Re: Did anyone else notice?

Kevin Lentin (kevinl@cs.monash.edu.au)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:09:15 +1000

On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 02:43:18AM -0400, Illuminatus Primus wrote:
> What is the sys_reboot() magic constant used for?

I believe it is a safety mechanism to prevent the system call from being
triggered incorrectly. There are 4 magics, the first is 0xfee1dead and the
other 3 are 'special'. You need to quote the first and one of the other 3
to get it to happen. The 'special' ones have a cunning little meaning that
required a new one to be added due to recent events.

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