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iTCO_wdt not finding device

From Perry Naseck <mailinglists@perrynaseck.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject iTCO_wdt not finding device
Date 2023-03-08 17:20 +0100
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Hello!

I cannot get the iTCO_wdt device to be found. I'm not sure how else to
troubleshoot at this point, so any help with that is appreciated (i.e. a
way to manually check if the device exists or etc.).

I am using Debian 11 on an Intel NUC CMCR1ABB chassis with a CM11EBi716W
module. This is an i7 and the watchdog is enabled in the BIOS. I am using
the latest BIOS v71. Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.162-1
(2023-01-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux.

Every single time I run "modprobe iTCO-wdt" I see in dmesg:
    iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
    iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.11
And that's it. No device found and no new /dev/watchdog devices or anything
new in wdctl.

I have tried:
  1. Simply "modprobe iTCO-wdt"
  2. Also loading "i2c-i801" and "i2c-smbus" first and then loading the
module
  3. Blacklisting wdat_wdt and adding nmi_watchdog=0 to GRUB, which
correctly caused the existing /dev/watchdog software device to disappear
but iTCO_wdt still didn't work

I found one other user with the same issue several years go:
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=146358

I'm very certain that this device supports the watchdog, as there is a BIOS
option to enable it and Intel has a Windows daemon to make use of it. Is
there another Intel watchdog scheme besides iTCO_wdt? Would secureboot
lockdown be interfering with this?

Thanks,
Perry

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iTCO_wdt not finding device Perry Naseck <mailinglists@perrynaseck.com> - 2023-03-08 17:20 +0100
  Re: iTCO_wdt not finding device Perry Naseck <mailinglists@perrynaseck.com> - 2023-03-08 19:00 +0100
    Re: iTCO_wdt not finding device Perry Naseck <mailinglists@perrynaseck.com> - 2023-03-08 21:30 +0100
      Re: iTCO_wdt not finding device Perry Naseck <mailinglists@perrynaseck.com> - 2023-03-09 04:10 +0100

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