Re: [PATCH] doc update/fixes for sysrq.txt

[David Ford <david@linux.com>]

Jonathan Earle wrote:

> > On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:35:50 +0000, David Ford wrote:
> > > AFAIK, this hasn't ever been true.  I have never had to specifically
> > > enable it at run time.
> >
> > I was suspicious of that in the old doc but thought I'd leave it in...
> > Should have asked for feedback on it, but you caught it
> > anyway, thanks!
> >
> > Here's a patch against the first that simply removes the lines.
>
> I'd suggest leaving those lines in; I've never had it enabled by default.
> I've run Debian and Redhat systems, and both had to have the option
> specifically turned ON via startup script - simply compiling it into a
> kernel did not enable it.
>
> Jon

I suggest compiling it in and booting with init=/bin/bash, mounting /proc
and checking the value.  It is enabled by default.  A few distributions have
a boot script that enables or disables it based on the sysconfig.

-d


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