Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754859AbaFXSXZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:23:25 -0400 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:45500 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752599AbaFXSXV (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:23:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:23:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: Michael Marineau , Greg KH cc: Kernel development list Subject: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael and Greg: The help text for CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER says (among other things): This should not be used today, because usual systems create many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time frame. If it shouldn't be used, why does it default to 'y'? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/