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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7800 External Watchdog Timer
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 16:34:35 -0000
--- In  "alexanchoragealaska" <> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
> 
> I tried yesterday to implement WDT on TS-7260 and after the applications 
> failure the WDT is continuously rebooting system. Does anybody discovered the 
> same issue? If yes, did you find the solution? (I used the example code from 
> Tech Systems website).

Hi Alex --

You don't say what kernel you are using.  There are two WDTs available for the 
ep93xx boards from TS: the native ep93xx WDT and the external TS WDT.  The 
ep93xx WDT was very buggy (at least at one time, it may be fixed), so the 2.4 
TS kernel made sure to turn it off.  Make sure your kernel has the driver for 
the ts72xx-wdt enabled and the ep93xx-wdt disabled.

> 
> Eddie, - in this message topic you mentioned that the similar problem existed 
> on TS-7800 (??? or all TS- Arm boards?) and it was 

No, the TS-7800 is a completely different design, CPU, etc., based on Marvel 
chip rather than the Cirrus ep9302 like the TS-72xx.

>fixed by cut and jumper on JTAG header. Can you pls explain how to >fix this 
>bug?  Would is apply to TS-7260? Do I need to literally cut >some jumper on 
>TS-7260?  

No, just be sure to pick the right WDT, and the enable the driver in the 
kernel.  See here for more info:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/11605

regards, ............. Charlie
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> - Alex
> 
> --- In  "dawydiuk" <eddie@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > Does that mean that the hang on reset problem that both of the
> > > TS-7800s we've tested has been well and truly fixed?
> > 
> > I'm not aware of any bugs regarding the WDT ever existing. Although if
> > you are seeing a problem we are interested in trying to reproduce the
> > problem. Did you compile ts7800ctl yourself? If so have you made any
> > changes to the code? If not can you send the md5sum of the ts7800ctl
> > binary? What revision of the TS-7800 are you using? If you are using a
> > rev C board, on the back of the board on the JTAG header do you see a
> > cut and jumper?
> > 
> > Any other information you can provide that would document how to
> > reproduce this problem would be very helpful. 
> >  
> > > I ask because I had strange behaviors after using ts7800ctl -f to try
> > > out the watchdog.  Sometimes it just hung, other times I could do some
> > > commands (like ls (but only in the current directory) and date) but
> > > not many.  I believe Technologic told us there was a problem with the
> > > reset pin usage on the TS-7800 (or something similar to that) and the
> > > watchdog needed that to work correctly to do its job.
> > 
> > There was a problem that was discovered that was fixed by a cut and
> > jumper on the JTAG header. If this fix is not applied the failure
> > condition would be the board would not properly reboot or boot
> > consistently.
> > 
> > //Eddie
> >
>




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