Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030295AbWHQWl2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030297AbWHQWl2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:28 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.178]:44783 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030295AbWHQWl1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:41:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=IaEcHL+NQXm+8P057mD4kUp02Tt6ndojOiHDch/iVzJcFldwR3hPdmzxbXOJ7bHf/7nT4hBuyO+2BJNwWk+uz2vOL7fgL9vQt3VeC5IjVGugY4Yvh9RgxcBQjGE+45nRRjlUDRtacxcElKaEXz88l7d0KE9JjIzxfCeRE1dVxnA= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:41:27 -0700 From: "Miles Lane" To: LKML , "akpm@osdl.org" Subject: 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 + hotfix -- Many processes use the sysctl system call MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 19 My installation of Ubuntu is having trouble with my kernel build because I disabled support for sysctl: warning: process `ls' used the removed sysctl system call warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call warning: process `touch' used the removed sysctl system call warning: process `evms_activate' used the removed sysctl system call warning: process `alsactl' used the removed sysctl system call I am curious whether the use of sysctl indicates a problem in these processes. What is the benefit of offering disabling sysctl support? Thanks, Miles - 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/