On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 06:32:32AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > mark tinguely wrote: > > > Is there any documentation, or source code, demonstrating how to implement > > > a hardware watchdog for FreeBSD using the HW_WDOG kernel option? > > > > the HW_WDOG option attempts to keep the watchdog from expiring while > > the core memory is being dumped to a IDE drive. The SCSI dadump() > > does not use wdog_tickler. > > By this, you mean that it does not support preventing the > watchdog rest from being triggered while a dump is in progress?
If it were monitoring bus activity, then it probably doesn't need to (assuming bus activity is its sole criterion for resetting or not resetting the box). > > your hardware watchdog driver will have to set the varible wdog_tickler > > to your watch dog tickler routine, or a generic routine if multiple watchdog > > timers could be supported in one machine. > > And modify the SCSI dadump() to call the routine at intervals > during a dump, right? Same would appear to go for ad_dump() and atapi_dump(), too, not to mention the RAID drivers. Mainly interested in exploring this with a view to implementing capabilities a bit like the LOM chip found in Sun Netras on an i386 box. What I'd like to do is modify a Soekris net4501 for this. The Sun LOM chip handles things like serial console capabilities, environmentals, and provides a means of executing memory tests, etc; it's able to issue notifications to the OS running on the machine, I believe using traps or an NMI mechanism. Come to think of it, has anybody seen anything like this in the Intel IPMI specification? Just a thought. BMS To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
