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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-11-30 22:39:34 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-11-30 22:39:34 +0000 |
commit | f37e6a82525c430aacff5f2bd95a94ea4be4254c (patch) | |
tree | e451ea76cd2c50b3bff034ea710a34a66ffe2dc7 /share/man/man4 | |
parent | 3343e7e8e1378b24228147eeed816ef6d7d5b959 (diff) |
clean up the watchdog section;
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/esm.4 | 31 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/esm.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/esm.4 index c1e73d863de..066ec45d91d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/esm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/esm.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: esm.4,v 1.2 2005/11/30 20:23:36 marco Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: esm.4,v 1.3 2005/11/30 22:39:33 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2005 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -51,25 +51,28 @@ monitored by the .Xr ipmi 4 driver. .Sh WATCHDOG -ESM provides watchdog timer functionality. -Once configured, if the watchdog is not reset within a x second timeout, -the server will reset. +ESM provides +.Xr watchdog 4 +timer functionality. +Once configured, if the watchdog is not reset within +a certain period of time, +it will timeout and the server will reset. The reset will occur regardless of the recoverability of the hang or crash. -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Example of enabling a watchdog: -sysctl -w kern.watchdog.period=10 -.El .Pp -In this case if the watchdog is not reset it'll reboot the server after roughly -10 seconds. +Example of enabling a watchdog: .Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Example of disabling watchdog: -sysctl -w kern.watchdog.period=0 -.El +.Dl # sysctl kern.watchdog.period=10 +.Pp +In this case if the watchdog is not reset, +it'll reboot the server after roughly 10 seconds. +.Pp +Example of disabling the watchdog: +.Pp +.Dl # sysctl kern.watchdog.period=0 .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr ipmi 4 , +.Xr watchdog 4 , .Xr sensorsd 8 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY |