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WDT is disabled for ESP8266 #48

Closed bakadave closed 1 year ago

bakadave commented 1 year ago

Hi, browsing the source code I found this:

void wdt_start() {
#ifdef ESP32
  esp_task_wdt_init(6, true);
#elif defined(ESP8266)
  ESP.wdtDisable();
#endif
}

what is the point of having a wdt_start() function that turns the watchdog off? Am I missing something here?

The device works well regardless, just curious.

danielkucera commented 1 year ago

Please read about the watchdog here to understand the function: https://techtutorialsx.com/2017/01/21/esp8266-watchdog-functions/

bakadave commented 1 year ago

If I understand correctly, by calling ESP.wdtDisable(); we disable software watchdog and use hardware watchdog only? Also thank you for your time, one learns a lot from these converstions.

danielkucera commented 1 year ago

Correct.

bakadave commented 1 year ago

Thank you.