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Subject: Re: Available watchdog test cases
From: Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>
To: Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>
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On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 01:40, Paul Rolland wrote:
> Just a quick question : is there an easy to force the kernel to Oops,
> to make sure that the watchdog will even be working under such
> conditions ?
> 
> I know people are all trying to avoid Oops... but I think the testplan
> should include that too...
> 
> Regards,
> Paul

You can write a kernel module that when loaded will disable all
interrupts and sit and spin, or even easier just call panic().

    --rustyl

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