README: convert to markdown for gitiles

BUG=None
TEST=looked at the output in gitiles

Change-Id: I33b372bbdfacf8bf6378876f560187af75a344dc
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/428851
Commit-Ready: Mike Frysinger <vapier@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Ben Chan <benchan@chromium.org>
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-GPL Code is copied with explicit permission from Daniel Widyanto:
-    http://embeddedfreak.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/howto-use-linux-watchdog/
-
-The project name is based on Samsung's "daisy" reference board design
-and I liked this quote from the www.daisydog.com FAQ:
-	"Daisy Dogs are not persnickety little ankle biters"
-
-When this daisydog doesn't run, the machine should reset. :)
-
-An alternative code to start with would have been:
-	https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2270
-
-"watchdog" (see debian.org) is alot more complicated than
-what chromiumos project is ready to deal with.
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+GPL Code is copied with explicit permission from Daniel Widyanto:<br>
+  http://embeddedfreak.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/howto-use-linux-watchdog/
+
+The project name is based on Samsung's "daisy" reference board design
+and I liked this quote from the
+[daisy dog FAQ](http://www.daisydogs.com/frequent.php):
+
+> Daisy Dogs are not persnickety little ankle biters
+
+When this daisydog doesn't run, the machine should reset. :)
+
+An alternative code to start with would have been:<br>
+  https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2270
+
+The [watchdog project](https://sourceforge.net/projects/watchdog/) is alot
+more complicated than what the Chromium OS project needs.