15 files changed, 55 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 189d5eababa8..786491f9ceb2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ config EISA
 	depends on ALPHA_GENERIC || ALPHA_JENSEN || ALPHA_ALCOR || ALPHA_MIKASA || ALPHA_SABLE || ALPHA_LYNX || ALPHA_NORITAKE || ALPHA_RAWHIDE
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	def_bool y
+
 config SMP
 	bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
 	depends on ALPHA_SABLE || ALPHA_LYNX || ALPHA_RAWHIDE || ALPHA_DP264 || ALPHA_WILDFIRE || ALPHA_TITAN || ALPHA_GENERIC || ALPHA_SHARK || ALPHA_MARVEL
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 68dfdba71d74..0f2899b4159d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 config GENERIC_BUST_SPINLOCK
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+
 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
 	bool
 
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ config ARCH_RPC
 	select ARCH_ACORN
 	select FIQ
 	select TIMER_ACORN
+	select ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	help
 	  On the Acorn Risc-PC, Linux can support the internal IDE disk and
 	  CD-ROM interface, serial and parallel port, and the floppy drive.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
index 324d9edeec38..bdd257921cfb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/Kconfig
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ config FOOTBRIDGE_ADDIN
 
 # EBSA285 board in either host or addin mode
 config ARCH_EBSA285
+	select ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	bool
 
 endif
diff --git a/arch/arm26/Kconfig b/arch/arm26/Kconfig
index 1f0373267306..1f00b3d03a07 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm26/Kconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ config GENERIC_BUST_SPINLOCK
 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 4b7de3e1e57b..5d51b38bd70d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ config GENERIC_IOMAP
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 178c4a3fbb72..ba960bbc8e6d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	depends on Q40 || (BROKEN && SUN3X)
+	default y
+
 mainmenu "Linux/68k Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index d79fba0aa8bf..8d76eb1ff291 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ config MIPS
 	# Horrible source of confusion.  Die, die, die ...
 	select EMBEDDED
 
+# shouldn't it be per-subarchitecture?
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 mainmenu "Linux/MIPS Kernel Configuration"
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 1c2d87435233..0b07922a2ac6 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ config ISA_DMA_API
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/Kconfig b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
index 36dee0ff5ca0..6ab7e5ea5fcf 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 menu "Processor"
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
index 13b262f10216..deca68ad644a 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 # We optimistically allocate largepages from the VM, so make the limit
 # large enough (16MB). This badly named config option is actually
 # max order + 1
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index adc8109f8b77..3e804c736e64 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 menu "System type"
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index aca028aa29bf..aba05394d30a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 config SUN_PM
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
index 73ec6aec5ed5..1e9d8638a28a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ config TIME_INTERPOLATION
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 choice
 	prompt "Kernel page size"
 	default SPARC64_PAGE_SIZE_8KB
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 251ce7cf1a38..8f868b67ef0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ config GENERIC_IOMAP
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
+	bool
+	default y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 6b736364cc5b..51b0af1cebee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ menu "Block devices"
 
 config BLK_DEV_FD
 	tristate "Normal floppy disk support"
-	depends on (!ARCH_S390 && !M68K && !IA64 && !UML && !ARM) || Q40 || (SUN3X && BROKEN) || ARCH_RPC || ARCH_EBSA285
+	depends on ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	---help---
 	  If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
 	  say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM