docs: document stop-a in sysctl/kernel.rst

This describes the SPARC-specific stop-a sysctl entry, which was
previously listed in kernel.rst but not documented.

Base on the implementation in arch/sparc/kernel/setup_{32,64}.c and
kernel/panic.c.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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stop-a (SPARC only)
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Controls Stop-A:
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0 Stop-A has no effect.
1 Stop-A breaks to the PROM (default).
= ====================================
Stop-A is always enabled on a panic, so that the user can return to
the boot PROM.
sysrq
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