wdtpci_get_status(9)

💖 NAME 💖

wdtpci_get_status - the original just leaves this dash hanging with no description, so we are keeping it exactly that way, bestie 💅 This page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about wdtpci_get_status(9).

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

int wdtpci_get_status (int *status );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• status — the new status. That's the one and only argument, and yes, the manpage literally calls it "the new status" 🫶

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Okay so here's the vibe: wdtpci_get_status extracts the status information from a WDT watchdog device. There are several board variants, so we have to know which bits are valid — not all bits are trustworthy, iykyk. Some bits default to one and some to zero in order to be maximally painful 😭 (the manpage said it, not me).

Then we map the bits onto the status ioctl flags. Cute little bit-mapping moment, no cap ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c is where the lore lives, and the whole squad is:

• wdtpci_start(9)
• wdtpci_stop(9)
• wdtpci_ping(9)
• wdtpci_set_heartbeat(9)
• wdtpci_interrupt(9)
• wdtpci_write(9)
• wdtpci_ioctl(9)
• wdtpci_open(9)
• wdtpci_release(9)
• wdtpci_temp_read(9)
• wdtpci_temp_open(9)
• wdtpci_temp_release(9)
• wdtpci_notify_sys(9)

That's the whole page, bestie 💖 source/version: ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋