ichwd and teethless watchdogd

Hello,

I had tested the ich 6/7/8 ichwd patch some months ago on a ich7 FSC machine 
and it worked fine.
On my ich8 desktop probing found ichwd0 but it didn't work. My new ich9 
machine doesn't show ichwd0.
But now (with -current after imported ichwd patch) I also have problems on an 
Intel Server board with ich7.
SIGKILL to watchdogd should reboot the machine, right?
It doesn't, but probing reports two times ichwd0.
How can I find out what's going on? Can I watch the dog watching?

Best regards,

-Harry