At 11:33 PM 12/30/2003, Fred Wright wrote:
>Since the current watchdog support obviously needs work, that's probably 
>not a bad idea, although it doesn't solve the underlying problem of the 
>system getting too bogged down to run processes.

I disagree.  It works exactly as intended (and, I believe, expected).  If 
you switch to polling, you increase the CPU load and packet latency.  If 
you delete the watchdog, you'll just find some other process (mini_http? 
dhcpc?) gets CPU starved and the system will still degrade, except in a 
manner much more difficult to diagnose.

The only way to make m0n0wall support significantly higher throughput is to 
get a faster hardware platform.  Replace your net4501 with a net4801.  Or 
build a box with an Athlon motherboard.

At most, make the launching of /usr/local/sbin/watchdogd be an option under 
the Advanced->Diagnostics menu.  That way, the adventurous can select the 
behavior they want (reboot or get flakey) when their box is overloaded.

         -crl
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