Hello Dann, On 5/26/21 7:34 PM, dann frazier wrote:
The patch that implemented lockdown lifting via SysRq ended up getting dropped[*] before the feature was merged upstream. Having the feature documented but unsupported has caused some confusion for our users. [*] http://archive.lwn.net:8080/linux-kernel/CACdnJuuxAM06TcnczOA6NwxhnmQUeqqm3Ma8btukZpuCS+dOqg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dann.frazier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied. Thanks, Alex
--- man7/kernel_lockdown.7 | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 index 30863de62..29ffd55c3 100644 --- a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 +++ b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 @@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ where X indicates the process name and Y indicates what is restricted. .PP On an EFI-enabled x86 or arm64 machine, lockdown will be automatically enabled if the system boots in EFI Secure Boot mode. -.PP -If the kernel is appropriately configured, lockdown may be lifted by typing -the appropriate sequence on a directly attached physical keyboard. -For x86 machines, this is -.IR SysRq+x . -.\" .SS Coverage When lockdown is in effect, a number of features are disabled or have their use restricted.
-- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
