[Pacemaker] about iTCO_wdt watchdog

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2012-09-09T09:44:12, Vadym Chepkov <vchepkov at gmail.com> wrote:

> > you misunderstand me. I just simulate a system crash to test if the
> > watchdog can reboot the system .
> All kernel wdt modules still rely on a functioning kernel.

Actually, no, except for softdog, they do not.

TCO_wdt *is* a hardware-assisted watchdog, the hardware just happens to
be integrated in the CPU/motherboard.


Regards,
    Lars

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