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33 .Nd device driver for VIA south bridge watchdog timer
35 To compile this driver into the kernel,
36 place the following line in your
37 kernel configuration file:
38 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
42 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43 module at boot time, place the following line in
45 .Bd -literal -offset indent
53 support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on
54 VIA south bridge chipset (VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900).
56 The VIA south bridge have a built-in watchdog timer,
57 which can be enabled and disabled by user's program and set between
62 driver when unloaded with running watchdog will reschedule the watchdog
72 driver first appeared in
78 driver and this manual page were written by
79 .An Fabien Thomas Aq fabient@FreeBSD.org .