On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM Paul Barker via lists.openembedded.org <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2026-07-27 at 12:08 +0200, Fabian Pflug wrote: > > Some systems may have multiple watchdogs and want systemd to manage a > > different one. This patch allows to set the WatchdogDevice setting in > > system.conf > > > > Signed-off-by: Fabian Pflug <[email protected]> > > --- > > meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_259.5.bb | 10 ++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_259.5.bb > > b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_259.5.bb > > index f3ec0edae7..8cb523a330 100644 > > --- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_259.5.bb > > +++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_259.5.bb > > @@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT ??= "60" > > # and the watchdog is enabled. (defaults is no hardware watchdog use) > > WATCHDOG_RUNTIME_SEC ??= "" > > > > +# If a different device, other then /dev/watchdog0 should be used, set > > +# WATCHDOG_DEVICE_PATH to the full path to the watchdog device. > > +# (Will set the WatchdogDevice= option in /etc/systemd/system.conf) > > +WATCHDOG_DEVICE_PATH ??= "" > > + > > do_install() { > > meson_do_install > > > > @@ -368,6 +373,11 @@ do_install() { > > ${D}/${sysconfdir}/systemd/system.conf > > fi > > > > + if [ -n "${WATCHDOG_DEVICE_PATH}" ]; then > > + sed -i -e > > 's|#WatchdogDevice=|WatchdogDevice=${WATCHDOG_DEVICE_PATH}|' \ > > + ${D}/${sysconfdir}/systemd/system.conf > > + fi > > + > > # Actively disable Predictable Network Interface Names > > if ! ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pni-names', 'true', > > 'false', d)}; then > > sed -i > > 's/^NamePolicy=.*/NamePolicy=/;s/^AlternativeNamesPolicy=.*/AlternativeNamesPolicy=/' > > ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/systemd/network/99-default.link > > Hi Fabian, > > I'm not sure we need a new variable for this. If I understand correctly > you can install a drop-in file in ${sysconfdir}/systemd/system.conf.d to > set WatchdogDevice. That can easily be done from a bbappend or a new > recipe without needing any changes in OE-core.
+1 on the suggestion. That was the first thing that came to mind when I read the patch as well. Bruce > > Thanks, > > -- > Paul Barker > > > > -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
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