CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default

From: Alan Stern
Date: Tue Jun 24 2014 - 14:23:30 EST


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

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