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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/Kconfig8
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c2
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 5d6312e33490..d7da109c24fd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
menu "Generic Driver Options"
+config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
+ string "path to uevent helper"
+ depends on HOTPLUG
+ default "/sbin/hotplug"
+ help
+ Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
+ every uevent.
+
config STANDALONE
bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
default y
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 7d8aeb301635..5ccda460262c 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const char *kobject_actions[] = {
#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
u64 uevent_seqnum;
-char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH;
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
#if defined(CONFIG_NET)
static struct sock *uevent_sock;