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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:42:42 +0100
From: Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@anagramm.de>
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CC: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu>, Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
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Subject: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?
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devzero@web.de schrieb:

 > [was: reading /dev/watchdog triggers reboot as intended]
 > need to change my own philosophy now, because i learned that reading isn`t harmless.   ;)

If you want to protect you from your curiosity (or from reading anything),
you could just disable the watchdog in the kernel.
See: Device Drivers -> Character devices -> Watchdog Timer Support -> ...

Regards,
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Clemens Koller
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