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diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 6a0068841d9..2183fcf41d5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
config PROC_FS
- bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "/proc file system support" if EXPERT
default y
help
This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ config PROC_FS
config PROC_KCORE
bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+ help
+ Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel. This can
+ be read with gdb and other ELF tools. No modifications can be
+ made using this mechanism.
config PROC_VMCORE
bool "/proc/vmcore support"
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ config PROC_VMCORE
Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
config PROC_SYSCTL
- bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EXPERT
depends on PROC_FS
select SYSCTL
default y
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ config PROC_SYSCTL
config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
default y
depends on PROC_FS && MMU
- bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EXPERT
help
Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization:
/proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap,