system/watchdog: Minor fixes; thanks to Chris Abela.

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Menno Duursma 2010-10-20 02:24:38 -05:00 committed by Erik Hanson
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For this to work, a kernel driver for the aformentioned device needs
to be loaded. The module may be found in:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/watchdog
It can be configured to try and fix things (such as networking)
before triggering a reboot. As 'repair.sh' may be able to do.
See the examples included in /usr/doc/watchdog-5.6/examples
See the examples included in /usr/doc/watchdog-*/examples
This package also contains the 'wd_keepalive' program by Marcel Jansen
which "can be run during critical periods when the normal watcdog
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To enable the watchdog: make sure a kernel module gets loaded for it
(at boot) such as the 'softdog' or an actual hardware driver...
If you don't understand what this is all about, maybe watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_1p3n1fkU
Then add the following to rc.local:
# Start the watchdog timer deamon

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# Add init script too
install -D -m755 $CWD/config/rc.$PRGNAM $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.$PRGNAM.new
# Install the repair script
install -D -m755 examples/repair.sh $PKG/usr/sbin/repair
find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done

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MD5SUM_x86_64=""
MAINTAINER="Menno Duursma"
EMAIL="druiloor@zonnet.nl"
APPROVED="dsomero"
APPROVED="Erik Hanson"