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+.\"-
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Fabien Thomas <fabient@FreeBSD.org>
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd December 7, 2011
+.Dt VIAWD 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm viawd
+.Nd device driver for VIA south bridge watchdog timer
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To compile this driver into the kernel,
+place the following line in your
+kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device viawd"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Alternatively, to load the driver as a
+module at boot time, place the following line in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+viawd_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides
+.Xr watchdog 4
+support for the watchdog interrupt timer present on
+VIA south bridge chipset (VT8251, CX700, VX800, VX855, VX900).
+.Pp
+The VIA south bridge have a built-in watchdog timer,
+which can be enabled and disabled by user's program and set between
+1 to 1023 seconds.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver when unloaded with running watchdog will reschedule the watchdog
+to 5 minutes.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr watchdog 4 ,
+.Xr watchdog 8 ,
+.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
+.Xr watchdog 9
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver first appeared in
+.Fx 10.0 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver and this manual page were written by
+.An Fabien Thomas Aq fabient@FreeBSD.org .