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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 SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  56. bool "Non-standard serial port support"
  57. ---help---
  58. Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
  59. which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
  60. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
  61. Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
  62. serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
  63. connections.
  64. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
  65. kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
  66. the questions about non-standard serial boards.
  67. Most people can say N here.
  68. config COMPUTONE
  69. tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
  70. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  71. ---help---
  72. This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
  73. controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
  74. products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
  75. which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
  76. to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
  77. order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
  78. Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
  79. To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
  80. modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
  81. config ROCKETPORT
  82. tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
  83. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  84. help
  85. This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
  86. These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
  87. modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
  88. and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
  89. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  90. module will be called rocket.
  91. If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
  92. you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
  93. config CYCLADES
  94. tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
  95. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  96. ---help---
  97. This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
  98. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  99. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  100. For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
  101. <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
  102. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  103. module will be called cyclades.
  104. If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
  105. config CYZ_INTR
  106. bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  107. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
  108. help
  109. The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
  110. modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
  111. the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
  112. (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
  113. mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
  114. status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
  115. unsure, say N.
  116. config DIGIEPCA
  117. tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
  118. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  119. ---help---
  120. This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
  121. of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
  122. something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
  123. box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
  124. supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
  125. you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
  126. <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
  127. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  128. module will be called epca.
  129. config ESPSERIAL
  130. tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
  131. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && BROKEN_ON_SMP && ISA_DMA_API
  132. help
  133. This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
  134. port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
  135. <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
  136. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  137. module will be called esp.
  138. If unsure, say N.
  139. config MOXA_INTELLIO
  140. tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
  141. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  142. help
  143. Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
  144. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  145. module will be called moxa.
  146. config MOXA_SMARTIO
  147. tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
  148. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  149. help
  150. Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
  151. This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
  152. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  153. The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
  154. here.
  155. config ISI
  156. tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  157. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  158. help
  159. This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
  160. serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
  161. built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
  162. If you want to do that, choose M here.
  163. config SYNCLINK
  164. tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
  165. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
  166. help
  167. Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
  168. adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
  169. synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
  170. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  171. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  172. The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
  173. here.
  174. config SYNCLINKMP
  175. tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
  176. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  177. help
  178. Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
  179. serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
  180. to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
  181. RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
  182. This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
  183. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  184. The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
  185. here.
  186. config N_HDLC
  187. tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
  188. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  189. help
  190. Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
  191. support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
  192. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  193. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  194. The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
  195. here.
  196. config RISCOM8
  197. tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
  198. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  199. help
  200. This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
  201. which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
  202. this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
  203. in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
  204. say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
  205. Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
  206. loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
  207. config SPECIALIX
  208. tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
  209. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  210. help
  211. This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
  212. ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
  213. would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
  214. your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
  215. If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
  216. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
  217. and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
  218. called specialix.
  219. config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
  220. bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
  221. depends on SPECIALIX
  222. help
  223. The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
  224. say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
  225. software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
  226. on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
  227. <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
  228. config SX
  229. tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
  230. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  231. help
  232. This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
  233. Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
  234. This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
  235. inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  236. The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
  237. config RIO
  238. tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
  239. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  240. help
  241. This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
  242. drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
  243. information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
  244. There are both ISA and PCI versions.
  245. config RIO_OLDPCI
  246. bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
  247. depends on RIO
  248. help
  249. Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
  250. determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
  251. this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
  252. config STALDRV
  253. bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  254. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  255. help
  256. Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
  257. like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  258. instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
  259. you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  260. questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
  261. this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  262. say N.
  263. config STALLION
  264. tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
  265. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  266. help
  267. If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
  268. card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
  269. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  270. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  271. module will be called stallion.
  272. config ISTALLION
  273. tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
  274. depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  275. help
  276. If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
  277. serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
  278. <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
  279. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  280. module will be called istallion.
  281. config AU1000_UART
  282. bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
  283. depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
  284. help
  285. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  286. to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  287. config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
  288. bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
  289. depends on AU1000_UART
  290. help
  291. If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
  292. to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  293. config QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  294. bool "Enable Qtronix 990P Keyboard Support"
  295. depends on IT8712
  296. help
  297. Images of Qtronix keyboards are at
  298. <http://www.qtronix.com/keyboard.html>.
  299. config IT8172_CIR
  300. bool
  301. depends on QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
  302. default y
  303. config IT8172_SCR0
  304. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 0 Support "
  305. depends on IT8712
  306. help
  307. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 0 (SCR0) on the Integrated
  308. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  309. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  310. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  311. config IT8172_SCR1
  312. bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 1 Support "
  313. depends on IT8712
  314. help
  315. Say Y here to support smart-card reader 1 (SCR1) on the Integrated
  316. Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
  317. <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
  318. board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
  319. config A2232
  320. tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  321. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
  322. ---help---
  323. This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
  324. Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
  325. a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
  326. each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
  327. ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
  328. for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
  329. jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
  330. This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
  331. will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
  332. "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
  333. config SGI_SNSC
  334. bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  335. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  336. help
  337. If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  338. controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  339. say Y. Otherwise, say N.
  340. config SGI_TIOCX
  341. bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  342. depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  343. help
  344. If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  345. to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  346. config SGI_MBCS
  347. tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  348. depends on SGI_TIOCX
  349. help
  350. If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  351. say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  352. source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
  353. config UNIX98_PTYS
  354. bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
  355. default y
  356. ---help---
  357. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  358. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  359. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  360. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  361. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  362. and xterms.
  363. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
  364. masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
  365. has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
  366. however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
  367. pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
  368. terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
  369. terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
  370. traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
  371. All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
  372. you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
  373. config LEGACY_PTYS
  374. bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
  375. default y
  376. ---help---
  377. A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
  378. halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
  379. a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
  380. read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
  381. terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
  382. and xterms.
  383. Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
  384. for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
  385. terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
  386. security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
  387. systems, it is safe to say N.
  388. config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
  389. int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
  390. depends on LEGACY_PTYS
  391. range 1 256
  392. default "256"
  393. ---help---
  394. The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
  395. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
  396. systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
  397. When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
  398. architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
  399. config PRINTER
  400. tristate "Parallel printer support"
  401. depends on PARPORT
  402. ---help---
  403. If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  404. box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  405. printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  406. Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  407. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  408. It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  409. (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  410. corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  411. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  412. <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
  413. If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  414. use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
  415. or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  416. how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
  417. "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  418. If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  419. macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  420. config LP_CONSOLE
  421. bool "Support for console on line printer"
  422. depends on PRINTER
  423. ---help---
  424. If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  425. can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  426. doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  427. option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  428. If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  429. busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  430. By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  431. can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  432. but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  433. If unsure, say N.
  434. config PPDEV
  435. tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  436. depends on PARPORT
  437. ---help---
  438. Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
  439. is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  440. port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  441. IDs).
  442. This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  443. It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  444. or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  445. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  446. module will be called ppdev.
  447. If unsure, say N.
  448. config TIPAR
  449. tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
  450. depends on PARPORT
  451. ---help---
  452. If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
  453. parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
  454. If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
  455. your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
  456. main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
  457. to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
  458. the device nodes, though).
  459. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  460. module will be called tipar.
  461. If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
  462. Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
  463. driver.
  464. If unsure, say N.
  465. config HVC_CONSOLE
  466. bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
  467. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  468. help
  469. pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
  470. console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
  471. which is accessed via the HMC.
  472. config HVCS
  473. tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
  474. depends on PPC_PSERIES
  475. help
  476. Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
  477. firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
  478. another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
  479. from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
  480. interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
  481. this driver.
  482. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  483. module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
  484. will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
  485. which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
  486. module.
  487. source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
  488. source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
  489. config DS1620
  490. tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  491. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  492. help
  493. Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  494. found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  495. temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  496. It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  497. It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  498. necessity.
  499. config NWBUTTON
  500. tristate "NetWinder Button"
  501. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  502. ---help---
  503. If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  504. with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  505. time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  506. times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  507. This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  508. perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  509. row.
  510. Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  511. alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  512. button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  513. down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  514. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  515. module will be called nwbutton.
  516. Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  517. below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  518. config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  519. bool "Reboot Using Button"
  520. depends on NWBUTTON
  521. help
  522. If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  523. shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  524. The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  525. but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  526. in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  527. driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  528. time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  529. config NWFLASH
  530. tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  531. depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  532. ---help---
  533. If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  534. major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  535. the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  536. flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  537. allow random users access to this device. :-)
  538. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  539. module will be called nwflash.
  540. If you're not sure, say N.
  541. config HW_RANDOM
  542. tristate "Intel/AMD/VIA HW Random Number Generator support"
  543. depends on (X86 || IA64) && PCI
  544. ---help---
  545. This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
  546. Generator hardware found on Intel i8xx-based motherboards,
  547. AMD 76x-based motherboards, and Via Nehemiah CPUs.
  548. Provides a character driver, used to read() entropy data.
  549. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  550. module will be called hw_random.
  551. If unsure, say N.
  552. config NVRAM
  553. tristate "/dev/nvram support"
  554. depends on ATARI || X86 || X86_64 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
  555. ---help---
  556. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  557. with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  558. you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  559. memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  560. and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  561. nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  562. This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  563. on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  564. change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  565. save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  566. power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  567. however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  568. should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  569. for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  570. On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  571. to be selected.
  572. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  573. module will be called nvram.
  574. config RTC
  575. tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  576. depends on !PPC32 && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K
  577. ---help---
  578. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  579. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  580. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  581. into your computer.
  582. Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  583. signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  584. as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  585. /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  586. /dev/rtc.
  587. If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  588. "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  589. and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  590. If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  591. sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  592. for details.
  593. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  594. module will be called rtc.
  595. config SGI_DS1286
  596. tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
  597. depends on SGI_IP22
  598. help
  599. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  600. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  601. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  602. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  603. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  604. /dev/rtc.
  605. config SGI_IP27_RTC
  606. bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
  607. depends on SGI_IP27
  608. help
  609. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  610. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  611. will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
  612. Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
  613. via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  614. /dev/rtc.
  615. config GEN_RTC
  616. tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
  617. depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM
  618. ---help---
  619. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  620. major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  621. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  622. into your computer.
  623. It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  624. behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  625. "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  626. for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  627. precision in some cases.
  628. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  629. module will be called genrtc.
  630. config GEN_RTC_X
  631. bool "Extended RTC operation"
  632. depends on GEN_RTC
  633. help
  634. Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  635. and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  636. config EFI_RTC
  637. bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  638. depends on IA64
  639. config DS1302
  640. tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  641. depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  642. help
  643. If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  644. major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  645. will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  646. into your computer.
  647. config S3C2410_RTC
  648. bool "S3C2410 RTC Driver"
  649. depends on ARCH_S3C2410
  650. help
  651. RTC (Realtime Clock) driver for the clock inbuilt into the
  652. Samsung S3C2410. This can provide periodic interrupt rates
  653. from 1Hz to 64Hz for user programs, and wakeup from Alarm.
  654. config RTC_VR41XX
  655. tristate "NEC VR4100 series Real Time Clock Support"
  656. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  657. config COBALT_LCD
  658. bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
  659. depends on MIPS_COBALT
  660. help
  661. This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
  662. on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
  663. config DTLK
  664. tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
  665. help
  666. This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  667. manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
  668. called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  669. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  670. module will be called dtlk.
  671. config R3964
  672. tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  673. ---help---
  674. This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  675. Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  676. hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  677. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  678. module will be called n_r3964.
  679. If unsure, say N.
  680. config APPLICOM
  681. tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  682. depends on PCI
  683. ---help---
  684. This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  685. fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  686. about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  687. <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  688. <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  689. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  690. module will be called applicom.
  691. If unsure, say N.
  692. config SONYPI
  693. tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  694. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  695. ---help---
  696. This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  697. Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  698. If you have one of those laptops, read
  699. <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
  700. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  701. module will be called sonypi.
  702. config TANBAC_TB0219
  703. tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
  704. depends TANBAC_TB0229
  705. menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
  706. config FTAPE
  707. tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
  708. depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
  709. ---help---
  710. If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
  711. controller, say Y here.
  712. Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
  713. "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
  714. controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
  715. controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
  716. If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
  717. Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
  718. FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
  719. Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
  720. appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
  721. below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
  722. channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
  723. If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
  724. please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
  725. The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
  726. module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  727. module will be called ftape.
  728. Note that the Ftape-HOWTO is out of date (sorry) and documents the
  729. older version 2.08 of this software but still contains useful
  730. information. There is a web page with more recent documentation at
  731. <http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/>. This page
  732. always contains the latest release of the ftape driver and useful
  733. information (backup software, ftape related patches and
  734. documentation, FAQ). Note that the file system interface has
  735. changed quite a bit compared to previous versions of ftape. Please
  736. read <file:Documentation/ftape.txt>.
  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. help
  766. Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  767. Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  768. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
  769. config GPIO_VR41XX
  770. tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
  771. depends on CPU_VR41XX
  772. config RAW_DRIVER
  773. tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
  774. help
  775. The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  776. Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
  777. See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
  778. The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
  779. Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
  780. with the O_DIRECT flag.
  781. config HPET
  782. bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  783. default n
  784. depends on ACPI
  785. help
  786. If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
  787. open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
  788. non-periodioc and/or periodic.
  789. config HPET_RTC_IRQ
  790. bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
  791. default n
  792. depends on HPET
  793. help
  794. If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
  795. is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
  796. the HPET timers.
  797. config HPET_MMAP
  798. bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  799. default y
  800. depends on HPET
  801. help
  802. If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  803. the HPET registers.
  804. In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  805. registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  806. exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
  807. say N here.
  808. config MAX_RAW_DEVS
  809. int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
  810. depends on RAW_DRIVER
  811. default "256"
  812. help
  813. The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  814. Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  815. raw devices.
  816. config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  817. tristate "Hangcheck timer"
  818. depends on X86_64 || X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || ARCH_S390
  819. help
  820. The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  821. out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
  822. or merely print a warning.
  823. config MMTIMER
  824. tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  825. depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  826. default y
  827. help
  828. The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  829. Altix system timer.
  830. source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
  831. endmenu