Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > config PROC_SYSCTL > bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED > depends on PROC_FS > select SYSCTL > default y > > CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL depends on CONFIG_PROC_FS > CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL selects CONFIG_SYSCTL > > So I don't see anything preventing CONFIG_SYSCTL=y, CONFIG_PROC_FS=y, > CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=n. I assume we can make this combination compile, link > and run easily enough. I dunno if it makes any actual sense though? > > > I'd have thought that PROC_SYSCTL should just depend on SYSCTL. But > SYSCTL's Kconfig setup is weird.
Yes. My memory is now coming back. I did a few weird things in there when I was making the binary interface optional, and it looks like I never updated the #ifdef in fs/proc/root.c The primary intent was to allow the proc support without the binary interface but I guess the other configuration makes some sense as well in an embedded scenario when you are trying to be as efficient as possible. As I recall the binary interface is less resource intensive then the /proc interface. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
