>Michael Keuter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> because of the problems with my crashing net4801, today I got a new net5501. >> I didn't found a running watchdog process in Astlinux 0.6.1. >> >> Are there no drivers for Linux or what is the reason? >> >> Michael >> >> PS: Found about that: >> http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2008-June/014503.html >> > > >Michael, > >Because of the age of the kernel in the 0.6 branch (2.6.20.x) it's >unlikely that all hardware features of the net5501 board will be >supported in 0.6. We recently bumped the kernel in trunk to 2.6.25.x. >There is more hardware support for the net5501 in that kernel. That >being said, I can NOT recommend using trunk at this point. We are still >making adjustments. It's not likely to be 100% stable for a yet >unspecified time. > >I have several installations with net5501 boards, all running very >stable for months on the 0.6 branch. > >Darrick
Hi Darrick, that means that the watchdog feature of the net5501 will be supported in a future version of Astlinux with a newer kernel. Is that right? It's no problem for me right now, I just asked because I didn't found that process. Michael -- Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.easylivin.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]