Won De Erick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this is a great info. i am used to settings like the following when using > ipmi-compliant platform. > #bmc-watchdog -s -a 1 -i 100 (#set timeout action to hard reset after a > timeout of 100 seconds) > then daemonize to constantly reset the timer, and prevent the box from > restarting. > > I installed watchdog(/usr/ports/sysutils/watchdog) from ports,
Firt of all, that port won't help you; it only supports the AMD Elan SoC. Second, we've had kernel support for the Elan watchdog longer than the port has existed. > then noticed the following from the manual. > watchdog [-d] [-t timeout] That's the base system watchdog(8); the port installs a watchdogd(8) that works *only* for Elan chips. There is a watchdogd(8) in the base system as well. > # watchdog -d -t 50 > Timeout is 2^36 nanoseconds > watchdog: patting the dog: Operation not supported You need to load the appropriate watchdog driver first - and as far as I know, we don't have one for the Boser HS-7001. > but I don't know how it is linked with watchdogd(8). > > Little more explanation is appreciated, and/or an example. man -k watchdog DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
