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28.Dd March 29, 2016
29.Dt AMDSBWD 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm amdsbwd
33.Nd device driver for the AMD southbridge watchdog timers
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following line in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device amdsbwd"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43module at boot time, place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46amdsbwd_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides
52.Xr watchdog 4
53support for the watchdog timers present on
54AMD SB600, SB7xx, SB8xx and SB9xx southbridges and Axx FCHs.
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr watchdog 4 ,
57.Xr watchdog 8 ,
58.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
59.Xr watchdog 9
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Nm
63driver first appeared in
64.Fx 7.3
65and
66.Fx 8.1 .
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.An -nosplit
69The
70.Nm
71driver was written by
72.An Andriy Gapon Aq Mt avg@FreeBSD.org .
73This manual page was written by
74.An Andriy Gapon Aq Mt avg@FreeBSD.org .
75