Re: watchdog timeout on Wandboard Quad

Michael Tuexen <[email protected]> Wed, 20 May 2026 20:51:02 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On 20. May 2026, at 17:38, Rodney W. Grimes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I want to run FreeBSD current on a Wandboard Quad. I installed
>> https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/arm/armv7/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-arm-armv7-GENERICSD-20260518-ca67cfa5237f-285947.img.xz
>> on a SD card and also installed /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-wandboard/u-boot.imx as described
>> in /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-wandboard/README
>> 
>> FreeBSD boots fine but every two minutes the watchdog timer fire and uboot boots again.
>> 
>> The message is:
>> 
>> U-Boot SPL 2025.10 (May 03 2026 - 12:17:39 +0000)
>> Trying to boot from MMC1
>> 
>> 
>> U-Boot 2025.10 (May 03 2026 - 12:17:39 +0000)
>> 
>> CPU:   Freescale i.MX6Q rev1.2 at 792 MHz
>> Reset cause: WDOG
>> DRAM:  2 GiB
>> Core:  65 devices, 19 uclasses, devicetree: separate
>> WDT:   Started watchdog@20bc000 with servicing every 1000ms (128s timeout)
>> MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 4, FSL_SDHC: 1, FSL_SDHC: 0
>> Loading Environment from MMC... Reading from MMC(0)... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
>> 
>> i2c_mxc i2c@21a4000: i2c bus 1 at 0x21a4000, fail to request scl/sda gpio
>> auto-detected panel FWBADAPT-LCD-F07A-0102
>> Display: FWBADAPT-LCD-F07A-0102 (800x480)
>> In:    serial
>> Out:   serial
>> Err:   serial
>> Board: Wandboard rev C1
>> Net:   eth0: ethernet@2188000
>> 
>> Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
>> 
>> How can I avoid this periodic reboot?
>> 
> 
> Best way would be to find out how to disable the WDT:  Started you show above,
> but I am not sure how to do that.
> 
> So.....
> watchdog -t 0
> should disable it, put this in /etc/rc.local, hopefully that gits run before the 128 seconds.
I can log in after boot as root (for a short time ) and get

root@generic:~ # watchdog -t 0
watchdog: patting the dog: Operation not supported
root@generic:~ # 

Then the machine reboots...

Best regards
Michael
> 
>> Best regards
>> Michael
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                                 [email protected]