Re: Clear reboot?

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Wed, 12 May 1999 18:55:01 +0100

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> > I've no idea why you'd want to do it that way, as it's simple enough
> > to just telnet in and type `reboot` to reset the thing...

olaf@bigred.inka.de said:
> Except when the process table/memory is full/the scheduler is hosed
> etc. I've often wanted such a feature _in the kernel_ (but with at
> least a minimal amount of authentication...)

Surely the watchdog timer can provide this functionality?

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