On 08/11/06, Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
Since the sys_sysctl implementation needs to stay around for a while
and the worst of the maintenance issues that caused us to occasionally
break the ABI have been addressed I don't see any advantage in
continuing with the removal of sys_sysctl.
So instead of merely increasing the deprecation period this patch
removes the deprecation of sys_sysctl and modifies the kernel to
compile the code in by default.
[...]
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
Perhaps you should also change the help text here to not say "the
deprecated sysctl system call". Perhaps change to something like :
"Deselect this option, to not build sysctl suport into the kernel, if
you are sure you won't be running any applications that depend on the
sysctl system call.
If unsure, say Y."
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