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Eric W. Biederman 13bb7e37e5 [PATCH] sysctl: Undeprecate sys_sysctl 
The basic issue is that despite have been deprecated and warned about as a
very bad thing in the man pages since its inception there are a few real
users of sys_sysctl.  It was my assumption that because sysctl had been
deprecated for all of 2.6 there would be no user space users by this point,
so I initially gave sys_sysctl a very short deprecation period.

Now that I know there are a few real users the only sane way to proceed
with deprecation is to push the time limit out to a year or two work and
work with distributions that have big testing pools like fedora core to
find these last remaining users.

Which means that the sys_sysctl interface needs to be maintained in the
meantime.

Since I have provided a technical measure that allows us to add new sysctl
entries without reserving more binary numbers I believe that is enough to
fix the sys_sysctl binary interface maintenance problems, because there is
no longer a need to change the binary interface at all.

Since the sys_sysctl implementation needs to stay around for a while and
the worst of the maintenance issues that caused us to occasionally break
the ABI have been addressed I don't see any advantage in continuing with
the removal of sys_sysctl.

So instead of merely increasing the deprecation period this patch removes
the deprecation of sys_sysctl and modifies the kernel to compile the code
in by default.

With committing to maintain sys_sysctl we get all of the advantages of a
fast interface for anything that needs it.  Currently sys_sysctl is about
5x faster than /proc/sys, for the same string data.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 		2006-11-08 18:29:24 -08:00
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ABI [PATCH] swsusp: debugging 2006-11-03 12:27:58 -08:00
DocBook [PATCH] docbook: merge journal-api into filesystems.tmpl 2006-11-03 12:27:56 -08:00
RCU [PATCH] rcu: add sched torture type to rcutorture 2006-10-04 07:55:31 -07:00
accounting [PATCH] fix Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c buf size 2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
aoe Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E' 2006-10-03 22:47:42 +02:00
arm Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P' 2006-10-03 22:52:05 +02:00
block Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
cdrom [PATCH] remove verify_area(): remove or edit references to verify_area in Documentation/ 2005-09-07 16:57:35 -07:00
connector [CONNECTOR]: Add userspace example code into Documentation/connector/ 2006-08-26 18:42:00 -07:00
console [PATCH] VT binding: Update documentation 2006-06-26 09:58:33 -07:00
cpu-freq Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S' 2006-10-03 22:55:17 +02:00
cris Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] doc: Update documentation for hash and me 2006-09-21 11:46:20 +10:00
device-mapper [PATCH] Fix dm-snapshot tutorial in Documentation 2005-11-07 07:53:54 -08:00
driver-model Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
drivers/edac [PATCH] Fix and enable EDAC sysfs operation 2006-07-10 13:24:25 -07:00
dvb Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S' 2006-10-03 22:55:17 +02:00
early-userspace earlyuserspace/README: fix homonym err 2005-11-08 17:16:50 +01:00
fb Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
filesystems [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt 2006-10-11 11:14:19 -07:00
firmware_class [PATCH] drivers/base/firmware_class.c: cleanups 2006-05-21 12:59:19 -07:00
fujitsu/frv Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
hwmon k8temp: Documentation update 2006-10-18 13:03:08 -07:00
i2c i2c-viapro: Add support for the VT8237A and VT8251 2006-09-26 15:38:52 -07:00
i2o spelling: s/retreive/retrieve/ 2006-01-10 00:10:13 +01:00
i386 [PATCH] x86: reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen 2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
ia64 Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
infiniband IB/ipoib: Remove broken link from Kconfig and documentation 2006-08-03 10:48:31 -07:00
input USB: xpad: dance pad support 2006-10-17 14:46:33 -07:00
ioctl Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
isdn Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
kbuild [PATCH] docs: small kbuild cleanup 2006-10-04 07:55:12 -07:00
kdump Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
m68k Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
mips [MIPS] Fixup migration to GENERIC_TIME 2006-10-31 20:13:23 +00:00
netlabel [NetLabel]: documentation 2006-09-22 14:53:31 -07:00
networking Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
parisc Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: expose tool in pcmcia/Documentation/pcmcia/ 2006-06-30 22:09:10 +02:00
power [PATCH] swsusp: debugging 2006-11-03 12:27:58 -08:00
powerpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-10-04 08:16:37 -07:00
s390 [S390] cio: update documentation. 2006-10-18 18:30:55 +02:00
scsi Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2006-10-04 18:57:35 -07:00
serial [SERIAL] Update parity handling documentation 2006-06-02 17:47:26 +01:00
sh Fix typos in Documentation/: 'H'-'M' 2006-10-03 22:50:39 +02:00
sound [PATCH] The scheduled removal of some OSS drivers 2006-10-04 07:55:32 -07:00
sparc Fix typos in Documentation/: 'Q'-'R' 2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02:00
spi Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
sysctl [PATCH] document the core-dump-to-a-pipe patch 2006-10-11 11:14:22 -07:00
telephony Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
uml Fix typos in Documentation/: 'Q'-'R' 2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02:00
usb USB: HID: add blacklist AIRcable USB, little beautification 2006-11-03 11:57:18 -08:00
video4linux V4L/DVB (4692): Add WinTV-HVR3000 DVB-T support 2006-10-14 00:43:48 -03:00
vm Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
w1 [PATCH] w1: Userspace communication protocol over connector. 2006-06-22 11:22:50 -07:00
watchdog [WATCHDOG] includes for sample watchdog program. 2006-10-12 21:29:20 +02:00
x86_64 Fix typos in Documentation/: 'Q'-'R' 2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02:00
00-INDEX [NetLabel]: documentation 2006-09-22 14:53:31 -07:00
BUG-HUNTING Documentation: Update to BUG-HUNTING 2006-03-22 00:37:42 +01:00
Changes Documentaion: update Documentation/Changes with minimum versions 2006-09-25 10:06:15 +02:00
CodingStyle [PATCH] Add section on function return values to CodingStyle 2006-09-29 09:18:22 -07:00
DMA-API.txt [PATCH] dma doc updates 2006-04-14 12:25:26 -07:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt [PATCH] ISA DMA API documentation 2005-09-09 14:03:42 -07:00
DMA-mapping.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
HOWTO HOWTO: bug report addition 2006-10-18 12:49:54 -07:00
IO-mapping.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
IPMI.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'B'-'C' 2006-10-03 22:46:31 +02:00
IRQ-affinity.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
IRQ.txt [PATCH] genirq: irq: document what an IRQ is 2006-06-29 10:26:25 -07:00
MSI-HOWTO.txt PCI: Update MSI-HOWTO.txt according to pci_msi_supported() 2006-10-18 11:36:11 -07:00
ManagementStyle Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
README.DAC960 [PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree. 2006-06-26 12:25:09 -07:00
README.cycladesZ Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
SAK.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
SecurityBugs Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
SubmitChecklist [PATCH] submit checklist: mention headers_check 2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingDrivers: minor update 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
SubmittingPatches [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: add a note about "format=flowed" when sending patches 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
VGA-softcursor.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
acpi-hotkey.txt Fix minor documentation typo 2006-04-01 01:49:22 +02:00
applying-patches.txt [PATCH] Docs update: typos, corrections and additions to applying-patches.txt 2006-01-10 08:01:54 -08:00
atomic_ops.txt Spelling fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txt 2006-06-26 18:27:35 +02:00
basic_profiling.txt [PATCH] oprofile: report anonymous region samples 2005-06-24 00:06:27 -07:00
binfmt_misc.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cachetlb.txt [PATCH] Add flush_kernel_dcache_page() API 2006-03-26 08:56:53 -08:00
cciss.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E' 2006-10-03 22:47:42 +02:00
cli-sti-removal.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
computone.txt remove mentionings of devfs in documentation 2006-10-03 22:17:48 +02:00
cpqarray.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt [PATCH] doc: fixing cpu-hotplug documentation 2006-10-20 10:26:43 -07:00
cpusets.txt [PATCH] cpuset: top_cpuset tracks hotplug changes to node_online_map 2006-09-29 09:18:21 -07:00
cputopology.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E' 2006-10-03 22:47:42 +02:00
dcdbas.txt [PATCH] dcdbas: add Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support 2005-09-07 16:57:27 -07:00
debugging-modules.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dell_rbu.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P' 2006-10-03 22:52:05 +02:00
devices.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P' 2006-10-03 22:52:05 +02:00
digiepca.txt typo fixes: aquire -> acquire 2006-06-30 18:23:04 +02:00
dnotify.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dontdiff dontdiff: add utsrelease.h 2006-09-25 13:33:04 +02:00
ecryptfs.txt [PATCH] ecryptfs: fs/Makefile and fs/Kconfig 2006-10-04 07:55:24 -07:00
eisa.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P' 2006-10-03 22:52:05 +02:00
exception.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt [PATCH] sysctl: Undeprecate sys_sysctl 2006-11-08 18:29:24 -08:00
floppy.txt [PATCH] kernel Doc/ URL corrections 2005-11-22 09:14:30 -08:00
ftape.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
hayes-esp.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
highuid.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
hpet.txt Documentation/hpet.txt typo 2006-01-15 02:09:54 +01:00
hrtimers.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S' 2006-10-03 22:55:17 +02:00
hw_random.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ibm-acpi.txt ACPI: ibm_acpi: delete obsolete documentation 2006-10-14 01:53:32 -04:00
ide.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'Q'-'R' 2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02:00
initrd.txt [PATCH] documentation: Documentation/initrd.txt 2006-07-31 13:28:44 -07:00
io_ordering.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ioctl-number.txt [PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree. 2006-06-26 12:25:09 -07:00
iostats.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
irqflags-tracing.txt [PATCH] lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, docs 2006-07-03 15:27:03 -07:00
isapnp.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
java.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt [PATCH] update some docbook comments 2006-11-03 12:27:56 -08:00
kernel-docs.txt remove mentionings of devfs in documentation 2006-10-03 22:17:48 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt PCI: optionally sort device lists breadth-first 2006-10-18 11:36:12 -07:00
keys-request-key.txt [PATCH] Keys: Allow in-kernel key requestor to pass auxiliary data to upcaller 2006-06-29 10:26:20 -07:00
keys.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
kobject.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E' 2006-10-03 22:47:42 +02:00
kprobes.txt [PATCH] Update Documentation/kprobes.txt 2006-10-02 07:57:16 -07:00
kref.txt [PATCH] kref: add link to original documentation to the kref documentation. 2005-04-18 21:57:30 -07:00
laptop-mode.txt Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A' 2006-10-03 22:45:33 +02:00
ldm.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
leds-class.txt [PATCH] LED: class documentation 2006-03-31 12:18:56 -08:00
lockdep-design.txt [PATCH] fix lockdep-design.txt 2006-10-11 11:14:24 -07:00
locks.txt [PATCH] Docs update: remove obsolete patch from locks.txt 2006-01-10 08:01:54 -08:00
logo.gif Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
logo.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
magic-number.txt [PATCH] mm: rename kmem_cache_s to kmem_cache 2005-11-07 07:53:24 -08:00
mandatory.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mca.txt Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A' 2006-10-03 22:45:33 +02:00
md.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'Q'-'R' 2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt [PATCH] A minor fix for set_mb() in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt 2006-11-08 18:29:22 -08:00
memory.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mono.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
moxa-smartio Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mtrr.txt [PATCH] Doc: fix mtrr userspace programs to build cleanly 2006-04-11 06:18:44 -07:00
mutex-design.txt [PATCH] mutex subsystem, documentation 2006-01-09 15:59:20 -08:00
nbd.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
nfsroot.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E' 2006-10-03 22:47:42 +02:00
nmi_watchdog.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
nommu-mmap.txt [PATCH] NOMMU: Make futexes work under NOMMU conditions 2006-09-27 08:26:15 -07:00
numastat.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
oops-tracing.txt [PATCH] doc: refer to kdump in oops-tracing.txt 2006-01-11 18:42:10 -08:00
paride.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.txt [PATCH] parport: fix documentation 2006-02-03 08:32:06 -08:00
parport.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci-error-recovery.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
pci.txt [PATCH] irq-flags: documentation: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:55 -07:00
pcieaer-howto.txt PCI-Express AER implemetation: aer howto document 2006-09-26 17:43:52 -07:00
pi-futex.txt fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt 2006-10-03 23:39:02 +02:00
pm.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
pnp.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
preempt-locking.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
prio_tree.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
ramdisk.txt [PATCH] Update ramdisk documentation 2006-07-14 21:53:53 -07:00
riscom8.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt [PATCH] lightweight robust futexes updates 2006-03-27 08:44:49 -08:00
robust-futexes.txt [PATCH] pi-futex: robust futex docs fix 2006-06-27 17:32:46 -07:00
rocket.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S' 2006-10-03 22:55:17 +02:00
rpc-cache.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
rt-mutex-design.txt [PATCH] typo fixes for rt-mutex-design.txt 2006-10-01 00:39:24 -07:00
rt-mutex.txt [PATCH] pi-futex: rt mutex docs 2006-06-27 17:32:47 -07:00
rtc.txt [PATCH] rtc: small documentation update 2006-06-25 10:01:14 -07:00
sched-arch.txt [PATCH] sched: resched and cpu_idle rework 2005-11-09 07:56:33 -08:00
sched-coding.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'H'-'M' 2006-10-03 22:50:39 +02:00
sched-design.txt Fix typos in Documentation/: 'H'-'M' 2006-10-03 22:50:39 +02:00
sched-domains.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sched-stats.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
serial-console.txt [PATCH] doc: more serial-console info 2006-03-25 08:23:00 -08:00
sgi-ioc4.txt [PATCH] ioc4: Core driver rewrite 2005-06-21 18:46:32 -07:00
sgi-visws.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sharedsubtree.txt [PATCH] Complete description of shared subtrees. 2005-11-07 18:18:11 -08:00
smart-config.txt kbuild: remove checkconfig.pl 2006-02-19 09:51:22 +01:00
smp.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sonypi.txt [PATCH] sonypi SPIC initialisation fix 2005-09-07 16:57:24 -07:00
sparse.txt kbuild: clarify "make C=" build option 2006-09-25 10:10:56 +02:00
specialix.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
spinlocks.txt fix rwlock usage example 2006-03-22 00:19:39 +01:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt [PATCH] stable_api_nonsense.txt fixes 2005-07-29 13:12:49 -07:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
stallion.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
svga.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sx.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sysrq.txt [PATCH] Correct sa'K' description in sysrq.txt 2006-06-25 10:01:13 -07:00
time_interpolators.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
tipar.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
tty.txt [PATCH] Correct tty doc 2006-06-26 09:58:17 -07:00
unicode.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
unshare.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
voyager.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
xterm-linux.xpm Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
zorro.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

README.cycladesZ 

The Cyclades-Z must have firmware loaded onto the card before it will
operate.  This operation should be performed during system startup,

The firmware, loader program and the latest device driver code are
available from Cyclades at
    ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades/cyclades-z/linux/