From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763316AbXKNAz0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:55:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759510AbXKNAzP (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:55:15 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:57147 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759415AbXKNAzN (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:55:13 -0500 Message-ID: <473A476D.2000700@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:55:09 -0500 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Schoeller CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Enabling Magic SysRq Key on boot before INIT References: <473A07E4.3050004@colorado.edu> In-Reply-To: <473A07E4.3050004@colorado.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/13/2007 03:24 PM, Eric Schoeller wrote: > 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. > sysrq_always_enabled