Re: IPMI watchdog question

From: Holger Kiehl
Date: Wed Jul 28 2004 - 05:36:20 EST


On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:

> On Wednesday 28 of July 2004 11:08, Holger Kiehl wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Using kernel 2.6.7 with ipmi watchdog compiled in, I have noticed that
> > when the process writting to /dev/watchdog is killed (-9) the system is
> > not reset. When I query the BMC to list the SEL it does report:
> >
> > Watchdog 2 #0x03 | Timer expired
> >
> > So the BMC does notice that the timer did expire but no action is taken.
> > What must I do so it resets my system?
> Do you have CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT enabled?
>
No this is not set. Must this be set? Actually I want that one can stop the
watchdog gracefully. And this is done by writting a 'V' to /dev/watchdog,
correct?

I noticed that CONFIG_WATCHDOG is also not set since CONFIG_IPMI_WATCHDOG
is set under IPMI. Must this be set? Is the IPMI watchdog different to
all the other watchdogs or why is it listed seperatly?

Holger
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