Re: Timed events in the kernel.

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Agust Karlsson wrote:
>
> I need to make an event happen at regular intervals in the kernel.
> Actually I have to kick a hardware watchdog every second or so.
> Where is the best place to put a code like that, as early as possible.

You have to write a software driver which should
use (add|del)_timer routines. The easiest way is
to write a module and when you stabilize the code
enough to compile it as a part of kernel.
Back in '97 i wrote similar driver for a device
which turned off and on stalled modems and PCs.
You can take a look at http://www.dce.bg/~petkan/

best,
PEtkan

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