g those values

sysctl -A dev.itwd
dev.itwd.0.%parent: superio0
dev.itwd.0.%pnpinfo: type=WDT
dev.itwd.0.%location: ldn=0x07
dev.itwd.0.%driver: itwd
dev.itwd.0.%desc: Watchdog Timer on ITE SuperIO
dev.itwd.%parent:

On linux,
modprobe it87_wdt
] it87_wdt: Chip IT8613 revision 12 initialized. timeout=60 sec 
(nowayout=0 testmode=0)

wdctl
Device:        /dev/watchdog0
Identity:      IT87 WDT [version 1]
Timeout:       60 seconds
Pre-timeout:    0 seconds
FLAG           DESCRIPTION               STATUS BOOT-STATUS
KEEPALIVEPING  Keep alive ping reply          1           0
MAGICCLOSE     Supports magic close char      0           0
SETTIMEOUT     Set timeout (in seconds)       0           0

The code is at 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c 
if that helps shed any light.


i tried defining the irq and playing with the nmi at 1 or 0, and still 
no luck. e.g. setting it to 0x05 and nmi 0, kldload (with boot verbose) 
and then starting up watchdogd -t 8... wait 9 seconds,  and then killall 
-9 watchdogd, still does not reboot the box

itwd0: <Watchdog Timer on ITE SuperIO> at WDT ldn 0x07 on superio0
ioapic0: routing intpin 5 (ISA IRQ 5) to lapic 0 vector 56
itwd0: Using IRQ5 to signal timeout
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: setting timeout to 8
itwd0: got interrupt, wdt status = 1

Same with irq at 0x0f with and without nmi=0 or 1.

itwd0: <Watchdog Timer on ITE SuperIO> at WDT ldn 0x07 on superio0
itwd0: Using IRQ15 to signal timeout
itwd0: setting timeout to 16
itwd0: setting timeout to 16
itwd0: setting timeout to 16
itwd0: setting timeout to 16
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4
itwd0: setting timeout to 4


     ---Mike




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