slackbuilds_ponce/system/watchdog/slack-desc

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watchdog: Linux watchdog timer daemon
watchdog:
watchdog: This service periodically writes to /dev/watchdog in the event
watchdog: of it _not_ being able to do so; Linux may reset the system.
watchdog:
watchdog: It can be configured to try and fix things (such as networking)
watchdog: before going about triggering reboot.
watchdog:
watchdog: The watchdog was written, and is maintained by Michael Meskes
watchdog: (based on example code by Alan Cox).