Bug#768168: watchdog does not start at boot

[Michael Meskes]

> To be sure: what are you trying to do here and why? Maybe we can find a
> better solution

Watchdog should be started as late as possible during the boot process and stopped as early as possible during shutdown.

> Btw, is "echo /sbin/modprobe $watchdog_module" really intended? that
> will just output the module name.

Na, that's an oversight. I forgot removing it after using it for debugging.

> Since we already have kernel module autoloading and /etc/modules, is
> there a good reason to do it manually in the .service file?

At least it is needed for backward compatibility. That option has been there
for ages and who knows how many systems still depend on it. This close to a
release I don't want to risk breaking anything.

Michael
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