Messages in this thread | | | From | Christophe Dupre <> | Subject | Re: softdog module | Date | Tue, 05 Jan 1999 09:59:52 -0500 |
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> I notice a strange behaviour of the software watchdog daemon interacting with the kernel module. Any comments on this? > > -> insmod softdog > <- Software Watchdog Timer: 0.05, timer margin: 60 sec > -> softdog > <- softdog: software watchdog not installed in kernel > <- If kerneld is not running and is not properly configured, softdog > <- will fail. Please read the README file in the softdog distribution. > <- > <- OK, kerneld loaded the module, continuing...
Hi, this seems like a weird behavior in softdog, yes. I believe you must be running version 1.2 of softdog. Could you tell me what version of the kernel you are running, and list the content of '/proc/misc' before and after loading the softdog kernel module ?
Softdog has been properly tested under 2.0, but not that much under 2.1, so that may be the problem. Since softdog tries to check if the kernel supports softdog by looking in /proc/misc, and that file's format may have changed since 2.0, it may cause the warning above. Your input will probably allow me the release softdog 1.3 new and improved :-) --
Christophe Dupre Analyste de systemes, RISQ inc. 550 Sherbrooke ouest, suite 250-ouest Tel: (514) 845-7181, ext 237 Montreal, QC CANADA FAX: (514) 845-8083
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