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From: Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@debian.org>
To: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Linux-compatible watchdog add-on?
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:31:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160825163149.GB3636@haddock.home> (raw)

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Hi,

Sorry if my question is off-topic for this list.

I have a computer that experienced a kernel failure while a was far away 
and nobody could reboot it. So I thought it would be nice to have a 
watchdog. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, it has no hardware 
watchdog, so I thought I should add one.

Hence, do you have suggestions for I²C-, serial- or USB-connected 
watchdog add-ons? It should of course be compatible with linux.

I found 
  http://www.berkprod.com/Product_Web_Pages/usb_v1_pc_watchdog.aspx
but I think it is a little too expensive.

If no such thing exists, I might consider designing my own (open 
hardware) I²C- or USB-connected watchdog add-on, using a cheap MCU. But 
then I would welcome opinions on what the interface between the host and 
watchdog should look like.


Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Boullis

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             reply	other threads:[~2016-08-25 16:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-25 16:31 Nicolas Boullis [this message]
2016-08-26  4:58 ` Linux-compatible watchdog add-on? Oleksij Rempel
2016-08-26 23:14   ` Nicolas Boullis
2016-08-27 11:38     ` Oleksij Rempel
2016-08-29 23:53 ` Guenter Roeck

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