Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:51:04 -0400 | From | Crutcher Dunnavant <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Sticky/Key-Setable SysRq (resubmit) |
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++ 10/10/01 14:22 +0530 - BALBIR SINGH: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >Followup to: <20011009105251.A20842@mueller.datastacks.com> > >By author: Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher@datastacks.com> > >In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > >>Attached is the patch from last week which provides the sysrq system > >>with the following: > >> > >>a toggleable 'sticky' flag in /proc, which makes the sysrq key work > on bad > >>keyboards, and through bad KVMs. > >> > >>the ability to set which key in /proc, which makes the sysrq key work on > >>system _without_ a 'sysrq' key; like bad KVMs. > >> > >>I've gotten no tracktion on this in a week, so I'm resubmitting it. > >> > > > >I think doing this through procfs might be reasonable, but a kernel > >command line option would be absolutely mandatory. If things are > >crappy you might not get to the point of fidding with /proc. > > > >Also, I really think SysRq has nothing to do under "Kernel > >Hacking/Kernel Debugging". More than anything else it's a system > >administration feature. > > > > -hpa > > > > Also, when configuring the kernel you can decide not to have /proc > mounted (although this is very rare), but it might happen, if somebody > decided not to use it, so as suggested, I think a kernel command line > option would be nice. > > Balbir
This gets into a realm of advanced/robust features which I want to add when 2.5 opens up. I will remember it, but right now I not seeing any traction on this at all.
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