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- #
- # Character device configuration
- #
- menu "Character devices"
- config VT
- bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
- select INPUT
- default y if !VIOCONS
- ---help---
- If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
- display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
- can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
- one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
- virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
- one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
- an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
- is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
- The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
- properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
- man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
- character sequences that can be used to change those properties
- directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
- the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
- with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
- You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
- of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
- embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
- memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
- or network connection.
- If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
- shiny Linux system :-)
- config VT_CONSOLE
- bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
- depends on VT
- default y
- ---help---
- The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
- and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
- answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
- a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
- common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
- the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
- you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
- If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
- terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
- that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
- would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
- bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
- loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
- If unsure, say Y.
- config HW_CONSOLE
- bool
- depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
- default y
- config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
- bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
- depends on HW_CONSOLE
- default n
- ---help---
- The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
- terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
- console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
- drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
- 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
- select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
- virtual terminals.
- See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
- information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
- <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
- config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- bool "Non-standard serial port support"
- ---help---
- Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
- which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
- This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
- Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
- serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
- connections.
- Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
- kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
- the questions about non-standard serial boards.
- Most people can say N here.
- config COMPUTONE
- tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- ---help---
- This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
- controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
- products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
- which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
- to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
- order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
- Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
- To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
- modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
- config ROCKETPORT
- tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
- These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
- modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
- and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called rocket.
- If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
- you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
- config CYCLADES
- tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- ---help---
- This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
- You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
- your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
- For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
- <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called cyclades.
- If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
- config CYZ_INTR
- bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
- help
- The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
- modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
- the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
- (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
- mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
- status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
- unsure, say N.
- config DIGIEPCA
- tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- ---help---
- This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
- of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
- something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
- box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
- supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
- you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
- <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called epca.
- config ESPSERIAL
- tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
- help
- This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
- port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
- <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called esp.
- If unsure, say N.
- config MOXA_INTELLIO
- tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called moxa.
- config MOXA_SMARTIO
- tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
- This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
- here.
- config ISI
- tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- select FW_LOADER
- help
- This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
- serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
- built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
- If you want to do that, choose M here.
- config SYNCLINK
- tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
- help
- Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
- adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
- synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
- This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
- here.
- config SYNCLINKMP
- tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
- serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
- to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
- RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
- This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
- here.
- config SYNCLINK_GT
- tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
- help
- Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
- synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
- manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
- config N_HDLC
- tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
- support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
- This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
- here.
- config RISCOM8
- tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
- help
- This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
- which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
- this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
- in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
- say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
- Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
- loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
- config SPECIALIX
- tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
- ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
- would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
- your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
- If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
- <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
- and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
- called specialix.
- config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
- bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
- depends on SPECIALIX
- help
- The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
- say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
- software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
- on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
- <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
- config SX
- tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
- Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
- This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
- config RIO
- tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
- drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
- information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
- There are both ISA and PCI versions.
- config RIO_OLDPCI
- bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
- depends on RIO
- help
- Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
- determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
- this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
- config STALDRV
- bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
- help
- Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
- like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
- instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
- you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
- questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
- this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
- say N.
- config STALLION
- tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
- depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
- help
- If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
- card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
- <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called stallion.
- config ISTALLION
- tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
- depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
- help
- If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
- serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
- <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called istallion.
- config AU1000_UART
- bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
- depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
- help
- If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
- to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
- config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
- bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
- depends on AU1000_UART
- help
- If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
- to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
- config A2232
- tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
- ---help---
- This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
- Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
- a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
- each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
- ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
- for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
- jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
- This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
- will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
- "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
- config SGI_SNSC
- bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
- depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
- help
- If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
- controller communication from user space (you want this!),
- say Y. Otherwise, say N.
- config SGI_TIOCX
- bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
- depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
- help
- If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
- to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
- config SGI_MBCS
- tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
- depends on SGI_TIOCX
- help
- If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
- say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
- config MSPEC
- tristate "Memory special operations driver"
- depends on IA64
- help
- If you have an ia64 and you want to enable memory special
- operations support (formerly known as fetchop), say Y here,
- otherwise say N.
- source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
- config UNIX98_PTYS
- bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
- default y
- ---help---
- A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
- halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
- a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
- read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
- terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
- and xterms.
- Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
- masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
- has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
- however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
- pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
- terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
- terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
- traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
- All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
- you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
- config LEGACY_PTYS
- bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
- default y
- ---help---
- A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
- halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
- a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
- read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
- terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
- and xterms.
- Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
- for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
- terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
- security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
- systems, it is safe to say N.
- config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
- int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
- depends on LEGACY_PTYS
- range 1 256
- default "256"
- ---help---
- The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
- The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
- systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
- When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
- architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
- config BRIQ_PANEL
- tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
- depends on PPC_CHRP
- ---help---
- The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
- tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
- If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
- must answer Y here.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called briq_panel.
- It's safe to say N here.
- config PRINTER
- tristate "Parallel printer support"
- depends on PARPORT
- ---help---
- If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
- box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
- printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
- Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
- It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
- (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
- corresponding drivers into the kernel.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
- <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
- If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
- use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
- or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
- how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
- "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
- If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
- macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
- config LP_CONSOLE
- bool "Support for console on line printer"
- depends on PRINTER
- ---help---
- If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
- can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
- doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
- option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
- If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
- busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
- By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
- can make the kernel continue when this happens,
- but it'll lose the kernel messages.
- If unsure, say N.
- config PPDEV
- tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
- depends on PARPORT
- ---help---
- Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
- is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
- port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
- IDs).
- This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
- It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
- or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called ppdev.
- If unsure, say N.
- config TIPAR
- tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
- depends on PARPORT
- ---help---
- If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
- parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
- If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
- your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
- main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
- to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
- the device nodes, though).
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called tipar.
- If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
- Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
- driver.
- If unsure, say N.
- config HVC_DRIVER
- bool
- help
- Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
- module for their backend console driver should select this option.
- It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
- is selected.
- config HVC_CONSOLE
- bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
- depends on PPC_PSERIES
- select HVC_DRIVER
- help
- pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
- console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
- which is accessed via the HMC.
- config HVC_ISERIES
- bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
- depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
- select HVC_DRIVER
- help
- iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
- config HVC_RTAS
- bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
- depends on PPC_RTAS
- select HVC_DRIVER
- help
- IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
- config HVCS
- tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
- depends on PPC_PSERIES
- help
- Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
- firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
- another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
- from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
- interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
- this driver.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
- will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
- which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
- module.
- source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
- source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
- config DS1620
- tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
- depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
- help
- Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
- found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
- temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
- It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
- It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
- necessity.
- config NWBUTTON
- tristate "NetWinder Button"
- depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
- ---help---
- If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
- with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
- time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
- times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
- This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
- perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
- row.
- Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
- alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
- button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
- down for longer than approximately five seconds.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called nwbutton.
- Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
- below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
- config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
- bool "Reboot Using Button"
- depends on NWBUTTON
- help
- If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
- shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
- The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
- but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
- in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
- driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
- time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
- config NWFLASH
- tristate "NetWinder flash support"
- depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
- ---help---
- If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
- major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
- the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
- flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
- allow random users access to this device. :-)
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called nwflash.
- If you're not sure, say N.
- source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
- config NVRAM
- tristate "/dev/nvram support"
- depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
- ---help---
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
- with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
- you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
- memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
- and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
- nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
- This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
- on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
- change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
- save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
- power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
- however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
- should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
- for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
- On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
- to be selected.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called nvram.
- config RTC
- tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
- depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
- ---help---
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
- major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
- will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
- into your computer.
- Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
- signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
- as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
- /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
- /dev/rtc.
- If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
- "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
- and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
- If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
- sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
- for details.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called rtc.
- config SGI_DS1286
- tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
- depends on SGI_IP22
- help
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
- major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
- will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
- Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
- via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
- /dev/rtc.
- config SGI_IP27_RTC
- bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
- depends on SGI_IP27
- help
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
- major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
- will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
- Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
- via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
- /dev/rtc.
- config GEN_RTC
- tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
- depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
- ---help---
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
- major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
- will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
- into your computer.
- It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
- behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
- "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
- for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
- precision in some cases.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called genrtc.
- config GEN_RTC_X
- bool "Extended RTC operation"
- depends on GEN_RTC
- help
- Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
- and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
- config EFI_RTC
- bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
- depends on IA64
- config DS1302
- tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
- depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
- help
- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
- major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
- will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
- into your computer.
- config COBALT_LCD
- bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
- depends on MIPS_COBALT
- help
- This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
- on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
- config DTLK
- tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
- help
- This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
- manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
- called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called dtlk.
- config R3964
- tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
- ---help---
- This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
- Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
- hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called n_r3964.
- If unsure, say N.
- config APPLICOM
- tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
- depends on PCI
- ---help---
- This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
- fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
- about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
- <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
- <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called applicom.
- If unsure, say N.
- config SONYPI
- tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
- ---help---
- This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
- Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
- If you have one of those laptops, read
- <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called sonypi.
- config TANBAC_TB0219
- tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
- depends TANBAC_TB022X
- select GPIO_VR41XX
- menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
- config FTAPE
- tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
- depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
- ---help---
- If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
- controller, say Y here.
- Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
- "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
- controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
- controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
- If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
- Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
- FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
- Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
- appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
- below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
- channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
- If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
- please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
- The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
- module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called ftape.
- source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
- endmenu
- source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
- source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
- source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
- config MWAVE
- tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
- depends on X86
- select SERIAL_8250
- ---help---
- The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
- kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
- support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
- and support selected world wide countries.
- This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
- 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
- The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
- (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
- The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
- the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
- <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
- If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
- in it, say Y.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called mwave.
- config SCx200_GPIO
- tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
- depends on SCx200
- select NSC_GPIO
- help
- Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
- Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
- If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
- config PC8736x_GPIO
- tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
- depends on X86
- default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
- select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
- help
- Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
- Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
- has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
- hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
- If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
- config NSC_GPIO
- tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
- depends on X86_32
- # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
- # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
- help
- Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
- pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
- modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
- config CS5535_GPIO
- tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
- depends on X86_32
- help
- Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
- CS5536 Geode companion devices.
- If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
- config GPIO_VR41XX
- tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
- depends on CPU_VR41XX
- config RAW_DRIVER
- tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
- depends on BLOCK
- help
- The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
- Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
- See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
- The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
- Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
- with the O_DIRECT flag.
- config MAX_RAW_DEVS
- int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
- depends on RAW_DRIVER
- default "256"
- help
- The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
- Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
- raw devices.
- config HPET
- bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
- default n
- depends on ACPI
- help
- If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
- open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
- non-periodioc and/or periodic.
- config HPET_RTC_IRQ
- bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
- default n
- depends on HPET
- help
- If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
- is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
- the HPET timers.
- config HPET_MMAP
- bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
- default y
- depends on HPET
- help
- If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
- the HPET registers.
- In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
- registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
- exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
- say N here.
- config HANGCHECK_TIMER
- tristate "Hangcheck timer"
- depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
- help
- The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
- out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
- or merely print a warning.
- config MMTIMER
- tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
- depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
- default y
- help
- The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
- Altix system timer.
- source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
- config TELCLOCK
- tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
- default n
- help
- The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
- allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
- configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
- across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
- sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
- files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
- endmenu
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