diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 189d5eababa8d15708e15e354e0eb372d5e7fad1..786491f9ceb2c072ae6108615211b1bf3d95306c 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 68dfdba71d74126512efcd4996282ffce11b63a4..0f2899b4159dfb4f12c4cc2d69f411dd9d88e0af 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 324d9edeec38f3e1dc70cff7248705e0837429ea..bdd257921cfbe639cd0adfb8c30c4febd79487cc 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 1f0373267306c20738862141b4dc8f5bd3173bb0..1f00b3d03a076a9a9f70a694198c42e96d9277ba 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 4b7de3e1e57b17da3f864cb7950fae3639845d76..5d51b38bd70d2d0bdc86ed14ee613e3f4786c993 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 178c4a3fbb72c22229edeec9be348c6899a7bd95..ba960bbc8e6d41124dd9b706ce92f1d27be7b832 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 d79fba0aa8bf12657cdaab3e9946fdd884a76c7e..8d76eb1ff29169080b025ca5f0a7c153c6e4e72c 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 1c2d87435233ca911ff1d4773cf7268a0847e504..0b07922a2ac603e32451514a64a5250878389b5c 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 36dee0ff5ca048719ba8b6f9187fb6918ccb7cf7..6ab7e5ea5fcfd9e0ae748d83bde3f31f158fa25b 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 13b262f10216aa4d88d88988374ef744f9b3174f..deca68ad644ae41681537867c7e8accdb6d2a18b 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 adc8109f8b7719ca25c910f1600abd90495bc0e2..3e804c736e640eb9340128cf2adb18435a2ee61c 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 aca028aa29bfb5d2fb42896a7a73019b4fca4697..aba05394d30a05603685e2bcc62cc9c2b85b4d3b 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 73ec6aec5ed5c60198f25876bd8e21f079ee3ab2..1e9d8638a28a249823d31f53c7d629d392240088 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 251ce7cf1a3891165c97f7ef68e692bdb31d3ca5..8f868b67ef0f1fe0060d3688cd2a37573a830c4f 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 6b736364cc5b886589c54a21bfdc8afdda448fe9..51b0af1cebee15f0406ceaf4517538bb9a39edb3 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