Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264333AbTKZUmk (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:42:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264330AbTKZUmk (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:42:40 -0500 Received: from windsormachine.com ([206.48.122.28]:51648 "EHLO router.windsormachine.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264340AbTKZUlI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:41:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:41:05 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Dresser To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6 not cat proof In-Reply-To: <20031126201052.GA16106@outpost.ds9a.nl> Message-ID: References: <20031126201052.GA16106@outpost.ds9a.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 837 Lines: 26 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, bert hubert wrote: > This bug has been seen here over eight years ago and it is back.. linux > 2.6.0-test4 is still not cat proof :-) There has been a fix for this issue in the kernel source for quite awhile. >From as far back as the configuration utility in 2.4.22: CONFIG_WATCHDOG: If you say Y here (and to one of the following options) and create a character special file /dev/watchdog with major number 10 and minor number 130 using mknod ("man mknod"), you will get a watchdog, i.e.: It should be under Character devices somewhere. Hope this helps, Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/