Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:57:18 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove "options HW_WDOG"? Message-ID: <20030724155335.Q2922@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20030723230315.GA12251@edgemaster.zombie.org> References: <20030723230315.GA12251@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Sean Kelly wrote: > While working on my software watchdog, it has come to my attention that the > "options HW_WDOG" in FreeBSD does absolutely nothing. does anybody actually > use this code, or can I purge it in favor of the software watchdog? > > /usr/src/sys$ find . -type f |xargs grep HW_WDOG > ./conf/NOTES:options HW_WDOG > ./conf/options:HW_WDOG > ./kern/kern_shutdown.c:#ifdef HW_WDOG > ./kern/kern_shutdown.c:#endif /* HW_WDOG */ > > All the bit in kern/kern_shutdown.c does is: > > watchdog_tickle_fn wdog_tickler = NULL; > > And I can't find that being used anywhere. watchdog_tickle_fn wdog_tickler is only used in the wd driver, which is still undead in RELENG_4. Bruce
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