Re: [android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-05 Thread Greg KH
A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Alok wrote: > Hi Greg > Thanks for your response. > Android watchdog is monitoring systemserver process and if it itself > gets stuck because of some reasons then syste

[android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-04 Thread Alok
Hi Greg Thanks for your response. Android watchdog is monitoring systemserver process and if it itself gets stuck because of some reasons then system doesnt restart. To handle these type of scenarios, I feel hw watchdog can be useful. Thanks Alok. On May 3, 10:27 pm, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Ma

[android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-04 Thread Sudeep K N
Greg, Sorry for the typo error, what I meant was if for some reason the hardware timers used for system time keeping stops, then we can make use of the watchdogs to reset the system in that scenario. As Mike mentioned it can also be used even to catch lockups and trigger reset (watchdog h/w can be

Re: [android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-04 Thread Mike Chan
On Droid we use the OMAP watchdog. I've found it useful to catch lockups in the kernel suspend / resume path for drivers. -- Mike On May 4, 2010 10:18 AM, "Greg KH" wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Sudeep K N > wrote: >> >>> Why is this a requirement for you to do, if you do not even kn

Re: [android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Sudeep K N wrote: > >> Why is this a requirement for you to do, if you do not even know >> if it is necessary? > > This is just my understanding, if more some reason the hardware timers > used for system time keeping stops, can't we use the watchdogs to > reset the

[android-kernel] Re: Enabling watchdog

2010-05-04 Thread Sudeep K N
> Why is this a requirement for you to do, if you do not even know > if it is necessary? This is just my understanding, if more some reason the hardware timers used for system time keeping stops, can't we use the watchdogs to reset the system? Regards, Sudeep -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+uns