Erich, > thanks for replying. > > At 12:24 30.09.2003 +0200, Eric Spakman wrote: > >Hello Erich, > > > >I took a look at the driver source, but it looks like it also need a > >/dev/wd entry to function. > > Where did you take the driver from, I posted the new driver at the end of > my development cycle. Unless you took it from my CVS you may not have the > latest. > I took the driver from http://www.conman.org/software/wd1100/ But I will look for it in CVS.
> >Looking at the Bering watchdog source > >(which is a very basic implementation looking only at /dev/watchdog) > >I don't see how this can work. > > Look where /dev/watchdog points to: > > # ls -l /dev/watchdog > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 130 Sep 30 07:22 /dev/watchdog > > Driver are typically accessed by their major/minor number. > This is the major/minor assigned to watchdogs, wherever they are from and > whatever they do. So we can easily use wd1100. > Ok > >I also think that loading a driver in /etc/init.d/watchdog is not the > >right place to do it. Modules should be load in /etc/modules. > > You may be right here, however the watchdog program needs something to play > with, so either softdog or another watchdog should be loaded. > The softdog or wd1100 drivers could be placed in modules.lrp and load from /etc/modules. Just like the other drivers. That's more generic than loading them from start/stop scripts in /etc/init.d/. > > >Do you also need to set some /proc entries? Can they be set without > >interfering the normal softdog driver? Or is this something that > >should be placed in the documentation? > > The /proc entries are built by the wd1100 driver on the fly. > I requested that the documentation be updated to reflect the gxb=0xnnnn > parameter support, else, at least with the current bios on the wrap board > it is not even needed. The file contents in the /proc filesystem could need > some docs, however, he who wants to play with that better read the driver > source anyway. > Regards, Eric Spakman ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
