Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751307AbWE3BHx (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:07:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751309AbWE3BHx (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:07:53 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:32476 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751307AbWE3BHw (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:07:52 -0400 From: be-news06@lina.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make sysctl obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <200605292334.k4TNYgKg029556@terminus.zytor.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 03:07:50 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 600 Lines: 15 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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. is this to help the user to configure the kernel or is it to remove complexity (you just introduced some) Gruss Bernd - 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/