On 6 Dec 2005, Rob Landley whispered secretively:
> On Monday 05 December 2005 09:05, zine el abidine Hamid wrote:
>
>> PS : The user's manual definition of The Watch-Dog
>> Timer is : "a device to ensure thet standalone systems
>> can always recover from abnormal conditions that cause
>> the system to crash. These conditions may result from
>> an external EMI or software bug."
>
> Such as the power supply filling up with dust and catching fire.
>
> Rather an optimistic user's manual, really...
The Algol-68 people considered this problem long ago:
<http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2004-11/msg00107.html>.
--
`Don't confuse the shark with the remoras.' --- Rob Landley
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
