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17.Dd $Mdocdate: November 15 2014 $
18.Dt ICHWDT 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ichwdt
22.Nd Intel 6300ESB ICH watchdog timer device
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "ichwdt* at pci?"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver supports the watchdog timer of the Intel 6300ESB I/O Controller Hub.
29.Pp
30.Nm
31provides the standard
32.Xr watchdog 4
33interface and may be used with
34.Xr watchdogd 8 .
35The watchdog timer can be configured via
36.Xr sysctl 8 .
37.Pp
38Once the watchdog timer resets the CPU, the driver reports it on the
39next boot displaying the
40.Dq reboot on timeout
41message in the dmesg.
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr intro 4 ,
44.Xr pci 4 ,
45.Xr watchdog 4 ,
46.Xr sysctl 8 ,
47.Xr watchdogd 8
48.Sh HISTORY
49The
50.Nm
51device first appeared in
52.Ox 3.8 .
53.Sh AUTHORS
54The
55.Nm
56driver was written by
57.An Alexander Yurchenko Aq Mt grange@openbsd.org .
58