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Date:      Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:05:34 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Software Watchdog 
Message-ID:  <5011.1037437534@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:21:08 EST." <20021115191632.U22491-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> 

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In message <20021115191632.U22491-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>, Jeff Roberson wr
ites:
>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.

Does it have hooks for supporting hardware watchdogs ?

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