Re: [patch] Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1

Roman Zippel
2006-07-12T00:16:46Z

Hi,

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > > BTW I believe that original way (alt down, sysrq down, b down) still
> > > works before and after the patch.
> >
> > No, it doesn't.
> >
> > > Here's patch that updates docs with now-working trick.
> >
> > NACK.
> >
>
> Nack your nack! The patch in 2.6.18-rc1 makes sysrq work on machines on
> which it *did not work at all*. If that makes it harder to type but still
> possible to type on other machines, well, we win.

Why can't we even _try_ to preserve compatibility? :-(

bye, Roman