linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND][Trivial] Documentation: sysrq, description of 'h' slightly inaccurate

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Message-Id: <20070813114840.2bc992e6.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:48:40 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vulpyne@...pyne.net,
	trivial@...nel.org, crutcher+kernel@...astacks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND][Trivial] Documentation: sysrq, description of
 'h' slightly inaccurate

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:31:27 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote:

> (Resending a patch from 21 May 2007 that never got any response)
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In Documentation/sysrq.txt, the description of 'h' says that any key not 
> listed *above* will generate help. That's obviously not true since all the 
> keys listed below 'h' will do what they are described to do, not display 
> help. So change the text so that it says that any key not listed in the 
> table will generate help, which is what really happens.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Probably due to my alphabetization of the sysrq keys.

> ---
> 
>  Documentation/sysrq.txt |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
> index ba328f2..865b271 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  Linux Magic System Request Key Hacks
>  Documentation for sysrq.c
> -Last update: 2007-MAR-14
> +Last update: 2007-AUG-04
>  
>  *  What is the magic SysRq key?
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ On all -  write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger.  e.g.:
>  'g'	- Used by kgdb on ppc and sh platforms.
>  
>  'h'     - Will display help (actually any other key than those listed
> -          above will display help. but 'h' is easy to remember :-)
> +          here will display help. but 'h' is easy to remember :-)
>  
>  'i'     - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, except for init.
>  
> 
> -

---
~Randy
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