[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 <gregkh@suse.de>
This commit is contained in:
Greg Kroah-Hartman 2005-11-16 11:27:07 -08:00
parent 312c004d36
commit 712f47cea7

View file

@ -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