NAME

       wd_identify - get watchdog driver identity

SYNOPSIS

       wd_identify [-c filename|--config-file filename] [-v|--verbose]

DESCRIPTION

       This  utility  opens  /dev/watchdog  and  gets the identification string from the watchdog
       which then is printed. The device is closed afterwards.

       An exit code of zero indicates success in getting the driver identity,  while  a  non-zero
       exit  code indicates an error (not configured in the config file, no device driver loaded,
       or driver failed to respond to ioctl request).

       The wd_identify tool can only be used without causing a  reboot  if  your  kernel  is  not
       compiled with the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option enabled.

       Note  that  the  watchdog  and/or wd_keepalive daemons may have to be stopped to make sure
       that wd_identify can access the watchdog device.

OPTIONS

       Available command line options are the following:

       -c config-file, --config-file config-file
              Use   config-file   as   the   configuration   file   instead   of   the    default
              /etc/watchdog.conf.

       -v, --verbose
              Print  more  diagnostic  messages.  This covers parsing of the config file and also
              causes the program to read-back the current watchdog time-out value (if  successful
              in opening the device).

FILES

       /dev/watchdog
              The watchdog device.

SEE ALSO

       watchdog.conf(5)

       watchdog(8)