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| author | Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@flameeyes.eu> | 2012-03-14 20:49:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> | 2012-05-23 16:24:43 +0200 |
| commit | 198ca0153412a97e968b5deb67d789000faef129 (patch) | |
| tree | 4651b89925ae5c635ece460537478d16b3e225f3 /drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | |
| parent | 7050bd54997a1606377a1985b508a145ea8c1555 (diff) | |
| download | linux-198ca0153412a97e968b5deb67d789000faef129.tar.bz2 | |
watchdog: it87_wdt: Add support for IT8728F watchdog.
This works the same way IT8721F works, but it supports WDT_PWROK
(checked on the datasheet).
Signed-off-by: Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@flameeyes.eu>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig index 0542314e1510..66e77ad5ad6f 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig @@ -596,7 +596,12 @@ config IT87_WDT depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ITE IT8702, - IT8712, IT8716, IT8718, IT8720, IT8721, IT8726 Super I/O chips. + IT8712, IT8716, IT8718, IT8720, IT8721, IT8726 and IT8728 + Super I/O chips. + + If the driver does not work, then make sure that the game port in + the BIOS is enabled. + This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of time. |