From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LdXPF-0003fs-4Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:37 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LdXPE-0003fg-Ea for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:36 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52887 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LdXPE-0003fd-7L for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:36 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:59009) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LdXPD-0002LY-R1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:36 -0500 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1SMBWWB025534 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:32 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n1SMBU7D014686 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:32 -0500 Received: from localhost (vpn-6-26.fab.redhat.com [10.33.6.26]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1SMBTk8002028 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:11:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:11:26 +0000 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Hardware watchdogs (patch for discussion only) Message-ID: <20090228221126.GA12633@amd.home.annexia.org> References: <20090225233718.GA15750@amd.home.annexia.org> <20090226175025.GA10284@shareable.org> <1235728224.5894.176.camel@ecrins.fosdick.home.net> <200902271219.54657.paul@codesourcery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200902271219.54657.paul@codesourcery.com> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:19:53PM +0000, Paul Brook wrote: > IMHO external watchdog (i.e. ones that monitor qemu itself) are out > of scope. We should restrict this to internal watchdog devices > within a VM. Yes -- this patch just tries to emulate existing hardware devices. As you say, checking if QEMU is up is a separate matter. BTW does anyone want to review the patch? http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-02/msg01434.html Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top