Re: [PATCH] doc update/fixes for sysrq.txt

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:35:50 +0000, David Ford wrote:
> AFAIK, this hasn't ever been true.  I have never had to specifically
> enable it at run time.

I was suspicious of that in the old doc but thought I'd leave it in...
Should have asked for feedback on it, but you caught it anyway, thanks!

Here's a patch against the first that simply removes the lines.

/jmd

--- Documentation/sysrq.txt~    Sun Jan 28 14:41:44 2001
+++ Documentation/sysrq.txt     Sun Jan 28 14:41:52 2001
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 
         echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
 
-Note that previous versions disabled sysrq by default, and you were required
-to specifically enable it at run-time. That is not the case any longer.
-
 *  How do I use the magic SysRq key?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 On x86   - You press the key combo 'ALT-SysRq-<command key>'. Note - Some