1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index c8b453939da2..07abd9d76f7f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
           this option you can point it elsewhere, such as /lib/firmware/ or
           some other directory containing the firmware files.
 
+config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+        bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading"
+        depends on FW_LOADER
+        default y
+        help
+          This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper
+          (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the
+          direct file loading in kernel fails.  The user-mode helper is
+          no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that
+          resides in a non-standard path.
+
 config DEBUG_DRIVER
         bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL