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32 .Nd "software and hardware watchdog facility"
36 .Fn watchdog_fn "void *private" "u_int cmd" "int *error"
37 .Fn EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER watchdog_list watchdog_fn private 0
38 .Fn EVENTHANDLER_DEREGISTER watchdog_list eventhandler_tag
40 To implement a watchdog in software or hardware, only a single
41 function needs to be written and registered on the global
44 The function must examine the
46 argument and act on it as
51 is zero, the watchdog must be disabled and the
53 argument left untouched.
54 If the watchdog cannot be disabled, the
56 argument must be set to
59 Else the watchdog should be reset and configured to a timeout of
60 .Pq 1 << Pq Fa cmd No & Dv WD_INTERVAL
61 nanoseconds or larger and the
63 argument be set to zero to signal arming of a watchdog.
65 If the watchdog cannot be configured to the proposed timeout, it
66 must be disabled and the
68 argument left as is (to avoid hiding the arming of another watchdog).
70 There is no specification of what the watchdog should do when it
71 times out, but a hardware reset or similar
72 .Dq "drastic but certain"
73 behaviour is recommended.
80 facility and this manual page was written
81 .An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .