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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 1d56a6b73a4e..c24f57f2c782 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -333,7 +333,12 @@ hotplug ======= Path for the hotplug policy agent. -Default value is "``/sbin/hotplug``". +Default value is ``CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH``, which in turn defaults +to the empty string. + +This file only exists when ``CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER`` is enabled. Most +modern systems rely exclusively on the netlink-based uevent source and +don't need this. hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace |