softdog: Software watchdog timer1
The software watchdog tries to "catch" computer lock-ups and will try to reboot the machine in case one occurs. It also does some a few simple tests to catch some events (currently the inability to fork and open a file) and reboot the machine if they remain so for too long.
... part of T2, get it here
Author: Christophe Dupre <duprec [at] risq [dot] qc [dot] ca>
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>
License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 1.21
Download: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/watchdog/ softdog-1.21.tar.gz
T2 source: hotfixes.patch
T2 source: softdog.cache
T2 source: softdog.desc
T2 source: softdog.init
T2 source: softdog.patch
Build time (on reference hardware): 5% (relative to binutils)2
Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.05 MB, 13 files
Dependencies (build time detected): binutils coreutils diffutils grep linux-header m4 make patch sed sysfiles tar
Installed files (on reference hardware): n.a.
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2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).