| Source: watchdog |
| Section: admin |
| Priority: extra |
| Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> |
| Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), po-debconf (>= 0.5.0) |
| Standards-Version: 3.9.3 |
| Homepage: http://watchdog.sourceforge.net |
| |
| Package: watchdog |
| Architecture: any |
| Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | udev, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) |
| Description: system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler |
| The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If |
| the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine |
| will reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with |
| "software watchdog" support (standard in Debian kernels) or if the |
| machine is equipped with a hardware watchdog (in which case this |
| package can also be used to "pet" it, resetting its timer). |
| . |
| The kernel software watchdog's ability to reboot will depend on the |
| state of the machine and interrupts. |
| . |
| The watchdog tool itself runs several health checks and acts |
| appropriately if the system is not in good shape. |
