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diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 8fa8deab6449..23b8726962af 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.
@@ -253,7 +258,7 @@ endchoice
config CMA_ALIGNMENT
int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers"
- range 4 9
+ range 4 12
default 8
help
DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest