[pve-devel] PVE 4.x watchdog-mux.service

[Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG]

Am 06.12.2016 um 06:12 schrieb Dietmar Maurer:
>>> What happened to /dev/watchdog?
>>
>> No idea on most of our servers it does not exist.
>>
>> # ls -la /dev/watchdog
>> ls: cannot access /dev/watchdog: No such file or directory
>>
>> Which module does create that device node?
> 
> watchdog-mux simply loads 'softdog' if you do not specify
> a hardware watchdog:
> 
> # modprobe softdog
> 
> and this should generate /dev/watchdog

OK will check that, thanks. It seems the supermicro IPMI also supports a
watchdog device which does not work on some bios / ipmi combinations.
Most probably the problem is there.

Stefan