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Re:Crash-only software: More than meets the eye (2006) by Liftyee on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @06:40PM (#40217316)
In embedded systems watchdog timers are often used as a crash mechanism outside of the software itself, which will crash the program if it is not reset. I found this concept of crash-only software pretty neat - time to see if I can apply it.
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Re:Crash-only software: More than meets the eye (2006) by eternityforest on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @09:27PM (#40218518)
There's an ongoing discussion on the Systemd issue tracker about making better use of HW watchdogs: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21083
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