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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> | 2005-01-06 22:36:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> | 2005-01-06 22:36:18 -0800 |
| commit | 2354096ea3829086d2ba83f6dbfe961ce5500bfe (patch) | |
| tree | 33cd069b9aff3744cb43ed0f3b8f5c37318cdb85 /init | |
| parent | 04c736903385b1b6273ca3a32d6ab262acd73725 (diff) | |
| parent | 6b4e64f0b16d907a9ee0b79ed14159a98b2053bb (diff) | |
| download | history-2354096ea3829086d2ba83f6dbfe961ce5500bfe.tar.gz | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 897465c6f28063..67a5f78dec2187 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -195,20 +195,9 @@ config HOTPLUG bool "Support for hot-pluggable devices" if !ARCH_S390 default ARCH_S390 help - Say Y here if you want to plug devices into your computer while - the system is running, and be able to use them quickly. In many - cases, the devices can likewise be unplugged at any time too. - - One well known example of this is PCMCIA- or PC-cards, credit-card - size devices such as network cards, modems or hard drives which are - plugged into slots found on all modern laptop computers. Another - example, used on modern desktops as well as laptops, is USB. - - Enable HOTPLUG and KMOD, and build a modular kernel. Get agent - software (at <http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/>) and install it. - Then your kernel will automatically call out to a user mode "policy - agent" (/sbin/hotplug) to load modules and set up software needed - to use devices as you hotplug them. + 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 KOBJECT_UEVENT bool "Kernel Userspace Events" |