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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Magic SysRq key in Dvorak
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Martin Mares wrote:

> Hmmm, it seems to me this really doesn't belong to the kernel. People who
> are smart enough to be kernel hackers (and if they are not kernel hackers,
> they should not use SysRq since they don't understand what it means) are also
> expected to know that it doesn't respect the keymap and to remember the right
> mapping.

So, kernel hackers are expected to accept unquestioningly what has been
placed before them? You have disillusioned me, Martin. I thought Linux was
about freedom - the freedom to use a different key mapping is part of
that. But apparently there is no freedom here, just more tyranny. I give
up, I'm going back to Windows where "free software" means borrowing
someone else's Office 97 CD. :(

Just kidding! :)

Let me ask you something: why have SysRq in the official kernel at all if
REAL kernel hackers can patch it into their kernels themselves? The
answer: *convenience*! The Magic SysRq Key is a useful tool for kernel
hackers, and it's a hell of a lot easier to have it sitting there ready to
be enabled than to have to patch it into every kernel.

No, a Dvorak keymap for the Magic SysRq Key is not necessary, but it is
*convenient* for kernel hackers who, like me, use and love the Dvorak
layout. I'm certainly smart enough to use QWERTY if I have to (after all,
my keyboard is labeled in QWERTY, even if I forget it I have only to look
down) but I *prefer* to use Dvorak, just as I *prefer* to have the Magic
SysRq Key available for my use! Heck, I have to be *smarter* to use the
Dvorak keys since they're _not_ labeled and I need to remember them!

Certainly SysRq is for kernel hackers only, but that's why it's in the
"Kernel Hacking" section of the configuration. Or do I misunderstand its
purpose?

-- brion vibber (brion@pobox.com)


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