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SubjectRe: Did anyone else notice?
Thanks.. that makes sense.

What was the new one added for?

On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Kevin Lentin wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 02:43:18AM -0400, Illuminatus Primus wrote:
> > What is the sys_reboot() magic constant used for?
>
> I believe it is a safety mechanism to prevent the system call from being
> triggered incorrectly. There are 4 magics, the first is 0xfee1dead and the
> other 3 are 'special'. You need to quote the first and one of the other 3
> to get it to happen. The 'special' ones have a cunning little meaning that
> required a new one to be added due to recent events.
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