block: deprecate autoloading based on dev_t

[linux-2.6-block.git] / block / Kconfig

diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index d5d4197b7ed2d304f68d572b189bc5f0974505c4..205f8d01c69523d04d8aa0387d8039757c700101 100644 (file)
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ menuconfig BLOCK
 
 if BLOCK
 
+config BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD
+       bool "Legacy autoloading support"
+       help
+         Enable loading modules and creating block device instances based on
+         accesses through their device special file.  This is a historic Linux
+         feature and makes no sense in a udev world where device files are
+         created on demand.
+
+         Say N here unless booting or other functionality broke without it, in
+         which case you should also send a report to your distribution and
+         linux-block@vger.kernel.org.
+
 config BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
        bool