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: