From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762320AbXKMUpd (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759599AbXKMUpV (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:21 -0500 Received: from smtp02.colorado.edu ([128.138.128.142]:40850 "EHLO smtp02.Colorado.EDU" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757874AbXKMUpU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:20 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1184 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:20 EST X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1194985533-5acd010f0000-xx1T2L X-Barracuda-URL: http://128.138.128.142:8000/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Message-ID: <473A07E4.3050004@colorado.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:24:04 -0700 From: Eric Schoeller User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Enabling Magic SysRq Key on boot before INIT Subject: Enabling Magic SysRq Key on boot before INIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Barracuda-Connect: omr-raz-2-pub.colorado.edu[128.138.123.155] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1194985533 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by Barracuda Spam Firewall at Colorado.EDU X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=8.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.1, rules version 3.1.33804 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, I would like to enable the Magic SysRq key immediately when the linux kernel starts to boot, not when INIT begins. So, I am familiar with the sysctl command and /etc/sysctl.conf - but I'd like to modify these types of kernel variables earlier in the boot process. I thought that I could, perhaps, pass an argument to my "kernel" line in my bootloader (grub) configuration, but I have not been able to figure that out. Is this possible? Thanks, Eric Schoeller Infrastructure Systems and Services University of Colorado, Boulder