From: Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stateful Magic Sysrq Key
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 08:02:37 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110020702.IAA22663@mauve.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011001234437.A10994@mueller.datastacks.com> from "Crutcher Dunnavant" at Oct 01, 2001 11:44:37 PM
> The following patch is a reworked patch which originated from Amazon.
> It makes the sysrq key stateful, giving it the following behaviours:
IMO, this is needed for broken keyboards, but in this exact form will
cause problems for those without them.
Pressing alt-sysrq accidentally is rare, but happens, typically when
I'm going for vt-12 in a hurry, or cleaning out crumbs.
Normally this is fairly harmless, as most of the dangerous keys are
on a different quadrant.
Making it sticky makes accidents much more likely.
I'd suggest either making this behaviour optional, or making it so that
hitting alt-sysrq twice, without any other keys being pressed makes the
next key stick.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-02 7:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-02 3:44 Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-10-02 4:14 ` Simon Kirby
2001-10-02 7:02 ` Ian Stirling [this message]
2001-10-02 8:48 willy tarreau
2001-10-02 14:18 ` Crutcher Dunnavant
[not found] <20011002185016.90E271F9BA@zion.rivenstone.net>
2001-10-03 4:23 ` Ian Stirling
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