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NAME
 iopwdog — Intel I/O Processor Watchdog Timer
SYNOPSIS
 iopxs* at mainbus?
iopwdog* at iopxs?
DESCRIPTION
 The 
iopwdog driver supports the watchdog timer built-in to the following Intel I/O Processors:
- 
Intel i80321 I/O Processor
The watchdog timer counts down at a fixed rate based on the clock speed of the XScale CPU core.  The period of the watchdog timer cannot be changed, nor can the watchdog time be disabled once is has been enabled.
 
HISTORY
 The iopwdog device first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
AUTHORS
 The 
iopwdog driver was written by 
Jason R. Thorpe <
thorpej@wasabisystems.com> and contributed by Wasabi Systems, Inc.