WATCHDOG(8)                                           WATCHDOG(8)

     NAME
          watchdog - reset the system if it gets stuck

     SYNOPSIS
          aux/watchdog

     DESCRIPTION
          Watchdog writes `restart' to `#w/wdctl' at least once per
          second.  If the system gets stuck, the hardware watchdog
          will reset the system via NMI.

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/cmd/aux/watchdog.c

     SEE ALSO
          wd(3), reboot(8)

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