when doing kernel development on embedded systems or on a real host (not within a virtual machine), it's sometimes useful to get system information when it cras

when doing kernel development on embedded systems or on a real host (not within a virtual machine), it's sometimes useful to get system information when it crashes. the cool thing is that it's also possible to send the sysrq through a console serial port by first sending a break command. anyway, someone already mentioned a few mnemonics, I learned one, a quick googling lead me here: http://fosswire.com/post/2007/09/fix-a-frozen-system-with-the-magic-sysrq-keys/ http://fosswire.com/post/2007/09/fix-a-frozen-system-with-th...