Re: /proc/sys sysrq

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:31:47 +0100 (BST) "Jon Masters" <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Hi,
| 
| 
| Someone recently posted a message to Linux Managers about rebooting a box
| with a failed drive and no serial console from a remote location. It
| turned out in that instance that there was another drive and enough
| working to copy a simple reboot binary to it.
| 
| Anyway I was wondering whether there is an official "alternative sysrq" in
| /proc/sys or if it would be worth me writing a patch to add things like a
| reboot entry one could cat "feeldead" to or whatever...is this even worth
| doing or been done?

It's already there (in 2.4.recent and 2.5/2.6:  /proc/sysrq-trigger)

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~Randy
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