Re: Speaking of SysRQ...

Simon Richter (geier@psi5.com)
Tue, 09 Jun 1998 00:51:19 +0200


Myrdraal wrote:

> Speaking of magic sysrq, is there any reason it's still in the
> 'kernel hacking' section? IMHO it's a stable and extremely useful
> feature.

I guess it's because it allows you to do nasty things you would not be
authorized to do in real life. I'm happy you cannot shut down my system
without my permission (apart from pulling the plug) and this is certainly a
great thing. SysRq is for debugging only.

CU
Simon

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