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|  | 2 | menu "Character Devices" | 
|  | 3 |  | 
|  | 4 | config STDERR_CONSOLE | 
|  | 5 | bool "stderr console" | 
|  | 6 | default y | 
|  | 7 | help | 
|  | 8 | console driver which dumps all printk messages to stderr. | 
|  | 9 |  | 
|  | 10 | config STDIO_CONSOLE | 
|  | 11 | bool | 
|  | 12 | default y | 
|  | 13 |  | 
|  | 14 | config SSL | 
|  | 15 | bool "Virtual serial line" | 
|  | 16 | help | 
|  | 17 | The User-Mode Linux environment allows you to create virtual serial | 
|  | 18 | lines on the UML that are usually made to show up on the host as | 
|  | 19 | ttys or ptys. | 
|  | 20 |  | 
|  | 21 | See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/input.html> for more | 
|  | 22 | information and command line examples of how to use this facility. | 
|  | 23 |  | 
|  | 24 | Unless you have a specific reason for disabling this, say Y. | 
|  | 25 |  | 
|  | 26 | config NULL_CHAN | 
|  | 27 | bool "null channel support" | 
|  | 28 | help | 
|  | 29 | This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial | 
|  | 30 | lines to a device similar to /dev/null.  Data written to it disappears | 
|  | 31 | and there is never any data to be read. | 
|  | 32 |  | 
|  | 33 | config PORT_CHAN | 
|  | 34 | bool "port channel support" | 
|  | 35 | help | 
|  | 36 | This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial | 
|  | 37 | lines to host portals.  They may be accessed with 'telnet <host> | 
|  | 38 | <port number>'.  Any number of consoles and serial lines may be | 
|  | 39 | attached to a single portal, although what UML device you get when | 
|  | 40 | you telnet to that portal will be unpredictable. | 
|  | 41 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. | 
|  | 42 |  | 
|  | 43 | config PTY_CHAN | 
|  | 44 | bool "pty channel support" | 
|  | 45 | help | 
|  | 46 | This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial | 
|  | 47 | lines to host pseudo-terminals.  Access to both traditional | 
|  | 48 | pseudo-terminals (/dev/pty*) and pts pseudo-terminals are controlled | 
|  | 49 | with this option.  The assignment of UML devices to host devices | 
|  | 50 | will be announced in the kernel message log. | 
|  | 51 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. | 
|  | 52 |  | 
|  | 53 | config TTY_CHAN | 
|  | 54 | bool "tty channel support" | 
|  | 55 | help | 
|  | 56 | This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial | 
|  | 57 | lines to host terminals.  Access to both virtual consoles | 
|  | 58 | (/dev/tty*) and the slave side of pseudo-terminals (/dev/ttyp* and | 
|  | 59 | /dev/pts/*) are controlled by this option. | 
|  | 60 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. | 
|  | 61 |  | 
|  | 62 | config XTERM_CHAN | 
|  | 63 | bool "xterm channel support" | 
|  | 64 | help | 
|  | 65 | This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial | 
|  | 66 | lines to xterms.  Each UML device so assigned will be brought up in | 
|  | 67 | its own xterm. | 
|  | 68 | If you disable this option, then CONFIG_PT_PROXY will be disabled as | 
|  | 69 | well, since UML's gdb currently requires an xterm. | 
|  | 70 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. | 
|  | 71 |  | 
|  | 72 | config NOCONFIG_CHAN | 
|  | 73 | bool | 
|  | 74 | default !(XTERM_CHAN && TTY_CHAN && PTY_CHAN && PORT_CHAN && NULL_CHAN) | 
|  | 75 |  | 
|  | 76 | config CON_ZERO_CHAN | 
|  | 77 | string "Default main console channel initialization" | 
|  | 78 | default "fd:0,fd:1" | 
|  | 79 | help | 
|  | 80 | This is the string describing the channel to which the main console | 
|  | 81 | will be attached by default.  This value can be overridden from the | 
|  | 82 | command line.  The default value is "fd:0,fd:1", which attaches the | 
|  | 83 | main console to stdin and stdout. | 
|  | 84 | It is safe to leave this unchanged. | 
|  | 85 |  | 
|  | 86 | config CON_CHAN | 
|  | 87 | string "Default console channel initialization" | 
|  | 88 | default "xterm" | 
|  | 89 | help | 
|  | 90 | This is the string describing the channel to which all consoles | 
|  | 91 | except the main console will be attached by default.  This value can | 
|  | 92 | be overridden from the command line.  The default value is "xterm", | 
|  | 93 | which brings them up in xterms. | 
|  | 94 | It is safe to leave this unchanged, although you may wish to change | 
|  | 95 | this if you expect the UML that you build to be run in environments | 
|  | 96 | which don't have X or xterm available. | 
|  | 97 |  | 
|  | 98 | config SSL_CHAN | 
|  | 99 | string "Default serial line channel initialization" | 
|  | 100 | default "pty" | 
|  | 101 | help | 
|  | 102 | This is the string describing the channel to which the serial lines | 
|  | 103 | will be attached by default.  This value can be overridden from the | 
|  | 104 | command line.  The default value is "pty", which attaches them to | 
|  | 105 | traditional pseudo-terminals. | 
|  | 106 | It is safe to leave this unchanged, although you may wish to change | 
|  | 107 | this if you expect the UML that you build to be run in environments | 
|  | 108 | which don't have a set of /dev/pty* devices. | 
|  | 109 |  | 
|  | 110 | config UNIX98_PTYS | 
|  | 111 | bool "Unix98 PTY support" | 
|  | 112 | ---help--- | 
|  | 113 | A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
|  | 114 | halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
|  | 115 | a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
|  | 116 | read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
|  | 117 | terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
|  | 118 | and xterms. | 
|  | 119 |  | 
|  | 120 | Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for | 
|  | 121 | masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme | 
|  | 122 | has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, | 
|  | 123 | however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a | 
|  | 124 | pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo | 
|  | 125 | terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo | 
|  | 126 | terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was | 
|  | 127 | traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. | 
|  | 128 |  | 
|  | 129 | All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless | 
|  | 130 | you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. | 
|  | 131 |  | 
|  | 132 | config LEGACY_PTYS | 
|  | 133 | bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" | 
|  | 134 | default y | 
|  | 135 | ---help--- | 
|  | 136 | A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
|  | 137 | halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
|  | 138 | a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
|  | 139 | read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
|  | 140 | terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
|  | 141 | and xterms. | 
|  | 142 |  | 
|  | 143 | Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx | 
|  | 144 | for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo | 
|  | 145 | terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including | 
|  | 146 | security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most | 
|  | 147 | systems, it is safe to say N. | 
|  | 148 |  | 
|  | 149 |  | 
|  | 150 | config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT | 
|  | 151 | int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" | 
|  | 152 | depends on LEGACY_PTYS | 
|  | 153 | default "256" | 
|  | 154 | ---help--- | 
|  | 155 | The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. | 
|  | 156 | The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded | 
|  | 157 | systems may want to reduce this to save memory. | 
|  | 158 |  | 
|  | 159 | When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit | 
|  | 160 | architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. | 
|  | 161 |  | 
|  | 162 | config WATCHDOG | 
|  | 163 | bool "Watchdog Timer Support" | 
|  | 164 |  | 
|  | 165 | config WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT | 
|  | 166 | bool "Disable watchdog shutdown on close" | 
|  | 167 | depends on WATCHDOG | 
|  | 168 |  | 
|  | 169 | config SOFT_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 170 | tristate "Software Watchdog" | 
|  | 171 | depends on WATCHDOG | 
|  | 172 |  | 
|  | 173 | config UML_WATCHDOG | 
|  | 174 | tristate "UML watchdog" | 
|  | 175 | depends on WATCHDOG | 
|  | 176 |  | 
|  | 177 | config UML_SOUND | 
|  | 178 | tristate "Sound support" | 
|  | 179 | help | 
|  | 180 | This option enables UML sound support.  If enabled, it will pull in | 
|  | 181 | soundcore and the UML hostaudio relay, which acts as a intermediary | 
|  | 182 | between the host's dsp and mixer devices and the UML sound system. | 
|  | 183 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. | 
|  | 184 |  | 
|  | 185 | config SOUND | 
|  | 186 | tristate | 
|  | 187 | default UML_SOUND | 
|  | 188 |  | 
|  | 189 | config HOSTAUDIO | 
|  | 190 | tristate | 
|  | 191 | default UML_SOUND | 
|  | 192 |  | 
|  | 193 | config UML_RANDOM | 
|  | 194 | tristate "Hardware random number generator" | 
|  | 195 | help | 
|  | 196 | This option enables UML's "hardware" random number generator.  It | 
|  | 197 | attaches itself to the host's /dev/random, supplying as much entropy | 
|  | 198 | as the host has, rather than the small amount the UML gets from its | 
|  | 199 | own drivers.  It registers itself as a standard hardware random number | 
|  | 200 | generator, major 10, minor 183, and the canonical device name is | 
|  | 201 | /dev/hwrng. | 
|  | 202 | The way to make use of this is to install the rng-tools package | 
|  | 203 | (check your distro, or download from | 
|  | 204 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/).  rngd periodically reads | 
|  | 205 | /dev/hwrng and injects the entropy into /dev/random. | 
|  | 206 |  | 
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|  | 208 | tristate "iomem emulation driver" | 
|  | 209 | help | 
|  | 210 | This driver allows a host file to be used as emulated IO memory inside | 
|  | 211 | UML. | 
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