Re: Impractical suggestions

2004-05-01 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 03:28:44PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Not only is this not a practical solution, it will not even work. > > First, it's not practical because in order to put a modem into any > modern machine, I will need to find a modem supported by Linux. Most > often, this will ty

Re: Impractical suggestions

2004-05-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Not only is this not a practical solution, it will not even work. First, it's not practical because in order to put a modem into any modern machine, I will need to find a modem supported by Linux. Most often, this will typically not be a hardware modem, but a software modem that has Linux driver

Impractical suggestions (was: Re: reboot on panic)

2004-05-01 Thread Omer Zak
In embedded systems, the need to reboot on panic (or more correct, when the system gets stuck) exists. It is being met by watchdog timers, which cause reset unless the software resets them frequently enough. Several microcontrollers implement watchdog timers. If other people haven't found a wo