--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Andriy Gapon <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have some vague thoughts on using SW_WATCHDOG and a > hardware watchdog together. > I think this could be useful but I am not sure how to > implement this. > The idea is this: timeout for SW_WATCHDOG is smaller than > timeout for hw wd; when > some freeze happens sw wd logic kicks in first, stops hw wd > and produces either > panic or ddb prompt; if the freeze is so severe that sw wd > can't run (e.g. > hardware is messed up badly) then hw wd performs its duty. > I am mostly interested in having this in unattended mode > where kernel dump could > be useful for later analysis but the system should recover > in reasonable time. > > Suggestions, opinions?
That is interesting! I've been longing for that kind of tool that works with FreeBSD. You might as well want to see/try how the 'bmc-panic' mentioned in the following link is related to your project. http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/ Good luck. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
