Re: Bug#794468: general: no watchdog support in installer kernel
On Sun, 2015-08-09 at 13:39 +, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Ben Hutchings dixit: Which watchdog device is this, that is enabled by the BIOS? Normally I expect them to be enabled only by the kernel driver. It’s a 19″ server from Supermicro; Dominik would’ve to provide details. install time since the watchdog devices are not enabled by the system firmware. Oh well… apparently, the firmware setup screens don’t signal the watchdog either, so you can’t use that one for five minutes while the watchdog is enabled. This all points to buggy firmware. Again, details would have to come from Nik. Then I think this should be fixed in the firmware. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Bug#794468: general: no watchdog support in installer kernel
Ben Hutchings dixit: Which watchdog device is this, that is enabled by the BIOS? Normally I expect them to be enabled only by the kernel driver. It’s a 19″ server from Supermicro; Dominik would’ve to provide details. install time since the watchdog devices are not enabled by the system firmware. Oh well… apparently, the firmware setup screens don’t signal the watchdog either, so you can’t use that one for five minutes while the watchdog is enabled. This all points to buggy firmware. Again, details would have to come from Nik. bye, //mirabilos -- Thorsten Glaser Teckids e.V. – Erkunden, Entdecken, Erfinden. https://www.teckids.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/pine.bsm.4.64l.1508091336430.29...@herc.mirbsd.org
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Re: Bug#794468: general: no watchdog support in installer kernel
Control: reassign -1 src:linux Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 14:17 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Control: reassign -1 src:debian-installer Hi, Dominik George n...@naturalnet.de (2015-08-03): The Debian installer images for jessie apparently do not have watchdog support enabled in the kernel, so they do not send heartbeats to the BIOS. This results in the installer system aborting and the machine resetting after five minutes, or whatever the BIOS sees as watchdog timeout. Disabling watchdog support during installation is obviously a simple workaround, but it could still be enabled as to my knowledge, it does not make the kernel significantly better. Which watchdog device is this, that is enabled by the BIOS? Normally I expect them to be enabled only by the kernel driver. Reassigning to debian-installer, which is likely to be a way better place to start than general. It might just be a matter of setting the right option (HEARTBEAT, as a wild guess) on the kernel side though, so I'm copying the kernel maintainers. They're welcome to steal the bug from src:debian-installer if they feel it's appropriate. The HEARTBEAT option is for an LED indicating CPU load. Nothing to do with watchdogs. Looking at svn or at installed kernels, I don't see this option set anywhere but sh4 and m68k though, so I'm not sure the installed system would be different than the installer one… We enable many watchdog drivers, but generally they aren't needed at install time since the watchdog devices are not enabled by the system firmware. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Bug#794468: general: no watchdog support in installer kernel
Control: reassign -1 src:debian-installer Hi, Dominik George n...@naturalnet.de (2015-08-03): The Debian installer images for jessie apparently do not have watchdog support enabled in the kernel, so they do not send heartbeats to the BIOS. This results in the installer system aborting and the machine resetting after five minutes, or whatever the BIOS sees as watchdog timeout. Disabling watchdog support during installation is obviously a simple workaround, but it could still be enabled as to my knowledge, it does not make the kernel significantly better. Reassigning to debian-installer, which is likely to be a way better place to start than general. It might just be a matter of setting the right option (HEARTBEAT, as a wild guess) on the kernel side though, so I'm copying the kernel maintainers. They're welcome to steal the bug from src:debian-installer if they feel it's appropriate. Looking at svn or at installed kernels, I don't see this option set anywhere but sh4 and m68k though, so I'm not sure the installed system would be different than the installer one… Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
