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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_UNICODE
  34. bool "Virtual console is Unicode by default"
  35. depends on VT
  36. default n
  37. ---help---
  38. If you say Y here, the virtual terminal will be in UTF-8 by default,
  39. and the keyboard will run in unicode mode.
  40. If you say N here, the virtual terminal will not be in UTF-8 by
  41. default, and the keyboard will run in XLATE mode.
  42. This can also be changed by passing 'default_utf8=<0|1>' on the
  43. kernel command line.
  44. Historically, the kernel has defaulted to non-UTF8 and XLATE mode.
  45. If unsure, say N here.
  46. config VT_CONSOLE
  47. bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  48. depends on VT
  49. default y
  50. ---help---
  51. The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  52. and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  53. answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  54. a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  55. common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  56. the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  57. you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  58. If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  59. terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  60. that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  61. would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  62. bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  63. loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  64. If unsure, say Y.
  65. config HW_CONSOLE
  66. bool
  67. depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  68. default y
  69. config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
  70. bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
  71. depends on HW_CONSOLE
  72. default n
  73. ---help---
  74. The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
  75. terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
  76. console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
  77. drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
  78. 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
  79. select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
  80. virtual terminals.
  81. See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
  82. information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
  83. <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
  84. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  85. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  86. depends on HAS_IOMEM
  87. ---help---
  88. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  89. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  90. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  91. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  92. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  93. connections.
  94. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  95. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  96. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  97. Most people can say N here.
  98. config COMPUTONE
  99. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  100. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  101. ---help---
  102. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  103. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  104. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  105. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  106. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  107. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  108. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  109. To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
  110. modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
  111. config ROCKETPORT
  112. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  113. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  114. help
  115. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  116. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  117. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  118. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  119. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  120. module will be called rocket.
  121. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  122. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  123. config CYCLADES
  124. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  125. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
  126. select FW_LOADER
  127. ---help---
  128. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  129. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  130. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  131. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  132. <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
  133. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  134. module will be called cyclades.
  135. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  136. config CYZ_INTR
  137. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  138. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  139. help
  140. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  141. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  142. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  143. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  144. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  145. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  146. unsure, say N.
  147. config DIGIEPCA
  148. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  149. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  150. ---help---
  151. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  152. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  153. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  154. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  155. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  156. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  157. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  158. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  159. module will be called epca.
  160. config ESPSERIAL
  161. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  162. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  163. help
  164. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  165. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  166. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  167. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  168. module will be called esp.
  169. If unsure, say N.
  170. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  171. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  172. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  173. help
  174. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  175. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  176. module will be called moxa.
  177. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  178. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
  179. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  180. help
  181. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
  182. This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
  183. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  184. The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
  185. here.
  186. config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
  187. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
  188. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  189. help
  190. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
  191. want to help develop a new version of this driver.
  192. This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
  193. changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
  194. This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
  195. mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
  196. config ISI
  197. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  198. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  199. select FW_LOADER
  200. help
  201. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  202. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  203. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  204. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  205. config SYNCLINK
  206. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  207. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  208. help
  209. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  210. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  211. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  212. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  213. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  214. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  215. here.
  216. config SYNCLINKMP
  217. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  218. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  219. help
  220. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  221. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  222. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  223. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  224. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  225. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  226. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  227. here.
  228. config SYNCLINK_GT
  229. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  230. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  231. help
  232. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  233. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  234. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  235. config N_HDLC
  236. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  237. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  238. help
  239. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  240. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  241. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  242. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  243. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  244. here.
  245. config RISCOM8
  246. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  247. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  248. help
  249. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  250. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  251. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  252. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  253. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
  254. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  255. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  256. config SPECIALIX
  257. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  258. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  259. help
  260. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  261. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  262. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  263. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  264. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  265. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
  266. and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  267. called specialix.
  268. config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
  269. bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
  270. depends on SPECIALIX
  271. help
  272. The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
  273. say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
  274. software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
  275. on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
  276. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
  277. config SX
  278. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  279. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
  280. help
  281. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  282. Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
  283. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  284. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  285. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  286. config RIO
  287. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  288. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  289. help
  290. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  291. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  292. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  293. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  294. config RIO_OLDPCI
  295. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  296. depends on RIO
  297. help
  298. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  299. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  300. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  301. config STALDRV
  302. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  303. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  304. help
  305. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  306. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  307. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  308. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  309. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
  310. this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  311. say N.
  312. config STALLION
  313. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  314. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  315. help
  316. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  317. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  318. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  319. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  320. module will be called stallion.
  321. config ISTALLION
  322. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  323. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  324. help
  325. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  326. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  327. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  328. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  329. module will be called istallion.
  330. config A2232
  331. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  332. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  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/serial/Kconfig"
  364. config UNIX98_PTYS
  365. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  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 LEGACY_PTYS
  385. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  386. default y
  387. ---help---
  388. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  389. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  390. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  391. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  392. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  393. and xterms.
  394. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  395. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  396. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  397. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  398. systems, it is safe to say N.
  399. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  400. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  401. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  402. range 1 256
  403. default "256"
  404. ---help---
  405. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  406. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  407. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  408. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  409. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  410. config BRIQ_PANEL
  411. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  412. depends on PPC_CHRP
  413. ---help---
  414. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  415. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  416. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  417. must answer Y here.
  418. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  419. module will be called briq_panel.
  420. It's safe to say N here.
  421. config PRINTER
  422. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  423. depends on PARPORT
  424. ---help---
  425. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  426. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  427. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  428. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  429. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  430. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  431. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  432. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  433. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  434. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  435. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  436. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  437. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  438. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  439. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  440. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  441. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  442. config LP_CONSOLE
  443. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  444. depends on PRINTER
  445. ---help---
  446. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  447. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  448. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  449. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  450. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  451. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  452. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  453. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  454. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  455. If unsure, say N.
  456. config PPDEV
  457. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  458. depends on PARPORT
  459. ---help---
  460. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  461. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  462. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  463. IDs).
  464. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  465. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  466. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  467. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  468. module will be called ppdev.
  469. If unsure, say N.
  470. config TIPAR
  471. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  472. depends on PARPORT
  473. ---help---
  474. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  475. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  476. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  477. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  478. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  479. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  480. the device nodes, though).
  481. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  482. module will be called tipar.
  483. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  484. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  485. driver.
  486. If unsure, say N.
  487. config HVC_DRIVER
  488. bool
  489. help
  490. Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
  491. hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
  492. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  493. is selected.
  494. config HVC_CONSOLE
  495. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  496. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  497. select HVC_DRIVER
  498. help
  499. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  500. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  501. which is accessed via the HMC.
  502. config HVC_ISERIES
  503. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  504. depends on PPC_ISERIES
  505. default y
  506. select HVC_DRIVER
  507. help
  508. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  509. config HVC_RTAS
  510. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  511. depends on PPC_RTAS
  512. select HVC_DRIVER
  513. help
  514. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  515. config HVC_BEAT
  516. bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
  517. depends on PPC_CELLEB
  518. select HVC_DRIVER
  519. help
  520. Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
  521. config HVC_XEN
  522. bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
  523. depends on XEN
  524. select HVC_DRIVER
  525. default y
  526. help
  527. Xen virtual console device driver
  528. config HVCS
  529. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  530. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  531. help
  532. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  533. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  534. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  535. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  536. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  537. this driver.
  538. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  539. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  540. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  541. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  542. module.
  543. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  544. source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
  545. config DS1620
  546. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  547. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  548. help
  549. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  550. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  551. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  552. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  553. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  554. necessity.
  555. config NWBUTTON
  556. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  557. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  558. ---help---
  559. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  560. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  561. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  562. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  563. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  564. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  565. row.
  566. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  567. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  568. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  569. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  570. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  571. module will be called nwbutton.
  572. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  573. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  574. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  575. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  576. depends on NWBUTTON
  577. help
  578. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  579. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  580. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  581. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  582. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  583. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  584. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  585. config NWFLASH
  586. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  587. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  588. ---help---
  589. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  590. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  591. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  592. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  593. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  594. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  595. module will be called nwflash.
  596. If you're not sure, say N.
  597. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  598. config NVRAM
  599. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  600. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  601. ---help---
  602. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  603. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  604. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  605. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  606. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  607. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  608. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  609. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  610. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  611. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  612. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  613. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  614. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  615. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  616. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  617. to be selected.
  618. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  619. module will be called nvram.
  620. config RTC
  621. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  622. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
  623. ---help---
  624. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  625. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  626. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  627. into your computer.
  628. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  629. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  630. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  631. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  632. /dev/rtc.
  633. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  634. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  635. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  636. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  637. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  638. for details.
  639. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  640. module will be called rtc.
  641. config JS_RTC
  642. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  643. depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  644. ---help---
  645. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  646. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  647. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  648. into your computer.
  649. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  650. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  651. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  652. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  653. /dev/rtc.
  654. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  655. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  656. for details.
  657. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  658. module will be called js-rtc.
  659. config SGI_DS1286
  660. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  661. depends on SGI_IP22
  662. help
  663. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  664. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  665. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  666. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  667. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  668. /dev/rtc.
  669. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  670. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  671. depends on SGI_IP27
  672. help
  673. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  674. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  675. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  676. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  677. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  678. /dev/rtc.
  679. config GEN_RTC
  680. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  681. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
  682. ---help---
  683. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  684. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  685. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  686. into your computer.
  687. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  688. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  689. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  690. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  691. precision in some cases.
  692. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  693. module will be called genrtc.
  694. config GEN_RTC_X
  695. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  696. depends on GEN_RTC
  697. help
  698. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  699. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  700. config EFI_RTC
  701. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  702. depends on IA64
  703. config DS1302
  704. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  705. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  706. help
  707. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  708. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  709. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  710. into your computer.
  711. config COBALT_LCD
  712. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  713. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  714. help
  715. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  716. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  717. config DTLK
  718. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  719. depends on ISA
  720. help
  721. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  722. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  723. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  724. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  725. module will be called dtlk.
  726. config R3964
  727. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  728. ---help---
  729. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  730. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  731. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  732. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  733. module will be called n_r3964.
  734. If unsure, say N.
  735. config APPLICOM
  736. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  737. depends on PCI
  738. ---help---
  739. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  740. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  741. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  742. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  743. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  744. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  745. module will be called applicom.
  746. If unsure, say N.
  747. config SONYPI
  748. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  749. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  750. ---help---
  751. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  752. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  753. If you have one of those laptops, read
  754. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  755. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  756. module will be called sonypi.
  757. config GPIO_TB0219
  758. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
  759. depends on TANBAC_TB022X
  760. select GPIO_VR41XX
  761. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  762. config MWAVE
  763. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  764. depends on X86
  765. select SERIAL_8250
  766. ---help---
  767. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  768. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  769. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  770. and support selected world wide countries.
  771. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  772. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  773. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  774. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  775. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  776. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  777. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  778. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  779. in it, say Y.
  780. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  781. module will be called mwave.
  782. config SCx200_GPIO
  783. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  784. depends on SCx200
  785. select NSC_GPIO
  786. help
  787. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  788. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  789. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  790. config PC8736x_GPIO
  791. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  792. depends on X86
  793. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  794. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  795. help
  796. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  797. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  798. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  799. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  800. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  801. config NSC_GPIO
  802. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  803. depends on X86_32
  804. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  805. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  806. help
  807. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  808. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  809. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  810. config CS5535_GPIO
  811. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  812. depends on X86_32
  813. help
  814. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  815. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  816. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  817. config GPIO_VR41XX
  818. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  819. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  820. config RAW_DRIVER
  821. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
  822. depends on BLOCK
  823. help
  824. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  825. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  826. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  827. Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  828. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  829. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  830. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  831. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  832. default "256"
  833. help
  834. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  835. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  836. raw devices.
  837. config HPET
  838. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  839. default n
  840. depends on ACPI
  841. help
  842. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  843. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  844. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  845. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  846. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  847. default n
  848. depends on HPET
  849. help
  850. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  851. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  852. the HPET timers.
  853. config HPET_MMAP
  854. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  855. default y
  856. depends on HPET
  857. help
  858. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  859. the HPET registers.
  860. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  861. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  862. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  863. say N here.
  864. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  865. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  866. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
  867. help
  868. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  869. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  870. or merely print a warning.
  871. config MMTIMER
  872. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  873. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  874. default y
  875. help
  876. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  877. Altix system timer.
  878. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  879. config TELCLOCK
  880. tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
  881. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  882. default n
  883. help
  884. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  885. ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  886. configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
  887. device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  888. fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  889. /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  890. controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  891. config DEVPORT
  892. bool
  893. depends on !M68K
  894. depends on ISA || PCI
  895. default y
  896. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
  897. endmenu