Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:06:18 +0200 From: "Leif Neland" <leifn@neland.dk> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Sv: panic() the system from the console (was: Re: kern/13721: There is no way to force system panic from console) Message-ID: <007b01bf02fb$f6fa2a20$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909161329200.26117-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com> <73296.937561536@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <19990919113105.X55065@freebie.lemis.com> <199909190929.SAA02517@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> <19990920091334.Q55065@freebie.lemis.com>
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> > That was exactly the suggestion the original poster made in his PR. > > He also believed that assiging the PANIC function to a key > > is no worse than having the DDB function key. >=20 > I think that's a valid statement. Sure, you can return from ddb, > whereas you can't from panic, but any abuse would be more likely to be > accidental. I'd hope we could think of a *very* difficult key > combination to press accidentally. I'd expect at least all of > ctrl-alt-shift and some unusual character such as F13. >=20 This is sufficently difficult to hit accidentially. My keyboard doesn't = have a F13 :-) Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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