select WATCHDOG_CORE
depends on X86 && PCI
help
- A software monitoring watchdog and NMI sourcing driver. This driver
+ A software monitoring watchdog and NMI handling driver. This driver
will detect lockups and provide a stack trace. This is a driver that
will only load on an HP ProLiant system with a minimum of iLO2 support.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called kempld_wdt.
config HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
- bool "NMI decoding support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
+ bool "NMI support for the HP ProLiant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
depends on HP_WATCHDOG
default y
help
- When an NMI occurs this feature will make the necessary BIOS calls to
- log the cause of the NMI.
+ Enables the NMI handler for the watchdog pretimeout NMI and the iLO
+ "Generate NMI to System" virtual button. When an NMI is claimed
+ by the driver, panic is called.
config SC1200_WDT
tristate "National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 (ala SC1200) Watchdog"