bmc-watchdog collector fails with "invalid option -- h" for remote targets

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Description

The bmc-watchdog collector fails when scraping remote IPMI targets with the error: bmc-watchdog: invalid option -- h

Environment

• ipmi_exporter version: 1.10.1
• FreeIPMI bmc-watchdog version: 1.6.16
• Target: Remote IPMI devices (e.g., 192.168.1.100:623)

Error Logs

time=2025-12-30T08:30:14.219Z level=ERROR source=collector_bmc_watchdog.go:97 msg="Failed to collect BMC watchdog timer" target=192.168.1.100:623 error="error running bmc-watchdog: exit status 64: bmc-watchdog: invalid option -- h\nTry `bmc-watchdog --help' or `bmc-watchdog --usage' for more information.\n"
time=2025-12-30T08:30:14.219Z level=ERROR source=collector.go:120 msg="Collector failed" name=bmc-watchdog error="error running bmc-watchdog: exit status 64: bmc-watchdog: invalid option -- h\nTry `bmc-watchdog --help' or `bmc-watchdog --usage' for more information.\n"

Expected Behavior

The bmc-watchdog collector should successfully collect metrics from remote IPMI targets.

Additional Information

bmc-watchdog help output shows no -h option, maybe it not supports remote scraping?