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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2006-06-25 05:48:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-25 10:01:12 -0700
commiteab98702afa567927c9b052499b43acad2f25a1c (patch)
tree622b1b52b4107ac15d89312c6fbe9ffbb9bdba00 /init
parent74bb6a09b2e1e69d91eb6069eb4a7f0c06b84812 (diff)
[PATCH] Make sysctl obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED
Make 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 <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index df864a358221..e0358f3946a1 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
at <http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/utils/acct/>.
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