dwOEMWatchDogPeriod (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/5/2010

This variable specifies the watchdog period, in milliseconds, where the hardware watchdog must be refreshed before system reset.

Syntax

extern DWORD dwOEMWatchDogPeriod;

Parameters

None.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

The default value for dwOEMWatchDogPeriod is 0, which indicates that there is a watchdog timer does not exist.

OEMs can override the value of dwOEMWatchDogPeriod in OEMInit to indicate hardware watchdog support.

The kernel watchdog thread refreshes the watchdog based on the value of dwOEMWatchDogPeriod. If the value is set too small, this can cause substantial performance impact.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Optional OAL Variables
dwNKWatchDogThreadPriority
OEMInit
pfnOEMRefreshWatchDog