From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:04:34 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] busybox: add watchdog daemon startup script In-Reply-To: <20120208222639.36359e6a@skate> References: <1328686893-6841-1-git-send-email-fabio.porcedda@telit.com> <20120208222639.36359e6a@skate> Message-ID: <201202090004.34325.arnout@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Wednesday 08 February 2012 22:26:39 Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Le Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:41:33 +0100, > Fabio Porcedda a ?crit : > > > +config BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_WATCHDOG > > + bool "Install watchdog daemon startup script" > > + help > > + Install the watchdog daemon startup script, > > + that just start at the boot the busybox watchdog daemon. > > + > > Maybe instead of creating a new configuration option, we can just make > the installation of the S15watchdog script automatic if the Busybox > configuration file has enabled CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y? > > The current default Busybox configuration file in Buildroot has > CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y, so we may want to change this default to disable > CONFIG_WATCHDOG. NACK. Many people will want to use watchdog in a different way. And it may be installed as Swatchdog so the check if it exists already doesn't help. Having the start script _is_ relevant, even if it is just as an example. It would be even better if the config option allowed to set the reset frequency. Regards, Arnout -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286540 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F