Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:47:25 -0700 From: Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Arch" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: watchdog end-user interface Message-ID: <CAGHfRMCEfO=cCS8MMOf7BRKrCCqGJb-QoQYmpGQK9GUQ%2BxMsLw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a74df08-b5d9-5629-b71e-b577d8876e5d@freebsd.org> References: <ec3dfab5-c3bc-e9e5-181e-8c2704f60acd@FreeBSD.org> <7a74df08-b5d9-5629-b71e-b577d8876e5d@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote: ... > Please look at the Linux interface for watchdogs, it is pretty good and > could/should be ported to us. We (Isilon) also have a software watchdog implementation (in lieu of IPMI+watchdogd) to make sure "userspace processes are making progress". It would be nice if there was a generalized software watchdog subsystem available in FreeBSD -- I think your suggestion to follow Linux's example may be a good investigative step to avoid reinventing the wheel too much. Thanks! -Ngie
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