Re: [PATCHv2] Undeprecate the sysctl system call

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Oct 18 2006 - 12:38:57 EST


Ar Mer, 2006-10-18 am 12:20 -0400, ysgrifennodd Cal Peake:
> Until something better comes along this'll get us back to the status quo.
>
> @Andrew, this patch is a replacement for the one from yesterday.
>
> From: Cal Peake <cp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Undeprecate the sysctl system call and default to always include it with
> the option for embedded folks to exclude it. Also, remove it's entry from
> the feature removal file and fixup the comment in it's header file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cal Peake <cp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Maybe also add "Do not add new entries to these tables" to address
Andi's concern about people updating them.
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