On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a kernel module that needs to restart the system in a way that > basically does a "shutdown -r now", because I need the shutdown scripts at > level 6 to perform some necessary tasks. Right now, this code calls panic() > which calls emergency_restart() which (at least on my machine) does not > allow the shutdown scripts to run. I've tried calling kernel_restart(), and > also tried > > C_A_D = 1; > ctrl_alt_del(); > > but in both cases, the system restarted directly in the boot loader. Any > ideas on how to gracefully restart from within the kernel?
i think you're looking for usermode_helper()...and use it to call telinit 6. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
