From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

Make makes sysctl non-optional unless EMBEDDED is set.  There are a number
of interfaces exposed via sysctl, enough that it has to be considered core
kernel functionality at this point.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---

 init/Kconfig |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN init/Kconfig~make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded init/Kconfig
--- devel/init/Kconfig~make-sysctl-obligatory-except-under-config_embedded	2006-06-09 15:22:20.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/init/Kconfig	2006-06-09 15:22:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
 	  at <http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/utils/acct/>.
 
 config SYSCTL
-	bool "Sysctl support"
+	bool "Sysctl support" if EMBEDDED
+	default y
 	---help---
 	  The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
 	  certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
_