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Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:04:16 +0100
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
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Subject: Re: Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic
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Timo Jyrinki wrote:
> Then suddenly the cat shifted his position and there was a kernel panic

Your cat wanted to find out what the magic in "magic SysRq key" means
and pressed Alt+SysRq+C.  The problem is that he did not consult
Documentation/sysrq.txt first; the "C" does _not_ stand for "catnip".


Regards,
Clemens