From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756448AbYC0S2r (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750984AbYC0S2i (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:38 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65]:39437 "EHLO elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751150AbYC0S2h (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:37 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=O+pJnBsJD9KERsB1+yOyL9HFLOTqOJv0kI1luirVfoAqEaeS7GHT0L4xrdVrTeTX; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Message-ID: <47EBE751.1090803@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:33 -0400 From: Stephen Clark Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wim Van Sebroeck , linux-kernel Subject: Re: iTCO watchdog timer References: <47CDAC9D.6020505@seclark.us> <20080304135548.b7b88ee4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080306212820.GA2866@infomag.infomag.iguana.be> In-Reply-To: <20080306212820.GA2866@infomag.infomag.iguana.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: a437fbc6971e80f61aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79efd0c272ce40aac2c02594fa4023b4bb350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.144.77.185 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi All, > > Sorry but it's quite busy at the moment... > >>> I have new Intel DG33FB mainboard. >>> >>> >>> Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 >>> Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver >>> v1.02 (26-Jul-2007) >>> Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9DH TCO device >>> (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460) >>> Mar 2 20:47:19 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec >>> (nowayout=0) >>> ... >>> Mar 4 14:22:59 joker1 kernel: iTCO_wdt: Unexpected close, not stopping >>> watchdog! >>> >>> >>> I start watchdog.c and then kill it expecting the system to reboot - but >>> it doesn't. >>> >>> Isn't this how it is supposed to work? > > This is indeed how it should work. It's indeed strange that the system doesn't > reboot. If I find some time I will give you some test code to run. > > Greetings, > Wim. > > Hi Wim, Just wondered if you had any more thoughts or if you have any test you would like me to run. Regards, Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)