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| author | Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> | 2008-01-21 10:07:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> | 2008-05-25 09:02:17 +0000 |
| commit | 0b36086b5d7c397a128784bed6e332418e500af1 (patch) | |
| tree | ba2039b425d32796d47e3aa557cac78427f4b6ce /drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | |
| parent | 7f7f894c6d3285407b2493d1575500fb25e3d495 (diff) | |
[WATCHDOG] Add a watchdog driver based on the CS5535/CS5536 MFGPT timers
Add a watchdog timer based on the MFGPT timers in the CS5535/CS5536
companion chips to the AMD Geode GX and LX processors. Only caveat
is that the BIOS must provide at least a one free timer, and most
do not.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig index 254d115cafa..ccb78f66c2b 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig @@ -295,6 +295,19 @@ config ALIM7101_WDT Most people will say N. +config GEODE_WDT + tristate "AMD Geode CS5535/CS5536 Watchdog" + depends on MGEODE_LX + help + This driver enables a watchdog capability built into the + CS5535/CS5536 companion chips for the AMD Geode GX and LX + processors. This watchdog watches your kernel to make sure + it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after + a certain amount of time. + + You can compile this driver directly into the kernel, or use + it as a module. The module will be called geodewdt. + config SC520_WDT tristate "AMD Elan SC520 processor Watchdog" depends on X86 |