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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 DEVKMEM
  72. bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
  73. default y
  74. help
  75. Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
  76. /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
  77. kind of kernel debugging operations.
  78. When in doubt, say "N".
  79. config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  80. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  81. depends on HAS_IOMEM
  82. ---help---
  83. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  84. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  85. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  86. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  87. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  88. connections.
  89. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  90. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  91. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  92. Most people can say N here.
  93. config COMPUTONE
  94. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  95. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  96. ---help---
  97. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  98. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  99. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  100. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  101. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  102. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  103. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  104. To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
  105. module will be called ip2.
  106. config ROCKETPORT
  107. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  108. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  109. help
  110. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  111. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  112. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  113. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  114. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  115. module will be called rocket.
  116. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  117. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  118. config CYCLADES
  119. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  120. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
  121. select FW_LOADER
  122. ---help---
  123. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  124. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  125. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  126. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  127. <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>.
  128. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  129. module will be called cyclades.
  130. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  131. config CYZ_INTR
  132. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  133. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  134. help
  135. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  136. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  137. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  138. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  139. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  140. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  141. unsure, say N.
  142. config DIGIEPCA
  143. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  144. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  145. ---help---
  146. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  147. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  148. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  149. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  150. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  151. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  152. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  153. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  154. module will be called epca.
  155. config ESPSERIAL
  156. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  157. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  158. help
  159. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  160. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  161. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  162. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  163. module will be called esp.
  164. If unsure, say N.
  165. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  166. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  167. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
  168. select FW_LOADER
  169. help
  170. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  171. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  172. module will be called moxa.
  173. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  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. 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
  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 NOZOMI
  318. tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
  319. depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
  320. help
  321. If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
  322. Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
  323. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
  324. will be called nozomi.
  325. config A2232
  326. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  327. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  328. ---help---
  329. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  330. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  331. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  332. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  333. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  334. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  335. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  336. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  337. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  338. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  339. config SGI_SNSC
  340. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  341. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  342. help
  343. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  344. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  345. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  346. config SGI_TIOCX
  347. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  348. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  349. help
  350. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  351. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  352. config SGI_MBCS
  353. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  354. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  355. help
  356. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  357. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  358. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  359. config UNIX98_PTYS
  360. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  361. default y
  362. ---help---
  363. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  364. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  365. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  366. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  367. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  368. and xterms.
  369. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  370. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  371. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  372. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  373. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  374. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  375. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  376. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  377. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  378. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  379. config LEGACY_PTYS
  380. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  381. default y
  382. ---help---
  383. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  384. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  385. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  386. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  387. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  388. and xterms.
  389. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  390. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  391. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  392. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  393. systems, it is safe to say N.
  394. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  395. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  396. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  397. range 0 256
  398. default "256"
  399. ---help---
  400. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  401. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  402. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  403. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  404. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  405. config BRIQ_PANEL
  406. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  407. depends on PPC_CHRP
  408. ---help---
  409. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  410. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  411. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  412. must answer Y here.
  413. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  414. module will be called briq_panel.
  415. It's safe to say N here.
  416. config BFIN_OTP
  417. tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
  418. depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x)
  419. default y
  420. help
  421. If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
  422. interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
  423. stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access
  424. to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your
  425. own secure code and reader for that.
  426. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  427. will be called bfin-otp.
  428. If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
  429. config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
  430. bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
  431. depends on BFIN_OTP
  432. default n
  433. help
  434. If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
  435. OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
  436. the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
  437. need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
  438. If unsure, say N.
  439. config PRINTER
  440. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  441. depends on PARPORT
  442. ---help---
  443. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  444. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  445. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  446. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  447. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  448. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  449. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  450. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  451. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  452. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  453. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  454. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  455. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  456. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  457. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  458. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  459. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  460. config LP_CONSOLE
  461. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  462. depends on PRINTER
  463. ---help---
  464. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  465. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  466. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  467. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  468. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  469. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  470. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  471. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  472. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  473. If unsure, say N.
  474. config PPDEV
  475. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  476. depends on PARPORT
  477. ---help---
  478. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  479. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  480. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  481. IDs).
  482. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  483. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  484. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  485. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  486. module will be called ppdev.
  487. If unsure, say N.
  488. config HVC_DRIVER
  489. bool
  490. help
  491. Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
  492. hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
  493. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  494. is selected.
  495. config HVC_CONSOLE
  496. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  497. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  498. select HVC_DRIVER
  499. help
  500. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  501. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  502. which is accessed via the HMC.
  503. config HVC_ISERIES
  504. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  505. depends on PPC_ISERIES
  506. default y
  507. select HVC_DRIVER
  508. help
  509. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  510. config HVC_RTAS
  511. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  512. depends on PPC_RTAS
  513. select HVC_DRIVER
  514. help
  515. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  516. config HVC_BEAT
  517. bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
  518. depends on PPC_CELLEB
  519. select HVC_DRIVER
  520. help
  521. Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
  522. config HVC_XEN
  523. bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
  524. depends on XEN
  525. select HVC_DRIVER
  526. default y
  527. help
  528. Xen virtual console device driver
  529. config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
  530. bool
  531. select HVC_DRIVER
  532. config HVCS
  533. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  534. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  535. help
  536. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  537. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  538. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  539. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  540. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  541. this driver.
  542. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  543. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  544. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  545. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  546. module.
  547. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  548. config DS1620
  549. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  550. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  551. help
  552. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  553. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  554. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  555. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  556. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  557. necessity.
  558. config NWBUTTON
  559. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  560. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  561. ---help---
  562. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  563. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  564. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  565. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  566. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  567. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  568. row.
  569. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  570. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  571. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  572. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  573. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  574. module will be called nwbutton.
  575. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  576. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  577. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  578. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  579. depends on NWBUTTON
  580. help
  581. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  582. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  583. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  584. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  585. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  586. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  587. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  588. config NWFLASH
  589. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  590. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  591. ---help---
  592. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  593. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  594. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  595. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  596. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  597. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  598. module will be called nwflash.
  599. If you're not sure, say N.
  600. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  601. config NVRAM
  602. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  603. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  604. ---help---
  605. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  606. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  607. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  608. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  609. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  610. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  611. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  612. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  613. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  614. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  615. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  616. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  617. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  618. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  619. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  620. to be selected.
  621. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  622. module will be called nvram.
  623. #
  624. # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
  625. # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
  626. #
  627. if RTC_LIB=n
  628. config RTC
  629. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
  630. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
  631. && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32
  632. ---help---
  633. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  634. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  635. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  636. into your computer.
  637. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  638. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  639. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  640. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  641. /dev/rtc.
  642. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  643. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  644. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  645. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  646. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  647. for details.
  648. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  649. module will be called rtc.
  650. config JS_RTC
  651. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  652. depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  653. ---help---
  654. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  655. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  656. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  657. into your computer.
  658. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  659. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  660. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  661. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  662. /dev/rtc.
  663. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  664. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  665. for details.
  666. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  667. module will be called js-rtc.
  668. config SGI_DS1286
  669. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  670. depends on SGI_HAS_DS1286
  671. help
  672. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  673. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  674. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  675. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  676. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  677. /dev/rtc.
  678. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  679. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  680. depends on SGI_IP27
  681. help
  682. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  683. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  684. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  685. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  686. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  687. /dev/rtc.
  688. config GEN_RTC
  689. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  690. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32
  691. ---help---
  692. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  693. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  694. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  695. into your computer.
  696. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  697. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  698. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  699. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  700. precision in some cases.
  701. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  702. module will be called genrtc.
  703. config GEN_RTC_X
  704. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  705. depends on GEN_RTC
  706. help
  707. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  708. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  709. config EFI_RTC
  710. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  711. depends on IA64
  712. config DS1302
  713. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  714. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  715. help
  716. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  717. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  718. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  719. into your computer.
  720. endif # RTC_LIB
  721. config COBALT_LCD
  722. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  723. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  724. help
  725. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  726. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  727. config DTLK
  728. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  729. depends on ISA
  730. help
  731. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  732. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  733. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  734. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  735. module will be called dtlk.
  736. config XILINX_HWICAP
  737. tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
  738. depends on XILINX_VIRTEX
  739. help
  740. This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
  741. Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
  742. FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
  743. If unsure, say N.
  744. config R3964
  745. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  746. ---help---
  747. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  748. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  749. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  750. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  751. module will be called n_r3964.
  752. If unsure, say N.
  753. config APPLICOM
  754. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  755. depends on PCI
  756. ---help---
  757. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  758. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  759. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  760. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  761. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  762. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  763. module will be called applicom.
  764. If unsure, say N.
  765. config SONYPI
  766. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  767. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  768. ---help---
  769. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  770. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  771. If you have one of those laptops, read
  772. <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  773. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  774. module will be called sonypi.
  775. config GPIO_TB0219
  776. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
  777. depends on TANBAC_TB022X
  778. select GPIO_VR41XX
  779. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  780. config MWAVE
  781. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  782. depends on X86
  783. select SERIAL_8250
  784. ---help---
  785. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  786. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  787. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  788. and support selected world wide countries.
  789. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  790. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  791. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  792. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  793. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  794. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  795. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  796. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  797. in it, say Y.
  798. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  799. module will be called mwave.
  800. config SCx200_GPIO
  801. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  802. depends on SCx200
  803. select NSC_GPIO
  804. help
  805. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  806. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  807. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  808. config PC8736x_GPIO
  809. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  810. depends on X86
  811. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  812. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  813. help
  814. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  815. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  816. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  817. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  818. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  819. config NSC_GPIO
  820. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  821. depends on X86_32
  822. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  823. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  824. help
  825. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  826. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  827. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  828. config CS5535_GPIO
  829. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  830. depends on X86_32
  831. help
  832. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  833. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  834. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  835. config GPIO_VR41XX
  836. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  837. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  838. config RAW_DRIVER
  839. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
  840. depends on BLOCK
  841. help
  842. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  843. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  844. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  845. Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  846. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  847. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  848. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  849. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  850. default "256"
  851. help
  852. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  853. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  854. raw devices.
  855. config HPET
  856. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  857. default n
  858. depends on ACPI
  859. help
  860. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  861. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  862. non-periodic and/or periodic.
  863. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  864. bool
  865. default HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  866. depends on RTC && HPET
  867. help
  868. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  869. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  870. the HPET timers.
  871. config HPET_MMAP
  872. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  873. default y
  874. depends on HPET
  875. help
  876. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  877. the HPET registers.
  878. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  879. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  880. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  881. say N here.
  882. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  883. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  884. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
  885. help
  886. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  887. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  888. or merely print a warning.
  889. config MMTIMER
  890. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  891. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  892. default y
  893. help
  894. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  895. Altix system timer.
  896. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  897. config TELCLOCK
  898. tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
  899. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
  900. default n
  901. help
  902. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  903. ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  904. configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
  905. device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  906. fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  907. /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  908. controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  909. config DEVPORT
  910. bool
  911. depends on !M68K
  912. depends on ISA || PCI
  913. default y
  914. source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
  915. endmenu