Re: removed sysctl system call - documentation and timeline

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Oct 04 2006 - 17:33:39 EST


Ar Mer, 2006-10-04 am 22:35 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jesper Juhl:
> I'm not, as such, opposed to removing sysctl (and yes, I know what it
> is and what it does). What I am a little opposed to is that it is
> being removed on such short notice (unless I missed the memo) and that
> it is hidden inside EMBEDDED.

It was deprecated but 6 months for a syscall is way too short and it
should have been (and still should - send Linus patches and I'm sure
lots of people will ack them) under EMBEDDED

Alan

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