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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 if !VIOCONS
  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 VT_CONSOLE
  34. bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  35. depends on VT
  36. default y
  37. ---help---
  38. The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  39. and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  40. answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  41. a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  42. common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  43. the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  44. you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  45. If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  46. terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  47. that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  48. would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  49. bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  50. loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  51. If unsure, say Y.
  52. config HW_CONSOLE
  53. bool
  54. depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  55. default y
  56. config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
  57. bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
  58. depends on HW_CONSOLE
  59. default n
  60. ---help---
  61. The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
  62. terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
  63. console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
  64. drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
  65. 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
  66. select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
  67. virtual terminals.
  68. See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
  69. information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
  70. <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
  71. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  72. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  73. depends on HAS_IOMEM
  74. ---help---
  75. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  76. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  77. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  78. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  79. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  80. connections.
  81. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  82. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  83. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  84. Most people can say N here.
  85. config COMPUTONE
  86. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  87. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  88. ---help---
  89. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  90. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  91. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  92. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  93. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  94. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  95. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  96. To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
  97. modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
  98. config ROCKETPORT
  99. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  100. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  101. help
  102. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  103. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  104. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  105. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  106. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  107. module will be called rocket.
  108. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  109. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  110. config CYCLADES
  111. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  112. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
  113. select FW_LOADER
  114. ---help---
  115. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  116. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  117. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  118. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  119. <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
  120. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  121. module will be called cyclades.
  122. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  123. config CYZ_INTR
  124. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  125. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  126. help
  127. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  128. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  129. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  130. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  131. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  132. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  133. unsure, say N.
  134. config DIGIEPCA
  135. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  136. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  137. ---help---
  138. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  139. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  140. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  141. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  142. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  143. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  144. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  145. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  146. module will be called epca.
  147. config ESPSERIAL
  148. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  149. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  150. help
  151. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  152. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  153. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  154. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  155. module will be called esp.
  156. If unsure, say N.
  157. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  158. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  159. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  160. help
  161. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  162. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  163. module will be called moxa.
  164. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  165. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
  166. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  167. help
  168. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
  169. This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
  170. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  171. The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
  172. here.
  173. config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
  174. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
  175. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  176. help
  177. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
  178. want to help develop a new version of this driver.
  179. This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
  180. changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
  181. This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
  182. mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
  183. config ISI
  184. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  185. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  186. select FW_LOADER
  187. help
  188. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  189. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  190. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  191. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  192. config SYNCLINK
  193. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  194. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  195. help
  196. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  197. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  198. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  199. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  200. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  201. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  202. here.
  203. config SYNCLINKMP
  204. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  205. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  206. help
  207. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  208. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  209. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  210. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  211. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  212. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  213. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  214. here.
  215. config SYNCLINK_GT
  216. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  217. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  218. help
  219. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  220. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  221. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  222. config N_HDLC
  223. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  224. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  225. help
  226. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  227. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  228. This driver can only 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 n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  231. here.
  232. config RISCOM8
  233. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  234. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  235. help
  236. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  237. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  238. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  239. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  240. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
  241. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  242. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  243. config SPECIALIX
  244. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  245. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  246. help
  247. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  248. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  249. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  250. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  251. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  252. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
  253. and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  254. called specialix.
  255. config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
  256. bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
  257. depends on SPECIALIX
  258. help
  259. The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
  260. say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
  261. software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
  262. on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
  263. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
  264. config SX
  265. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  266. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  267. help
  268. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  269. Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
  270. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  271. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  272. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  273. config RIO
  274. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  275. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  276. help
  277. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  278. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  279. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  280. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  281. config RIO_OLDPCI
  282. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  283. depends on RIO
  284. help
  285. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  286. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  287. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  288. config STALDRV
  289. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  290. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  291. help
  292. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  293. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  294. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  295. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  296. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
  297. this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  298. say N.
  299. config STALLION
  300. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  301. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  302. help
  303. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  304. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  305. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  306. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  307. module will be called stallion.
  308. config ISTALLION
  309. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  310. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  311. help
  312. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  313. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  314. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  315. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  316. module will be called istallion.
  317. config A2232
  318. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  319. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  320. ---help---
  321. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  322. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  323. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  324. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  325. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  326. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  327. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  328. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  329. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  330. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  331. config SGI_SNSC
  332. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  333. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  334. help
  335. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  336. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  337. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  338. config SGI_TIOCX
  339. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  340. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  341. help
  342. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  343. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  344. config SGI_MBCS
  345. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  346. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  347. help
  348. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  349. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  350. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  351. config UNIX98_PTYS
  352. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  353. default y
  354. ---help---
  355. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  356. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  357. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  358. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  359. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  360. and xterms.
  361. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  362. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  363. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  364. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  365. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  366. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  367. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  368. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  369. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  370. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  371. config LEGACY_PTYS
  372. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  373. default y
  374. ---help---
  375. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  376. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  377. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  378. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  379. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  380. and xterms.
  381. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  382. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  383. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  384. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  385. systems, it is safe to say N.
  386. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  387. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  388. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  389. range 1 256
  390. default "256"
  391. ---help---
  392. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  393. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  394. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  395. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  396. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  397. config BRIQ_PANEL
  398. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  399. depends on PPC_CHRP
  400. ---help---
  401. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  402. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  403. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  404. must answer Y here.
  405. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  406. module will be called briq_panel.
  407. It's safe to say N here.
  408. config PRINTER
  409. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  410. depends on PARPORT
  411. ---help---
  412. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  413. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  414. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  415. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  416. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  417. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  418. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  419. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  420. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  421. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  422. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  423. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  424. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  425. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  426. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  427. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  428. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  429. config LP_CONSOLE
  430. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  431. depends on PRINTER
  432. ---help---
  433. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  434. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  435. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  436. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  437. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  438. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  439. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  440. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  441. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  442. If unsure, say N.
  443. config PPDEV
  444. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  445. depends on PARPORT
  446. ---help---
  447. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  448. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  449. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  450. IDs).
  451. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  452. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  453. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  454. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  455. module will be called ppdev.
  456. If unsure, say N.
  457. config TIPAR
  458. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  459. depends on PARPORT
  460. ---help---
  461. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  462. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  463. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  464. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  465. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  466. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  467. the device nodes, though).
  468. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  469. module will be called tipar.
  470. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  471. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  472. driver.
  473. If unsure, say N.
  474. config HVC_DRIVER
  475. bool
  476. help
  477. Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
  478. hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
  479. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  480. is selected.
  481. config HVC_CONSOLE
  482. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  483. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  484. select HVC_DRIVER
  485. help
  486. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  487. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  488. which is accessed via the HMC.
  489. config HVC_ISERIES
  490. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  491. depends on PPC_ISERIES
  492. default y
  493. select HVC_DRIVER
  494. help
  495. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  496. config HVC_RTAS
  497. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  498. depends on PPC_RTAS
  499. select HVC_DRIVER
  500. help
  501. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  502. config HVC_BEAT
  503. bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
  504. depends on PPC_CELLEB
  505. select HVC_DRIVER
  506. help
  507. Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
  508. config HVC_XEN
  509. bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
  510. depends on XEN
  511. select HVC_DRIVER
  512. default y
  513. help
  514. Xen virtual console device driver
  515. config HVCS
  516. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  517. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  518. help
  519. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  520. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  521. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  522. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  523. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  524. this driver.
  525. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  526. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  527. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  528. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  529. module.
  530. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  531. config DS1620
  532. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  533. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  534. help
  535. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  536. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  537. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  538. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  539. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  540. necessity.
  541. config NWBUTTON
  542. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  543. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  544. ---help---
  545. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  546. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  547. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  548. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  549. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  550. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  551. row.
  552. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  553. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  554. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  555. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  556. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  557. module will be called nwbutton.
  558. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  559. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  560. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  561. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  562. depends on NWBUTTON
  563. help
  564. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  565. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  566. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  567. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  568. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  569. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  570. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  571. config NWFLASH
  572. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  573. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  574. ---help---
  575. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  576. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  577. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  578. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  579. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  580. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  581. module will be called nwflash.
  582. If you're not sure, say N.
  583. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  584. config NVRAM
  585. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  586. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  587. ---help---
  588. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  589. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  590. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  591. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  592. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  593. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  594. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  595. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  596. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  597. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  598. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  599. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  600. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  601. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  602. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  603. to be selected.
  604. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  605. module will be called nvram.
  606. config RTC
  607. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  608. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
  609. ---help---
  610. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  611. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  612. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  613. into your computer.
  614. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  615. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  616. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  617. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  618. /dev/rtc.
  619. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  620. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  621. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  622. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  623. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  624. for details.
  625. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  626. module will be called rtc.
  627. config JS_RTC
  628. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  629. depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  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 (or hardware clock) built
  634. into your computer.
  635. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  636. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  637. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  638. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  639. /dev/rtc.
  640. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  641. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  642. for details.
  643. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  644. module will be called js-rtc.
  645. config SGI_DS1286
  646. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  647. depends on SGI_IP22
  648. help
  649. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  650. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  651. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  652. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  653. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  654. /dev/rtc.
  655. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  656. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  657. depends on SGI_IP27
  658. help
  659. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  660. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  661. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  662. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  663. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  664. /dev/rtc.
  665. config GEN_RTC
  666. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  667. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
  668. ---help---
  669. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  670. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  671. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  672. into your computer.
  673. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  674. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  675. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  676. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  677. precision in some cases.
  678. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  679. module will be called genrtc.
  680. config GEN_RTC_X
  681. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  682. depends on GEN_RTC
  683. help
  684. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  685. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  686. config EFI_RTC
  687. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  688. depends on IA64
  689. config DS1302
  690. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  691. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  692. help
  693. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  694. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  695. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  696. into your computer.
  697. config COBALT_LCD
  698. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  699. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  700. help
  701. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  702. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  703. config DTLK
  704. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  705. depends on ISA
  706. help
  707. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  708. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  709. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  710. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  711. module will be called dtlk.
  712. config R3964
  713. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  714. ---help---
  715. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  716. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  717. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  718. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  719. module will be called n_r3964.
  720. If unsure, say N.
  721. config APPLICOM
  722. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  723. depends on PCI
  724. ---help---
  725. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  726. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  727. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  728. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  729. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  730. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  731. module will be called applicom.
  732. If unsure, say N.
  733. config SONYPI
  734. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  735. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  736. ---help---
  737. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  738. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  739. If you have one of those laptops, read
  740. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  741. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  742. module will be called sonypi.
  743. config GPIO_TB0219
  744. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
  745. depends on TANBAC_TB022X
  746. select GPIO_VR41XX
  747. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  748. config MWAVE
  749. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  750. depends on X86
  751. select SERIAL_8250
  752. ---help---
  753. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  754. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  755. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  756. and support selected world wide countries.
  757. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  758. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  759. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  760. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  761. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  762. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  763. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  764. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  765. in it, say Y.
  766. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  767. module will be called mwave.
  768. config SCx200_GPIO
  769. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  770. depends on SCx200
  771. select NSC_GPIO
  772. help
  773. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  774. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  775. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  776. config PC8736x_GPIO
  777. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  778. depends on X86
  779. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  780. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  781. help
  782. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  783. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  784. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  785. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  786. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  787. config NSC_GPIO
  788. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  789. depends on X86_32
  790. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  791. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  792. help
  793. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  794. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  795. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  796. config CS5535_GPIO
  797. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  798. depends on X86_32
  799. help
  800. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  801. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  802. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  803. config GPIO_VR41XX
  804. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  805. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  806. config RAW_DRIVER
  807. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
  808. depends on BLOCK
  809. help
  810. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  811. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  812. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  813. Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  814. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  815. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  816. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  817. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  818. default "256"
  819. help
  820. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  821. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  822. raw devices.
  823. config HPET
  824. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  825. default n
  826. depends on ACPI
  827. help
  828. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  829. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  830. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  831. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  832. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  833. default n
  834. depends on HPET
  835. help
  836. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  837. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  838. the HPET timers.
  839. config HPET_MMAP
  840. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  841. default y
  842. depends on HPET
  843. help
  844. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  845. the HPET registers.
  846. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  847. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  848. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  849. say N here.
  850. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  851. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  852. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
  853. help
  854. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  855. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  856. or merely print a warning.
  857. config MMTIMER
  858. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  859. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  860. default y
  861. help
  862. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  863. Altix system timer.
  864. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  865. config TELCLOCK
  866. tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
  867. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  868. default n
  869. help
  870. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  871. ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  872. configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
  873. device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  874. fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  875. /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  876. controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  877. config DEVPORT
  878. bool
  879. depends on !M68K
  880. depends on ISA || PCI
  881. default y
  882. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
  883. endmenu