Re: [virtio-comment] [PATCH] content: Reserve virtio-watchog device ID

From
Stefan Hajnoczi <>
Date
2020-10-23T13:48:57+00:00
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Re: [virtio-comment] [PATCH] content: Reserve virtio-watchog device ID
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 02:58:47PM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote:
> Reserve an ID for a watchdog device which may be used to ensure that the
> guest is responsive. This is equivalent of a hardware watchdog device
> and will trigger the reboot of the guest if the the host does not
> periodic ping from the the guest.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <>
> ---
>  content.tex | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>