Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Sat, 02 Jun 2001 15:42:44 -0700 | Subject | Re: missing sysrq |
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Russell King wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 03:10:55PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > That seems like a very bad idea. What if there is a boot script bug? > > Also think about kernel panics - the only thing that works after that > is the power or (if you have it connected) reset button. ctrl-alt-del > needs keventd to work, and since sysrq-b is disabled by default... > > However, IMHO that is a non-point because you need to be physically > at the system either way to solve the problem. >
Not true if you have a serial console (and SysRq over serial console happens to work correctly that day.) Assuming this change is corrected to be sane.
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