Watchdog timer GUI support

andrew_241 · Jul 6, 2021, 1:49 AM

I'm running pfSense on a Supermicro X11SCL-IF. This board has a watchdog jumper, and a timer can be enabled in the BIOS setup. (Right now, the jumper is configured to send a non-maskable interrupt, as opposed to resetting the system.)

Is this watchdog timer supported by pfSense through the GUI? I don't see that as an option on my system.

Thanks!

stephenw10 · Jul 6, 2021, 6:52 PM

You will only see that option on systems that have a watchdog device known to work.

You may be able to load it manually using the right kernel module. Probably either wbwd or icgwd.

Steve

andrew_241 · Jul 7, 2021, 2:00 AM

Understood. The reason I ask is that I've been getting lockups of my pfSense system after about ten days of uptime or so that requires a manual reset.

andrew_241 · Jul 7, 2021, 9:27 PM

I don't think it's pfSense. A lockup just happened again, and has something to do with the external power situation. Time for a UPS.

andrew_241 · Jul 25, 2021, 10:48 PM

@stephenw10

I'm trying to get the watchdog working again. I tried:

kldload ichwd
kldload: can't load ichwd: No such file or directory

It doesn't look like the necessary kernel module is located in /boot/kernel. How would I go about loading the module? Is this something I need to compile myself?

Thanks!

stephenw10 · Jul 26, 2021, 12:29 AM

I would first try copying it from FreeBSD 12.2. A lot of modules will load like that.