Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:51:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:51:50 -0400 Received: from wiprom2mx1.wipro.com ([203.197.164.41]:8149 "EHLO wiprom2mx1.wipro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:51:33 -0400 Message-ID: <3BC40C41.5040603@wipro.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:22:17 +0530 From: "BALBIR SINGH" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "H. Peter Anvin" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Sticky/Key-Setable SysRq (resubmit) In-Reply-To: <20011009105251.A20842@mueller.datastacks.com> <9pvd04$9sd$1@cesium.transmeta.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Followup to: <20011009105251.A20842@mueller.datastacks.com> >By author: Crutcher Dunnavant >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 --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/