Bug#270297: no SysRq key option available

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Tore Anderson [Wed, Oct 27 2004, 08:10:17PM]:

>  > security reasons, please set it disabled, but have the kernel at
>  > least know the option. That way enabling it through proc would be
>  > possible instead of now always having to shut down the box hard (i.e.
>  > unplug the power cord).
> 
>   I'll just add my support to this request;  having worked as a sysadmin
>  for several years has really taught me to love the SysRq feature.

Ack, ack, ack.

>   For what it's worth, Red Hat also includes the magic SysRq feature in
>  their default kernels, but disable it by default through the /proc
>  interface.

Sounds like a sane solution, I suggest we port the patch from them.

Regards,
Eduard.
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