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| author | lockywolf <slackbuilds_watchdog_2022-04-03_45cc54ac-b35f-11ec-834e-cf2c364267f5@lockywolf.net> | 2022-04-06 17:44:37 +0700 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2022-04-09 15:45:49 +0700 |
| commit | 14fd9e26c6d870d3df13f90e203fd73c1fb73cc3 (patch) | |
| tree | 77f00b4c6d6083ad128de19e0a69426f9edd6fe2 /system/watchdog/README | |
| parent | e0869634d338d896594fe477f3bf7d701f250d63 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-14fd9e26c6d870d3df13f90e203fd73c1fb73cc3.tar.xz | |
system/watchdog: Moved from python.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/watchdog/README b/system/watchdog/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d39c8c35abe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/watchdog/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +watchdog is a daemon that periodically pokes a hardware chip, + and if it fails to do so (presumaby because the system got stuck), + the chip would reboot the system. A somehow working software + emulation of this chip, called "softdog" also exists in Linux. + A reboot can be triggered by some other criteria too. + +This script installs a RedHat-style initscript, but you can run it from +/etc/rc.d/rc.local too. + +This daemon needs a proper kernel driver to work. +Some machines, such as raspberry pi 4b, provide /dev/wachdog by default. +Intel systems might require editing /etc/sysconfig/watchdog to have +START_MOD_CMD="modprobe iTCO_wdt" and + +You can try "softdog" if nothing better is available. |