Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:41:31 -0900 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> Subject: Re: What is correct way to enable watchdog? Message-ID: <200902232241.31587.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <33296720.221235423494723.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> References: <33296720.221235423494723.JavaMail.HALO$@halo>
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On Monday 23 February 2009 12:11:38 Peter Steele wrote:
> We assumed this would give us a watchdog timeout of 300 seconds (5
> minutes), meaning a system would not reboot unless it is non-responsive for
> five minutes.
No, meaning, if a system is unresponsive for 300 seconds, action will be
taken. watchdogd will not prevent proper reboots, panics or power failures.
> However, in a recent stress test we had unexplained
> spontaneous reboots on two systems, with no logs of any kind to indicate
> why the systems rebooted.
Panic, or overheating. Check the dumpdev/dumpdir variables in rc.conf(5).
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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