1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
index e1759d17ac5d..69280c35b5cb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ comment "Miscellaneous USB options"
         depends on USB
 
 config USB_DEVICEFS
-        bool "USB device filesystem"
+        bool "USB device filesystem (DEPRECATED)" if EMBEDDED
         depends on USB
         ---help---
           If you say Y here (and to "/proc file system support" in the "File
@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ config USB_DEVICEFS
           For the format of the various /proc/bus/usb/ files, please read
           <file:Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt>.
 
-          Usbfs files can't handle Access Control Lists (ACL), which are the
-          default way to grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a
-          desktop system. The usbfs functionality is replaced by real
-          device-nodes managed by udev. These nodes live in /dev/bus/usb and
-          are used by libusb.
+          Modern Linux systems do not use this.
+
+          Usbfs entries are files and not character devices; usbfs can't
+          handle Access Control Lists (ACL) which are the default way to
+          grant access to USB devices for untrusted users of a desktop
+          system.
+
+          The usbfs functionality is replaced by real device-nodes managed by
+          udev.  These nodes lived in /dev/bus/usb and are used by libusb.
 
 config USB_DEVICE_CLASS
         bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)"