Patch from Ned Ludd, solar at gentoo dot org:

I had previously provided you with a patch to help complete busybox's
props suite, but have heard no word back. Sense then I've made use of as
many of busybox's native API settings as I could find and would really
love for you to include support for this. If there is something more I
need to do to get this supported added in please let me know.

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/applets.h b/include/applets.h
index 1119a9ea6..e348516ea 100644
--- a/include/applets.h
+++ b/include/applets.h
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYNC
         APPLET(sync, sync_main, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+        APPLET(sysctl, sysctl_main, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
         APPLET(syslogd, syslogd_main, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index bd78a5381..c8716d24d 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2266,6 +2266,27 @@
   #define USAGE_IPC_LOG(a)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+#define sysctl_trivial_usage \
+        "[OPTIONS]... [VALUE]...\n"
+#define sysctl_full_usage
+        "sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime\n\n" \
+        "Options:\n" \
+        "\t-n\tUse this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.\n" \
+        "\t-e\tUse this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.\n" \
+        "\t-w\tUse this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.\n" \
+        "\t-p\tLoad in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given.\n" \
+        "\t-a\tDisplay all values currently available.\n" \
+        "\t-A\tDisplay all values currently available in table form."
+
+#define sysctl_example_usage
+        "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ...\n" \
+        "sysctl [-n] [-e] -w variable=value ...\n" \
+        "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a\n" \
+        "sysctl [-n] [-e] -p <file>\t(default /etc/sysctl.conf)\n" \
+        "sysctl [-n] [-e] -A\n"
+#endif
+
 #define syslogd_trivial_usage \
         "[OPTION]..."
 #define syslogd_full_usage \