wdrtas_timer_start(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🐕 wdrtas_timer_start(9) — the "wake up, watchdog" girlie of the Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, sit down, hydrate, because today we're talking about wdrtas_timer_start — she's a kernel function, she's from the Kernel API Manual, and her whole entire job is starting a watchdog. that's it. that's the gig. iconic, lowkey 💅

✨ NAME ✨

wdrtas_timer_start — starts watchdog 🐾

like literally what it says on the tin. she starts the watchdog. no notes. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void wdrtas_timer_start (void );

this is the whole signature, bestie — she takes a void and she returns a void. no arguments, no return value, no drama. a clean, minimal, main-character-energy function. we love a low-maintenance queen 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • void — no arguments. none. zero. nada. she does NOT want your input, she does NOT want your parameters, she is fully self-sufficient and honestly? respect. 🙈

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: wdrtas_timer_start starts the watchdog by calling the RTAS function set-interval (surveillance). that's the whole move — she picks up the phone, calls set-interval with surveillance as the vibe, and boom 💥 the watchdog is officially up and watching.

ngl it's giving "one job and she does it flawlessly." no extra steps, no weird edge cases spelled out in the docs, just a straight line from A to watchdog. slay ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG and honestly it's giving family reunion, so let's go — the kernel file lives at ./drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c and here's the whole crew 🫶

go read them all, i'll wait — bestie homework era 🎀

💀 reminder that this page is technical documentation, not a vibe suggestion — the function starts the watchdog via RTAS set-interval (surveillance) and that's the only behaviour documented here. no invented lore, i promise. 🫶

and that's the page!! brought to you by the source ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, straight outta the Kernel API Manual. mwah 💖 go start that watchdog, bestie — you're gonna do amazing 🦋✨

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