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[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>
H. Peter Anvin 19 years ago
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@@ -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