Re: [PATCH] 2.6.18-rt6 sysctl conflict

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Oct 18 2006 - 12:22:58 EST


Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Repair conflict between 2.6.18 and preempt-rt's sysctl(2) addition.

In general new sysctl shouldn't get any numbers at all. Just use 0
or so or 999. Distributions and other patches have mangled the
numerical name so excessively that it is fairly useless for
any newer numbers. I would suggest to just drop them.

-Andi
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