linux-kernel - Re: Enabling Magic SysRq Key on boot before INIT

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Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:05:29 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
Cc:	Eric Schoeller <eric.schoeller@...orado.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Enabling Magic SysRq Key on boot before INIT

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:55:09 -0500 Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> On 11/13/2007 03:24 PM, Eric Schoeller wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to enable the Magic SysRq key immediately when the linux
> > kernel starts to boot, not when INIT begins. So, I am familiar with the
> > sysctl command and /etc/sysctl.conf - but I'd like to modify these types
> > of kernel variables earlier in the boot process. I thought that I could,
> > perhaps, pass an argument to my "kernel" line in my bootloader (grub)
> > configuration, but I have not been able to figure that out.
> > 
> 
> sysrq_always_enabled

I thought that Eric was asking if it was possible to alter sysctls
by adding boot command line arguments.. if he was, then the answer
is no, it's not (in general).

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~Randy
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