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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 QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  317. bool "Enable Qtronix 990P Keyboard Support"
  318. depends on IT8712
  319. help
  320. Images of Qtronix keyboards are at
  321. <http://www.qtronix.com/keyboard.html>.
  322. config IT8172_CIR
  323. bool
  324. depends on QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  325. default y
  326. config IT8172_SCR0
  327. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 0 Support "
  328. depends on IT8712
  329. help
  330. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 0 (SCR0) on the Integrated
  331. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  332. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  333. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  334. config IT8172_SCR1
  335. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 1 Support "
  336. depends on IT8712
  337. help
  338. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 1 (SCR1) on the Integrated
  339. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  340. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  341. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  342. config A2232
  343. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  344. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  345. ---help---
  346. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  347. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  348. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  349. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  350. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  351. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  352. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  353. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  354. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  355. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  356. config SGI_SNSC
  357. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  358. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  359. help
  360. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  361. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  362. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  363. config SGI_TIOCX
  364. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  365. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  366. help
  367. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  368. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  369. config SGI_MBCS
  370. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  371. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  372. help
  373. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  374. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  375. config MSPEC
  376. tristate "Memory special operations driver"
  377. depends on IA64
  378. help
  379. If you have an ia64 and you want to enable memory special
  380. operations support (formerly known as fetchop), say Y here,
  381. otherwise say N.
  382. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  383. config UNIX98_PTYS
  384. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  385. default y
  386. ---help---
  387. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  388. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  389. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  390. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  391. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  392. and xterms.
  393. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  394. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  395. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  396. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  397. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  398. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  399. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  400. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  401. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  402. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  403. config LEGACY_PTYS
  404. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  405. default y
  406. ---help---
  407. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  408. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  409. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  410. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  411. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  412. and xterms.
  413. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  414. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  415. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  416. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  417. systems, it is safe to say N.
  418. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  419. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  420. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  421. range 1 256
  422. default "256"
  423. ---help---
  424. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  425. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  426. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  427. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  428. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  429. config BRIQ_PANEL
  430. tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  431. depends on PPC_CHRP
  432. ---help---
  433. The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  434. tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  435. If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  436. must answer Y here.
  437. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  438. module will be called briq_panel.
  439. It's safe to say N here.
  440. config PRINTER
  441. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  442. depends on PARPORT
  443. ---help---
  444. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  445. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  446. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  447. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  448. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  449. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  450. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  451. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  452. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  453. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  454. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  455. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  456. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  457. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  458. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  459. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  460. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  461. config LP_CONSOLE
  462. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  463. depends on PRINTER
  464. ---help---
  465. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  466. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  467. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  468. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  469. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  470. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  471. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  472. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  473. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  474. If unsure, say N.
  475. config PPDEV
  476. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  477. depends on PARPORT
  478. ---help---
  479. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  480. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  481. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  482. IDs).
  483. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  484. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  485. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  486. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  487. module will be called ppdev.
  488. If unsure, say N.
  489. config TIPAR
  490. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  491. depends on PARPORT
  492. ---help---
  493. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  494. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  495. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  496. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  497. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  498. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  499. the device nodes, though).
  500. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  501. module will be called tipar.
  502. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  503. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  504. driver.
  505. If unsure, say N.
  506. config HVC_DRIVER
  507. bool
  508. help
  509. Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
  510. module for their backend console driver should select this option.
  511. It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
  512. is selected.
  513. config HVC_CONSOLE
  514. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  515. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  516. select HVC_DRIVER
  517. help
  518. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  519. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  520. which is accessed via the HMC.
  521. config HVC_ISERIES
  522. bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  523. depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
  524. select HVC_DRIVER
  525. help
  526. iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
  527. config HVC_RTAS
  528. bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
  529. depends on PPC_RTAS
  530. select HVC_DRIVER
  531. help
  532. IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
  533. config HVCS
  534. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  535. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  536. help
  537. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  538. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  539. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  540. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  541. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  542. this driver.
  543. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  544. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  545. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  546. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  547. module.
  548. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  549. source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
  550. config DS1620
  551. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  552. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  553. help
  554. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  555. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  556. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  557. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  558. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  559. necessity.
  560. config NWBUTTON
  561. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  562. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  563. ---help---
  564. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  565. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  566. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  567. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  568. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  569. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  570. row.
  571. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  572. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  573. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  574. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  575. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  576. module will be called nwbutton.
  577. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  578. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  579. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  580. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  581. depends on NWBUTTON
  582. help
  583. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  584. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  585. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  586. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  587. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  588. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  589. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  590. config NWFLASH
  591. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  592. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  593. ---help---
  594. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  595. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  596. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  597. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  598. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  599. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  600. module will be called nwflash.
  601. If you're not sure, say N.
  602. source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
  603. config NVRAM
  604. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  605. depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  606. ---help---
  607. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  608. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  609. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  610. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  611. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  612. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  613. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  614. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  615. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  616. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  617. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  618. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  619. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  620. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  621. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  622. to be selected.
  623. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  624. module will be called nvram.
  625. config RTC
  626. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  627. depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
  628. ---help---
  629. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  630. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  631. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  632. into your computer.
  633. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  634. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  635. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  636. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  637. /dev/rtc.
  638. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  639. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  640. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  641. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  642. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  643. for details.
  644. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  645. module will be called rtc.
  646. config SGI_DS1286
  647. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  648. depends on SGI_IP22
  649. help
  650. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  651. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  652. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  653. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  654. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  655. /dev/rtc.
  656. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  657. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  658. depends on SGI_IP27
  659. help
  660. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  661. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  662. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  663. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  664. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  665. /dev/rtc.
  666. config GEN_RTC
  667. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  668. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
  669. ---help---
  670. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  671. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  672. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  673. into your computer.
  674. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  675. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  676. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  677. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  678. precision in some cases.
  679. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  680. module will be called genrtc.
  681. config GEN_RTC_X
  682. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  683. depends on GEN_RTC
  684. help
  685. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  686. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  687. config EFI_RTC
  688. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  689. depends on IA64
  690. config DS1302
  691. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  692. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  693. help
  694. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  695. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  696. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  697. into your computer.
  698. config S3C2410_RTC
  699. bool "S3C2410 RTC Driver"
  700. depends on ARCH_S3C2410
  701. help
  702. RTC (Realtime Clock) driver for the clock inbuilt into the
  703. Samsung S3C2410. This can provide periodic interrupt rates
  704. from 1Hz to 64Hz for user programs, and wakeup from Alarm.
  705. config COBALT_LCD
  706. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  707. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  708. help
  709. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  710. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  711. config DTLK
  712. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  713. help
  714. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  715. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  716. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  717. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  718. module will be called dtlk.
  719. config R3964
  720. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  721. ---help---
  722. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  723. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  724. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  725. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  726. module will be called n_r3964.
  727. If unsure, say N.
  728. config APPLICOM
  729. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  730. depends on PCI
  731. ---help---
  732. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  733. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  734. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  735. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  736. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  737. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  738. module will be called applicom.
  739. If unsure, say N.
  740. config SONYPI
  741. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  742. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  743. ---help---
  744. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  745. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  746. If you have one of those laptops, read
  747. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  748. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  749. module will be called sonypi.
  750. config TANBAC_TB0219
  751. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
  752. depends TANBAC_TB022X
  753. select GPIO_VR41XX
  754. menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
  755. config FTAPE
  756. tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
  757. depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
  758. ---help---
  759. If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
  760. controller, say Y here.
  761. Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
  762. "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
  763. controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
  764. controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
  765. If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
  766. Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
  767. FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
  768. Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
  769. appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
  770. below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
  771. channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
  772. If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
  773. please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
  774. The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
  775. module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  776. module will be called ftape.
  777. source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
  778. endmenu
  779. source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
  780. source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
  781. source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  782. config MWAVE
  783. tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  784. depends on X86
  785. select SERIAL_8250
  786. ---help---
  787. The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  788. kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  789. support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  790. and support selected world wide countries.
  791. This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  792. 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  793. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  794. (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  795. The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  796. the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  797. <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  798. If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  799. in it, say Y.
  800. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  801. module will be called mwave.
  802. config SCx200_GPIO
  803. tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  804. depends on SCx200
  805. select NSC_GPIO
  806. help
  807. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  808. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  809. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  810. config PC8736x_GPIO
  811. tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
  812. depends on X86
  813. default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
  814. select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
  815. help
  816. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  817. Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
  818. has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  819. hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
  820. If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  821. config NSC_GPIO
  822. tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
  823. depends on X86_32
  824. # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  825. # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  826. help
  827. Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  828. pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
  829. modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
  830. config CS5535_GPIO
  831. tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
  832. depends on X86_32
  833. help
  834. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
  835. CS5536 Geode companion devices.
  836. If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
  837. config GPIO_VR41XX
  838. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  839. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  840. config RAW_DRIVER
  841. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
  842. help
  843. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  844. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  845. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  846. The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
  847. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  848. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  849. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  850. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  851. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  852. default "256"
  853. help
  854. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  855. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  856. raw devices.
  857. config HPET
  858. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  859. default n
  860. depends on ACPI
  861. help
  862. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  863. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  864. non-periodioc and/or periodic.
  865. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  866. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  867. default n
  868. depends on HPET
  869. help
  870. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  871. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  872. the HPET timers.
  873. config HPET_MMAP
  874. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  875. default y
  876. depends on HPET
  877. help
  878. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  879. the HPET registers.
  880. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  881. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  882. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  883. say N here.
  884. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  885. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  886. depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
  887. help
  888. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  889. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  890. or merely print a warning.
  891. config MMTIMER
  892. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  893. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  894. default y
  895. help
  896. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  897. Altix system timer.
  898. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  899. config TELCLOCK
  900. tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
  901. depends on EXPERIMENTAL
  902. default n
  903. help
  904. The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
  905. allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
  906. configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
  907. across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
  908. sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
  909. files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
  910. endmenu