> Like this? (From patch-2.3.9)
>
> --- v2.3.8/linux/include/linux/sysctl.h Thu Jun 3 16:21:47 1999
> +++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.h Fri Jun 25 01:05:12 1999
> @@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
> KERN_PANIC=15, /* int: panic timeout */
> KERN_REALROOTDEV=16, /* real root device to mount after
> initrd */
>
> - KERN_JAVA_INTERPRETER=19, /* path to Java(tm) interpreter */
> - KERN_JAVA_APPLETVIEWER=20, /* path to Java(tm) appletviewer */
> KERN_SPARC_REBOOT=21, /* reboot command on Sparc */
> KERN_CTLALTDEL=22, /* int: allow ctl-alt-del to reboot */
> KERN_PRINTK=23, /* struct: control printk logging
> parameters */
>
> Does that mean that it shouldn't have been done?
Nope, that was ok.
Once uppon a time the enums didn't explicitly assign constants and that
was more than once the cause for broken kernels because removing a line
would change the numbering for all following members of the enum.
Ralf
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