mark tinguely wrote:
> >  Is there any documentation, or source code, demonstrating how to implement
> >  a hardware watchdog for FreeBSD using the HW_WDOG kernel option?
> 
> the HW_WDOG option attempts to keep the watchdog from expiring while
> the core memory is being dumped to a IDE drive. The SCSI dadump()
> does not use wdog_tickler.

By this, you mean that it does not support preventing the
watchdog rest from being triggered while a dump is in progress?


> your hardware watchdog driver will have to set the varible wdog_tickler
> to your watch dog tickler routine, or a generic routine if multiple watchdog
> timers could be supported in one machine.

And modify the SCSI dadump() to call the routine at intervals
during a dump, right?

-- Terry

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