Re: watchdog timers

2002-03-18 Thread Michael O'Donnell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Try this: > >http://www.pcwd.de/ Thank you. That site has a driver that's apparently descended from (and been worked on much more recently than) the pcwd.c in the kernel sources - it has /proc support, for example. I wonder why it hasn't been merged in? Have you us

Re: watchdog timers

2002-03-17 Thread Rich Cloutier
Try this: http://www.pcwd.de/ Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES President, C*O www.sysupport.com - Original Message - From: "Michael O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: watchdog ti

Re: watchdog timers

2002-03-17 Thread Michael O'Donnell
>> W83877F (EMACS) Watchdog Timer(NEW) > > WTF?!? Hardware to watch if EMACS is using too much RAM, > CPU, or is otherwise causing the machine to run hot? :-) Nyuk, nyuk. That one caught my eye, too, but I'm pretty sure they're just referring to a certain Winbond kitchen-sink chip

Re: watchdog timers

2002-03-17 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) wrote: ... > W83877F (EMACS) Watchdog Timer(NEW) WTF?!? Hardware to watch if EMACS is using too much RAM, CPU, or is otherwise causing the machine to run hot? :-)

watchdog timers

2002-03-17 Thread Michael O'Donnell
I'm looking for hardware that I can use to implement a watchdog timer function on any "conventional" computer, which probably involves using a PCI card but I'm considering all options including USB and custom designs. Anybody have any recommendations? Also, does anybody have any familiarity with