1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 52c675883684..fa64fa04feec 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
           that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
           it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
 
+          To disable user space helper program execution at early boot
+          time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered
+          via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
+          later at runtime.
+
 config DEVTMPFS
         bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
         depends on HOTPLUG