* Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> [2012-11-15 19:06]: > Or is it the case that the factory provided *firmware* starts the > watchdog and therefore expects that the kernel and/or userspace needs to > keep poking it?
I'm not entirely sure since I don't have such a device, but I believe the PIC itself is programmed so the watchdog is on unless you disable it. I might be wrong though. Maybe Helmut can investigate. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org