From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Magic SysRq +# in 2.4.9-ac/2.4.10-pre12
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:38:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010926223814.A169@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BA8C01D.79FBD7C3@osdlab.org> <20010921162949.H8188@mueller.datastacks.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010921162949.H8188@mueller.datastacks.com>; from Crutcher Dunnavant on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 04:29:49PM -0400
Hi!
> > 2. I'd really prefer to see callers use
> > register_sysrq_key() and unregister_sysrq_key() so that they
> > can get/use return values, and not the lower-level functions
> > "__sysrq*" functions that are EXPORTed in sysrq.c.
> > I don't see a good reason to EXPORT all of these functions.
>
> So would I, however, the lower interface is there so that modules can
> restructure the table in more complex ways, allowing for sub-menus.
This is kernel, and sysrq was designed to be debug tool. It turned out
to be more successfull than expected...
Just keep in mind its a debug tool. If you need hierarchical submenus,
then you are probably not using it as debug tool, right?
Pavel
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I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care."
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-28 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-19 15:56 Magic SysRq +# in 2.4.9-ac/2.4.10-pre12 Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-19 16:30 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-19 16:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 18:02 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-19 17:31 ` Erik Mouw
2001-09-19 17:34 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-19 17:50 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-19 17:52 ` Erik Mouw
2001-09-19 20:22 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-09-21 20:29 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-09-26 20:38 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2001-10-03 15:08 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-09-21 21:08 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-09-21 21:41 ` [PATCH] Magic SysRq loglevel fix Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-09-22 1:25 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-22 5:16 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-09-21 21:42 ` Magic SysRq +# in 2.4.9-ac/2.4.10-pre12 Randy.Dunlap
2001-09-21 22:07 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
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