Problem: i2c-proc w/o sysctl support

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you're a genius!
we have several open tickets on out-of-memory and hadn't figured it out.
We'll have to update the makefile and our docs.
thanks
mds

Sebastian Brandt wrote:
> 
> Dear Developers,
> when I tried to use i2c and lm_sensors, it mysteriously failed for me - of
> course, for me only, like usual.
> Loading i2c-proc.o resulted in out-of-memory error, with the usual
> modprobe/insmod explanation about wrong irqs or io ports. Looking at the
> code an debugging, I found out that register_sysctl_table fails. Fittingly,
> /proc/sys did not exist. Syctl-support was not compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Resume:
> If syctl is not supported, i2c-proc.c does not really do anything. Still, it
> should either load silently and keep silent or check for CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> when compiling. None of the i2c-modules can live w/o it.
> 
> thanks,
> Sebastian Brandt
> 
> PS.: I hope this is not considered spam ....
> 
> /*   If everything seems to be going well, you   */
> /* obviously don't know what the hell's going on */
> /*      Sebastian Brandt - SBrandt at gmx.de        */



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