From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:33:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:33:27 -0500 Received: from smtp02.web.de ([217.72.192.151]:42774 "EHLO smtp.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:33:26 -0500 From: Michael Buesch To: Mitch Adair Subject: Re: subsystem crashes reboot system? Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 20:44:27 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200304021806.h32I6M709795@mako.theneteffect.com> In-Reply-To: <200304021806.h32I6M709795@mako.theneteffect.com> Cc: rmiller@duskglow.com (Russell Miller), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304022044.27530.freesoftwaredeveloper@web.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 02 April 2003 20:06, Mitch Adair wrote: > Isn't this what watchdog is for? I think even the software watchdog would > catch this, then you can panic and reboot. hm, I don't think, that watchdog will catch this, because the userspace-watchdog daemon will still be running properly in a crash case (or did I understand something wrong?) Regards Michael Buesch. -- ------------- My homepage: http://www.8ung.at/tuxsoft fighting for peace is like fu**ing for virginity