Component Type: kbuild config

Description: Watchdog Timer Support

More info: If you say Y here (and to one of the following options) and create a character special file /dev/watchdog with major number 10 and minor number 130 using mknod ("man mknod"), you will get a watchdog, i.e.: subsequently opening the file and then failing to write to it for longer than 1 minute will result in rebooting the machine. This could be useful for a networked machine that needs to come back on-line as fast as possible after a lock-up. There's both a watchdog implementation entirely in software (which can sometimes fail to reboot the machine) and a driver for hardware watchdog boards, which are more robust and can also keep track of the temperature inside your computer. For details, read <file:Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.rst> in the kernel source. The watchdog is usually used together with the watchdog daemon which is available from <https://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/daemons/watchdog/>. This daemon can also monitor NFS connections and can reboot the machine when the process table is full. If unsure, say N.

Build project: Kconfig (Linux kconfig) (Path: drivers\watchdog\Kconfig )

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