## SECTION=staging ## old section: ### SECTION=shell_and_console config WATCHDOG tristate prompt "watchdog" help A software watchdog The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine will reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with 'software watchdog' support. The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts. STAGING: remove in PTXdist 2022.01.0 Fails to build with gcc 10.