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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index 8fa8deab644..4b7b4522b64 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ menu "Generic Driver Options" -config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH - string "path to uevent helper" - default "" +config UEVENT_HELPER + bool "Support for uevent helper" + default y help - Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for + The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for every uevent. Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It @@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup. - To disable user space helper program execution at early boot - time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered +config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH + string "path to uevent helper" + depends on UEVENT_HELPER + default "" + help + To disable user space helper program execution at by default + specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper later at runtime. |