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      arkestler
      last edited by

      I am running pfsense on a Fit-PC2i.  I have enabled the watchdog settings in the bios, how do I enable it on the pfsense side of things?  The Fit-PC website has the following instructions for Linux, but how do I achieve the same on this FreeBSD based system?

      
      sudo modprobe sbc_fitpc2_wdt margin=60
      sudo touch /dev/watchdog
      # now watchdog is enabled. fitPC2 will be rebooted after 60 sec.
      sudo echo V > /dev/watchdog
      # now watchdog is disabled. fitPC2 will not be rebooted.
      
      

      Thanks

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Do you know how the watchdog is implemented on that device?

        It is usually either on the ICH/southbridge chip or the superIO chip.

        See this thread: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,34056.0.html

        Steve

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          arkestler
          last edited by

          How can I determine which type it is?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Look through the documentation? Ask fitPC?  :-\

            It's probably the ICH so try loading the ichwd.ko module as described in the linked thread and see what happens. It will probably detect a watchdog and load even if the BIOS switch does not correspond to it. You'll just have to turn it on and see.  ;)

            Steve

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              arkestler
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              Neither of those two watchdog methods worked.  I have reached out to Fit-PC to see if they can offer any assistance on a proper driver to interact with their bios watchdog.  We'll see if they have a response.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                What happened? What did you try?
                I'd be surprised if FitPC had implemented some other watchdog, why would they when there is already one built into the chipset?

                Steve

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