[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>

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index df864a3582217b648786ff3ad48d2ce64fe6457e..e0358f3946a11e883a1b5bb49ed738d5470fb872 100644 (file)
--- 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