ichwd: Add manual for i6300esb watchdog
Reviewed by: ziaee, mhorne Approved by: lwhsu (mentor) MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54466
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd August 20, 2008
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.Dd January 3, 2026
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.Dt ICHWD 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ The ICH WDT counts down in ticks of approximately 0.6 seconds; the
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exact value depends on hardware quality and environmental factors.
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Supported watchdog intervals range from 2 to 63 ticks.
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.Pp
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In QEMU, there is a dedicated watchdog implementation for x86
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systems based on the Intel 6300ESB controller hub.
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Support for this watchdog is provided by this kernel module.
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.Pp
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Optionally, set the
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.Va hw.i6300esbwd.x.locked=1
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.Xr sysctl 8
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to prevent users from disabling the watchdog timeout check
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after it has been enabled.
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.Pp
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Note that on some ICH-based systems, the WDT may be present but
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disabled, either in hardware or by the BIOS.
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The
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