| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # Character device configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 |  | 
|  | 5 | menu "Character devices" | 
|  | 6 |  | 
|  | 7 | config VT | 
|  | 8 | bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | abf3ea1 | 2007-05-10 15:45:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | depends on !S390 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | select INPUT | 
| Stephen Rothwell | 4c514a5 | 2008-08-07 14:08:27 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | default y | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | ---help--- | 
|  | 13 | If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with | 
|  | 14 | display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you | 
|  | 15 | can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on | 
|  | 16 | one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one | 
|  | 17 | virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another | 
|  | 18 | one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run | 
|  | 19 | an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals | 
|  | 20 | is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>. | 
|  | 21 |  | 
|  | 22 | The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the | 
|  | 23 | properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The | 
|  | 24 | man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special | 
|  | 25 | character sequences that can be used to change those properties | 
|  | 26 | directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with | 
|  | 27 | the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined | 
|  | 28 | with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command. | 
|  | 29 |  | 
|  | 30 | You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use | 
|  | 31 | of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an | 
|  | 32 | embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some | 
|  | 33 | memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial | 
|  | 34 | or network connection. | 
|  | 35 |  | 
|  | 36 | If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new | 
|  | 37 | shiny Linux system :-) | 
|  | 38 |  | 
| David Woodhouse | a29ccf6 | 2008-06-03 14:59:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS | 
|  | 40 | depends on VT | 
|  | 41 | default y | 
|  | 42 | bool "Enable character translations in console" if EMBEDDED | 
|  | 43 | ---help--- | 
|  | 44 | This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation | 
|  | 45 | on virtual consoles. | 
|  | 46 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | config VT_CONSOLE | 
|  | 48 | bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED | 
|  | 49 | depends on VT | 
|  | 50 | default y | 
|  | 51 | ---help--- | 
|  | 52 | The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages | 
|  | 53 | and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you | 
|  | 54 | answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with | 
|  | 55 | a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most | 
|  | 56 | common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want | 
|  | 57 | the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case | 
|  | 58 | you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below). | 
|  | 59 |  | 
|  | 60 | If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual | 
|  | 61 | terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change | 
|  | 62 | that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which | 
|  | 63 | would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man | 
|  | 64 | bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or | 
|  | 65 | loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) | 
|  | 66 |  | 
|  | 67 | If unsure, say Y. | 
|  | 68 |  | 
|  | 69 | config HW_CONSOLE | 
|  | 70 | bool | 
|  | 71 | depends on VT && !S390 && !UML | 
|  | 72 | default y | 
|  | 73 |  | 
| Antonino A. Daplas | 13ae664 | 2006-06-26 00:27:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING | 
|  | 75 | bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" | 
|  | 76 | depends on HW_CONSOLE | 
|  | 77 | default n | 
|  | 78 | ---help--- | 
|  | 79 | The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical | 
|  | 80 | terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one | 
|  | 81 | console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console | 
|  | 82 | drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than | 
|  | 83 | 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to | 
|  | 84 | select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the | 
|  | 85 | virtual terminals. | 
|  | 86 |  | 
|  | 87 | See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more | 
|  | 88 | information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to | 
|  | 89 | <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. | 
|  | 90 |  | 
| Arjan van de Ven | b781ecb | 2008-04-29 00:58:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | config DEVKMEM | 
|  | 92 | bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" | 
|  | 93 | default y | 
|  | 94 | help | 
|  | 95 | Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The | 
|  | 96 | /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain | 
|  | 97 | kind of kernel debugging operations. | 
|  | 98 | When in doubt, say "N". | 
|  | 99 |  | 
| Mike Frysinger | 0b91421 | 2009-06-11 14:01:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | config BFIN_JTAG_COMM | 
|  | 101 | tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication" | 
|  | 102 | depends on BLACKFIN | 
|  | 103 | help | 
|  | 104 | Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG. | 
|  | 105 |  | 
|  | 106 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 107 | module will be called bfin_jtag_comm. | 
|  | 108 |  | 
|  | 109 | config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE | 
|  | 110 | bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG" | 
|  | 111 | depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y | 
|  | 112 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
|  | 114 | bool "Non-standard serial port support" | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | eeca7a3 | 2007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | depends on HAS_IOMEM | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | ---help--- | 
|  | 117 | Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards | 
|  | 118 | which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. | 
|  | 119 | This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, | 
|  | 120 | Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many | 
|  | 121 | serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in | 
|  | 122 | connections. | 
|  | 123 |  | 
|  | 124 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | 
|  | 125 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | 
|  | 126 | the questions about non-standard serial boards. | 
|  | 127 |  | 
|  | 128 | Most people can say N here. | 
|  | 129 |  | 
|  | 130 | config COMPUTONE | 
|  | 131 | tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support" | 
| Al Viro | 3b4709a | 2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | ---help--- | 
|  | 134 | This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus | 
|  | 135 | controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and | 
|  | 136 | products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards, | 
|  | 137 | which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this | 
|  | 138 | to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in | 
|  | 139 | order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 141 |  | 
| Roland.Kletzing | 33dda51 | 2008-06-05 22:46:04 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 143 | module will be called ip2. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 144 |  | 
|  | 145 | config ROCKETPORT | 
|  | 146 | tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support" | 
| Al Viro | 27d4171 | 2007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | help | 
|  | 149 | This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards. | 
|  | 150 | These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or | 
|  | 151 | modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 153 |  | 
|  | 154 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 155 | module will be called rocket. | 
|  | 156 |  | 
|  | 157 | If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If | 
|  | 158 | you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N. | 
|  | 159 |  | 
|  | 160 | config CYCLADES | 
|  | 161 | tristate "Cyclades async mux support" | 
| Jiri Slaby | cff9494 | 2007-05-08 00:36:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) | 
| Jiri Slaby | ee2077d | 2007-07-26 10:41:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | select FW_LOADER | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | ---help--- | 
|  | 165 | This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. | 
|  | 166 | You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to | 
|  | 167 | your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. | 
|  | 168 |  | 
|  | 169 | For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 171 |  | 
|  | 172 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 173 | module will be called cyclades. | 
|  | 174 |  | 
|  | 175 | If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N. | 
|  | 176 |  | 
|  | 177 | config CYZ_INTR | 
|  | 178 | bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
|  | 179 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES | 
|  | 180 | help | 
|  | 181 | The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op | 
|  | 182 | modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check | 
|  | 183 | the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time | 
|  | 184 | (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt | 
|  | 185 | mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the | 
|  | 186 | status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If | 
|  | 187 | unsure, say N. | 
|  | 188 |  | 
|  | 189 | config DIGIEPCA | 
|  | 190 | tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support" | 
| Alan Cox | dcbf128 | 2008-07-22 11:18:12 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | ---help--- | 
|  | 193 | This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series | 
|  | 194 | of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need | 
|  | 195 | something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux | 
|  | 196 | box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver | 
|  | 197 | supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If | 
|  | 198 | you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 199 | <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 200 |  | 
|  | 201 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 202 | module will be called epca. | 
|  | 203 |  | 
|  | 204 | config ESPSERIAL | 
|  | 205 | tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support" | 
| Alan Cox | 0fdeceb | 2009-01-02 13:46:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API && BROKEN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | help | 
|  | 208 | This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports.  Both single | 
|  | 209 | port cards and multiport cards are supported.  Make sure to read | 
|  | 210 | <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>. | 
|  | 211 |  | 
|  | 212 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 213 | module will be called esp. | 
|  | 214 |  | 
|  | 215 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 216 |  | 
|  | 217 | config MOXA_INTELLIO | 
|  | 218 | tristate "Moxa Intellio support" | 
| Al Viro | 8a02367 | 2007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Jiri Slaby | 4920916 | 2008-05-14 16:05:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | select FW_LOADER | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | help | 
|  | 222 | Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card. | 
|  | 223 |  | 
|  | 224 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 225 | module will be called moxa. | 
|  | 226 |  | 
|  | 227 | config MOXA_SMARTIO | 
| Jiri Slaby | 98c47ea | 2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0" | 
| Jiri Slaby | fb0c929 | 2006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) | 
| Jiri Slaby | 037ad48 | 2006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | help | 
|  | 231 | Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or | 
|  | 232 | want to help develop a new version of this driver. | 
|  | 233 |  | 
|  | 234 | This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with | 
|  | 235 | changes finally resulting in PCI probing. | 
|  | 236 |  | 
| Jiri Slaby | 037ad48 | 2006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called | 
| Jiri Slaby | 1c45607 | 2008-02-07 00:16:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | mxser. If you want to do that, say M here. | 
| Jiri Slaby | 037ad48 | 2006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 239 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | config ISI | 
|  | 241 | tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
| Alan Cox | 6d88972 | 2008-07-22 11:18:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
| maximilian attems | 5ff2a7e | 2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | select FW_LOADER | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | help | 
|  | 245 | This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several | 
|  | 246 | serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be | 
|  | 247 | built as a module. The module will be called isicom. | 
|  | 248 | If you want to do that, choose M here. | 
|  | 249 |  | 
|  | 250 | config SYNCLINK | 
|  | 251 | tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support" | 
| Al Viro | a553260 | 2005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | help | 
|  | 254 | Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial | 
|  | 255 | adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit | 
|  | 256 | synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter). | 
|  | 257 |  | 
|  | 258 | This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
|  | 259 | inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
|  | 260 | The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M | 
|  | 261 | here. | 
|  | 262 |  | 
|  | 263 | config SYNCLINKMP | 
|  | 264 | tristate "SyncLink Multiport support" | 
| Al Viro | 8a02367 | 2007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 266 | help | 
|  | 267 | Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports) | 
|  | 268 | serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up | 
|  | 269 | to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for | 
|  | 270 | RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21 | 
|  | 271 |  | 
|  | 272 | This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
|  | 273 | inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
|  | 274 | The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M | 
|  | 275 | here. | 
|  | 276 |  | 
| Paul Fulghum | 705b6c7 | 2006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | config SYNCLINK_GT | 
|  | 278 | tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support" | 
| Al Viro | 8ef9cf3 | 2006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 279 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI | 
| Paul Fulghum | 705b6c7 | 2006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | help | 
|  | 281 | Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of | 
|  | 282 | synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters | 
|  | 283 | manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com) | 
|  | 284 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | config N_HDLC | 
|  | 286 | tristate "HDLC line discipline support" | 
|  | 287 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
|  | 288 | help | 
|  | 289 | Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that | 
|  | 290 | support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter. | 
|  | 291 |  | 
|  | 292 | This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
|  | 293 | inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
|  | 294 | The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M | 
|  | 295 | here. | 
|  | 296 |  | 
|  | 297 | config RISCOM8 | 
|  | 298 | tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support" | 
| Alan Cox | 781cff5 | 2008-07-22 11:18:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | help | 
|  | 301 | This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card, | 
|  | 302 | which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like | 
|  | 303 | this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance | 
|  | 304 | in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 306 |  | 
|  | 307 | Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel | 
|  | 308 | loadable module; the module will be called riscom8. | 
|  | 309 |  | 
|  | 310 | config SPECIALIX | 
|  | 311 | tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support" | 
| Alan Cox | faa7612 | 2008-07-22 11:19:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | help | 
|  | 314 | This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the | 
|  | 315 | ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You | 
|  | 316 | would need something like this to connect more than two modems to | 
|  | 317 | your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. | 
|  | 318 |  | 
|  | 319 | If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say | 
|  | 321 | M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 322 | called specialix. | 
|  | 323 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | config SX | 
|  | 325 | tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support" | 
| Alan Cox | 4121459 | 2009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 326 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 327 | help | 
|  | 328 | This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards. | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 330 |  | 
|  | 331 | This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be | 
|  | 332 | inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). | 
|  | 333 | The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here. | 
|  | 334 |  | 
|  | 335 | config RIO | 
|  | 336 | tristate "Specialix RIO system support" | 
| Alan Cox | 4121459 | 2009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 337 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | help | 
|  | 339 | This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which | 
|  | 340 | drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product | 
|  | 341 | information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>. | 
|  | 342 | There are both ISA and PCI versions. | 
|  | 343 |  | 
|  | 344 | config RIO_OLDPCI | 
|  | 345 | bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards" | 
|  | 346 | depends on RIO | 
|  | 347 | help | 
|  | 348 | Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to | 
|  | 349 | determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and | 
|  | 350 | this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y. | 
|  | 351 |  | 
|  | 352 | config STALDRV | 
|  | 353 | bool "Stallion multiport serial support" | 
|  | 354 | depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD | 
|  | 355 | help | 
|  | 356 | Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something | 
|  | 357 | like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for | 
|  | 358 | instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here, | 
|  | 359 | you will be asked for your specific card model in the next | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 360 | questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt> | 
|  | 361 | in this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 362 | say N. | 
|  | 363 |  | 
|  | 364 | config STALLION | 
|  | 365 | tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support" | 
| Alan Cox | d18a750 | 2008-10-13 10:40:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | help | 
|  | 368 | If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion | 
|  | 369 | card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 371 |  | 
|  | 372 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 373 | module will be called stallion. | 
|  | 374 |  | 
|  | 375 | config ISTALLION | 
|  | 376 | tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support" | 
| Alan Cox | d18a750 | 2008-10-13 10:40:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | help | 
|  | 379 | If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion | 
|  | 380 | serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read | 
| Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 382 |  | 
|  | 383 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 384 | module will be called istallion. | 
|  | 385 |  | 
| Frank Seidel | 20fd1e3 | 2007-11-09 14:49:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | config NOZOMI | 
|  | 387 | tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter" | 
|  | 388 | depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL | 
|  | 389 | help | 
|  | 390 | If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card - | 
|  | 391 | Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here. | 
|  | 392 |  | 
|  | 393 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module | 
|  | 394 | will be called nozomi. | 
|  | 395 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 396 | config A2232 | 
|  | 397 | tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
| Alan Cox | 4121459 | 2009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 398 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | ---help--- | 
|  | 400 | This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the | 
|  | 401 | Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At | 
|  | 402 | a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip | 
|  | 403 | each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The | 
|  | 404 | ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket, | 
|  | 405 | for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had | 
|  | 406 | jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations. | 
|  | 407 |  | 
|  | 408 | This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial" | 
|  | 409 | will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before | 
|  | 410 | "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here. | 
|  | 411 |  | 
|  | 412 | config SGI_SNSC | 
|  | 413 | bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support" | 
|  | 414 | depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) | 
|  | 415 | help | 
|  | 416 | If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system | 
|  | 417 | controller communication from user space (you want this!), | 
|  | 418 | say Y.  Otherwise, say N. | 
|  | 419 |  | 
| Bruce Losure | e1e1974 | 2005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | config SGI_TIOCX | 
|  | 421 | bool "SGI TIO CX driver support" | 
|  | 422 | depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) | 
|  | 423 | help | 
|  | 424 | If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached | 
|  | 425 | to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N. | 
|  | 426 |  | 
|  | 427 | config SGI_MBCS | 
|  | 428 | tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support" | 
| Bruce Losure | ae40aae | 2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 429 | depends on SGI_TIOCX | 
| Bruce Losure | e1e1974 | 2005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 430 | help | 
|  | 431 | If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick | 
|  | 432 | say Y or M here, otherwise say N. | 
|  | 433 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | source "drivers/serial/Kconfig" | 
|  | 435 |  | 
|  | 436 | config UNIX98_PTYS | 
|  | 437 | bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED | 
|  | 438 | default y | 
|  | 439 | ---help--- | 
|  | 440 | A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
|  | 441 | halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
|  | 442 | a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
|  | 443 | read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
|  | 444 | terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
|  | 445 | and xterms. | 
|  | 446 |  | 
|  | 447 | Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for | 
|  | 448 | masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme | 
|  | 449 | has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, | 
|  | 450 | however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a | 
|  | 451 | pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo | 
|  | 452 | terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo | 
|  | 453 | terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was | 
|  | 454 | traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. | 
|  | 455 |  | 
|  | 456 | All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless | 
|  | 457 | you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. | 
|  | 458 |  | 
| Sukadev Bhattiprolu | e4adca2 | 2009-01-02 13:41:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES | 
|  | 460 | bool "Support multiple instances of devpts" | 
|  | 461 | depends on UNIX98_PTYS | 
|  | 462 | default n | 
|  | 463 | ---help--- | 
|  | 464 | Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem. | 
|  | 465 | If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers), | 
|  | 466 | say Y here.  Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts | 
|  | 467 | filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an | 
|  | 468 | independent PTY namespace. | 
|  | 469 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 470 | config LEGACY_PTYS | 
|  | 471 | bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" | 
|  | 472 | default y | 
|  | 473 | ---help--- | 
|  | 474 | A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two | 
|  | 475 | halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to | 
|  | 476 | a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to | 
|  | 477 | read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a | 
|  | 478 | terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers | 
|  | 479 | and xterms. | 
|  | 480 |  | 
|  | 481 | Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx | 
|  | 482 | for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo | 
|  | 483 | terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including | 
|  | 484 | security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most | 
|  | 485 | systems, it is safe to say N. | 
|  | 486 |  | 
|  | 487 |  | 
|  | 488 | config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT | 
|  | 489 | int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" | 
|  | 490 | depends on LEGACY_PTYS | 
| Kay Sievers | 345ee83 | 2007-11-14 23:39:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | range 0 256 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 492 | default "256" | 
|  | 493 | ---help--- | 
|  | 494 | The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. | 
|  | 495 | The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded | 
|  | 496 | systems may want to reduce this to save memory. | 
|  | 497 |  | 
|  | 498 | When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit | 
|  | 499 | architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. | 
|  | 500 |  | 
| Benjamin Herrenschmidt | a45b839 | 2006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | config BRIQ_PANEL | 
|  | 502 | tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver' | 
| Paul Mackerras | 2818c5d | 2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 503 | depends on PPC_CHRP | 
| Benjamin Herrenschmidt | a45b839 | 2006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | ---help--- | 
|  | 505 | The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a | 
|  | 506 | tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive. | 
|  | 507 |  | 
|  | 508 | If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you | 
|  | 509 | must answer Y here. | 
|  | 510 |  | 
|  | 511 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 512 | module will be called briq_panel. | 
|  | 513 |  | 
|  | 514 | It's safe to say N here. | 
|  | 515 |  | 
| Mike Frysinger | 2dc63a8 | 2008-04-25 08:04:56 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | config BFIN_OTP | 
|  | 517 | tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support" | 
|  | 518 | depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x) | 
|  | 519 | default y | 
|  | 520 | help | 
|  | 521 | If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device | 
|  | 522 | interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are | 
|  | 523 | stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access | 
|  | 524 | to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your | 
|  | 525 | own secure code and reader for that. | 
|  | 526 |  | 
|  | 527 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 528 | will be called bfin-otp. | 
|  | 529 |  | 
|  | 530 | If unsure, it is safe to say Y. | 
|  | 531 |  | 
|  | 532 | config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE | 
|  | 533 | bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages" | 
|  | 534 | depends on BFIN_OTP | 
|  | 535 | default n | 
|  | 536 | help | 
|  | 537 | If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the | 
|  | 538 | OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program | 
|  | 539 | the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually | 
|  | 540 | need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data. | 
|  | 541 |  | 
|  | 542 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 543 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 544 | config PRINTER | 
|  | 545 | tristate "Parallel printer support" | 
|  | 546 | depends on PARPORT | 
|  | 547 | ---help--- | 
|  | 548 | If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux | 
|  | 549 | box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the | 
|  | 550 | printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y. | 
|  | 551 | Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from | 
|  | 552 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. | 
|  | 553 |  | 
|  | 554 | It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices | 
|  | 555 | (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the | 
|  | 556 | corresponding drivers into the kernel. | 
|  | 557 |  | 
|  | 558 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read | 
|  | 559 | <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp. | 
|  | 560 |  | 
|  | 561 | If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to | 
|  | 562 | use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam" | 
|  | 563 | or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about | 
|  | 564 | how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the | 
|  | 565 | "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>. | 
|  | 566 |  | 
|  | 567 | If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO | 
|  | 568 | macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h. | 
|  | 569 |  | 
|  | 570 | config LP_CONSOLE | 
|  | 571 | bool "Support for console on line printer" | 
|  | 572 | depends on PRINTER | 
|  | 573 | ---help--- | 
|  | 574 | If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you | 
|  | 575 | can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for | 
|  | 576 | doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the | 
|  | 577 | option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time. | 
|  | 578 |  | 
|  | 579 | If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too | 
|  | 580 | busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again. | 
|  | 581 | By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you | 
|  | 582 | can make the kernel continue when this happens, | 
|  | 583 | but it'll lose the kernel messages. | 
|  | 584 |  | 
|  | 585 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 586 |  | 
|  | 587 | config PPDEV | 
|  | 588 | tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" | 
|  | 589 | depends on PARPORT | 
|  | 590 | ---help--- | 
|  | 591 | Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This | 
|  | 592 | is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel | 
|  | 593 | port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device | 
|  | 594 | IDs). | 
|  | 595 |  | 
|  | 596 | This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). | 
|  | 597 | It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing | 
|  | 598 | or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support. | 
|  | 599 |  | 
|  | 600 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 601 | module will be called ppdev. | 
|  | 602 |  | 
|  | 603 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 604 |  | 
| Ryan S. Arnold | 45d607e | 2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 605 | config HVC_DRIVER | 
|  | 606 | bool | 
|  | 607 | help | 
| Rusty Russell | 3e6c6f6 | 2007-10-16 23:30:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 608 | Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various | 
| Rusty Russell | 2d1df81 | 2007-10-16 23:30:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 609 | hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest). | 
| Ryan S. Arnold | 45d607e | 2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 610 | It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers | 
|  | 611 | is selected. | 
|  | 612 |  | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 611e097 | 2008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 613 | config HVC_IRQ | 
|  | 614 | bool | 
| Ryan S. Arnold | 45d607e | 2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 615 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 616 | config HVC_CONSOLE | 
|  | 617 | bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" | 
|  | 618 | depends on PPC_PSERIES | 
| Ryan S. Arnold | 45d607e | 2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 619 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 611e097 | 2008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 620 | select HVC_IRQ | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 621 | help | 
|  | 622 | pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual | 
|  | 623 | console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console | 
|  | 624 | which is accessed via the HMC. | 
|  | 625 |  | 
| Stephen Rothwell | 8bff05b | 2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 626 | config HVC_ISERIES | 
|  | 627 | bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" | 
| Stephen Rothwell | b15f792 | 2007-05-08 15:05:31 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 628 | depends on PPC_ISERIES | 
|  | 629 | default y | 
| Stephen Rothwell | 8bff05b | 2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 630 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 611e097 | 2008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 631 | select HVC_IRQ | 
| Kamalesh Babulal | d2b4397 | 2009-01-06 05:57:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 632 | select VIOPATH | 
| Stephen Rothwell | 8bff05b | 2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 633 | help | 
|  | 634 | iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console. | 
|  | 635 |  | 
| Arnd Bergmann | f4d1749 | 2006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 636 | config HVC_RTAS | 
|  | 637 | bool "IBM RTAS Console support" | 
|  | 638 | depends on PPC_RTAS | 
|  | 639 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
|  | 640 | help | 
|  | 641 | IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS | 
|  | 642 |  | 
| Ishizaki Kou | 3cdc20e | 2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 643 | config HVC_BEAT | 
|  | 644 | bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support" | 
|  | 645 | depends on PPC_CELLEB | 
|  | 646 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
|  | 647 | help | 
|  | 648 | Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver | 
|  | 649 |  | 
| Hendrik Brueckner | 44a01d5 | 2008-12-25 13:38:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 650 | config HVC_IUCV | 
|  | 651 | bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)" | 
|  | 652 | depends on S390 | 
|  | 653 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
|  | 654 | select IUCV | 
|  | 655 | default y | 
|  | 656 | help | 
|  | 657 | This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access | 
|  | 658 | a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path. | 
|  | 659 |  | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | b536b4b | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 660 | config HVC_XEN | 
|  | 661 | bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support" | 
|  | 662 | depends on XEN | 
|  | 663 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 611e097 | 2008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 664 | select HVC_IRQ | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | b536b4b | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 665 | default y | 
|  | 666 | help | 
|  | 667 | Xen virtual console device driver | 
|  | 668 |  | 
| David Gibson | d5e5491 | 2008-11-05 14:20:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 669 | config HVC_UDBG | 
|  | 670 | bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console" | 
|  | 671 | depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL | 
|  | 672 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
|  | 673 | default n | 
|  | 674 |  | 
| Rusty Russell | 3161043 | 2007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 675 | config VIRTIO_CONSOLE | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 7721c49 | 2008-07-25 12:06:06 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 676 | tristate "Virtio console" | 
|  | 677 | depends on VIRTIO | 
| Rusty Russell | 3161043 | 2007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 678 | select HVC_DRIVER | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 7721c49 | 2008-07-25 12:06:06 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 679 | help | 
|  | 680 | Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors. | 
|  | 681 |  | 
| Rusty Russell | 3161043 | 2007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 682 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 683 | config HVCS | 
|  | 684 | tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" | 
|  | 685 | depends on PPC_PSERIES | 
|  | 686 | help | 
|  | 687 | Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of | 
|  | 688 | firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by | 
|  | 689 | another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data | 
|  | 690 | from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device | 
|  | 691 | interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running | 
|  | 692 | this driver. | 
|  | 693 |  | 
|  | 694 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
| Pavel Machek | 4737f09 | 2009-06-05 00:44:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 695 | module will be called hvcs.  Additionally, this module | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 696 | will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko | 
|  | 697 | which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a | 
|  | 698 | module. | 
|  | 699 |  | 
| Sonny Rao | fe9e8d5 | 2008-07-08 15:45:11 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 700 | config IBM_BSR | 
|  | 701 | tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support" | 
|  | 702 | depends on PPC_PSERIES | 
|  | 703 | help | 
|  | 704 | This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization | 
|  | 705 | of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline | 
|  | 706 | between several cores on a system | 
|  | 707 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 708 | source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig" | 
|  | 709 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 710 | config DS1620 | 
|  | 711 | tristate "NetWinder thermometer support" | 
|  | 712 | depends on ARCH_NETWINDER | 
|  | 713 | help | 
|  | 714 | Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware | 
|  | 715 | found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the | 
|  | 716 | temperature set points and to read the current temperature. | 
|  | 717 |  | 
|  | 718 | It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620) | 
|  | 719 | It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a | 
|  | 720 | necessity. | 
|  | 721 |  | 
|  | 722 | config NWBUTTON | 
|  | 723 | tristate "NetWinder Button" | 
|  | 724 | depends on ARCH_NETWINDER | 
|  | 725 | ---help--- | 
|  | 726 | If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton | 
|  | 727 | with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every | 
|  | 728 | time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of | 
|  | 729 | times the button was pressed will be written to that device. | 
|  | 730 |  | 
|  | 731 | This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which | 
|  | 732 | perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a | 
|  | 733 | row. | 
|  | 734 |  | 
|  | 735 | Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not | 
|  | 736 | alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the | 
|  | 737 | button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held | 
|  | 738 | down for longer than approximately five seconds. | 
|  | 739 |  | 
|  | 740 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 741 | module will be called nwbutton. | 
|  | 742 |  | 
|  | 743 | Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button" | 
|  | 744 | below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button. | 
|  | 745 |  | 
|  | 746 | config NWBUTTON_REBOOT | 
|  | 747 | bool "Reboot Using Button" | 
|  | 748 | depends on NWBUTTON | 
|  | 749 | help | 
|  | 750 | If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system | 
|  | 751 | shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times. | 
|  | 752 | The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default, | 
|  | 753 | but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT | 
|  | 754 | in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the | 
|  | 755 | driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load | 
|  | 756 | time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>". | 
|  | 757 |  | 
|  | 758 | config NWFLASH | 
|  | 759 | tristate "NetWinder flash support" | 
|  | 760 | depends on ARCH_NETWINDER | 
|  | 761 | ---help--- | 
|  | 762 | If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with | 
|  | 763 | major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing | 
|  | 764 | the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the | 
|  | 765 | flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account | 
|  | 766 | allow random users access to this device. :-) | 
|  | 767 |  | 
|  | 768 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 769 | module will be called nwflash. | 
|  | 770 |  | 
|  | 771 | If you're not sure, say N. | 
|  | 772 |  | 
| Michael Buesch | 844dd05 | 2006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 773 | source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig" | 
|  | 774 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 775 | config NVRAM | 
|  | 776 | tristate "/dev/nvram support" | 
| Uwe Kleine-König | 807a96c | 2009-01-31 01:21:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 777 | depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 778 | ---help--- | 
|  | 779 | If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram | 
|  | 780 | with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), | 
|  | 781 | you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile | 
|  | 782 | memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC | 
|  | 783 | and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the | 
|  | 784 | nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC). | 
|  | 785 |  | 
|  | 786 | This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM" | 
|  | 787 | on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to | 
|  | 788 | change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently | 
|  | 789 | save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over | 
|  | 790 | power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note | 
|  | 791 | however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you | 
|  | 792 | should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list | 
|  | 793 | for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS. | 
|  | 794 |  | 
|  | 795 | On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need | 
|  | 796 | to be selected. | 
|  | 797 |  | 
|  | 798 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 799 | module will be called nvram. | 
|  | 800 |  | 
| David Brownell | c750090 | 2008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 801 | # | 
|  | 802 | # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic | 
|  | 803 | # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more. | 
|  | 804 | # | 
|  | 805 | if RTC_LIB=n | 
|  | 806 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 807 | config RTC | 
| David Brownell | e6d2bb2 | 2008-06-12 15:21:55 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 808 | tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)" | 
| David Brownell | c750090 | 2008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 809 | depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \ | 
| Mike Frysinger | 7bfa58d | 2009-06-17 16:26:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 810 | && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 811 | ---help--- | 
|  | 812 | If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with | 
|  | 813 | major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you | 
|  | 814 | will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built | 
|  | 815 | into your computer. | 
|  | 816 |  | 
|  | 817 | Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate | 
|  | 818 | signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used | 
|  | 819 | as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file | 
|  | 820 | /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on | 
|  | 821 | /dev/rtc. | 
|  | 822 |  | 
|  | 823 | If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to | 
|  | 824 | "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read | 
|  | 825 | and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion. | 
|  | 826 |  | 
|  | 827 | If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data | 
|  | 828 | sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> | 
|  | 829 | for details. | 
|  | 830 |  | 
|  | 831 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 832 | module will be called rtc. | 
|  | 833 |  | 
| Al Viro | 2240598 | 2007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 834 | config JS_RTC | 
|  | 835 | tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support" | 
|  | 836 | depends on SPARC32 && PCI | 
|  | 837 | ---help--- | 
|  | 838 | If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with | 
|  | 839 | major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you | 
|  | 840 | will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built | 
|  | 841 | into your computer. | 
|  | 842 |  | 
|  | 843 | Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate | 
|  | 844 | signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used | 
|  | 845 | as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file | 
|  | 846 | /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on | 
|  | 847 | /dev/rtc. | 
|  | 848 |  | 
|  | 849 | If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data | 
|  | 850 | sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> | 
|  | 851 | for details. | 
|  | 852 |  | 
|  | 853 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 854 | module will be called js-rtc. | 
|  | 855 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 856 | config GEN_RTC | 
|  | 857 | tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation" | 
| Mike Frysinger | 103d6d9 | 2009-01-06 14:42:10 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 858 | depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 859 | ---help--- | 
|  | 860 | If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with | 
|  | 861 | major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you | 
|  | 862 | will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built | 
|  | 863 | into your computer. | 
|  | 864 |  | 
|  | 865 | It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its | 
|  | 866 | behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the | 
|  | 867 | "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation | 
|  | 868 | for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve | 
|  | 869 | precision in some cases. | 
|  | 870 |  | 
|  | 871 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 872 | module will be called genrtc. | 
|  | 873 |  | 
|  | 874 | config GEN_RTC_X | 
|  | 875 | bool "Extended RTC operation" | 
|  | 876 | depends on GEN_RTC | 
|  | 877 | help | 
|  | 878 | Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs | 
|  | 879 | and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases. | 
|  | 880 |  | 
|  | 881 | config EFI_RTC | 
|  | 882 | bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services" | 
|  | 883 | depends on IA64 | 
|  | 884 |  | 
|  | 885 | config DS1302 | 
|  | 886 | tristate "DS1302 RTC support" | 
|  | 887 | depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT) | 
|  | 888 | help | 
|  | 889 | If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with | 
|  | 890 | major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you | 
|  | 891 | will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built | 
|  | 892 | into your computer. | 
|  | 893 |  | 
| David Brownell | c750090 | 2008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 894 | endif # RTC_LIB | 
|  | 895 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 896 | config DTLK | 
|  | 897 | tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support" | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | eeca7a3 | 2007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 898 | depends on ISA | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 899 | help | 
|  | 900 | This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer | 
|  | 901 | manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also | 
|  | 902 | called the `internal DoubleTalk'. | 
|  | 903 |  | 
|  | 904 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 905 | module will be called dtlk. | 
|  | 906 |  | 
| Stephen Neuendorffer | ef141a0 | 2008-02-06 04:24:09 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 907 | config XILINX_HWICAP | 
|  | 908 | tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support" | 
| Michal Simek | 6fa612b | 2009-05-11 15:49:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 909 | depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE | 
| Stephen Neuendorffer | ef141a0 | 2008-02-06 04:24:09 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 910 | help | 
|  | 911 | This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration | 
|  | 912 | Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex | 
|  | 913 | FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime. | 
|  | 914 |  | 
|  | 915 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 916 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 917 | config R3964 | 
|  | 918 | tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline" | 
|  | 919 | ---help--- | 
|  | 920 | This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the | 
|  | 921 | Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special | 
|  | 922 | hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this. | 
|  | 923 |  | 
|  | 924 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 925 | module will be called n_r3964. | 
|  | 926 |  | 
|  | 927 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 928 |  | 
|  | 929 | config APPLICOM | 
|  | 930 | tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support" | 
|  | 931 | depends on PCI | 
|  | 932 | ---help--- | 
|  | 933 | This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent | 
|  | 934 | fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information | 
|  | 935 | about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address | 
|  | 936 | <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse | 
|  | 937 | <dwmw2@infradead.org>. | 
|  | 938 |  | 
|  | 939 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 940 | module will be called applicom. | 
|  | 941 |  | 
|  | 942 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 943 |  | 
|  | 944 | config SONYPI | 
|  | 945 | tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
|  | 946 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT | 
|  | 947 | ---help--- | 
|  | 948 | This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control | 
|  | 949 | Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops. | 
|  | 950 |  | 
|  | 951 | If you have one of those laptops, read | 
| Carlos Corbacho | 018a651 | 2008-02-09 01:32:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 952 | <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 953 |  | 
|  | 954 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 955 | module will be called sonypi. | 
|  | 956 |  | 
| Yoichi Yuasa | 0976251 | 2007-05-06 14:51:58 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 957 | config GPIO_TB0219 | 
|  | 958 | tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support" | 
| Robert P. J. Day | bef1f40 | 2006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 959 | depends on TANBAC_TB022X | 
| Yoichi Yuasa | 584e123 | 2006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 960 | select GPIO_VR41XX | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 961 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 962 | source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig" | 
|  | 963 |  | 
|  | 964 | config MWAVE | 
|  | 965 | tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support" | 
|  | 966 | depends on X86 | 
|  | 967 | select SERIAL_8250 | 
|  | 968 | ---help--- | 
|  | 969 | The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a | 
|  | 970 | kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components | 
|  | 971 | support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) | 
|  | 972 | and support selected world wide countries. | 
|  | 973 |  | 
|  | 974 | This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E, | 
|  | 975 | 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware. | 
|  | 976 |  | 
|  | 977 | The modem also supports the standard communications port interface | 
|  | 978 | (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set. | 
|  | 979 |  | 
|  | 980 | The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at | 
|  | 981 | the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site: | 
|  | 982 | <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>. | 
|  | 983 |  | 
|  | 984 | If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset | 
|  | 985 | in it, say Y. | 
|  | 986 |  | 
|  | 987 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 988 | module will be called mwave. | 
|  | 989 |  | 
|  | 990 | config SCx200_GPIO | 
|  | 991 | tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support" | 
|  | 992 | depends on SCx200 | 
| Jim Cromie | 7a8e2a5 | 2006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 993 | select NSC_GPIO | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 994 | help | 
|  | 995 | Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National | 
|  | 996 | Semiconductor SCx200 processors. | 
|  | 997 |  | 
|  | 998 | If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio. | 
|  | 999 |  | 
| Jim Cromie | 7a8e2a5 | 2006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1000 | config PC8736x_GPIO | 
|  | 1001 | tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support" | 
|  | 1002 | depends on X86 | 
|  | 1003 | default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N | 
|  | 1004 | select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines | 
|  | 1005 | help | 
|  | 1006 | Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National | 
|  | 1007 | Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip | 
|  | 1008 | has multiple functional units, inc several managed by | 
|  | 1009 | hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366 | 
|  | 1010 |  | 
|  | 1011 | If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio. | 
|  | 1012 |  | 
|  | 1013 | config NSC_GPIO | 
|  | 1014 | tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support" | 
| Dave Jones | 699352c | 2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1015 | depends on X86_32 | 
| Jim Cromie | 7a8e2a5 | 2006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1016 | # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO | 
|  | 1017 | # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y | 
|  | 1018 | help | 
|  | 1019 | Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and | 
|  | 1020 | pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as | 
|  | 1021 | modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio | 
|  | 1022 |  | 
| Ben Gardner | e329113 | 2006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1023 | config CS5535_GPIO | 
|  | 1024 | tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)" | 
|  | 1025 | depends on X86_32 | 
|  | 1026 | help | 
|  | 1027 | Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and | 
|  | 1028 | CS5536 Geode companion devices. | 
|  | 1029 |  | 
|  | 1030 | If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio. | 
|  | 1031 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1032 | config RAW_DRIVER | 
| Dave Jones | abd4aa5 | 2007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1033 | tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)" | 
| David Howells | 9361401 | 2006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1034 | depends on BLOCK | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1035 | help | 
| Dave Jones | abd4aa5 | 2007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1036 | The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. | 
|  | 1037 | Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1038 | See the raw(8) manpage for more details. | 
|  | 1039 |  | 
| Dave Jones | abd4aa5 | 2007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1040 | Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1) | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1041 | with the O_DIRECT flag. | 
|  | 1042 |  | 
| Andrew Morton | 0de502a | 2005-12-12 00:37:41 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1043 | config MAX_RAW_DEVS | 
|  | 1044 | int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)" | 
|  | 1045 | depends on RAW_DRIVER | 
|  | 1046 | default "256" | 
|  | 1047 | help | 
|  | 1048 | The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported. | 
|  | 1049 | Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of | 
|  | 1050 | raw devices. | 
|  | 1051 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1052 | config HPET | 
|  | 1053 | bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64) | 
|  | 1054 | default n | 
|  | 1055 | depends on ACPI | 
|  | 1056 | help | 
|  | 1057 | If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each | 
|  | 1058 | open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are | 
| Matt LaPlante | 3cb2fcc | 2006-11-30 05:22:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1059 | non-periodic and/or periodic. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1060 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1061 | config HPET_MMAP | 
|  | 1062 | bool "Allow mmap of HPET" | 
|  | 1063 | default y | 
|  | 1064 | depends on HPET | 
|  | 1065 | help | 
|  | 1066 | If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap | 
|  | 1067 | the HPET registers. | 
|  | 1068 |  | 
|  | 1069 | In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET | 
|  | 1070 | registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be | 
|  | 1071 | exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware, | 
|  | 1072 | say N here. | 
|  | 1073 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1074 | config HANGCHECK_TIMER | 
|  | 1075 | tristate "Hangcheck timer" | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | abf3ea1 | 2007-05-10 15:45:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1076 | depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1077 | help | 
|  | 1078 | The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone | 
|  | 1079 | out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system | 
|  | 1080 | or merely print a warning. | 
|  | 1081 |  | 
|  | 1082 | config MMTIMER | 
|  | 1083 | tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix" | 
|  | 1084 | depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 | 
|  | 1085 | default y | 
|  | 1086 | help | 
|  | 1087 | The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the | 
|  | 1088 | Altix system timer. | 
|  | 1089 |  | 
| Dimitri Sivanich | fbd8ae1 | 2009-09-23 15:57:15 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1090 | config UV_MMTIMER | 
|  | 1091 | tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV" | 
|  | 1092 | depends on X86_UV | 
|  | 1093 | default m | 
|  | 1094 | help | 
|  | 1095 | The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the | 
|  | 1096 | UV system timer. | 
|  | 1097 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1098 | source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig" | 
|  | 1099 |  | 
| Mark Gross | 1a80ba8 | 2005-10-30 15:02:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1100 | config TELCLOCK | 
| Mark Gross | 03154a2 | 2007-03-06 13:58:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1101 | tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC" | 
| Geert Uytterhoeven | 4d99bfa | 2006-10-16 19:59:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1102 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 | 
| Mark Gross | 1a80ba8 | 2005-10-30 15:02:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1103 | default n | 
|  | 1104 | help | 
| Mark Gross | 03154a2 | 2007-03-06 13:58:45 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1105 | The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050 | 
|  | 1106 | ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the | 
|  | 1107 | configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This | 
|  | 1108 | device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane | 
|  | 1109 | fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory, | 
|  | 1110 | /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for | 
|  | 1111 | controlling the behavior of this hardware. | 
| Mark Gross | 1a80ba8 | 2005-10-30 15:02:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1112 |  | 
| Russell King | 4f911d6 | 2007-05-08 00:28:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1113 | config DEVPORT | 
|  | 1114 | bool | 
|  | 1115 | depends on !M68K | 
|  | 1116 | depends on ISA || PCI | 
|  | 1117 | default y | 
|  | 1118 |  | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | 61d48c2 | 2007-05-10 15:46:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1119 | source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" | 
|  | 1120 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1121 | endmenu | 
|  | 1122 |  |