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2.5 KiB
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67 lines
2.5 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd February 28, 2004
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.Dt watchdog 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm watchdog
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.Nd "Software and hardware watchdog facility"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/watchdog.h
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.Ft "void"
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.Fn watchdog_fn "void *private" "u_int cmd" "int *error"
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.Bl -literal
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EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(watchdog_list, watchdog_fn, private, 0);
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.El
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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To implement a watchdog in software or hardware, only a single
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function needs to be written and registered on the global
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watchdog_list.
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.Pp
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The function must examine the cmd argument and act on it as
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follows:
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.Pp
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If cmd is zero, the watchdog must be disabled and the error
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argument left untouched.
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.Pp
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Else the watchdog should be reset and configured to a timeout of
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(1<<(cmd & WD_INTERVAL))
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nanoseconds or larger and the error argument be set to zero.
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.Pp
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If the watchdog can not be configured to the proposed timeout, it
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must be disabled and the error argument left untouched.
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.Pp
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There is no specification of what the watchdog should do when it
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times out, but a hardware reset or similar "drastic but certain"
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behaviour is recommended.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr watchdog 4
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The watchdog facility and this manual page was written
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.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .
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