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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2006-12-01 09:56:43 +0000 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2006-12-01 09:56:43 +0000 |
| commit | bd3c97a7c718bfb9f1e4f31c16c383a5c6f815eb (patch) | |
| tree | 3f56594e813c6f35cbacbdb3e137ba5bfd0b3069 /init/Kconfig | |
| parent | 6c33cafc794d07c9254c160789120a0e98c088c9 (diff) | |
| parent | 0215ffb08ce99e2bb59eca114a99499a4d06e704 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index c8b2624af17..176f7e5136c 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -304,20 +304,19 @@ config UID16 config SYSCTL_SYSCALL bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EMBEDDED - default n + default y select SYSCTL ---help--- - Enable the deprecated sysctl system call. sys_sysctl uses - binary paths that have been found to be a major pain to maintain - and use. The interface in /proc/sys is now the primary and what - everyone uses. + sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging + to properly maintain and use. The interface in /proc/sys + using paths with ascii names is now the primary path to this + information. - Nothing has been using the binary sysctl interface for some - time now so nothing should break if you disable sysctl syscall - support, and your kernel will get marginally smaller. + Almost nothing using the binary sysctl interface so if you are + trying to save some space it is probably safe to disable this, + making your kernel marginally smaller. - Unless you have an application that uses the sys_sysctl interface - you should probably say N here. + If unsure say Y here. config KALLSYMS bool "Load all symbols for debugging/kksymoops" if EMBEDDED |