Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 19:49:30 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Have trick, not sure where to document... Message-ID: <20508.1604692170@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <9498D30F-4FDE-40BE-9941-B7C2DBD6E9DA@panasas.com> References: <9498D30F-4FDE-40BE-9941-B7C2DBD6E9DA@panasas.com>
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-------- Ravi Pokala writes: > If the system has IPMI, there are ways to configure it such that it will= enable the watchdog during POST, then disable it when it = > hands off to the OS. At which time, of course, the OS can re-enable it. It does not. I specifically do *not* want it to turn the watchdog off when handing to the OS, I want to catch problems that cause hanging during boot, so that I, with suitable patience (or automation), can catch it next time it resets. -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .
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