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Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <[email protected]>
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### What can watchdogd do?

Without arguments `watchdogd` runs in the background, monitoring the
CPU, and as long as there is CPU time it "kicks" the WDT chip (via the
driver). If `watchdogd` is stopped, or does not get enough CPU time to
run, the WDT will detect this and reboot the system. This is the normal
mode of operation.
Without arguments `watchdogd` runs in the background, monitoring the CPU
and as long as there is CPU time it "kicks" `/dev/watchdog` every 10
seconds. If the daemon is stopped, or does not get enough CPU time to
run, the underlying WDT hardware will detect this and reboot the system.
This is the normal mode of operation.

With a few lines in [watchdogd.conf(5)][], it can also monitor other
aspects of the system, such as:
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