Re: missing sysrq

H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-02T22:43:20Z

Russell King wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Not true if you have a serial console (and SysRq over serial console
happens to work correctly that day.) Assuming this change is corrected
to be sane.

-hpa