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  1. #
  2. # Character device configuration
  3. #
  4. menu "Character devices"
  5. config VT
  6. bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  7. depends on !S390
  8. select INPUT
  9. default y
  10. ---help---
  11. If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
  12. display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
  13. can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
  14. one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
  15. virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
  16. one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
  17. an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
  18. is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
  19. The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
  20. properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
  21. man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
  22. character sequences that can be used to change those properties
  23. directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
  24. the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
  25. with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
  26. You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
  27. of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
  28. embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
  29. memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
  30. or network connection.
  31. If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
  32. shiny Linux system :-)
  33. config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
  34. depends on VT
  35. default y
  36. bool "Enable character translations in console" if EMBEDDED
  37. ---help---
  38. This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation
  39. on virtual consoles.
  40. config VT_CONSOLE
  41. bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  42. depends on VT
  43. default y
  44. ---help---
  45. The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  46. and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  47. answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  48. a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  49. common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  50. the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  51. you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  52. If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  53. terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  54. that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  55. would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  56. bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  57. loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  58. If unsure, say Y.
  59. config HW_CONSOLE
  60. bool
  61. depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  62. default y
  63. config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
  64. bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
  65. depends on HW_CONSOLE
  66. default n
  67. ---help---
  68. The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
  69. terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
  70. console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
  71. drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
  72. 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
  73. select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
  74. virtual terminals.
  75. See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
  76. information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
  77. <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
  78. config DEVKMEM
  79. bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
  80. default y
  81. help
  82. Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
  83. /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
  84. kind of kernel debugging operations.
  85. When in doubt, say "N".
  86. config BFIN_JTAG_COMM
  87. tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication"
  88. depends on BLACKFIN
  89. help
  90. Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG.
  91. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  92. module will be called bfin_jtag_comm.
  93. config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE
  94. bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG"
  95. depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y
  96. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  97. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  98. depends on HAS_IOMEM
  99. ---help---
  100. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  101. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  102. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  103. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  104. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  105. connections.
  106. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  107. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  108. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  109. Most people can say N here.
  110. config COMPUTONE
  111. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  112. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  113. ---help---
  114. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  115. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  116. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  117. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  118. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  119. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  120. Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
  121. To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
  122. module will be called ip2.
  123. config ROCKETPORT
  124. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  125. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  126. help
  127. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  128. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  129. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  130. and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>.
  131. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  132. module will be called rocket.
  133. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  134. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  135. config CYCLADES
  136. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  137. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
  138. select FW_LOADER
  139. ---help---
  140. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  141. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  142. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  143. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  144. <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>.
  145. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  146. module will be called cyclades.
  147. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  148. config CYZ_INTR
  149. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  150. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  151. help
  152. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  153. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  154. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  155. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  156. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  157. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  158. unsure, say N.
  159. config DIGIEPCA
  160. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  161. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  162. ---help---
  163. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  164. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  165. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  166. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  167. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  168. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  169. <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
  170. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  171. module will be called epca.
  172. config ESPSERIAL
  173. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  174. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API && BROKEN
  175. help
  176. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  177. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  178. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  179. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  180. module will be called esp.
  181. If unsure, say N.
  182. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  183. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  184. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  185. select FW_LOADER
  186. help
  187. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  188. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  189. module will be called moxa.
  190. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  191. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
  192. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  193. help
  194. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
  195. want to help develop a new version of this driver.
  196. This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
  197. changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
  198. This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
  199. mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
  200. config ISI
  201. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  202. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  203. select FW_LOADER
  204. help
  205. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  206. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  207. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  208. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  209. config SYNCLINK
  210. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  211. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  212. help
  213. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  214. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  215. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  216. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  217. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  218. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  219. here.
  220. config SYNCLINKMP
  221. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  222. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  223. help
  224. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  225. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  226. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  227. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  228. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  229. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  230. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  231. here.
  232. config SYNCLINK_GT
  233. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  234. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  235. help
  236. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  237. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  238. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  239. config N_HDLC
  240. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  241. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  242. help
  243. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  244. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  245. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  246. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  247. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  248. here.
  249. config RISCOM8
  250. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  251. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  252. help
  253. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  254. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  255. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  256. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  257. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
  258. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  259. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  260. config SPECIALIX
  261. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  262. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  263. help
  264. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  265. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  266. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  267. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  268. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  269. <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
  270. M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  271. called specialix.
  272. config SX
  273. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  274. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  275. help
  276. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  277. Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details.
  278. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  279. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  280. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  281. config RIO
  282. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  283. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  284. help
  285. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  286. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  287. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  288. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  289. config RIO_OLDPCI
  290. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  291. depends on RIO
  292. help
  293. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  294. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  295. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  296. config STALDRV
  297. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  298. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  299. help
  300. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  301. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  302. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  303. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  304. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
  305. in this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  306. say N.
  307. config STALLION
  308. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  309. depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  310. help
  311. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  312. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  313. <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
  314. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  315. module will be called stallion.
  316. config ISTALLION
  317. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  318. depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  319. help
  320. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  321. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  322. <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
  323. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  324. module will be called istallion.
  325. config NOZOMI
  326. tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
  327. depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
  328. help
  329. If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
  330. Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
  331. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
  332. will be called nozomi.
  333. config A2232
  334. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  335. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  336. ---help---
  337. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  338. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  339. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  340. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  341. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  342. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  343. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  344. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  345. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  346. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  347. config SGI_SNSC
  348. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  349. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  350. help
  351. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  352. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  353. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  354. config SGI_TIOCX
  355. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  356. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  357. help
  358. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  359. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  360. config SGI_MBCS
  361. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  362. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  363. help
  364. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  365. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  366. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  367. config UNIX98_PTYS
  368. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  369. default y
  370. ---help---
  371. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  372. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  373. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  374. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  375. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  376. and xterms.
  377. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  378. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  379. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  380. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  381. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  382. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  383. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  384. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  385. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  386. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  387. config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
  388. bool "Support multiple instances of devpts"
  389. depends on UNIX98_PTYS
  390. default n
  391. ---help---
  392. Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem.
  393. If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers),
  394. say Y here. Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts
  395. filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an
  396. independent PTY namespace.
  397. config LEGACY_PTYS
  398. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  399. default y
  400. ---help---
  401. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  402. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  403. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  404. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  405. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  406. and xterms.
  407. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  408. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  409. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  410. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  411. systems, it is safe to say N.
  412. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  413. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  414. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  415. range 0 256
  416. default "256"
  417. ---help---
  418. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  419. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  420. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  421. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  422. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  423. config BRIQ_PANEL
  424. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  425. depends on PPC_CHRP
  426. ---help---
  427. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  428. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  429. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  430. must answer Y here.
  431. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  432. module will be called briq_panel.
  433. It's safe to say N here.
  434. config BFIN_OTP
  435. tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
  436. depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x)
  437. default y
  438. help
  439. If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
  440. interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
  441. stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access
  442. to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your
  443. own secure code and reader for that.
  444. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  445. will be called bfin-otp.
  446. If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
  447. config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
  448. bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
  449. depends on BFIN_OTP
  450. default n
  451. help
  452. If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
  453. OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
  454. the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
  455. need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
  456. If unsure, say N.
  457. config PRINTER
  458. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  459. depends on PARPORT
  460. ---help---
  461. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  462. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  463. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  464. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  465. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  466. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  467. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  468. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  469. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  470. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  471. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  472. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  473. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  474. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  475. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  476. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  477. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  478. config LP_CONSOLE
  479. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  480. depends on PRINTER
  481. ---help---
  482. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  483. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  484. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  485. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  486. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  487. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  488. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  489. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  490. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  491. If unsure, say N.
  492. config PPDEV
  493. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  494. depends on PARPORT
  495. ---help---
  496. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  497. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  498. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  499. IDs).
  500. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  501. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  502. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  503. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  504. module will be called ppdev.
  505. If unsure, say N.
  506. config HVC_DRIVER
  507. bool
  508. help
  509. Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
  510. hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
  511. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  512. is selected.
  513. config HVC_IRQ
  514. bool
  515. config HVC_CONSOLE
  516. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  517. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  518. select HVC_DRIVER
  519. select HVC_IRQ
  520. help
  521. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  522. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  523. which is accessed via the HMC.
  524. config HVC_ISERIES
  525. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  526. depends on PPC_ISERIES
  527. default y
  528. select HVC_DRIVER
  529. select HVC_IRQ
  530. select VIOPATH
  531. help
  532. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  533. config HVC_RTAS
  534. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  535. depends on PPC_RTAS
  536. select HVC_DRIVER
  537. help
  538. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  539. config HVC_BEAT
  540. bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
  541. depends on PPC_CELLEB
  542. select HVC_DRIVER
  543. help
  544. Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
  545. config HVC_IUCV
  546. bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)"
  547. depends on S390
  548. select HVC_DRIVER
  549. select IUCV
  550. default y
  551. help
  552. This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access
  553. a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path.
  554. config HVC_XEN
  555. bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
  556. depends on XEN
  557. select HVC_DRIVER
  558. select HVC_IRQ
  559. default y
  560. help
  561. Xen virtual console device driver
  562. config HVC_UDBG
  563. bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console"
  564. depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL
  565. select HVC_DRIVER
  566. default n
  567. config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
  568. tristate "Virtio console"
  569. depends on VIRTIO
  570. select HVC_DRIVER
  571. help
  572. Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
  573. config HVCS
  574. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  575. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  576. help
  577. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  578. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  579. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  580. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  581. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  582. this driver.
  583. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  584. module will be called hvcs. Additionally, this module
  585. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  586. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  587. module.
  588. config IBM_BSR
  589. tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
  590. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  591. help
  592. This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
  593. of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
  594. between several cores on a system
  595. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  596. config DS1620
  597. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  598. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  599. help
  600. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  601. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  602. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  603. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  604. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  605. necessity.
  606. config NWBUTTON
  607. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  608. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  609. ---help---
  610. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  611. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  612. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  613. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  614. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  615. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  616. row.
  617. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  618. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  619. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  620. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  621. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  622. module will be called nwbutton.
  623. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  624. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  625. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  626. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  627. depends on NWBUTTON
  628. help
  629. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  630. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  631. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  632. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  633. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  634. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  635. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  636. config NWFLASH
  637. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  638. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  639. ---help---
  640. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  641. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  642. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  643. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  644. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  645. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  646. module will be called nwflash.
  647. If you're not sure, say N.
  648. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  649. config NVRAM
  650. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  651. depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
  652. ---help---
  653. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  654. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  655. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  656. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  657. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  658. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  659. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  660. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  661. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  662. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  663. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  664. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  665. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  666. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  667. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  668. to be selected.
  669. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  670. module will be called nvram.
  671. #
  672. # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
  673. # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
  674. #
  675. if RTC_LIB=n
  676. config RTC
  677. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
  678. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
  679. && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
  680. ---help---
  681. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  682. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  683. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  684. into your computer.
  685. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  686. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  687. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  688. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  689. /dev/rtc.
  690. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  691. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  692. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  693. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  694. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  695. for details.
  696. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  697. module will be called rtc.
  698. config JS_RTC
  699. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  700. depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  701. ---help---
  702. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  703. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  704. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  705. into your computer.
  706. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  707. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  708. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  709. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  710. /dev/rtc.
  711. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  712. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  713. for details.
  714. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  715. module will be called js-rtc.
  716. config GEN_RTC
  717. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  718. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
  719. ---help---
  720. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  721. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  722. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  723. into your computer.
  724. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  725. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  726. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  727. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  728. precision in some cases.
  729. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  730. module will be called genrtc.
  731. config GEN_RTC_X
  732. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  733. depends on GEN_RTC
  734. help
  735. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  736. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  737. config EFI_RTC
  738. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  739. depends on IA64
  740. config DS1302
  741. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  742. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  743. help
  744. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  745. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  746. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  747. into your computer.
  748. endif # RTC_LIB
  749. config DTLK
  750. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  751. depends on ISA
  752. help
  753. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  754. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  755. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  756. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  757. module will be called dtlk.
  758. config XILINX_HWICAP
  759. tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
  760. depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
  761. help
  762. This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
  763. Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
  764. FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
  765. If unsure, say N.
  766. config R3964
  767. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  768. ---help---
  769. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  770. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  771. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  772. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  773. module will be called n_r3964.
  774. If unsure, say N.
  775. config APPLICOM
  776. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  777. depends on PCI
  778. ---help---
  779. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  780. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  781. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  782. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  783. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  784. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  785. module will be called applicom.
  786. If unsure, say N.
  787. config SONYPI
  788. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  789. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  790. ---help---
  791. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  792. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  793. If you have one of those laptops, read
  794. <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  795. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  796. module will be called sonypi.
  797. config GPIO_TB0219
  798. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
  799. depends on TANBAC_TB022X
  800. select GPIO_VR41XX
  801. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  802. config MWAVE
  803. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  804. depends on X86
  805. select SERIAL_8250
  806. ---help---
  807. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  808. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  809. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  810. and support selected world wide countries.
  811. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  812. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  813. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  814. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  815. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  816. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  817. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  818. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  819. in it, say Y.
  820. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  821. module will be called mwave.
  822. config SCx200_GPIO
  823. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  824. depends on SCx200
  825. select NSC_GPIO
  826. help
  827. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  828. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  829. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  830. config PC8736x_GPIO
  831. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  832. depends on X86
  833. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  834. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  835. help
  836. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  837. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  838. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  839. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  840. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  841. config NSC_GPIO
  842. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  843. depends on X86_32
  844. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  845. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  846. help
  847. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  848. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  849. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  850. config CS5535_GPIO
  851. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  852. depends on X86_32
  853. help
  854. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  855. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  856. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  857. config RAW_DRIVER
  858. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
  859. depends on BLOCK
  860. help
  861. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  862. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  863. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  864. Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  865. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  866. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  867. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  868. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  869. default "256"
  870. help
  871. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  872. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  873. raw devices.
  874. config HPET
  875. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  876. default n
  877. depends on ACPI
  878. help
  879. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  880. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  881. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  882. config HPET_MMAP
  883. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  884. default y
  885. depends on HPET
  886. help
  887. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  888. the HPET registers.
  889. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  890. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  891. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  892. say N here.
  893. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  894. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  895. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
  896. help
  897. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  898. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  899. or merely print a warning.
  900. config MMTIMER
  901. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  902. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  903. default y
  904. help
  905. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  906. Altix system timer.
  907. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  908. config TELCLOCK
  909. tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
  910. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  911. default n
  912. help
  913. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  914. ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  915. configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
  916. device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  917. fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  918. /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  919. controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  920. config DEVPORT
  921. bool
  922. depends on !M68K
  923. depends on ISA || PCI
  924. default y
  925. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
  926. endmenu