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Mine is always on...

On 3/2/07, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 04:26:56PM +0200, Kimmo H?m?l?inen wrote:
> > > > My last two spontaneous reboots were attributed to 32_wd (ie. the
> > > > watchdog).
> > >
> > > My suspicion is that sometimes the JFFS2 file system garbage collecting
> > > might keep the kernel busy for >1/2 minute without yielding the control
> > > back to scheduler.  Normally the JFFS2 GC happens only on bootup (in
> > > case you were wondering why the booting is sometimes slower), but
> > > it can be run also during normal usage. HW watchdog reboots the
> > > device if it's not refreshed within 1/2 min (in the JFFS2 case the
> > > device would probably unfreeze / function normally after GC has
> > > finished).
> >
> > My guess is the WLAN. IIRC, there was rebooting problems that were
> > caused by just leaving the WLAN connection idle. Fortunately, the next
> > SW release should fix those.
>
> I tend to leave WLAN off during daytime (to conserve battery), and I
> usually not bother bringing it up before I plug in my N800 to charge
> during the night.
>
> I cannot guarantee it absolutely, but I think wlan was off during the
> last couple of times when my N800 rebooted itself.
>
> Marius Gedminas
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