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  1. #
  2. # Character device configuration
  3. #
  4. menu "Character devices"
  5. config VT
  6. bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  7. select INPUT
  8. default y if !VIOCONS
  9. ---help---
  10. If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
  11. display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
  12. can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
  13. one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
  14. virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
  15. one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
  16. an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
  17. is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
  18. The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
  19. properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
  20. man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
  21. character sequences that can be used to change those properties
  22. directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
  23. the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
  24. with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
  25. You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
  26. of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
  27. embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
  28. memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
  29. or network connection.
  30. If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
  31. shiny Linux system :-)
  32. config VT_CONSOLE
  33. bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  34. depends on VT
  35. default y
  36. ---help---
  37. The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  38. and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  39. answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  40. a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  41. common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  42. the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  43. you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  44. If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  45. terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  46. that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  47. would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  48. bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  49. loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  50. If unsure, say Y.
  51. config HW_CONSOLE
  52. bool
  53. depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  54. default y
  55. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  56. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  57. ---help---
  58. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  59. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  60. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  61. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  62. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  63. connections.
  64. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  65. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  66. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  67. Most people can say N here.
  68. config COMPUTONE
  69. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  70. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  71. ---help---
  72. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  73. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  74. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  75. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  76. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  77. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  78. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  79. To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
  80. modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
  81. config ROCKETPORT
  82. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  83. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  84. help
  85. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  86. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  87. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  88. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  89. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  90. module will be called rocket.
  91. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  92. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  93. config CYCLADES
  94. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  95. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  96. ---help---
  97. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  98. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  99. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  100. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  101. <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
  102. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  103. module will be called cyclades.
  104. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  105. config CYZ_INTR
  106. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  107. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  108. help
  109. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  110. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  111. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  112. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  113. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  114. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  115. unsure, say N.
  116. config DIGIEPCA
  117. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  118. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  119. ---help---
  120. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  121. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  122. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  123. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  124. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  125. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  126. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  127. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  128. module will be called epca.
  129. config ESPSERIAL
  130. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  131. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  132. help
  133. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  134. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  135. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  136. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  137. module will be called esp.
  138. If unsure, say N.
  139. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  140. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  141. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  142. help
  143. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  144. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  145. module will be called moxa.
  146. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  147. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
  148. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  149. help
  150. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
  151. This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
  152. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  153. The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
  154. here.
  155. config ISI
  156. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  157. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  158. select FW_LOADER
  159. help
  160. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  161. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  162. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  163. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  164. config SYNCLINK
  165. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  166. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  167. help
  168. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  169. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  170. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  171. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  172. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  173. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  174. here.
  175. config SYNCLINKMP
  176. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  177. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  178. help
  179. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  180. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  181. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  182. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  183. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  184. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  185. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  186. here.
  187. config SYNCLINK_GT
  188. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  189. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  190. help
  191. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  192. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  193. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  194. config N_HDLC
  195. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  196. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  197. help
  198. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  199. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  200. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  201. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  202. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  203. here.
  204. config RISCOM8
  205. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  206. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  207. help
  208. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  209. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  210. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  211. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  212. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
  213. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  214. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  215. config SPECIALIX
  216. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  217. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  218. help
  219. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  220. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  221. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  222. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  223. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  224. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
  225. and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  226. called specialix.
  227. config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
  228. bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
  229. depends on SPECIALIX
  230. help
  231. The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
  232. say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
  233. software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
  234. on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
  235. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
  236. config SX
  237. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  238. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  239. help
  240. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  241. Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
  242. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  243. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  244. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  245. config RIO
  246. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  247. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && !64BIT
  248. help
  249. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  250. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  251. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  252. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  253. config RIO_OLDPCI
  254. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  255. depends on RIO
  256. help
  257. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  258. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  259. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  260. config STALDRV
  261. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  262. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  263. help
  264. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  265. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  266. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  267. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  268. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
  269. this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  270. say N.
  271. config STALLION
  272. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  273. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  274. help
  275. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  276. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  277. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  278. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  279. module will be called stallion.
  280. config ISTALLION
  281. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  282. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  283. help
  284. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  285. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  286. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  287. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  288. module will be called istallion.
  289. config AU1000_UART
  290. bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
  291. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
  292. help
  293. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  294. to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  295. config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
  296. bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
  297. depends on AU1000_UART
  298. help
  299. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  300. to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  301. config QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  302. bool "Enable Qtronix 990P Keyboard Support"
  303. depends on IT8712
  304. help
  305. Images of Qtronix keyboards are at
  306. <http://www.qtronix.com/keyboard.html>.
  307. config IT8172_CIR
  308. bool
  309. depends on QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  310. default y
  311. config IT8172_SCR0
  312. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 0 Support "
  313. depends on IT8712
  314. help
  315. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 0 (SCR0) on the Integrated
  316. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  317. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  318. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  319. config IT8172_SCR1
  320. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 1 Support "
  321. depends on IT8712
  322. help
  323. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 1 (SCR1) on the Integrated
  324. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  325. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  326. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  327. config A2232
  328. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  329. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  330. ---help---
  331. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  332. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  333. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  334. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  335. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  336. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  337. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  338. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  339. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  340. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  341. config SGI_SNSC
  342. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  343. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  344. help
  345. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  346. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  347. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  348. config SGI_TIOCX
  349. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  350. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  351. help
  352. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  353. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  354. config SGI_MBCS
  355. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  356. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  357. help
  358. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  359. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  360. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  361. config UNIX98_PTYS
  362. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  363. default y
  364. ---help---
  365. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  366. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  367. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  368. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  369. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  370. and xterms.
  371. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  372. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  373. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  374. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  375. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  376. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  377. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  378. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  379. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  380. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  381. config LEGACY_PTYS
  382. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  383. default y
  384. ---help---
  385. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  386. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  387. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  388. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  389. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  390. and xterms.
  391. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  392. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  393. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  394. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  395. systems, it is safe to say N.
  396. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  397. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  398. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  399. range 1 256
  400. default "256"
  401. ---help---
  402. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  403. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  404. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  405. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  406. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  407. config PRINTER
  408. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  409. depends on PARPORT
  410. ---help---
  411. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  412. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  413. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  414. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  415. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  416. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  417. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  418. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  419. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  420. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  421. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  422. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  423. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  424. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  425. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  426. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  427. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  428. config LP_CONSOLE
  429. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  430. depends on PRINTER
  431. ---help---
  432. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  433. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  434. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  435. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  436. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  437. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  438. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  439. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  440. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  441. If unsure, say N.
  442. config PPDEV
  443. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  444. depends on PARPORT
  445. ---help---
  446. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  447. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  448. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  449. IDs).
  450. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  451. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  452. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  453. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  454. module will be called ppdev.
  455. If unsure, say N.
  456. config TIPAR
  457. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  458. depends on PARPORT
  459. ---help---
  460. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  461. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  462. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  463. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  464. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  465. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  466. the device nodes, though).
  467. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  468. module will be called tipar.
  469. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  470. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  471. driver.
  472. If unsure, say N.
  473. config HVC_DRIVER
  474. bool
  475. help
  476. Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
  477. module for their backend console driver should select this option.
  478. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  479. is selected.
  480. config HVC_CONSOLE
  481. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  482. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  483. select HVC_DRIVER
  484. help
  485. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  486. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  487. which is accessed via the HMC.
  488. config HVC_RTAS
  489. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  490. depends on PPC_RTAS
  491. select HVC_DRIVER
  492. help
  493. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  494. config HVCS
  495. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  496. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  497. help
  498. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  499. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  500. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  501. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  502. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  503. this driver.
  504. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  505. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  506. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  507. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  508. module.
  509. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  510. source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
  511. config DS1620
  512. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  513. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  514. help
  515. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  516. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  517. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  518. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  519. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  520. necessity.
  521. config NWBUTTON
  522. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  523. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  524. ---help---
  525. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  526. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  527. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  528. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  529. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  530. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  531. row.
  532. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  533. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  534. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  535. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  536. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  537. module will be called nwbutton.
  538. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  539. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  540. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  541. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  542. depends on NWBUTTON
  543. help
  544. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  545. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  546. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  547. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  548. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  549. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  550. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  551. config NWFLASH
  552. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  553. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  554. ---help---
  555. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  556. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  557. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  558. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  559. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  560. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  561. module will be called nwflash.
  562. If you're not sure, say N.
  563. config HW_RANDOM
  564. tristate "Intel/AMD/VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
  565. depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI
  566. ---help---
  567. This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
  568. Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards,
  569. AMD 76x-based motherboards, and Via Nehemiah CPUs.
  570. Provides a character driver, used to read() entropy data.
  571. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  572. module will be called hw_random.
  573. If unsure, say N.
  574. config NVRAM
  575. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  576. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  577. ---help---
  578. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  579. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  580. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  581. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  582. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  583. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  584. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  585. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  586. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  587. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  588. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  589. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  590. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  591. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  592. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  593. to be selected.
  594. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  595. module will be called nvram.
  596. config RTC
  597. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  598. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM
  599. ---help---
  600. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  601. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  602. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  603. into your computer.
  604. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  605. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  606. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  607. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  608. /dev/rtc.
  609. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  610. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  611. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  612. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  613. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  614. for details.
  615. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  616. module will be called rtc.
  617. config SGI_DS1286
  618. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  619. depends on SGI_IP22
  620. help
  621. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  622. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  623. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  624. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  625. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  626. /dev/rtc.
  627. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  628. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  629. depends on SGI_IP27
  630. help
  631. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  632. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  633. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  634. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  635. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  636. /dev/rtc.
  637. config GEN_RTC
  638. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  639. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
  640. ---help---
  641. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  642. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  643. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  644. into your computer.
  645. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  646. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  647. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  648. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  649. precision in some cases.
  650. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  651. module will be called genrtc.
  652. config GEN_RTC_X
  653. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  654. depends on GEN_RTC
  655. help
  656. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  657. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  658. config EFI_RTC
  659. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  660. depends on IA64
  661. config DS1302
  662. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  663. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  664. help
  665. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  666. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  667. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  668. into your computer.
  669. config S3C2410_RTC
  670. bool "S3C2410 RTC Driver"
  671. depends on ARCH_S3C2410
  672. help
  673. RTC (Realtime Clock) driver for the clock inbuilt into the
  674. Samsung S3C2410. This can provide periodic interrupt rates
  675. from 1Hz to 64Hz for user programs, and wakeup from Alarm.
  676. config COBALT_LCD
  677. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  678. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  679. help
  680. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  681. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  682. config DTLK
  683. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  684. help
  685. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  686. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  687. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  688. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  689. module will be called dtlk.
  690. config R3964
  691. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  692. ---help---
  693. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  694. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  695. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  696. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  697. module will be called n_r3964.
  698. If unsure, say N.
  699. config APPLICOM
  700. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  701. depends on PCI
  702. ---help---
  703. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  704. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  705. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  706. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  707. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  708. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  709. module will be called applicom.
  710. If unsure, say N.
  711. config SONYPI
  712. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  713. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  714. ---help---
  715. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  716. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  717. If you have one of those laptops, read
  718. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  719. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  720. module will be called sonypi.
  721. config TANBAC_TB0219
  722. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
  723. depends TANBAC_TB022X
  724. menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
  725. config FTAPE
  726. tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
  727. depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
  728. ---help---
  729. If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
  730. controller, say Y here.
  731. Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
  732. "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
  733. controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
  734. controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
  735. If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
  736. Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
  737. FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
  738. Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
  739. appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
  740. below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
  741. channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
  742. If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
  743. please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
  744. The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
  745. module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  746. module will be called ftape.
  747. source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
  748. endmenu
  749. source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
  750. source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
  751. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  752. config MWAVE
  753. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  754. depends on X86
  755. select SERIAL_8250
  756. ---help---
  757. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  758. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  759. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  760. and support selected world wide countries.
  761. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  762. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  763. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  764. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  765. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  766. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  767. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  768. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  769. in it, say Y.
  770. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  771. module will be called mwave.
  772. config SCx200_GPIO
  773. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  774. depends on SCx200
  775. help
  776. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  777. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  778. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  779. config CS5535_GPIO
  780. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  781. depends on X86_32
  782. help
  783. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  784. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  785. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  786. config GPIO_VR41XX
  787. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  788. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  789. config RAW_DRIVER
  790. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
  791. help
  792. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  793. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  794. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  795. The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
  796. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  797. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  798. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  799. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  800. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  801. default "256"
  802. help
  803. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  804. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  805. raw devices.
  806. config HPET
  807. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  808. default n
  809. depends on ACPI
  810. help
  811. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  812. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  813. non-periodioc and/or periodic.
  814. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  815. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  816. default n
  817. depends on HPET
  818. help
  819. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  820. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  821. the HPET timers.
  822. config HPET_MMAP
  823. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  824. default y
  825. depends on HPET
  826. help
  827. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  828. the HPET registers.
  829. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  830. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  831. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  832. say N here.
  833. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  834. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  835. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
  836. help
  837. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  838. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  839. or merely print a warning.
  840. config MMTIMER
  841. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  842. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  843. default y
  844. help
  845. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  846. Altix system timer.
  847. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  848. config TELCLOCK
  849. tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
  850. depends on EXPERIMENTAL
  851. default n
  852. help
  853. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
  854. allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
  855. configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
  856. across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
  857. sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
  858. files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  859. endmenu