From 6eedf8d30d2b48e86fbcee1a32fb2fa5f42219ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Dobriyan Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:48:30 -0700 Subject: proc: move Kconfig to fs/proc/Kconfig Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/Kconfig | 60 +----------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 59 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/Kconfig') diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index ed563b9e352a..97e3bdedb1e6 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -902,65 +902,7 @@ endif # BLOCK menu "Pseudo filesystems" -config PROC_FS - bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED - default y - help - This is a virtual file system providing information about the status - of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on - your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when - you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older - version of the program less: you need to use more or cat. - - It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives - information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment - (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer - that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention -- - often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured - to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some - information about your system gathered from the /proc file system. - - Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted, - meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy. - That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc - /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job. - - The /proc file system is explained in the file - and on the proc(5) manpage - ("man 5 proc"). - - This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several - programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here. - -config PROC_KCORE - bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM - depends on PROC_FS && MMU - -config PROC_VMCORE - bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP - default y - help - Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. - -config PROC_SYSCTL - bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED - depends on PROC_FS - select SYSCTL - default y - ---help--- - The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing - certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring - a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary - interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of - modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the - /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files - in . Note that enabling this - option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. - - As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless - building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very - limited in memory. +source "fs/proc/Kconfig" config SYSFS bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED -- cgit v1.2.3