B.3 watchdog kick, B.4 watchdog status – Endura RADISYS KP915GV User Manual

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Prescale

4-bit value to set the watchdog counter period

0..15

16..1s period (a value of 1010b gives a period of 6 seconds)

1 Description

RES

Reset after second timeout:

0 No

reset

1

Force system reset after second watchdog timeout

SMI

Generate SMI after first timeout:

8

0 No

SMI

1

Generate SMI after first watchdog timeout

WEN Watchdog

enable:

0 Disable

watchdog

timer

1

Enable and start watchdog timer

8

Use of this feature normally requires a custom BIOS – contact RadiSys for more information. The

standard BIOS does not route the SMI and thus ignores the event – causing a system reset after
the second timeout unless the timer is restarted.

B.3

Watchdog Kick

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Don’t care

1

W W W W W W W W

I/O location:

066h

Index

0

Default:

00000000b

B.4

Watchdog Status

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Prescale TO2

TO1

WEN

0

RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO

I/O location:

066h

Index:

0

Default:

N/A

Prescale

4-bit value to set counter period (copy of data written)

TOC1 First

timeout:

0

First timeout has not occurred

1

Timer has expired at least once

TOC2 Second

timeout:

0

Second timeout has not occurred

1

Timer has expired at least once

WEN Timer

enable:

0

Timer is disabled

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