Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751411AbXAFPmG (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:42:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751413AbXAFPmG (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:42:06 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:34004 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751411AbXAFPmE (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:42:04 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:38:33 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Aneesh Kumar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sysrq_always_enabled boot option ?? Message-ID: <20070106153833.GB20592@elte.hu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -0.4 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-0.4 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -0.4 BAYES_05 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 1 to 5% [score: 0.0101] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 718 Lines: 18 * Aneesh Kumar wrote: > This is about commit 5d6f647fc6bb57377c9f417c4752e43189f56bb1. Why is > this change needed. As far as i understand from the the commit message > distro used to set sysrq_enabled = 0. But they if we need sysrq > support we can set it using sysctl why do we need a kernel command > line option ? userspace occasionally disables it. Also, sometimes i want to boot distro images without changing anything in them. Ingo - 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/