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Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 46 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 9a7656f0b5e..f7a04d0daf0 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO config SWAP bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)" - depends on MMU + depends on MMU && BLOCK default y help This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ config AUDITSYSCALL ensure that INOTIFY is configured. config IKCONFIG - bool "Kernel .config support" + tristate "Kernel .config support" ---help--- This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation @@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE If unsure, say N. +config TASK_XACCT + bool "Enable extended accounting over taskstats (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on TASKSTATS + help + Collect extended task accounting data and send the data + to userland for processing over the taskstats interface. + + Say N if unsure. + +config SYSCTL + bool + menuconfig EMBEDDED bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)" help @@ -272,22 +284,22 @@ config UID16 help This enables the legacy 16-bit UID syscall wrappers. -config SYSCTL - bool "Sysctl support" if EMBEDDED - default y +config SYSCTL_SYSCALL + bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EMBEDDED + default n + select SYSCTL ---help--- - The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing - certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring - a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary - interface consists of a system call, but if you say Y to "/proc - file system support", a tree of modifiable sysctl entries will be - generated beneath the /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the - files in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this - option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. - - As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless - building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very - limited in memory. + Enable the deprecated sysctl system call. sys_sysctl uses + binary paths that have been found to be a major pain to maintain + and use. The interface in /proc/sys is now the primary and what + everyone uses. + + Nothing has been using the binary sysctl interface for some + time now so nothing should break if you disable sysctl syscall + support, and your kernel will get marginally smaller. + + Unless you have an application that uses the sys_sysctl interface + you should probably say N here. config KALLSYMS bool "Load all symbols for debugging/kksymoops" if EMBEDDED |