[U-Boot-Users] Enabling watchdog for MPC850

[Wolfgang Denk]

Hello,

in message <OF711943DA.EE1C86A3-ON42256E4C.0033BE6B-08256E4C.0033E9D8 at mksinternal.com> you wrote:
> 
> >Please define "crash". Does the board  simply  reset  (like  after  a
> >watchdog timeout), or is there any error message, or what?
> 
> The board simply resets.

Then this is just the normal watchdog reset.

> >You always have to configure both sides to match, i. e. if you enable
> >the watchdog in U-Boot you must do so in  Linux,  and  if  you  don;t
> >enable  it  in  U-Boot  you must not enable it in Linux (althought in
> >that case you will not crash the system).
> 
> How do I enable it in Linux?

Select "CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y" and "CONFIG_WDT_MPC8XX=y".

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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