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+watchdog core:
+ open_timeout:
+ Maximum time, in seconds, for which the watchdog framework will take
+ care of pinging a running hardware watchdog until userspace opens the
+ corresponding /dev/watchdogN device. A value of 0 means an infinite
+ timeout. Setting this to a non-zero value can be useful to ensure that
+ either userspace comes up properly, or the board gets reset and allows
+ fallback logic in the bootloader to try something else.
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
acquirewdt:
wdt_stop:
Acquire WDT 'stop' io port (default 0x43)