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| author |   Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de> | 2006-08-24 17:11:50 +0200 |
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| committer |   Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> | 2006-10-04 22:36:02 +0200 |
| commit | 485ae77dc7f484563707557ccf8c5d228980619f (patch) | |
| tree | f6b24e7e0b02ea3d33744bfd19671909b197ecc1 /drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig | |
| parent | [S390] cio: improve unit check handling for internal operations (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-485ae77dc7f484563707557ccf8c5d228980619f.tar.xz linux-dev-485ae77dc7f484563707557ccf8c5d228980619f.zip | |
[WATCHDOG] Winbond SMsC37B787 watchdog driver
New watchdog driver for the Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset.
Signed-off-by: Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig index 89e46d6dfc4e..8d2ebc73c894 100644 --- a/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig @@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ config CPU5_WDT To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called cpu5wdt. +config SMSC37B787_WDT + tristate "Winbond SMsC37B787 Watchdog Timer" + depends on WATCHDOG && X86 + ---help--- + This is the driver for the hardware watchdog component on the + Winbond SMsC37B787 chipset as used on the NetRunner Mainboard + from Vision Systems and maybe others. + + This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't + freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain + amount of time. + + Usually a userspace daemon will notify the kernel WDT driver that + userspace is still alive, at regular intervals. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called smsc37b787_wdt. + + Most people will say N. + config W83627HF_WDT tristate "W83627HF Watchdog Timer" depends on WATCHDOG && X86 |