doc/platform/kgpe/notes.md: mention watchdogs

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Adam Joseph 2 years ago
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@ -20,3 +20,22 @@ PCI: 00:14.1 20 <- [0x0000003010 - 0x000000301f] size 0x00000010 gran 0x04 io
PCI: 00:14.2 10 <- [0x00f0404000 - 0x00f0407fff] size 0x00004000 gran 0x0e mem64
PCI: 00:14.3 a0 <- [0x00f0410000 - 0x00f0410000] size 0x00000001 gran 0x00 mem
```
## watchdogs
The KGPE-D16 has *at least* three separate hardware watchdogs!
- One in the SB700 southbridge, although it appears to be disabled
(Linux's `sp5100_tco` reports that it cannot be enabled).
- One in the W83795 hardware monitor (thermal/fan control chip)
- One in the W83667HG-A SuperIO chip
I've found the third one to be most reliable. The Linux
`w83627hf_wdt` kernel module for this watchdog works correctly, and
I was able to write a coreboot patch (to be included with ownerboot)
to start the watchdog extremely early in the boot process -- before
DRAM initialization or PNP enumeration. This is extremely helpful
with unattended servers, where a hang in the boot process requires
manual power-cycling.

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