watchdog

watchdog

[Michael Hoeller]

Hello,

I would like to swicht on the software watchdog functionality on a 2.6 
kernel. Unfortunately I did not understand how to do this, reading the 
$kernel_src/Documentation/watchdog. 

Can someone, please, give me a hint?

Thanks a lot
Michael



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Re: watchdog

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:39:30 +0100 Michael Hoeller wrote:

| Hello,
| 
| I would like to swicht on the software watchdog functionality on a 2.6 
| kernel. Unfortunately I did not understand how to do this, reading the 
| $kernel_src/Documentation/watchdog. 
| 
| Can someone, please, give me a hint?

Don't look in Documentation/* for how to enable config options.

Hint:  Watchdogs are char devices.

Look under Device Drivers, Character devices, Watchdog cards
for Software watchdog, and then enable it.


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Surely.

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