/proc/sys sysrq

[Jon Masters]

Hi,


Someone recently posted a message to Linux Managers about rebooting a box
with a failed drive and no serial console from a remote location. It
turned out in that instance that there was another drive and enough
working to copy a simple reboot binary to it.

Anyway I was wondering whether there is an official "alternative sysrq" in
/proc/sys or if it would be worth me writing a patch to add things like a
reboot entry one could cat "feeldead" to or whatever...is this even worth
doing or been done?

Jon.



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