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diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index c8b4539..07abd9d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
this option you can point it elsewhere, such as /lib/firmware/ or
some other directory containing the firmware files.
+config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+ bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading"
+ depends on FW_LOADER
+ default y
+ help
+ This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper
+ (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the
+ direct file loading in kernel fails. The user-mode helper is
+ no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that
+ resides in a non-standard path.
+
config DEBUG_DRIVER
bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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