2b | 2006-09-02 19:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 373 | tristate "IBM Automatic Server Restart" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 374 | depends on X86 |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c310e2b | 2006-09-02 19:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | help |
Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | This is the driver for the IBM Automatic Server Restart watchdog |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | timer built-in into some eServer xSeries machines. |
Andrey Panin | d532134 | 2005-08-19 23:15:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | |
| 379 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 380 | module will be called ibmasr. |
| 381 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 382 | config WAFER_WDT |
Veljkovic Srdjan | 01ed08c | 2007-09-12 15:22:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 383 | tristate "ICP Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 384 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | help |
Veljkovic Srdjan | 01ed08c | 2007-09-12 15:22:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | This is a driver for the hardware watchdog on the ICP Single |
| 387 | Board Computer. This driver is working on (at least) the following |
| 388 | IPC SBC's: Wafer 5823, Rocky 4783, Rocky 3703 and Rocky 3782. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | |
| 390 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 391 | module will be called wafer5823wdt. |
| 392 | |
David Hardeman | cc90ef0 | 2005-08-17 09:07:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 393 | config I6300ESB_WDT |
| 394 | tristate "Intel 6300ESB Timer/Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 395 | depends on X86 && PCI |
David Hardeman | cc90ef0 | 2005-08-17 09:07:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 396 | ---help--- |
| 397 | Hardware driver for the watchdog timer built into the Intel |
| 398 | 6300ESB controller hub. |
| 399 | |
| 400 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 401 | module will be called i6300esb. |
| 402 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 9e0ea34 | 2006-05-21 14:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 403 | config ITCO_WDT |
Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | tristate "Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 9e0ea34 | 2006-05-21 14:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | ---help--- |
| 407 | Hardware driver for the intel TCO timer based watchdog devices. |
| 408 | These drivers are included in the Intel 82801 I/O Controller |
Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | 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] | 410 | controller hub. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) timer is a watchdog timer |
| 413 | that will reboot the machine after its second expiration. The |
| 414 | expiration time can be configured with the "heartbeat" parameter. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | On some motherboards the driver may fail to reset the chipset's |
| 417 | NO_REBOOT flag which prevents the watchdog from rebooting the |
| 418 | machine. If this is the case you will get a kernel message like |
| 419 | "failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag, reboot disabled by hardware". |
| 420 | |
| 421 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 422 | module will be called iTCO_wdt. |
| 423 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e033351 | 2006-11-12 18:05:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | config ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT |
| 425 | bool "Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog Specific Vendor Support" |
| 426 | depends on ITCO_WDT |
| 427 | ---help--- |
| 428 | Add vendor specific support to the intel TCO timer based watchdog |
| 429 | devices. At this moment we only have additional support for some |
| 430 | SuperMicro Inc. motherboards. |
| 431 | |
Jorge Boncompte [DTI2] | 38ff6fd | 2007-11-19 15:09:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | config IT8712F_WDT |
| 433 | tristate "IT8712F (Smart Guardian) Watchdog Timer" |
| 434 | depends on X86 |
| 435 | ---help--- |
| 436 | This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the IT8712F |
| 437 | Super I/0 chipset used on many motherboards. |
| 438 | |
| 439 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 440 | module will be called it8712f_wdt. |
| 441 | |
Oliver Schuster | e1fee94 | 2008-03-05 16:48:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | config IT87_WDT |
| 443 | tristate "IT87 Watchdog Timer" |
| 444 | depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 445 | ---help--- |
| 446 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ITE IT8716, |
| 447 | IT8718, IT8726, IT8712(Version J,K) Super I/O chips. This watchdog |
| 448 | simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if |
| 449 | it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. |
| 450 | |
| 451 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| 452 | be called it87_wdt. |
| 453 | |
Thomas Mingarelli | 7f4da47 | 2007-12-04 17:41:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | config HP_WATCHDOG |
| 455 | tristate "HP Proliant iLO 2 Hardware Watchdog Timer" |
| 456 | depends on X86 |
| 457 | help |
| 458 | A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver |
| 459 | will detect lockups and provide stack trace. Also, when an NMI |
| 460 | occurs this driver will make the necessary BIOS calls to log |
| 461 | the cause of the NMI. This is a driver that will only load on a |
| 462 | HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support. |
| 463 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 464 | module will be called hpwdt. |
| 465 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 466 | config SC1200_WDT |
| 467 | tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | help |
| 470 | This is a driver for National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 hardware |
| 471 | watchdog cards as found on the SC1200. This watchdog is mainly used |
| 472 | for power management purposes and can be used to power down the device |
| 473 | during inactivity periods (includes interrupt activity monitoring). |
| 474 | |
| 475 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 476 | module will be called sc1200wdt. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | Most people will say N. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | config SCx200_WDT |
| 481 | tristate "National Semiconductor SCx200 Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | depends on SCx200 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | help |
| 484 | Enable the built-in watchdog timer support on the National |
| 485 | Semiconductor SCx200 processors. |
| 486 | |
| 487 | If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_wdt. |
| 488 | |
Sven Anders & Marcus Junker | 789fc0a | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | config PC87413_WDT |
| 490 | tristate "NS PC87413 watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | depends on X86 |
Sven Anders & Marcus Junker | 789fc0a | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 492 | ---help--- |
| 493 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the PC87413 chipset |
| 494 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't |
| 495 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain |
| 496 | amount of time. |
| 497 | |
| 498 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 499 | module will be called pc87413_wdt. |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Most people will say N. |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 7944d3a | 2008-08-06 20:19:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | |
Florian Fainelli | b3e8f2c | 2008-02-25 12:59:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 503 | config RDC321X_WDT |
| 504 | tristate "RDC R-321x SoC watchdog" |
| 505 | depends on X86_RDC321X |
| 506 | help |
| 507 | This is the driver for the built in hardware watchdog |
| 508 | in the RDC R-321x SoC. |
| 509 | |
| 510 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 511 | module will be called rdc321x_wdt. |
| 512 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 513 | config 60XX_WDT |
| 514 | tristate "SBC-60XX Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 515 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | help |
| 517 | This driver can be used with the watchdog timer found on some |
| 518 | single board computers, namely the 6010 PII based computer. |
| 519 | It may well work with other cards. It reads port 0x443 to enable |
| 520 | and re-set the watchdog timer, and reads port 0x45 to disable |
| 521 | the watchdog. If you have a card that behave in similar ways, |
| 522 | you can probably make this driver work with your card as well. |
| 523 | |
| 524 | You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use |
| 525 | it as a module. The module will be called sbc60xxwdt. |
| 526 | |
Ian E. Morgan | 3809ad3 | 2005-09-01 22:49:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 527 | config SBC8360_WDT |
| 528 | tristate "SBC8360 Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 529 | depends on X86 |
Ian E. Morgan | 3809ad3 | 2005-09-01 22:49:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 530 | ---help--- |
| 531 | |
| 532 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the SBC8360 Single |
| 533 | Board Computer produced by Axiomtek Co., Ltd. (www.axiomtek.com). |
| 534 | |
| 535 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 536 | module will be called sbc8360.ko. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | Most people will say N. |
| 539 | |
Gilles Gigan | c4c2833 | 2007-10-31 16:31:42 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 540 | config SBC7240_WDT |
| 541 | tristate "SBC Nano 7240 Watchdog Timer" |
| 542 | depends on X86_32 |
| 543 | ---help--- |
| 544 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog found on the IEI |
| 545 | single board computers EPIC Nano 7240 (and likely others). This |
| 546 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 547 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 548 | time. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 551 | module will be called sbc7240_wdt. |
| 552 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 553 | config CPU5_WDT |
| 554 | tristate "SMA CPU5 Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 555 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 556 | ---help--- |
| 557 | TBD. |
| 558 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 559 | module will be called cpu5wdt. |
| 560 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 4c6e63b | 2008-10-22 08:59:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 561 | config SMSC_SCH311X_WDT |
| 562 | tristate "SMSC SCH311X Watchdog Timer" |
| 563 | depends on X86 |
| 564 | ---help--- |
| 565 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog timer on the |
| 566 | SMSC SCH3112, SCH3114 and SCH3116 Super IO chipset |
| 567 | (LPC IO with 8042 KBC, Reset Generation, HWM and multiple |
| 568 | serial ports). |
| 569 | |
| 570 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 571 | module will be called sch311x_wdt. |
| 572 | |
Sven Anders | 485ae77 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 573 | config SMSC37B787_WDT |
| 574 | tristate "Winbond SMsC37B787 Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 575 | depends on X86 |
Sven Anders | 485ae77 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 576 | ---help--- |
| 577 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog component on the |
| 578 | Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset as used on the NetRunner Mainboard |
| 579 | from Vision Systems and maybe others. |
| 580 | |
| 581 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't |
| 582 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain |
| 583 | amount of time. |
| 584 | |
| 585 | Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver that |
| 586 | userspace is still alive, at regular intervals. |
| 587 | |
| 588 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 589 | module will be called smsc37b787_wdt. |
| 590 | |
| 591 | Most people will say N. |
| 592 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 593 | config W83627HF_WDT |
| 594 | tristate "W83627HF Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 595 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 596 | ---help--- |
| 597 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83627HF chipset |
| 598 | as used in Advantech PC-9578 and Tyan S2721-533 motherboards |
| 599 | (and likely others). This watchdog simply watches your kernel to |
| 600 | make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer |
| 601 | after a certain amount of time. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 604 | module will be called w83627hf_wdt. |
| 605 | |
| 606 | Most people will say N. |
| 607 | |
Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 608 | config W83697HF_WDT |
Samuel Tardieu | ff02cfc | 2006-09-07 11:57:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 609 | tristate "W83697HF/W83697HG Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 610 | depends on X86 |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 611 | ---help--- |
Samuel Tardieu | ff02cfc | 2006-09-07 11:57:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 612 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83697HF/HG |
| 613 | chipset as used in Dedibox/VIA motherboards (and likely others). |
| 614 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't |
| 615 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain |
| 616 | amount of time. |
Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 617 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 618 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 619 | module will be called w83697hf_wdt. |
Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 620 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | e0845bf | 2006-09-02 17:59:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 621 | Most people will say N. |
Marcus Junker | f9a8c89 | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 622 | |
Flemming Frandsen | 7d8b090 | 2008-04-17 11:29:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 623 | config W83697UG_WDT |
| 624 | tristate "W83697UG/W83697UF Watchdog Timer" |
| 625 | depends on X86 |
| 626 | ---help--- |
| 627 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83697UG/UF |
| 628 | chipset as used in MSI Fuzzy CX700 VIA motherboards (and likely others). |
| 629 | This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't |
| 630 | freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain |
| 631 | amount of time. |
| 632 | |
| 633 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 634 | module will be called w83697ug_wdt. |
| 635 | |
| 636 | Most people will say N. |
| 637 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 638 | config W83877F_WDT |
| 639 | tristate "W83877F (EMACS) Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 640 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 641 | ---help--- |
| 642 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83877F chipset |
| 643 | as used in EMACS PC-104 motherboards (and likely others). This |
| 644 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 645 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 646 | time. |
| 647 | |
| 648 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 649 | module will be called w83877f_wdt. |
| 650 | |
| 651 | Most people will say N. |
| 652 | |
Jose Miguel Goncalves | b4cc4aa | 2005-09-06 17:05:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 653 | config W83977F_WDT |
| 654 | tristate "W83977F (PCM-5335) Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 655 | depends on X86 |
Jose Miguel Goncalves | b4cc4aa | 2005-09-06 17:05:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 656 | ---help--- |
| 657 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the W83977F I/O chip |
| 658 | as used in AAEON's PCM-5335 SBC (and likely others). This |
| 659 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 660 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 661 | time. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 664 | module will be called w83977f_wdt. |
| 665 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 666 | config MACHZ_WDT |
| 667 | tristate "ZF MachZ Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 668 | depends on X86 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 669 | ---help--- |
| 670 | 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] | 671 | 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] | 672 | processor using ZF-Logic interface. This watchdog simply watches |
| 673 | your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it |
| 674 | reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. |
| 675 | |
| 676 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 677 | module will be called machzwd. |
| 678 | |
Calin A. Culianu | eed6565 | 2006-01-14 13:20:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 679 | config SBC_EPX_C3_WATCHDOG |
| 680 | tristate "Winsystems SBC EPX-C3 watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 681 | depends on X86 |
Calin A. Culianu | eed6565 | 2006-01-14 13:20:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 682 | ---help--- |
| 683 | This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the EPX-C3 |
| 684 | Single-board computer made by Winsystems, Inc. |
| 685 | |
| 686 | *Note*: This hardware watchdog is not probeable and thus there |
| 687 | is no way to know if writing to its IO address will corrupt |
| 688 | your system or have any real effect. The only way to be sure |
| 689 | that this driver does what you want is to make sure you |
Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 690 | 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] | 691 | timer at IO address 0x1ee and 0x1ef. It will write to both those |
| 692 | IO ports. Basically, the assumption is made that if you compile |
| 693 | this driver into your kernel and/or load it as a module, that you |
| 694 | know what you are doing and that you are in fact running on an |
| 695 | EPX-C3 board! |
| 696 | |
| 697 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 698 | module will be called sbc_epx_c3. |
| 699 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 700 | # M32R Architecture |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 701 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 702 | # M68K Architecture |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 703 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 704 | # M68KNOMMU Architecture |
Wim Van Sebroeck | 180536f | 2005-09-10 20:53:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 705 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 706 | # MIPS Architecture |
| 707 | |
Florian Fainelli | 03ec585 | 2008-02-25 13:11:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 708 | config RC32434_WDT |
| 709 | tristate "IDT RC32434 SoC Watchdog Timer" |
| 710 | depends on MIKROTIK_RB532 |
| 711 | help |
| 712 | Hardware driver for the IDT RC32434 SoC built-in |
| 713 | watchdog timer. |
| 714 | |
| 715 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 716 | module will be called rc32434_wdt. |
| 717 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 718 | config INDYDOG |
| 719 | tristate "Indy/I2 Hardware Watchdog" |
Thomas Bogendoerfer | 1ceea82 | 2007-12-02 12:54:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 720 | depends on SGI_HAS_INDYDOG |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 721 | help |
Matt LaPlante | 2621e2a | 2006-07-05 01:20:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 722 | Hardware driver for the Indy's/I2's watchdog. This is a |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 723 | watchdog timer that will reboot the machine after a 60 second |
| 724 | timer expired and no process has written to /dev/watchdog during |
| 725 | that time. |
| 726 | |
Florian Fainelli | 04bf3b4 | 2007-05-06 12:55:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 727 | config WDT_MTX1 |
| 728 | tristate "MTX-1 Hardware Watchdog" |
| 729 | depends on MIPS_MTX1 |
| 730 | help |
| 731 | Hardware driver for the MTX-1 boards. This is a watchdog timer that |
| 732 | will reboot the machine after a 100 seconds timer expired. |
| 733 | |
Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 734 | config WDT_RM9K_GPI |
| 735 | tristate "RM9000/GPI hardware watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 736 | depends on CPU_RM9000 |
Thomas Koeller | 825d374 | 2006-08-14 21:55:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 737 | help |
| 738 | Watchdog implementation using the GPI hardware found on |
| 739 | PMC-Sierra RM9xxx CPUs. |
| 740 | |
| 741 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 742 | module will be called rm9k_wdt. |
| 743 | |
Andrew Sharp | 75c752e | 2007-12-13 16:16:42 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 744 | config SIBYTE_WDOG |
| 745 | tristate "Sibyte SoC hardware watchdog" |
| 746 | depends on CPU_SB1 |
| 747 | help |
| 748 | Watchdog driver for the built in watchdog hardware in Sibyte |
| 749 | SoC processors. There are apparently two watchdog timers |
| 750 | on such processors; this driver supports only the first one, |
| 751 | because currently Linux only supports exporting one watchdog |
| 752 | to userspace. |
| 753 | |
| 754 | To compile this driver as a loadable module, choose M here. |
| 755 | The module will be called sb_wdog. |
| 756 | |
Matteo Croce | c283cf2 | 2007-09-20 18:06:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 757 | config AR7_WDT |
| 758 | tristate "TI AR7 Watchdog Timer" |
| 759 | depends on AR7 |
| 760 | help |
| 761 | Hardware driver for the TI AR7 Watchdog Timer. |
| 762 | |
Atsushi Nemoto | 6f702fc | 2007-11-12 01:32:17 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 763 | config TXX9_WDT |
| 764 | tristate "Toshiba TXx9 Watchdog Timer" |
| 765 | depends on CPU_TX39XX || CPU_TX49XX |
| 766 | help |
| 767 | Hardware driver for the built-in watchdog timer on TXx9 MIPS SoCs. |
| 768 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 769 | # PARISC Architecture |
| 770 | |
| 771 | # POWERPC Architecture |
| 772 | |
Martyn Welch | 3268b56 | 2008-11-10 12:31:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 773 | config GEF_WDT |
| 774 | tristate "GE Fanuc Watchdog Timer" |
| 775 | depends on GEF_SBC610 |
| 776 | ---help--- |
| 777 | Watchdog timer found in a number of GE Fanuc single board computers. |
| 778 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 779 | config MPC5200_WDT |
| 780 | tristate "MPC5200 Watchdog Timer" |
| 781 | depends on PPC_MPC52xx |
| 782 | |
Anton Vorontsov | 28acd02 | 2008-07-03 23:51:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 783 | config 8xxx_WDT |
| 784 | tristate "MPC8xxx Platform Watchdog Timer" |
Anton Vorontsov | 0d7b101 | 2008-07-03 23:51:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 785 | depends on PPC_8xx || PPC_83xx || PPC_86xx |
Anton Vorontsov | 28acd02 | 2008-07-03 23:51:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 786 | help |
| 787 | This driver is for a SoC level watchdog that exists on some |
| 788 | Freescale PowerPC processors. So far this driver supports: |
Anton Vorontsov | 0d7b101 | 2008-07-03 23:51:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 789 | - MPC8xx watchdogs |
Anton Vorontsov | 28acd02 | 2008-07-03 23:51:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 790 | - MPC83xx watchdogs |
| 791 | - MPC86xx watchdogs |
| 792 | |
| 793 | For BookE processors (MPC85xx) use the BOOKE_WDT driver instead. |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 794 | |
| 795 | config MV64X60_WDT |
| 796 | tristate "MV64X60 (Marvell Discovery) Watchdog Timer" |
| 797 | depends on MV64X60 |
| 798 | |
Sean MacLennan | 618efba | 2008-09-23 20:26:26 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 799 | config PIKA_WDT |
| 800 | tristate "PIKA FPGA Watchdog" |
| 801 | depends on WARP |
| 802 | default y |
| 803 | help |
| 804 | This enables the watchdog in the PIKA FPGA. Currently used on |
| 805 | the Warp platform. |
| 806 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 807 | config BOOKE_WDT |
| 808 | bool "PowerPC Book-E Watchdog Timer" |
| 809 | depends on BOOKE || 4xx |
| 810 | ---help--- |
| 811 | Please see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt for |
| 812 | more information. |
| 813 | |
| 814 | # PPC64 Architecture |
| 815 | |
| 816 | config WATCHDOG_RTAS |
| 817 | tristate "RTAS watchdog" |
| 818 | depends on PPC_RTAS |
| 819 | help |
| 820 | This driver adds watchdog support for the RTAS watchdog. |
| 821 | |
| 822 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 823 | will be called wdrtas. |
| 824 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 825 | # S390 Architecture |
| 826 | |
| 827 | config ZVM_WATCHDOG |
| 828 | tristate "z/VM Watchdog Timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 829 | depends on S390 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 830 | help |
| 831 | IBM s/390 and zSeries machines running under z/VM 5.1 or later |
| 832 | provide a virtual watchdog timer to their guest that cause a |
| 833 | user define Control Program command to be executed after a |
| 834 | timeout. |
| 835 | |
| 836 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 837 | will be called vmwatchdog. |
| 838 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 839 | # SUPERH (sh + sh64) Architecture |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 840 | |
| 841 | config SH_WDT |
| 842 | tristate "SuperH Watchdog" |
Paul Mundt | d0afa57 | 2007-07-18 18:55:25 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 843 | depends on SUPERH && (CPU_SH3 || CPU_SH4) |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 844 | help |
| 845 | This driver adds watchdog support for the integrated watchdog in the |
| 846 | SuperH processors. If you have one of these processors and wish |
| 847 | to have watchdog support enabled, say Y, otherwise say N. |
| 848 | |
| 849 | As a side note, saying Y here will automatically boost HZ to 1000 |
| 850 | so that the timer has a chance to clear the overflow counter. On |
| 851 | slower systems (such as the SH-2 and SH-3) this will likely yield |
| 852 | some performance issues. As such, the WDT should be avoided here |
| 853 | unless it is absolutely necessary. |
| 854 | |
| 855 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 856 | module will be called shwdt. |
| 857 | |
Paul Mundt | f118420 | 2006-09-27 17:53:59 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 858 | config SH_WDT_MMAP |
| 859 | bool "Allow mmap of SH WDT" |
| 860 | default n |
| 861 | depends on SH_WDT |
| 862 | help |
| 863 | If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap the |
| 864 | WDT/CPG registers. |
Wim Van Sebroeck | cbf40d3 | 2006-10-14 20:18:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 865 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 866 | # SPARC Architecture |
| 867 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 868 | # SPARC64 Architecture |
| 869 | |
| 870 | config WATCHDOG_CP1XXX |
| 871 | tristate "CP1XXX Hardware Watchdog support" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 872 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 873 | ---help--- |
| 874 | This is the driver for the hardware watchdog timers present on |
| 875 | Sun Microsystems CompactPCI models CP1400 and CP1500. |
| 876 | |
| 877 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 878 | module will be called cpwatchdog. |
| 879 | |
| 880 | If you do not have a CompactPCI model CP1400 or CP1500, or |
| 881 | another UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine boardset with hardware watchdog, |
| 882 | you should say N to this option. |
| 883 | |
| 884 | config WATCHDOG_RIO |
| 885 | tristate "RIO Hardware Watchdog support" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 886 | depends on SPARC64 && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 887 | help |
| 888 | Say Y here to support the hardware watchdog capability on Sun RIO |
| 889 | machines. The watchdog timeout period is normally one minute but |
| 890 | can be changed with a boot-time parameter. |
| 891 | |
Wim Van Sebroeck | c0e962f | 2007-07-20 20:13:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 892 | # XTENSA Architecture |
| 893 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 894 | # |
| 895 | # ISA-based Watchdog Cards |
| 896 | # |
| 897 | |
| 898 | comment "ISA-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 899 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 900 | |
| 901 | config PCWATCHDOG |
| 902 | tristate "Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 903 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 904 | ---help--- |
| 905 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products ISA-PC Watchdog card. |
| 906 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 907 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 908 | time. This driver is like the WDT501 driver but for different |
| 909 | hardware. Please read <file:Documentation/watchdog/pcwd-watchdog.txt>. The PC |
| 910 | watchdog cards can be ordered from <http://www.berkprod.com/>. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 913 | module will be called pcwd. |
| 914 | |
| 915 | Most people will say N. |
| 916 | |
| 917 | config MIXCOMWD |
| 918 | tristate "Mixcom Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 919 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 920 | ---help--- |
| 921 | This is a driver for the Mixcom hardware watchdog cards. This |
| 922 | watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 923 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 924 | time. |
| 925 | |
| 926 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 927 | module will be called mixcomwd. |
| 928 | |
| 929 | Most people will say N. |
| 930 | |
| 931 | config WDT |
| 932 | tristate "WDT Watchdog timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 933 | depends on ISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 934 | ---help--- |
| 935 | If you have a WDT500P or WDT501P watchdog board, say Y here, |
| 936 | otherwise N. It is not possible to probe for this board, which means |
| 937 | that you have to inform the kernel about the IO port and IRQ that |
| 938 | is needed (you can do this via the io and irq parameters) |
| 939 | |
| 940 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 941 | module will be called wdt. |
| 942 | |
| 943 | config WDT_501 |
| 944 | bool "WDT501 features" |
| 945 | depends on WDT |
| 946 | help |
| 947 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature |
| 948 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give |
| 949 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from |
| 950 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees |
| 951 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a WDT501P watchdog board |
| 952 | installed. |
| 953 | |
| 954 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the WDT501P, then you |
| 955 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a |
| 956 | fan tachometer actually set up. |
| 957 | |
| 958 | # |
| 959 | # PCI-based Watchdog Cards |
| 960 | # |
| 961 | |
| 962 | comment "PCI-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 963 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 964 | |
| 965 | config PCIPCWATCHDOG |
| 966 | tristate "Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 967 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 968 | ---help--- |
| 969 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products PCI-PC Watchdog card. |
| 970 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 971 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 972 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. |
| 973 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/pci_pc_watchdog.htm>. |
| 974 | |
| 975 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 976 | module will be called pcwd_pci. |
| 977 | |
| 978 | Most people will say N. |
| 979 | |
| 980 | config WDTPCI |
| 981 | tristate "PCI-WDT500/501 Watchdog timer" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 982 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 983 | ---help--- |
| 984 | If you have a PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog board, say Y here, otherwise N. |
| 985 | |
| 986 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 987 | module will be called wdt_pci. |
| 988 | |
| 989 | config WDT_501_PCI |
| 990 | bool "PCI-WDT501 features" |
| 991 | depends on WDTPCI |
| 992 | help |
| 993 | Saying Y here and creating a character special file /dev/temperature |
| 994 | with major number 10 and minor number 131 ("man mknod") will give |
| 995 | you a thermometer inside your computer: reading from |
| 996 | /dev/temperature yields one byte, the temperature in degrees |
| 997 | Fahrenheit. This works only if you have a PCI-WDT501 watchdog board |
| 998 | installed. |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | If you want to enable the Fan Tachometer on the PCI-WDT501, then you |
| 1001 | can do this via the tachometer parameter. Only do this if you have a |
| 1002 | fan tachometer actually set up. |
| 1003 | |
| 1004 | # |
| 1005 | # USB-based Watchdog Cards |
| 1006 | # |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | comment "USB-based Watchdog Cards" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1009 | depends on USB |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1010 | |
| 1011 | config USBPCWATCHDOG |
| 1012 | tristate "Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog" |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1013 | depends on USB |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1014 | ---help--- |
| 1015 | This is the driver for the Berkshire Products USB-PC Watchdog card. |
| 1016 | This card simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, |
| 1017 | and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of |
| 1018 | time. The card can also monitor the internal temperature of the PC. |
| 1019 | More info is available at <http://www.berkprod.com/usb_pc_watchdog.htm>. |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 1022 | module will be called pcwd_usb. |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | Most people will say N. |
| 1025 | |
Jan Engelhardt | 261259b | 2007-04-30 13:56:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1026 | endif # WATCHDOG |