add support for firmware loading

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index 2184df153..1040ce282 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -294,6 +294,17 @@ config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC
 
           For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt
 
+config FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE
+        bool "Support loading of firmwares"
+        default n
+        depends on MDEV
+        help
+          Some devices need to load firmware before they can be usable.
+
+          These devices will request userspace look up the files in
+          /lib/firmware/ and if it exists, send it to the kernel for
+          loading into the hardware.
+
 config MKSWAP
         bool "mkswap"
         default n