Re: missing sysrq

[H. Peter Anvin]

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