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authorMárton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu>2011-06-19 22:30:16 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2011-07-02 00:12:15 +0200
commit573c9774396091dc9d55e7de91026608fa2db3ee (patch)
tree0c533e28036c57c7f148f093fbf02a3688725133 /drivers/base
parentdriver-core: modify FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL help message (diff)
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driver core: add more help description for "path to uevent helper"
The kernel configuration UEVENT_HELPER_PATH is a string to the uevent helper program. Add more description about how to disable this feature and how to enable it again during runtime. Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 52c675883684..fa64fa04feec 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ 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
+ via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
+ later at runtime.
+
config DEVTMPFS
bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
depends on HOTPLUG