VIAWD(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 VIAWD(4) 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the VIAWD(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's all about the VIA south bridge watchdog timer driver. It's giving niche hardware excellence 💅.

✨ NAME ✨

  • viawd — device driver for VIA south bridge watchdog timer.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device viawd

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

viawd_load="YES"

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The viawd driver provides watchdog(4) support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on VIA south bridge chipset (VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900). Iconic chipset lineup, no cap ✨.

The VIA south bridge has a built-in watchdog timer, which can be enabled and disabled by a user's program and set between 1 to 1023 seconds. That's the whole range, periodt.

When the viawd driver is unloaded with a running watchdog, it will reschedule the watchdog to 5 minutes. Don't sleep on that detail 😭.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The viawd driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. Historic moment fr fr 🎀.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The viawd driver and this manual page were written by Fabien Thomas <fabient@FreeBSD.org>. Give them their flowers 💐.

and that's the tea: this page's source/version is Debian, and its date is December 7, 2011 — VIAWD(4) out, mwah 💋✨

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