From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Nov 17 6:47:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C67F37B401 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 06:47:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05E643E4A for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 06:47:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd08.sul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18DQhs-0008E8-01; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:47:28 +0100 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (520065502893-0001@[217.83.21.182]) by fmrl08.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18DQhi-2787zkC; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:47:18 +0100 Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (Magelan [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAHElFZ7018475; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:47:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gAHElFDM068986; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:47:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:47:14 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Jeff Roberson Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Software Watchdog Message-Id: <20021117154714.6ddf3c10.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20021115191632.U22491-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> References: <20021115191632.U22491-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.5claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 520065502893-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:21:08 -0500 (EST) Jeff Roberson wrote: > Sean Kelly has implemented a software watchdog based on input from myself > and Peter. This works through a simple watcdog daemon that checks in with > the kernel every so often. The kernel complains via hardclock() if the > watchdog times out. This will be very useful for debugging hard lockups > because hardclock() comes in through a fast intr. There are few things > that will stop hardclock() from firing. Is there also the possibility to reset the machine instead of complaining? Bye, Alexander. -- Yes, I've heard of "decaf." What's your point? http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message