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Re: [Xen-devel] execve() in reboot.c ?

from [Rik van Riel] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] execve() in reboot.c ?
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:13:25 -0400 (EDT)
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Mark Williamson wrote:

> It'd be nice if Linux had a generic way of communicating a reboot 
> request to userspace.  It ought to be useful on other VMMs - maybe this 
> is something for Rik's common infrastructure wishlist?

How about simply reusing whatever signal is sent to init
when ctrl-alt-del is pressed on PCs ?

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