Help¶

This option allows to specify a hardware watchdog device in the
application that is used as an additional safety layer if the task
watchdog itself gets stuck.

Direct dependencies¶

TASK_WDT

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Default¶

y

Kconfig definition¶

At <Zephyr>/subsys/task_wdt/Kconfig:24

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:34 → <Zephyr>/subsys/Kconfig:59

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Task-level software watchdog

config TASK_WDT_HW_FALLBACK
    bool "Use hardware watchdog as a fallback"
    default y
    depends on TASK_WDT
    help
      This option allows to specify a hardware watchdog device in the
      application that is used as an additional safety layer if the task
      watchdog itself gets stuck.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)