linux-kernel - Re: earlier ctrl-alt-del

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Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:19:23 +0100
From:	"Benoit Boissinot" <bboissin@...il.com>
To:	"Nick Levinson" <nick_levinson@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: earlier ctrl-alt-del

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Nick Levinson <nick_levinson@...oo.com> wrote:
> Suggestion: ctrl-alt-del should be a working command
>  earlier in the bootup process, so that reboots won't
>  take so long because we have to wait. For example, I
>  sometimes have to change something in BIOS and then
>  must reboot, which means I have to go almost to the
>  login stage before I can warm-reboot.
>
sysrq are working early in the boot process (sysrq s/u/b):
http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt

regards,

Benoit
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