Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751111AbWE2Xet (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:34:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751258AbWE2Xet (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:34:49 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:17600 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751111AbWE2Xet (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:34:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 16:34:42 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Message-Id: <200605292334.k4TNYgKg029556@terminus.zytor.com> To: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Make sysctl obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 986 Lines: 27 From: H. Peter Anvin This patch makes sysctl non-optional unless EMBEDDED is set. There are a number of interfaces exposed via sysctl, enough that it has to be considered core kernel functionality at this point. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 3b36a1d..9087910 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 at . config SYSCTL - bool "Sysctl support" + bool "Sysctl support" if EMBEDDED + default y ---help--- The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/