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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: missing sysrq
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 03:10:55PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> That seems like a very bad idea.  What if there is a boot script bug?

Also think about kernel panics - the only thing that works after that
is the power or (if you have it connected) reset button.  ctrl-alt-del
needs keventd to work, and since sysrq-b is disabled by default...

However, IMHO that is a non-point because you need to be physically
at the system either way to solve the problem.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
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