2 files changed, 9 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 1ac3c74646e3..d52c4aaaf17f 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@ Who:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:   sys_sysctl
-When:   January 2007
-Why:    The same information is available through /proc/sys and that is the
-        interface user space prefers to use. And there do not appear to be
-        any existing user in user space of sys_sysctl.  The additional
-        maintenance overhead of keeping a set of binary names gets
-        in the way of doing a good job of maintaining this interface.
-
-Who:    Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:   PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
 When:   November 2005
 Files:  drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c8b2624af176..176f7e5136c7 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -304,20 +304,19 @@ config UID16
 
 config SYSCTL_SYSCALL
         bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EMBEDDED
-        default n
+        default y
         select SYSCTL
         ---help---
-          Enable the deprecated sysctl system call.  sys_sysctl uses
-          binary paths that have been found to be a major pain to maintain
-          and use.  The interface in /proc/sys is now the primary and what
-          everyone uses.
+          sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging
+          to properly maintain and use.  The interface in /proc/sys
+          using paths with ascii names is now the primary path to this
+          information.
 
-          Nothing has been using the binary sysctl interface for some
-          time now so nothing should break if you disable sysctl syscall
-          support, and your kernel will get marginally smaller.
+          Almost nothing using the binary sysctl interface so if you are
+          trying to save some space it is probably safe to disable this,
+          making your kernel marginally smaller.
 
-          Unless you have an application that uses the sys_sysctl interface
-          you should probably say N here.
+          If unsure say Y here.
 
 config KALLSYMS
          bool "Load all symbols for debugging/kksymoops" if EMBEDDED