Re: software watchdog

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:08:03 +0000

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:33:04PM +0530, gspujar@hss.hns.com wrote:
> >>>printk(KERN_CRIT "SOFTDOG: Initiating system reboot.\n"); prints the
> message on the console.
>
> I put a delay of 5secs with mdelay, and I can see the message on the console.
> I wanted the message as a syslog,

In order to log this message to syslog, you need to allow the syslog
process to run. If you're using a uniprocessor machine, using mdelay()
doesn't allow syslog to run during this time.

Softdog has a "testing" mode, which can be enabled by defining
ONLY_TESTING. This disables the automatic reboot, but the system
will log the timeout message.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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