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diff --git a/system/watchdog/slack-desc b/system/watchdog/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..15fc3a4bb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/watchdog/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +watchdog: watchdog (the userspace daemon for watchdog support) +watchdog: +watchdog: watchdog is a daemon that periodically pokes a hardware chip, +watchdog: and if it fails to do so (presumaby because the system got stuck), +watchdog: the chip would reboot the system. A somehow working software +watchdog: emulation of this chip, called "softdog" also exists in Linux. +watchdog: A reboot can be triggered by some other criteria too. +watchdog: +watchdog: +watchdog: +watchdog: |