How enable watchdog?

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I'm struggling with the watchdog timer (wdt) for a while. I can't get it working.

My microcontroller is a AriaG25, based on the AT91SAM925. I have used this tutorial to compile the kernel. The kernel settings related to the wdt looks like this:

CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y       
CONFIG_AT91SAM9X_WATCHDOG=y

The kernel has been compiled without problem and boots succesfully. I've installed the watchdog deamon software via apt-get. And now I'm stuck. How do I get the watchdog working? I read a lot about /dev/watchdog. I don't have that file. Do I have to put the driver for my hardware there? Is this a driver?

Have you looked at the watchdog man page? http://linux.die.net/man/8/watchdog — slm, Aug 28 '13 at 12:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '13 at 11:07

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I've changed my kernel configuration to this:

CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
CONFIG_AT91SAM9X_WATCHDOG=y

Now my watchdog timer was running. I only had to edit /etc/watchdog.conf in order to set up tests.

answered Sep 02 '13 at 11:07

OrangeTux

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To make the best of the watchdog protection you may also need to configure the daemon to run tests that verify your system's critical operation(s) are working. I have been doing this for our control computers and documented it here – Paul Crawford Sep 04 '13 at 17:05

How enable watchdog?

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