On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:40:17AM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
not sure if it's watchdog.
Here's the easiest way to tell. boot with init=/bin/sh and, once you get the shell prompt, just let it sit there.
At that point, ints are enabled, and if there's something bad going on you need to control, you'll know it in about 15 seconds.
I let it boot 5 times. Used the stopwatch on the last 2 boots:
T 000:00:16.143 T 000:01:20.498
So if it's a watchdog timer, it's a pretty variable one (?). The third boot also felt like at least a minute. I've attached the boot log.
I had a vendor do this to me once: they changed the board and connected (on the board) and started enabling a watchdog and did not tell me -- one week before an exhibit. I had a sleepless weekend.
Of course, the part # did not change -- they never do ...
Ugh. I don't understand why they never do that. Must make their own support people's life hell.
Ward.