[Freeipmi-devel] Re: FreeIPMI beta w/ BMC watchdog workaround for Sun machines

[Albert Chu]

Hey Dave,

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 15:57 -0700, Dave Love wrote:
> [Sorry, I thought I sent this earlier, but I'm harassed and losing
> track.]
> 
> Al Chu <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > --- bmc-watchdog.c      16 Jun 2010 17:52:38 -0000      1.131
> > +++ bmc-watchdog.c      17 Jun 2010 23:18:57 -0000
> > @@ -1920,6 +1920,8 @@ _daemon_cmd (void)
> >             && reset_period < (retry_wait_time * retry_attempt))
> >      retry_attempt = reset_period/retry_wait_time;
> >  
> > +  sleep (5);
> > +
> >    while (shutdown_flag)
> >      {
> >        struct timeval start_tv, end_tv;
> >
> 
> That seemed to work on x4500/Solaris, but then I tried with a shorter
> sleep, and now it's not working after restoring the sleep (5), but does
> last a longer, variable, time than without the sleep.  I'll see if I can
> figure any more out.
> 
> It does seem to work on an x4100 (not M2) with RedHat.

Just want to clarify, you're saying this sleep(5) makes it work on the
4100?

Al

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Albert Chu
address@hidden
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory