Merge the relevant information of man4.i386/ichwd.4 into man4/ichwd.4

and remove ichwd(4) man page from man4.i386.

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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd August 23, 2007
.Dd August 20, 2008
.Dt ICHWD 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -50,12 +50,29 @@ The
.Nm
driver provides
.Xr watchdog 4
support for the watchdog interrupt timer present in
the Intel ICH motherboard chipsets.
support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on
all Intel ICH motherboard chipsets.
.Pp
The ICH WDT counts down in ticks of approximately 0.6 seconds; the
exact value depends on hardware quality and environmental factors.
Supported watchdog intervals range from 2 to 63 ticks.
.Pp
Note that on some ICH-based systems, the WDT may be present but
disabled, either in hardware or by the BIOS.
The
.Nm
driver attempts to detect this condition and will refuse to attach if
it believes the WDT is disabled.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr watchdog 4 ,
.Xr watchdog 8 ,
.Xr watchdogd 8
.Xr watchdogd 8,
.Xr watchdog 9
.Rs
.%T Using the Intel ICH Family Watchdog Timer (WDT)
.%R Intel Application Note AP-725
.%O Document Number 292273-001
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
@ -65,8 +82,9 @@ driver first appeared in
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was originally written by
.An Wm. Daryl Hawkins
of Texas A&M University.
driver was written by
.An Wm. Daryl Hawkins Aq dhawkins@tamu.edu
of Texas A&M University and
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
This manual page was written by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .

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ex.4 \
fe.4 \
glxsb.4 \
ichwd.4 \
ie.4 \
longrun.4 \
mcd.4 \

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.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 11, 2004
.Dt ICHWD 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ichwd
.Nd Intel ICH watchdog timer driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd device ichwd
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This driver provides access to the watchdog timer (WDT) present on all
Intel ICH chipsets.
.Pp
The ICH WDT counts down in ticks of approximately 0.6 seconds; the
exact value depends on hardware quality and environmental factors.
Supported watchdog intervals range from 2 to 63 ticks.
.Pp
Note that on some ICH-based systems, the WDT may be present but
disabled, either in hardware or by the BIOS.
The
.Nm
driver attempts to detect this condition and will refuse to attach if
it believes the WDT is disabled.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr watchdog 4 ,
.Xr watchdog 8 ,
.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
.Xr watchdog 9
.Rs
.%T Using the Intel ICH Family Watchdog Timer (WDT)
.%R Intel Application Note AP-725
.%O Document Number 292273-001
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Wm. Daryl Hawkins Aq dhawkins@tamu.edu
and
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
This manual page was written by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .