CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG: Software watchdog

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG has multiple definitions:

Software watchdog found in drivers/watchdog/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.24–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called softdog.

Software Watchdog found in arch/um/Kconfig.char

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software Watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_WATCHDOG
• defined in arch/um/Kconfig.char
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.14–2.6.39, 3.0–3.1
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

(none)

Software watchdog found in drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.49–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.23
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called softdog.

Software Watchdog found in arch/um/Kconfig_char

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software Watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_WATCHDOG
• defined in arch/um/Kconfig_char
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.13
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

(none)

Software watchdog found in arch/sparc64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/sparc64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.2
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called softdog.

Software watchdog found in arch/sparc/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in arch/sparc/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.2
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called softdog.

Software watchdog found in arch/m68k/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_WATCHDOG
• defined in arch/m68k/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.2
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called softdog.

Software watchdog found in drivers/char/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG:

• prompt: Software watchdog
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_WATCHDOG
• defined in drivers/char/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.48
• modules built: softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog, softdog

Help text

A software monitoring watchdog. This will fail to reboot your system from some situations that the hardware watchdog will recover from. Equally it's a lot cheaper to install.

This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. The module will be called softdog.o.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : arch/sparc/Kconfig : "Software watchdog" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.2
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : arch/sparc64/Kconfig : "Software watchdog" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.2
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : arch/um/Kconfig.char : "Software Watchdog" # in 2.6.14–2.6.39, 3.0–3.1
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : arch/um/Kconfig_char : "Software Watchdog" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.13
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : drivers/char/Kconfig : "Software watchdog" # in 2.5.45–2.5.48
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig : "Software watchdog" # in 2.5.49–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.23
• lkddb module softdog CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG : drivers/watchdog/Kconfig : "Software watchdog" # in 2.6.24–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD

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