+ make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled

     Make sysctl obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED

has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: Make sysctl obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED
From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>


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@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 init/Kconfig |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN init/Kconfig~make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded init/Kconfig
--- devel/init/Kconfig~make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded	2006-05-29 18:24:13.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/init/Kconfig	2006-05-29 18:24:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ config TASK_DELAY_ACCT
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
 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
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hpa@xxxxxxxxx are

git-klibc.patch
git-hdrcleanup-vs-git-klibc-on-ia64.patch
git-hdrcleanup-vs-git-klibc-on-ia64-2.patch
kconfigurable-resources-core-changes-fix.patch
initramfs-cpio-unpacking-fix.patch
drivers-md-raid6algosc-fix-a-null-dereference.patch
make-procfs-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded.patch
make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded.patch
md-merge-raid5-and-raid6-code.patch

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