Re: software watchdog

Alberto Bertogli (albertogli@altavista.net)
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:52:52 -0300

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 11:38:47AM +0530, gspujar@hss.hns.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using software watchdog in my application. Is there any way to ensure that
> watchdog continues its
> job even after the process that opens the watchdog device crashes or teminates ?
>

I think CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT is exactly what you want.
You find it just where you enabled your watchdog.

Alberto

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