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[Bug 932381] Re: IT87 watchdog timer driver not working

 

Well I guess no one is going to fix the it87_wdt module any time soon :(

As a work-around, my own version of the watchdog daemon (update #117 or
later) now detects if it is reported as "IT87 WDT" when queried and re-
sets the time-out on each refresh, rather then writing '\0' to the
device. It appears to work OK on the motherboards I have.

Code can be found here:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~psc/watchdog/Linux-Watchdog.html

Usual disclaimer about (A) it is not the official version, and (B) check
and test the code yourself, as absolutely no warranty!

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Title:
  IT87 watchdog timer driver not working

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  
  The watchdog daemon resets the driver via /dev/watchdog, but the machine nonetheless resets after 60 seconds.

  $ modprobe it87_wdt
  $ dmesg | tail -n 1
  [173619.473716] IT87 WDT: Chip IT8720 revision 8 initialized. timeout=60 sec (nowayout=0 testmode=0 exclusive=1 nogameport=0)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-15-generic 3.2.0-15.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   BEN.        PID ZUGR.  BEFEHL
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  mark       4945 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D7p:   mark       4945 F...m pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  mark       4945 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfaffc000 irq 17'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 0d HDMI/DP'
     Components	: 'HDA:10de000d,10de0101,00100100'
     Controls      : 24
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'CA0106'/'Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xce00 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'CA0106'
     Components	: ''
     Controls      : 35
     Simple ctrls  : 18
  CurrentDmesg:
   Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Keine Berechtigung
   dmesg: write failed: Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)
  Date: Tue Feb 14 23:14:02 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P55-USB3
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=de:en
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostnamevg-hostnameroot ro ipv6.disable=1 ip=dhcp ISCSI_INITIATOR=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:95384da15332 ISCSI_TARGET_NAME=iqn.mstier.de:desktop64.img ISCSI_TARGET_IP=192.168.0.4 ISCSI_TARGET_PORT=3260
  RfKill:
   
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-12 (2 days ago)
  WifiSyslog:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: P55-USB3
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd02/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP55-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP55-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: P55-USB3
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  --- 
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   BEN.        PID ZUGR.  BEFEHL
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  mark       4945 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D7p:   mark       4945 F...m pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  mark       4945 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfaffc000 irq 17'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 0d HDMI/DP'
     Components	: 'HDA:10de000d,10de0101,00100100'
     Controls      : 24
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'CA0106'/'Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xce00 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'CA0106'
     Components	: ''
     Controls      : 35
     Simple ctrls  : 18
  CurrentDmesg:
   Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Keine Berechtigung
   dmesg: write failed: Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P55-USB3
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=de:en
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostnamevg-hostnameroot ro ipv6.disable=1 ip=dhcp ISCSI_INITIATOR=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:95384da15332 ISCSI_TARGET_NAME=iqn.mstier.de:desktop64.img ISCSI_TARGET_IP=192.168.0.4 ISCSI_TARGET_PORT=3260
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
  RfKill:
   
  Tags:  precise
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-12 (2 days ago)
  UserGroups: admin fuse
  WifiSyslog:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: P55-USB3
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd02/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP55-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP55-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: P55-USB3
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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