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Re: Reset function
- From: Wolfram Kattanek <wolfram dot kattanek at imms dot de>
- To: Francesc Teixido Navarro <ca06332 at salleURL dot edu>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:40:52 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Reset function
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312150941070.18529@vela.salleURL.edu>
Quoting Francesc Teixido Navarro <ca06332@salleURL.edu>:
> Hi all,
> I'm programming an aplication for Falcom F35-XXL with eCos
> 1.1 and I need to reboot the system if the system or a thread is
> stalled??
>
> Thanks
A common approach for dealing with such situations is using a (HW)
watchdog. After starting it the application threads have to trigger
it periodically otherwise a HW reset will be performed.
The F35-XXL is equipped with a HW watchdog. The provided software
kit contains example code for using it. See also:
http://www.falcom.de/pub/f35-xxl/f35xxl_faq.pdf
Wolfram
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