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From: "Wm. Daryl Hawkins" <dhawkins@tamu.edu>
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Subject: Intel i8xx watchdog driver
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I've written a driver for the Intel i8xx TCO watchdog timer for both =
FreeBSD-CURRENT and FreeBSD-STABLE.  This is my first driver and it's =
only seen limited testing, so proceed with caution!  The FreeBSD-CURRENT =
package contains a loadable kernel module and was written to work with =
Poul-Henning Kamp's watchdog driver model.  The FreeBSD-STABLE package =
contains both the loadable kernel module and a userland daemon.=20

I've tested it with 4.9, 5.2.1, and CURRENT on a Supermicro P4SGE =
motherboard and would be grateful for any suggestions, comments, bug =
reports, or complaints!  :) =20

If there is sufficient interest (and once I've gotten some comment on =
the structure and inner workings of this driver), I'd also like to write =
a driver for the AMD-8000 series chipset.  You can get the driver at: =
http://freebsd.tamu.edu/wdog/

-- Daryl


Daryl Hawkins
Network Systems
Texas A&M University
dhawkins@tamu.edu