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Documentation: sysrq: convert to third person

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Two parts of the sysrq documentation have sentences written from a first
person's point of view.

Documentation is generally written from a third person's view in a
formal way.

Convert those senteces to be less personal and generic.

Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengiz@kernel.wtf>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210629141508.52229-1-cengiz@kernel.wtf
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ On PowerPC
On other On other
If you know of the key combos for other architectures, please If you know of the key combos for other architectures, please
let me know so I can add them to this section. submit a patch to be included in this section.
On all On all
Write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.:: Write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.::
@ -205,10 +205,12 @@ frozen (probably root) filesystem via the FIFREEZE ioctl.
Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do? Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do?
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That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control When this happens, try tapping shift, alt and control on both sides of the
on both sides of the keyboard, and hitting an invalid sysrq sequence again keyboard, and hitting an invalid sysrq sequence again. (i.e., something like
will fix the problem. (i.e., something like :kbd:`alt-sysrq-z`). Switching to :kbd:`alt-sysrq-z`).
another virtual console (:kbd:`ALT+Fn`) and then back again should also help.
Switching to another virtual console (:kbd:`ALT+Fn`) and then back again
should also help.
I hit SysRq, but nothing seems to happen, what's wrong? I hit SysRq, but nothing seems to happen, what's wrong?
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