linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix EMBEDDED + SYSCTL menu

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Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:05:21 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm <akpm@...l.org>,
	76306.1226@...puserve.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix EMBEDDED + SYSCTL menu

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 08:42:51PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> 
> SYSCTL should still depend on EMBEDDED.  This unbreaks the
> EMBEDDED menu (from the recent SYSCTL_SYCALL menu option patch).
> 
> Fix typos in new SYSCTL_SYSCALL menu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> ---
>  init/Kconfig |   14 +++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2618-g10.orig/init/Kconfig
> +++ linux-2618-g10/init/Kconfig
> @@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
>  
>  	  If unsure, say N.
>  
> +config SYSCTL
> +	bool
> +
>  menuconfig EMBEDDED
>  	bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)"
>  	help
> @@ -272,11 +275,8 @@ config UID16
>  	help
>  	  This enables the legacy 16-bit UID syscall wrappers.
>  
> -config SYSCTL
> -	bool
> -

ACK

>  config SYSCTL_SYSCALL
> -	bool "Sysctl syscall support"
> +	bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EMBEDDED
>  	default n
>  	select SYSCTL
>  	---help---
>...

You could achieve the same by removing the option...

Simply move SYSCTL_SYSCALL to the same place you are moving SYSCTL to 
without fiddling with the dependencies.

cu
Adrian

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