Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:03:12 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Documenting machdep.enable_panic_key? Message-ID: <410B0BF0.6070508@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20040730044936.GA53134@crodrigues.org> References: <20040730044936.GA53134@crodrigues.org>
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Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > I was scratching my head about this today. What do people > think about the following patch? I can file a PR for it. > > > --- usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdmap.5.orig Fri Jul 30 00:41:05 2004 > +++ usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdmap.5 Fri Jul 30 00:42:54 2004 > @@ -229,7 +229,11 @@ > Activate screen saver > by toggling between splash/text screen. > .It panic > -Panic the system. > +Panic the system. The > +.Xr sysctl 8 > +variable > +.Va machdep.enable_panic_key > +must be set to 1 to enable this feature. > .It paste > Act as mouse buffer paste. > .El > --- sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c.orig Fri Jul 30 00:36:41 2004 > +++ sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c Fri Jul 30 00:48:19 2004 > @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ > > static int enable_panic_key; > SYSCTL_INT(_machdep, OID_AUTO, enable_panic_key, CTLFLAG_RW, &enable_panic_key, > - 0, ""); > + 0, "Enable panic via keypress specified in kbdmap(5)"); > > #define SC_CONSOLECTL 255 > > > This looks reasonable. I'll commit it tomorrow if someone doesn't beat me to it. Scott
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