Changes
* For all Compulab Intel products, watchdog kernel module name is: iTCO_wdt
* Verify it can be loaded successfully and information about the device appears in dmesg output:
$ sudo modprobe iTCO_wdt
$ dmesg | grep -i iTCO
* NOTE: this a bugfix that required for LinuxMint18.3
* Try watchdog service and ensure the watchdog service it is running correctly
$ sudo systemctl start watchdog
$ sudo systemctl status watchdog
* Reboot
* Verify the the driver was loaded automatically:
$ dmesg | grep -i iTCO