From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:27:07 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] HOTPLUG: always enable the .config option, unless EMBEDDED X-Git-Tag: v2.6.16-rc1~474^2~22^2^2~15 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=712f47cea7703a340406fde61e84eb86ce781988;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] HOTPLUG: always enable the .config option, unless EMBEDDED With modules, dynamic /dev, and uevents, people really want CONFIG_HOTPLUG to be enabled in their kernels. If not, they can still disable it, but it is discouraged. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 0de8b7765a..d2b4e33d66 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -197,14 +197,6 @@ config AUDITSYSCALL can be used independently or with another kernel subsystem, such as SELinux. -config HOTPLUG - bool "Support for hot-pluggable devices" if !ARCH_S390 - default ARCH_S390 - help - This option is provided for the case where no in-kernel-tree - modules require HOTPLUG functionality, but a module built - outside the kernel tree does. Such modules require Y here. - config IKCONFIG bool "Kernel .config support" ---help--- @@ -289,6 +281,15 @@ config KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS you wait for kallsyms to be fixed. +config HOTPLUG + bool "Support for hot-pluggable devices" if EMBEDDED + default y + help + This option is provided for the case where no hotplug or uevent + capabilities is wanted by the kernel. You should only consider + disabling this option for embedded systems that do not use modules, a + dynamic /dev tree, or dynamic device discovery. Just say Y. + config PRINTK default y bool "Enable support for printk" if EMBEDDED