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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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Amazing. I've been 'staring' at the sys rq key for 20 years with Linux and many years before with Win/Dos, and never really knew how it worked, for what, or if it was still used for anything - even then.
Apparently (from light search) sysreq was mostly used in the old days to halt current job and enter a systems menu.
Anyway, thanks for fixing a long-standing knowledge gap :-)
I'm glad you appreciate it! It's always fun digging into kernel internals and learning new things :D
I'm also open to criticism about the writing if you have any.
No one knows what SysRq was meant for.