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authorMenno Duursma <druiloor@zonnet.nl>2010-05-13 00:42:22 +0200
committerErik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-13 00:42:22 +0200
commit816f172bcddc734a6f85a54b3d52087853c770bb (patch)
treec5387bf12452d1301cffd4aa456913bcb3495797 /system/watchdog/README
parentdf4ccaeb30506449f1c4056ee5690af48ff658c7 (diff)
system/watchdog: Updated for version 5.7
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diff --git a/system/watchdog/README b/system/watchdog/README
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+++ b/system/watchdog/README
@@ -5,22 +5,17 @@ of it _not_ being able to do so, Linux may reset the system.
For this to work, a kernel driver for the aformentioned device needs
to be loaded. The module may be found in:
- /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog
+ /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog
It can be configured to try and fix things (such as networking)
before triggering a reboot. As 'repair.sh' may be able to do.
-See the examples included in:
-
- /usr/doc/watchdog-5.4/examples
+See the examples included in /usr/doc/watchdog-5.6/examples
This package also contains the 'wd_keepalive' program by Marcel Jansen
which "can be run during critical periods when the normal watcdog
shouldn't be run. It will read from the same configuration file;
it will do no checks but will keep writing to the device.
-The watchdog was written and is maintained by Michael Meskes
-(it is based on example code by Alan Cox).
-
To enable the watchdog: make sure a kernel module gets loaded for it
(at boot) such as the 'softdog' or an actual hardware driver...
Then add the following to rc.local:
@@ -28,4 +23,3 @@ Then add the following to rc.local:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.watchdog ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.watchdog start
fi
-