Patch for rc.d/watchdogd

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Apr 26 04:23:47 PDT 2004


In message <20040425181204.GD1130 at zaphod.nitro.dk>, "Simon L. Nielsen" writes:
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>Hello
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>The current watchdogd rc.d script doesn't work with hardware watchdogs
>supported by watchdog(4)/watchdogd(8) since the sysctl debug.watchdog
>doesn't exist for the hardware devices.
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>The attached patch simply removes the check for the sysctl since the
>generic watchdog code is always compiled in.
>
>Could someone commit this or approve it so I can commit it myself?

Go for it.

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