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  1. #
  2. # Character device configuration
  3. #
  4. menu "Character devices"
  5. config VT
  6. bool "Virtual terminal" if EXPERT
  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 EXPERT
  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 EXPERT
  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 MOXA_INTELLIO
  173. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  174. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  175. select FW_LOADER
  176. help
  177. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  178. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  179. module will be called moxa.
  180. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  181. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
  182. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  183. help
  184. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
  185. want to help develop a new version of this driver.
  186. This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
  187. changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
  188. This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
  189. mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
  190. config ISI
  191. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  192. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  193. select FW_LOADER
  194. help
  195. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  196. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  197. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  198. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  199. config SYNCLINK
  200. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  201. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  202. help
  203. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  204. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  205. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  206. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  207. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  208. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  209. here.
  210. config SYNCLINKMP
  211. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  212. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  213. help
  214. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  215. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  216. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  217. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  218. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  219. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  220. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  221. here.
  222. config SYNCLINK_GT
  223. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  224. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  225. help
  226. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  227. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  228. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  229. config N_HDLC
  230. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  231. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  232. help
  233. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  234. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  235. This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be
  236. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  237. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  238. here.
  239. config N_GSM
  240. tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  241. depends on EXPERIMENTAL
  242. depends on NET
  243. help
  244. This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and
  245. presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices.
  246. config RISCOM8
  247. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  248. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  249. help
  250. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  251. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  252. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  253. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  254. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
  255. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  256. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  257. config SPECIALIX
  258. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  259. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  260. help
  261. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  262. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  263. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  264. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  265. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  266. <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
  267. M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  268. called specialix.
  269. config SX
  270. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  271. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN
  272. help
  273. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  274. Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details.
  275. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  276. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  277. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  278. config RIO
  279. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  280. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN
  281. help
  282. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  283. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  284. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  285. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  286. config RIO_OLDPCI
  287. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  288. depends on RIO
  289. help
  290. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  291. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  292. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  293. config STALDRV
  294. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  295. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  296. help
  297. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  298. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  299. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  300. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  301. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
  302. in this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  303. say N.
  304. config STALLION
  305. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  306. depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  307. help
  308. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  309. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  310. <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
  311. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  312. module will be called stallion.
  313. config ISTALLION
  314. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  315. depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  316. help
  317. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  318. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  319. <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
  320. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  321. module will be called istallion.
  322. config NOZOMI
  323. tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
  324. depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
  325. help
  326. If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
  327. Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
  328. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
  329. will be called nozomi.
  330. config A2232
  331. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  332. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN
  333. ---help---
  334. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  335. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  336. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  337. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  338. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  339. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  340. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  341. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  342. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  343. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  344. config SGI_SNSC
  345. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  346. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  347. help
  348. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  349. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  350. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  351. config SGI_TIOCX
  352. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  353. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  354. help
  355. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  356. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  357. config SGI_MBCS
  358. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  359. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  360. help
  361. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  362. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  363. source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
  364. config UNIX98_PTYS
  365. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT
  366. default y
  367. ---help---
  368. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  369. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  370. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  371. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  372. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  373. and xterms.
  374. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  375. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  376. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  377. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  378. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  379. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  380. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  381. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  382. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  383. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  384. config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
  385. bool "Support multiple instances of devpts"
  386. depends on UNIX98_PTYS
  387. default n
  388. ---help---
  389. Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem.
  390. If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers),
  391. say Y here. Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts
  392. filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an
  393. independent PTY namespace.
  394. config LEGACY_PTYS
  395. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  396. default y
  397. ---help---
  398. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  399. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  400. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  401. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  402. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  403. and xterms.
  404. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  405. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  406. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  407. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  408. systems, it is safe to say N.
  409. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  410. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  411. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  412. range 0 256
  413. default "256"
  414. ---help---
  415. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  416. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  417. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  418. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  419. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  420. config TTY_PRINTK
  421. bool "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"
  422. depends on EXPERT
  423. default n
  424. ---help---
  425. If you say Y here, the support for writing user messages (i.e.
  426. console messages) via printk is available.
  427. The feature is useful to inline user messages with kernel
  428. messages.
  429. In order to use this feature, you should output user messages
  430. to /dev/ttyprintk or redirect console to this TTY.
  431. If unsure, say N.
  432. config BRIQ_PANEL
  433. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  434. depends on PPC_CHRP
  435. ---help---
  436. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  437. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  438. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  439. must answer Y here.
  440. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  441. module will be called briq_panel.
  442. It's safe to say N here.
  443. config BFIN_OTP
  444. tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
  445. depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)
  446. default y
  447. help
  448. If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
  449. interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
  450. stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access
  451. to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your
  452. own secure code and reader for that.
  453. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  454. will be called bfin-otp.
  455. If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
  456. config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
  457. bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
  458. depends on BFIN_OTP
  459. default n
  460. help
  461. If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
  462. OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
  463. the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
  464. need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
  465. If unsure, say N.
  466. config PRINTER
  467. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  468. depends on PARPORT
  469. ---help---
  470. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  471. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  472. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  473. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  474. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  475. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  476. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  477. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  478. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  479. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  480. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  481. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  482. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  483. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  484. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  485. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  486. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  487. config LP_CONSOLE
  488. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  489. depends on PRINTER
  490. ---help---
  491. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  492. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  493. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  494. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  495. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  496. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  497. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  498. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  499. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  500. If unsure, say N.
  501. config PPDEV
  502. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  503. depends on PARPORT
  504. ---help---
  505. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  506. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  507. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  508. IDs).
  509. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  510. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  511. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  512. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  513. module will be called ppdev.
  514. If unsure, say N.
  515. config HVC_DRIVER
  516. bool
  517. help
  518. Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
  519. hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
  520. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  521. is selected.
  522. config HVC_IRQ
  523. bool
  524. config HVC_CONSOLE
  525. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  526. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  527. select HVC_DRIVER
  528. select HVC_IRQ
  529. help
  530. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  531. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  532. which is accessed via the HMC.
  533. config HVC_ISERIES
  534. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  535. depends on PPC_ISERIES
  536. default y
  537. select HVC_DRIVER
  538. select HVC_IRQ
  539. select VIOPATH
  540. help
  541. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  542. config HVC_RTAS
  543. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  544. depends on PPC_RTAS
  545. select HVC_DRIVER
  546. help
  547. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  548. config HVC_BEAT
  549. bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
  550. depends on PPC_CELLEB
  551. select HVC_DRIVER
  552. help
  553. Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
  554. config HVC_IUCV
  555. bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)"
  556. depends on S390
  557. select HVC_DRIVER
  558. select IUCV
  559. default y
  560. help
  561. This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access
  562. a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path.
  563. config HVC_XEN
  564. bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
  565. depends on XEN
  566. select HVC_DRIVER
  567. select HVC_IRQ
  568. default y
  569. help
  570. Xen virtual console device driver
  571. config HVC_UDBG
  572. bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console"
  573. depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL
  574. select HVC_DRIVER
  575. default n
  576. config HVC_DCC
  577. bool "ARM JTAG DCC console"
  578. depends on ARM
  579. select HVC_DRIVER
  580. help
  581. This console uses the JTAG DCC on ARM to create a console under the HVC
  582. driver. This console is used through a JTAG only on ARM. If you don't have
  583. a JTAG then you probably don't want this option.
  584. config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
  585. tristate "Virtio console"
  586. depends on VIRTIO
  587. select HVC_DRIVER
  588. help
  589. Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
  590. Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
  591. transfer between the guest and host. Character devices at
  592. /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
  593. found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
  594. within that device. If specified by the host, a sysfs
  595. attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
  596. the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
  597. symlink to the device.
  598. config HVCS
  599. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  600. depends on PPC_PSERIES && HVC_CONSOLE
  601. help
  602. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  603. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  604. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  605. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  606. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  607. this driver.
  608. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  609. module will be called hvcs. Additionally, this module
  610. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  611. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  612. module.
  613. config IBM_BSR
  614. tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
  615. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  616. help
  617. This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
  618. of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
  619. between several cores on a system
  620. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  621. config DS1620
  622. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  623. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  624. help
  625. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  626. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  627. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  628. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  629. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  630. necessity.
  631. config NWBUTTON
  632. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  633. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  634. ---help---
  635. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  636. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  637. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  638. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  639. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  640. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  641. row.
  642. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  643. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  644. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  645. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  646. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  647. module will be called nwbutton.
  648. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  649. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  650. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  651. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  652. depends on NWBUTTON
  653. help
  654. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  655. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  656. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  657. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  658. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  659. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  660. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  661. config NWFLASH
  662. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  663. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  664. ---help---
  665. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  666. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  667. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  668. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  669. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  670. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  671. module will be called nwflash.
  672. If you're not sure, say N.
  673. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  674. config NVRAM
  675. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  676. depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
  677. ---help---
  678. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  679. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  680. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  681. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  682. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  683. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  684. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  685. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  686. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  687. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  688. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  689. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  690. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  691. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  692. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  693. to be selected.
  694. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  695. module will be called nvram.
  696. #
  697. # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
  698. # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
  699. #
  700. if RTC_LIB=n
  701. config RTC
  702. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
  703. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
  704. && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
  705. ---help---
  706. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  707. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  708. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  709. into your computer.
  710. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  711. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  712. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  713. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  714. /dev/rtc.
  715. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  716. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  717. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  718. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  719. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  720. for details.
  721. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  722. module will be called rtc.
  723. config JS_RTC
  724. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  725. depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  726. ---help---
  727. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  728. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  729. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  730. into your computer.
  731. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  732. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  733. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  734. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  735. /dev/rtc.
  736. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  737. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  738. for details.
  739. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  740. module will be called js-rtc.
  741. config GEN_RTC
  742. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  743. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
  744. ---help---
  745. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  746. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  747. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  748. into your computer.
  749. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  750. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  751. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  752. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  753. precision in some cases.
  754. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  755. module will be called genrtc.
  756. config GEN_RTC_X
  757. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  758. depends on GEN_RTC
  759. help
  760. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  761. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  762. config EFI_RTC
  763. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  764. depends on IA64
  765. config DS1302
  766. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  767. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  768. help
  769. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  770. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  771. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  772. into your computer.
  773. endif # RTC_LIB
  774. config DTLK
  775. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  776. depends on ISA
  777. help
  778. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  779. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  780. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  781. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  782. module will be called dtlk.
  783. config XILINX_HWICAP
  784. tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
  785. depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
  786. help
  787. This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
  788. Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
  789. FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
  790. If unsure, say N.
  791. config R3964
  792. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  793. ---help---
  794. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  795. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  796. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  797. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  798. module will be called n_r3964.
  799. If unsure, say N.
  800. config APPLICOM
  801. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  802. depends on PCI
  803. ---help---
  804. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  805. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  806. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  807. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  808. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  809. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  810. module will be called applicom.
  811. If unsure, say N.
  812. config SONYPI
  813. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  814. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  815. ---help---
  816. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  817. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  818. If you have one of those laptops, read
  819. <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  820. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  821. module will be called sonypi.
  822. config GPIO_TB0219
  823. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
  824. depends on TANBAC_TB022X
  825. select GPIO_VR41XX
  826. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  827. config MWAVE
  828. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  829. depends on X86
  830. select SERIAL_8250
  831. ---help---
  832. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  833. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  834. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  835. and support selected world wide countries.
  836. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  837. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  838. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  839. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  840. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  841. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  842. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  843. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  844. in it, say Y.
  845. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  846. module will be called mwave.
  847. config SCx200_GPIO
  848. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  849. depends on SCx200
  850. select NSC_GPIO
  851. help
  852. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  853. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  854. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  855. config PC8736x_GPIO
  856. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  857. depends on X86_32
  858. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  859. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  860. help
  861. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  862. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  863. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  864. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  865. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  866. config NSC_GPIO
  867. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  868. depends on X86_32
  869. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  870. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  871. help
  872. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  873. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  874. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  875. config RAW_DRIVER
  876. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
  877. depends on BLOCK
  878. help
  879. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  880. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  881. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  882. Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  883. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  884. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  885. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  886. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  887. default "256"
  888. help
  889. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  890. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  891. raw devices.
  892. config HPET
  893. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  894. default n
  895. depends on ACPI
  896. help
  897. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  898. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  899. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  900. config HPET_MMAP
  901. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  902. default y
  903. depends on HPET
  904. help
  905. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  906. the HPET registers.
  907. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  908. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  909. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  910. say N here.
  911. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  912. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  913. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
  914. help
  915. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  916. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  917. or merely print a warning.
  918. config MMTIMER
  919. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  920. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  921. default y
  922. help
  923. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  924. Altix system timer.
  925. config UV_MMTIMER
  926. tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
  927. depends on X86_UV
  928. default m
  929. help
  930. The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  931. UV system timer.
  932. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  933. config TELCLOCK
  934. tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
  935. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  936. default n
  937. help
  938. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  939. ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  940. configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
  941. device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  942. fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  943. /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  944. controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  945. config DEVPORT
  946. bool
  947. depends on !M68K
  948. depends on ISA || PCI
  949. default y
  950. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
  951. config RAMOOPS
  952. tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
  953. depends on HAS_IOMEM
  954. default n
  955. help
  956. This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
  957. buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
  958. endmenu