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Title:		watchdogRT: a watchdog program for real-time applications 
Version:	1.1
Entered-date:   29JULY99
Description:    The watchdogRT program uses device driver /dev/rtc to
		access a PC's battery-backed CMOS Real-Time Clock (RTC).
		The chip may be programmed to produce an IRQ8 interrupt
		after a timeout period has elapsed. The program keeps
		pushing that timeout time forward so that the timeout
		never happens, under normal operation. If the program
		should be blocked for too long, the interrupt will occur.
		To use this program, a PC motherboard must provide a means
		to connect the IRQ8 interrupt line to the board's RESET
		line. Some embedded PC boards provide a jumper for this
		purpose (e.g., the Ampro Little Board /P5e). The program
		uses a thread to do most of the work. The thread may be
		included in a multi-threaded program. The demonstrated
		technique may be used for real-time or non-real-time
		applications.
Keywords:       real-time, RTC, CMOS clock, /dev/rtc, watchdog, IRQ8
Author:         walterh@ll.mit.edu (Walter S. Heath)
Maintained-by:  walterh@ll.mit.edu (Walter S. Heath)
Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/hardware
		14398 watchdogrt-1.1.tar.gz
		1325 watchdogrt-1.1.lsm
Platforms:      PC for which IRQ8 may be connected to RESET
Copying-policy:	public domain 
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