[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>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0de8b77..d2b4e33 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -197,14 +197,6 @@
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 @@
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