SNIU028D February 2016 – September 2020 UCD3138 , UCD3138064 , UCD3138064A , UCD3138128 , UCD3138A , UCD3138A64
The Watchdog Protect but is a special bit. Once it is cleared, it cannot be set again. It also causes other bits to be set so that they cannot be cleared. The effect is that once the protect bit is cleared, the watchdog timer cannot be turned off. It will always need to be cleared by writing a 1 to CNT_RESET.
Other bits in the Watchdog Control register are not protected, however. For example, the WD_PERIOD bits can still be changed, as can the interrupt enable bits. Refer to Section 11.22 for details.