Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:48:06 +0200 (CEST) | From | willy tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stateful Magic Sysrq Key |
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> I'd suggest either making this behaviour optional, or making it > so that hitting alt-sysrq twice, without any other keys being > pressed makes the next key stick.
I agree with you that there's a risk. Mike Harris had written a patch for 2.2 which did something similar, but slightly better IMO since it avoids risks of mis-press, handles correctly broken keyboards and keeps compatible with the existing method. Basically, it allows the user to press Alt, then SysRQ, release SysRQ then press the desired key, and later release Alt. In fact, it only resets the "magic-key-mode" flag after Alt has been released, and doesn't bother when SysRq is released.
I don't remember where it was available, but if someone needs it, I still have it here for 2.2.
Willy
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