WATCHDOG(8)

NAME

watchdog − reset the system if it gets stuck

SYNOPSIS

aux/watchdog

DESCRIPTION

Watchdog writes restart to #w/wdctl at least once per second. If the system gets stuck, the hardware watchdog will reset the system via NMI.

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/aux/watchdog.c

SEE ALSO

wd(3), reboot(8)

Plan 9 — August 16, 2012