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  1. #
  2. # Character device configuration
  3. #
  4. menu "Character devices"
  5. config VT
  6. bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  7. select INPUT
  8. default y if !VIOCONS
  9. ---help---
  10. If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
  11. display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
  12. can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
  13. one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
  14. virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
  15. one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
  16. an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
  17. is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
  18. The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
  19. properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
  20. man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
  21. character sequences that can be used to change those properties
  22. directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
  23. the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
  24. with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
  25. You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
  26. of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
  27. embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
  28. memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
  29. or network connection.
  30. If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
  31. shiny Linux system :-)
  32. config VT_CONSOLE
  33. bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  34. depends on VT
  35. default y
  36. ---help---
  37. The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  38. and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  39. answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  40. a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  41. common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  42. the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  43. you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  44. If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  45. terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  46. that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  47. would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  48. bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  49. loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  50. If unsure, say Y.
  51. config HW_CONSOLE
  52. bool
  53. depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  54. default y
  55. config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
  56. bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
  57. depends on HW_CONSOLE
  58. default n
  59. ---help---
  60. The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
  61. terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
  62. console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
  63. drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
  64. 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
  65. select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
  66. virtual terminals.
  67. See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
  68. information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
  69. <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
  70. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  71. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  72. ---help---
  73. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  74. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  75. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  76. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  77. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  78. connections.
  79. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  80. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  81. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  82. Most people can say N here.
  83. config COMPUTONE
  84. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  85. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  86. ---help---
  87. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  88. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  89. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  90. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  91. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  92. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  93. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  94. To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
  95. modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
  96. config ROCKETPORT
  97. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  98. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  99. help
  100. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  101. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  102. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  103. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  104. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  105. module will be called rocket.
  106. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  107. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  108. config CYCLADES
  109. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  110. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  111. ---help---
  112. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  113. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  114. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  115. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  116. <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
  117. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  118. module will be called cyclades.
  119. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  120. config CYZ_INTR
  121. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  122. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  123. help
  124. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  125. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  126. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  127. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  128. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  129. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  130. unsure, say N.
  131. config DIGIEPCA
  132. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  133. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  134. ---help---
  135. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  136. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  137. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  138. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  139. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  140. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  141. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  142. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  143. module will be called epca.
  144. config ESPSERIAL
  145. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  146. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  147. help
  148. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  149. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  150. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  151. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  152. module will be called esp.
  153. If unsure, say N.
  154. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  155. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  156. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  157. help
  158. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  159. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  160. module will be called moxa.
  161. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  162. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
  163. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  164. help
  165. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
  166. This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
  167. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  168. The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
  169. here.
  170. config ISI
  171. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  172. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  173. select FW_LOADER
  174. help
  175. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  176. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  177. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  178. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  179. config SYNCLINK
  180. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  181. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  182. help
  183. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  184. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  185. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  186. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  187. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  188. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  189. here.
  190. config SYNCLINKMP
  191. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  192. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  193. help
  194. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  195. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  196. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  197. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  198. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  199. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  200. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  201. here.
  202. config SYNCLINK_GT
  203. tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
  204. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
  205. help
  206. Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
  207. synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
  208. manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
  209. config N_HDLC
  210. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  211. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  212. help
  213. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  214. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  215. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  216. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  217. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  218. here.
  219. config RISCOM8
  220. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  221. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  222. help
  223. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  224. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  225. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  226. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  227. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
  228. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  229. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  230. config SPECIALIX
  231. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  232. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  233. help
  234. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  235. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  236. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  237. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  238. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  239. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
  240. and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  241. called specialix.
  242. config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
  243. bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
  244. depends on SPECIALIX
  245. help
  246. The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
  247. say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
  248. software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
  249. on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
  250. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
  251. config SX
  252. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  253. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  254. help
  255. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  256. Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
  257. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  258. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  259. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  260. config RIO
  261. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  262. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  263. help
  264. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  265. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  266. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  267. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  268. config RIO_OLDPCI
  269. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  270. depends on RIO
  271. help
  272. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  273. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  274. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  275. config STALDRV
  276. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  277. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  278. help
  279. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  280. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  281. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  282. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  283. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
  284. this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  285. say N.
  286. config STALLION
  287. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  288. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  289. help
  290. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  291. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  292. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  293. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  294. module will be called stallion.
  295. config ISTALLION
  296. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  297. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  298. help
  299. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  300. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  301. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  302. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  303. module will be called istallion.
  304. config AU1000_UART
  305. bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
  306. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
  307. help
  308. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  309. to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  310. config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
  311. bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
  312. depends on AU1000_UART
  313. help
  314. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  315. to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  316. config A2232
  317. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  318. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  319. ---help---
  320. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  321. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  322. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  323. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  324. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  325. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  326. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  327. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  328. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  329. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  330. config SGI_SNSC
  331. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  332. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  333. help
  334. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  335. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  336. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  337. config SGI_TIOCX
  338. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  339. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  340. help
  341. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  342. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  343. config SGI_MBCS
  344. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  345. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  346. help
  347. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  348. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  349. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  350. config UNIX98_PTYS
  351. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  352. default y
  353. ---help---
  354. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  355. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  356. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  357. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  358. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  359. and xterms.
  360. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  361. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  362. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  363. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  364. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  365. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  366. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  367. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  368. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  369. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  370. config LEGACY_PTYS
  371. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  372. default y
  373. ---help---
  374. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  375. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  376. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  377. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  378. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  379. and xterms.
  380. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  381. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  382. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  383. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  384. systems, it is safe to say N.
  385. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  386. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  387. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  388. range 1 256
  389. default "256"
  390. ---help---
  391. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  392. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  393. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  394. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  395. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  396. config BRIQ_PANEL
  397. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  398. depends on PPC_CHRP
  399. ---help---
  400. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  401. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  402. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  403. must answer Y here.
  404. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  405. module will be called briq_panel.
  406. It's safe to say N here.
  407. config PRINTER
  408. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  409. depends on PARPORT
  410. ---help---
  411. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  412. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  413. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  414. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  415. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  416. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  417. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  418. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  419. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  420. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  421. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  422. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  423. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  424. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  425. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  426. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  427. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  428. config LP_CONSOLE
  429. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  430. depends on PRINTER
  431. ---help---
  432. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  433. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  434. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  435. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  436. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  437. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  438. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  439. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  440. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  441. If unsure, say N.
  442. config PPDEV
  443. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  444. depends on PARPORT
  445. ---help---
  446. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  447. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  448. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  449. IDs).
  450. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  451. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  452. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  453. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  454. module will be called ppdev.
  455. If unsure, say N.
  456. config TIPAR
  457. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  458. depends on PARPORT
  459. ---help---
  460. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  461. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  462. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  463. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  464. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  465. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  466. the device nodes, though).
  467. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  468. module will be called tipar.
  469. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  470. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  471. driver.
  472. If unsure, say N.
  473. config HVC_DRIVER
  474. bool
  475. help
  476. Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
  477. module for their backend console driver should select this option.
  478. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  479. is selected.
  480. config HVC_CONSOLE
  481. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  482. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  483. select HVC_DRIVER
  484. help
  485. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  486. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  487. which is accessed via the HMC.
  488. config HVC_ISERIES
  489. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  490. depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
  491. select HVC_DRIVER
  492. help
  493. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  494. config HVC_RTAS
  495. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  496. depends on PPC_RTAS
  497. select HVC_DRIVER
  498. help
  499. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  500. config HVCS
  501. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  502. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  503. help
  504. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  505. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  506. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  507. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  508. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  509. this driver.
  510. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  511. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  512. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  513. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  514. module.
  515. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  516. source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
  517. config DS1620
  518. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  519. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  520. help
  521. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  522. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  523. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  524. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  525. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  526. necessity.
  527. config NWBUTTON
  528. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  529. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  530. ---help---
  531. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  532. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  533. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  534. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  535. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  536. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  537. row.
  538. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  539. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  540. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  541. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  542. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  543. module will be called nwbutton.
  544. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  545. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  546. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  547. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  548. depends on NWBUTTON
  549. help
  550. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  551. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  552. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  553. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  554. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  555. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  556. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  557. config NWFLASH
  558. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  559. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  560. ---help---
  561. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  562. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  563. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  564. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  565. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  566. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  567. module will be called nwflash.
  568. If you're not sure, say N.
  569. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  570. config NVRAM
  571. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  572. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  573. ---help---
  574. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  575. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  576. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  577. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  578. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  579. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  580. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  581. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  582. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  583. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  584. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  585. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  586. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  587. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  588. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  589. to be selected.
  590. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  591. module will be called nvram.
  592. config RTC
  593. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  594. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
  595. ---help---
  596. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  597. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  598. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  599. into your computer.
  600. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  601. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  602. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  603. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  604. /dev/rtc.
  605. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  606. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  607. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  608. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  609. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  610. for details.
  611. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  612. module will be called rtc.
  613. config SGI_DS1286
  614. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  615. depends on SGI_IP22
  616. help
  617. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  618. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  619. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  620. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  621. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  622. /dev/rtc.
  623. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  624. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  625. depends on SGI_IP27
  626. help
  627. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  628. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  629. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  630. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  631. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  632. /dev/rtc.
  633. config GEN_RTC
  634. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  635. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
  636. ---help---
  637. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  638. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  639. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  640. into your computer.
  641. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  642. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  643. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  644. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  645. precision in some cases.
  646. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  647. module will be called genrtc.
  648. config GEN_RTC_X
  649. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  650. depends on GEN_RTC
  651. help
  652. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  653. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  654. config EFI_RTC
  655. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  656. depends on IA64
  657. config DS1302
  658. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  659. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  660. help
  661. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  662. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  663. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  664. into your computer.
  665. config COBALT_LCD
  666. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  667. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  668. help
  669. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  670. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  671. config DTLK
  672. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  673. help
  674. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  675. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  676. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  677. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  678. module will be called dtlk.
  679. config R3964
  680. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  681. ---help---
  682. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  683. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  684. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  685. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  686. module will be called n_r3964.
  687. If unsure, say N.
  688. config APPLICOM
  689. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  690. depends on PCI
  691. ---help---
  692. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  693. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  694. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  695. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  696. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  697. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  698. module will be called applicom.
  699. If unsure, say N.
  700. config SONYPI
  701. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  702. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  703. ---help---
  704. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  705. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  706. If you have one of those laptops, read
  707. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  708. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  709. module will be called sonypi.
  710. config TANBAC_TB0219
  711. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
  712. depends TANBAC_TB022X
  713. select GPIO_VR41XX
  714. menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
  715. config FTAPE
  716. tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
  717. depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
  718. ---help---
  719. If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
  720. controller, say Y here.
  721. Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
  722. "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
  723. controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
  724. controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
  725. If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
  726. Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
  727. FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
  728. Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
  729. appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
  730. below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
  731. channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
  732. If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
  733. please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
  734. The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
  735. module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  736. module will be called ftape.
  737. source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
  738. endmenu
  739. source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
  740. source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
  741. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  742. config MWAVE
  743. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  744. depends on X86
  745. select SERIAL_8250
  746. ---help---
  747. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  748. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  749. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  750. and support selected world wide countries.
  751. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  752. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  753. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  754. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  755. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  756. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  757. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  758. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  759. in it, say Y.
  760. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  761. module will be called mwave.
  762. config SCx200_GPIO
  763. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  764. depends on SCx200
  765. select NSC_GPIO
  766. help
  767. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  768. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  769. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  770. config PC8736x_GPIO
  771. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  772. depends on X86
  773. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  774. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  775. help
  776. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  777. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  778. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  779. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  780. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  781. config NSC_GPIO
  782. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  783. depends on X86_32
  784. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  785. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  786. help
  787. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  788. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  789. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  790. config CS5535_GPIO
  791. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  792. depends on X86_32
  793. help
  794. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  795. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  796. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  797. config GPIO_VR41XX
  798. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  799. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  800. config RAW_DRIVER
  801. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
  802. depends on BLOCK
  803. help
  804. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  805. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  806. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  807. The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
  808. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  809. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  810. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  811. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  812. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  813. default "256"
  814. help
  815. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  816. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  817. raw devices.
  818. config HPET
  819. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  820. default n
  821. depends on ACPI
  822. help
  823. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  824. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  825. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  826. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  827. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  828. default n
  829. depends on HPET
  830. help
  831. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  832. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  833. the HPET timers.
  834. config HPET_MMAP
  835. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  836. default y
  837. depends on HPET
  838. help
  839. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  840. the HPET registers.
  841. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  842. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  843. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  844. say N here.
  845. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  846. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  847. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
  848. help
  849. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  850. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  851. or merely print a warning.
  852. config MMTIMER
  853. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  854. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  855. default y
  856. help
  857. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  858. Altix system timer.
  859. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  860. config TELCLOCK
  861. tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
  862. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  863. default n
  864. help
  865. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
  866. allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
  867. configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
  868. across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
  869. sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
  870. files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  871. endmenu