| Greg Kroah-Hartman | bdcffc5 | 2011-02-22 15:41:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config VT | 
 | 2 | 	bool "Virtual terminal" if EXPERT | 
 | 3 | 	depends on !S390 | 
 | 4 | 	select INPUT | 
 | 5 | 	default y | 
 | 6 | 	---help--- | 
 | 7 | 	  If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with | 
 | 8 | 	  display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you | 
 | 9 | 	  can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on | 
 | 10 | 	  one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one | 
 | 11 | 	  virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another | 
 | 12 | 	  one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run | 
 | 13 | 	  an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals | 
 | 14 | 	  is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>. | 
 | 15 |  | 
 | 16 | 	  The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the | 
 | 17 | 	  properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The | 
 | 18 | 	  man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special | 
 | 19 | 	  character sequences that can be used to change those properties | 
 | 20 | 	  directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with | 
 | 21 | 	  the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined | 
 | 22 | 	  with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command. | 
 | 23 |  | 
 | 24 | 	  You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use | 
 | 25 | 	  of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an | 
 | 26 | 	  embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some | 
 | 27 | 	  memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial | 
 | 28 | 	  or network connection. | 
 | 29 |  | 
 | 30 | 	  If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new | 
 | 31 | 	  shiny Linux system :-) | 
 | 32 |  | 
 | 33 | config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS | 
 | 34 | 	depends on VT | 
 | 35 | 	default y | 
 | 36 | 	bool "Enable character translations in console" if EXPERT | 
 | 37 | 	---help--- | 
 | 38 | 	  This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation | 
 | 39 | 	  on virtual consoles. | 
 | 40 |  | 
 | 41 | config VT_CONSOLE | 
 | 42 | 	bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EXPERT | 
 | 43 | 	depends on VT | 
 | 44 | 	default y | 
 | 45 | 	---help--- | 
 | 46 | 	  The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages | 
 | 47 | 	  and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you | 
 | 48 | 	  answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with | 
 | 49 | 	  a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most | 
 | 50 | 	  common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want | 
 | 51 | 	  the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case | 
 | 52 | 	  you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below). | 
 | 53 |  | 
 | 54 | 	  If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual | 
 | 55 | 	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change | 
 | 56 | 	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which | 
 | 57 | 	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man | 
 | 58 | 	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or | 
 | 59 | 	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) | 
 | 60 |  | 
 | 61 | 	  If unsure, say Y. | 
 | 62 |  | 
 | 63 | config HW_CONSOLE | 
 | 64 | 	bool | 
 | 65 | 	depends on VT && !S390 && !UML | 
 | 66 | 	default y | 
 | 67 |  | 
 | 68 | config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING | 
 | 69 |        bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" | 
 | 70 |        depends on HW_CONSOLE | 
 | 71 |        default n | 
 | 72 |        ---help--- | 
 | 73 |          The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical | 
 | 74 |          terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one | 
 | 75 |          console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console | 
 | 76 |          drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than | 
 | 77 |          1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to | 
 | 78 |          select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the | 
 | 79 |          virtual terminals. | 
 | 80 |  | 
 | 81 | 	 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more | 
 | 82 | 	 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to | 
 | 83 | 	 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. | 
 | 84 |  | 
 | 85 | config UNIX98_PTYS | 
 | 86 | 	bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT | 
 | 87 | 	default y | 
 | 88 | 	---help--- | 
 | 89 | 	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
 | 90 | 	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
 | 91 | 	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
 | 92 | 	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
 | 93 | 	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
 | 94 | 	  and xterms. | 
 | 95 |  | 
 | 96 | 	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for | 
 | 97 | 	  masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme | 
 | 98 | 	  has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, | 
 | 99 | 	  however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a | 
 | 100 | 	  pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo | 
 | 101 | 	  terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo | 
 | 102 | 	  terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was | 
 | 103 | 	  traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. | 
 | 104 |  | 
 | 105 | 	  All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless | 
 | 106 | 	  you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. | 
 | 107 |  | 
 | 108 | config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES | 
 | 109 | 	bool "Support multiple instances of devpts" | 
 | 110 | 	depends on UNIX98_PTYS | 
 | 111 | 	default n | 
 | 112 | 	---help--- | 
 | 113 | 	  Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem. | 
 | 114 | 	  If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers), | 
 | 115 | 	  say Y here.  Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts | 
 | 116 | 	  filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an | 
 | 117 | 	  independent PTY namespace. | 
 | 118 |  | 
 | 119 | config LEGACY_PTYS | 
 | 120 | 	bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" | 
 | 121 | 	default y | 
 | 122 | 	---help--- | 
 | 123 | 	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
 | 124 | 	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
 | 125 | 	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
 | 126 | 	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
 | 127 | 	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
 | 128 | 	  and xterms. | 
 | 129 |  | 
 | 130 | 	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx | 
 | 131 | 	  for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo | 
 | 132 | 	  terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including | 
 | 133 | 	  security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most | 
 | 134 | 	  systems, it is safe to say N. | 
 | 135 |  | 
 | 136 |  | 
 | 137 | config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT | 
 | 138 | 	int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" | 
 | 139 | 	depends on LEGACY_PTYS | 
 | 140 | 	range 0 256 | 
 | 141 | 	default "256" | 
 | 142 | 	---help--- | 
 | 143 | 	  The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. | 
 | 144 | 	  The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded | 
 | 145 | 	  systems may want to reduce this to save memory. | 
 | 146 |  | 
 | 147 | 	  When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit | 
 | 148 | 	  architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. | 
 | 149 |  | 
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | a6afd9f | 2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | config BFIN_JTAG_COMM | 
 | 151 | 	tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication" | 
 | 152 | 	depends on BLACKFIN | 
 | 153 | 	help | 
 | 154 | 	  Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG. | 
 | 155 |  | 
 | 156 | 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
 | 157 | 	  module will be called bfin_jtag_comm. | 
 | 158 |  | 
 | 159 | config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE | 
 | 160 | 	bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG" | 
 | 161 | 	depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y | 
 | 162 |  | 
 | 163 | config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
 | 164 | 	bool "Non-standard serial port support" | 
 | 165 | 	depends on HAS_IOMEM | 
 | 166 | 	---help--- | 
 | 167 | 	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards | 
 | 168 | 	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. | 
 | 169 | 	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, | 
 | 170 | 	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many | 
 | 171 | 	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in | 
 | 172 | 	  connections. | 
 | 173 |  | 
 | 174 | 	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | 
 | 175 | 	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | 
 | 176 | 	  the questions about non-standard serial boards. | 
 | 177 |  | 
 | 178 | 	  Most people can say N here. | 
 | 179 |  | 
 | 180 | config ROCKETPORT | 
 | 181 | 	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support" | 
 | 182 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
 | 183 | 	help | 
 | 184 | 	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.    | 
 | 185 |           These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or | 
 | 186 |           modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards | 
 | 187 |           and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>. | 
 | 188 |  | 
 | 189 | 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
 | 190 | 	  module will be called rocket. | 
 | 191 |  | 
 | 192 | 	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If | 
 | 193 |           you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N. | 
 | 194 |  | 
 | 195 | config CYCLADES | 
 | 196 | 	tristate "Cyclades async mux support" | 
 | 197 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) | 
 | 198 | 	select FW_LOADER | 
 | 199 | 	---help--- | 
 | 200 | 	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. | 
 | 201 | 	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to | 
 | 202 | 	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. | 
 | 203 |  | 
 | 204 | 	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read | 
 | 205 | 	  <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>. | 
 | 206 |  | 
 | 207 | 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
 | 208 | 	  module will be called cyclades. | 
 | 209 |  | 
 | 210 | 	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N. | 
 | 211 |  | 
 | 212 | config CYZ_INTR | 
 | 213 | 	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
 | 214 | 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES | 
 | 215 | 	help | 
 | 216 | 	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op | 
 | 217 | 	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check | 
 | 218 | 	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time | 
 | 219 | 	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt | 
 | 220 | 	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the | 
 | 221 | 	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If | 
 | 222 | 	  unsure, say N. | 
 | 223 |  | 
 | 224 | config MOXA_INTELLIO | 
 | 225 | 	tristate "Moxa Intellio support" | 
 | 226 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
 | 227 | 	select FW_LOADER | 
 | 228 | 	help | 
 | 229 | 	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card. | 
 | 230 |  | 
 | 231 | 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
 | 232 | 	  module will be called moxa. | 
 | 233 |  | 
 | 234 | config MOXA_SMARTIO | 
 | 235 | 	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0" | 
 | 236 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) | 
 | 237 | 	help | 
 | 238 | 	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or | 
 | 239 | 	  want to help develop a new version of this driver. | 
 | 240 |  | 
 | 241 | 	  This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with | 
 | 242 | 	  changes finally resulting in PCI probing. | 
 | 243 |  | 
 | 244 | 	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called | 
 | 245 | 	  mxser. If you want to do that, say M here. | 
 | 246 |  | 
 | 247 | config SYNCLINK | 
 | 248 | 	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support" | 
 | 249 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API | 
 | 250 | 	help | 
 | 251 | 	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial | 
 | 252 | 	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit | 
 | 253 | 	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter). | 
 | 254 |  | 
 | 255 | 	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
 | 256 | 	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
 | 257 | 	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M | 
 | 258 | 	  here. | 
 | 259 |  | 
 | 260 | config SYNCLINKMP | 
 | 261 | 	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support" | 
 | 262 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
 | 263 | 	help | 
 | 264 | 	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports) | 
 | 265 | 	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up | 
 | 266 | 	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for | 
 | 267 | 	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21 | 
 | 268 |  | 
 | 269 | 	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
 | 270 | 	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
 | 271 | 	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M | 
 | 272 | 	  here. | 
 | 273 |  | 
 | 274 | config SYNCLINK_GT | 
 | 275 | 	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support" | 
 | 276 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
 | 277 | 	help | 
 | 278 | 	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of | 
 | 279 | 	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters | 
 | 280 | 	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com) | 
 | 281 |  | 
 | 282 | config NOZOMI | 
 | 283 | 	tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter" | 
 | 284 | 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL | 
 | 285 | 	help | 
 | 286 | 	  If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card - | 
 | 287 | 	  Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here. | 
 | 288 |  | 
 | 289 | 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module | 
 | 290 | 	  will be called nozomi. | 
 | 291 |  | 
 | 292 | config ISI | 
 | 293 | 	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
 | 294 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
 | 295 | 	select FW_LOADER | 
 | 296 | 	help | 
 | 297 | 	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several | 
 | 298 | 	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be | 
 | 299 | 	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom. | 
 | 300 | 	  If you want to do that, choose M here. | 
 | 301 |  | 
 | 302 | config N_HDLC | 
 | 303 | 	tristate "HDLC line discipline support" | 
 | 304 | 	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
 | 305 | 	help | 
 | 306 | 	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that | 
 | 307 | 	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter. | 
 | 308 |  | 
 | 309 | 	  This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
 | 310 | 	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
 | 311 | 	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M | 
 | 312 | 	  here. | 
 | 313 |  | 
 | 314 | config N_GSM | 
 | 315 | 	tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
 | 316 | 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL | 
 | 317 | 	depends on NET | 
 | 318 | 	help | 
 | 319 | 	  This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and | 
 | 320 | 	  presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices. | 
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | bdcffc5 | 2011-02-22 15:41:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 321 |  | 
| Eric Holmberg | 8ed30f2 | 2012-05-10 19:16:51 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 322 | config N_SMUX | 
 | 323 | 	tristate "SMUX line discipline support" | 
 | 324 | 	depends on NET && SERIAL_MSM_HS | 
 | 325 | 	help | 
 | 326 | 	  This line discipline provides support for the Serial MUX protocol | 
 | 327 | 	  and provides a TTY and kernel API for multiple logical channels. | 
 | 328 |  | 
 | 329 | config N_SMUX_LOOPBACK | 
 | 330 | 	tristate "SMUX line discipline loopback support" | 
 | 331 | 	depends on N_SMUX | 
 | 332 | 	help | 
 | 333 | 	  Provides loopback and unit testing support for the Serial MUX Protocol. | 
 | 334 |  | 
| Eric Holmberg | 9fff887 | 2012-05-10 19:20:27 -0600 | [diff] [blame^] | 335 | config SMUX_CTL | 
 | 336 | 	tristate "SMUX control driver" | 
 | 337 | 	depends on N_SMUX | 
 | 338 | 	help | 
 | 339 | 	  Support for SMUX control driver on top of serial MUX. | 
 | 340 |  | 
| J Freyensee | ee4f6b4 | 2011-05-06 16:56:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 341 | config TRACE_ROUTER | 
 | 342 | 	tristate "Trace data router for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard" | 
 | 343 | 	depends on TRACE_SINK | 
 | 344 | 	default n | 
 | 345 | 	help | 
 | 346 | 	  The trace router uses the Linux tty line discipline framework to | 
 | 347 | 	  route trace data coming from a tty port (say UART for example) to | 
 | 348 | 	  the trace sink line discipline driver and to another tty port (say | 
 | 349 | 	  USB). This is part of a solution for the MIPI P1149.7, compact JTAG, | 
 | 350 | 	  standard, which is for debugging mobile devices. The PTI driver in | 
 | 351 | 	  drivers/misc/pti.c defines the majority of this MIPI solution. | 
 | 352 |  | 
 | 353 | 	  You should select this driver if the target kernel is meant for | 
 | 354 | 	  a mobile device containing a modem.  Then you will need to select | 
 | 355 | 	  "Trace data sink for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard" line discipline | 
 | 356 | 	  driver. | 
 | 357 |  | 
 | 358 | config TRACE_SINK | 
 | 359 | 	tristate "Trace data sink for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard" | 
 | 360 | 	default n | 
 | 361 | 	help | 
 | 362 | 	  The trace sink uses the Linux line discipline framework to receive | 
 | 363 | 	  trace data coming from the trace router line discipline driver | 
 | 364 | 	  to a user-defined tty port target, like USB. | 
 | 365 | 	  This is to provide a way to extract modem trace data on | 
 | 366 | 	  devices that do not have a PTI HW module, or just need modem | 
 | 367 | 	  trace data to come out of a different HW output port. | 
 | 368 | 	  This is part of a solution for the P1149.7, compact JTAG, standard. | 
 | 369 |  | 
 | 370 | 	  If you select this option, you need to select | 
 | 371 | 	  "Trace data router for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard". |