Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: sysrq on serial consoles [was The Deadly `ping -f'] | Date | 27 Apr 1999 14:29:00 +0200 |
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In article <cistron.19990427124853.08099@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>, Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> wrote: >> So a question for the serial experts. How do you enter alt-sysrq on a >> serial console? Expecially if that console could be a dumb VT100 or an >> emulator running on Linux or even another OS entirely? > > Some time ago, I wrote a patch for SysRq over serial console which >used BREAK as a SysRq key. Unfortunately, Linus has rejected it because >of the feature freeze, but I can dig it out and port to 2.2.x.
Yes I did the same too, it was part of the original 2.0.20 serial console patch. At <BREAK>, halt or panic a menu appeared that resembled the Sun boot monitor a bit - "?" for help, "c" for continue, "b" for boot, "p" to see the last panic message, "m" for memory, etc ...
I think something like that would be useful as a patch for 2.2.x
My original 2.0.x patch is still at ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/kernel/Old/linux-2.0.20-serial-cons-kmon.diff
Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
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