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Re: Bug#794468: general: no watchdog support in installer kernel



On Sun, 2015-08-09 at 13:39 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Ben Hutchings dixit:
> 
> >Which watchdog device is this, that is enabled by the BIOS?  Normally I
> >expect them to be enabled only by the kernel driver.
> 
> It’s a 19″ server from Supermicro; Dominik would’ve to provide details.
> 
> >install time since the watchdog devices are not enabled by the system
> >firmware.
> 
> Oh well… apparently, the firmware setup screens don’t signal the
> watchdog either, so you can’t use that one for five minutes while
> the watchdog is enabled. This all points to buggy firmware. Again,
> details would have to come from Nik.

Then I think this should be fixed in the firmware.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.

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