| # |
| # Character device configuration |
| # |
| |
| menu "Character devices" |
| |
| config VT |
| bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED |
| depends on !S390 |
| select INPUT |
| default y if !VIOCONS |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with |
| display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you |
| can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on |
| one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one |
| virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another |
| one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run |
| an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals |
| is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>. |
| |
| The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the |
| properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The |
| man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special |
| character sequences that can be used to change those properties |
| directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with |
| the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined |
| with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command. |
| |
| You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use |
| of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an |
| embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some |
| memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial |
| or network connection. |
| |
| If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new |
| shiny Linux system :-) |
| |
| config VT_CONSOLE |
| bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED |
| depends on VT |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages |
| and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you |
| answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with |
| a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most |
| common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want |
| the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case |
| you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below). |
| |
| If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual |
| terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change |
| that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which |
| would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man |
| bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or |
| loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) |
| |
| If unsure, say Y. |
| |
| config HW_CONSOLE |
| bool |
| depends on VT && !S390 && !UML |
| default y |
| |
| config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING |
| bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" |
| depends on HW_CONSOLE |
| default n |
| ---help--- |
| The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical |
| terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one |
| console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console |
| drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than |
| 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to |
| select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the |
| virtual terminals. |
| |
| See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more |
| information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to |
| <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. |
| |
| config DEVKMEM |
| bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" |
| default y |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The |
| /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain |
| kind of kernel debugging operations. |
| When in doubt, say "N". |
| |
| config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| bool "Non-standard serial port support" |
| depends on HAS_IOMEM |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards |
| which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. |
| This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, |
| Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many |
| serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in |
| connections. |
| |
| Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the |
| kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all |
| the questions about non-standard serial boards. |
| |
| Most people can say N here. |
| |
| config COMPUTONE |
| tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| ---help--- |
| This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus |
| controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and |
| products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards, |
| which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this |
| to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in |
| order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say |
| Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called ip2. |
| |
| config ROCKETPORT |
| tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| help |
| This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards. |
| These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or |
| modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards |
| and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called rocket. |
| |
| If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If |
| you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N. |
| |
| config CYCLADES |
| tristate "Cyclades async mux support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) |
| select FW_LOADER |
| ---help--- |
| This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. |
| You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to |
| your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. |
| |
| For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read |
| <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called cyclades. |
| |
| If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N. |
| |
| config CYZ_INTR |
| bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES |
| help |
| The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op |
| modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check |
| the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time |
| (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt |
| mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the |
| status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If |
| unsure, say N. |
| |
| config DIGIEPCA |
| tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series |
| of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need |
| something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux |
| box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver |
| supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If |
| you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file |
| <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called epca. |
| |
| config ESPSERIAL |
| tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API |
| help |
| This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single |
| port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read |
| <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called esp. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config MOXA_INTELLIO |
| tristate "Moxa Intellio support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| select FW_LOADER |
| help |
| Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called moxa. |
| |
| config MOXA_SMARTIO |
| tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) |
| help |
| Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or |
| want to help develop a new version of this driver. |
| |
| This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with |
| changes finally resulting in PCI probing. |
| |
| This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called |
| mxser. If you want to do that, say M here. |
| |
| config ISI |
| tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI |
| select FW_LOADER |
| help |
| This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several |
| serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be |
| built as a module. The module will be called isicom. |
| If you want to do that, choose M here. |
| |
| config SYNCLINK |
| tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API |
| help |
| Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial |
| adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit |
| synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter). |
| |
| This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be |
| inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). |
| The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M |
| here. |
| |
| config SYNCLINKMP |
| tristate "SyncLink Multiport support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI |
| help |
| Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports) |
| serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up |
| to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for |
| RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21 |
| |
| This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be |
| inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). |
| The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M |
| here. |
| |
| config SYNCLINK_GT |
| tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI |
| help |
| Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of |
| synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters |
| manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com) |
| |
| config N_HDLC |
| tristate "HDLC line discipline support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| help |
| Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that |
| support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter. |
| |
| This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be |
| inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). |
| The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M |
| here. |
| |
| config RISCOM8 |
| tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| help |
| This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card, |
| which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like |
| this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance |
| in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, |
| say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>. |
| |
| Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel |
| loadable module; the module will be called riscom8. |
| |
| config SPECIALIX |
| tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| help |
| This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the |
| ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You |
| would need something like this to connect more than two modems to |
| your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. |
| |
| If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file |
| <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here |
| and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be |
| called specialix. |
| |
| config SX |
| tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) |
| help |
| This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards. |
| Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details. |
| |
| This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be |
| inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). |
| The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here. |
| |
| config RIO |
| tristate "Specialix RIO system support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| help |
| This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which |
| drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product |
| information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>. |
| There are both ISA and PCI versions. |
| |
| config RIO_OLDPCI |
| bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards" |
| depends on RIO |
| help |
| Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to |
| determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and |
| this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y. |
| |
| config STALDRV |
| bool "Stallion multiport serial support" |
| depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD |
| help |
| Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something |
| like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for |
| instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here, |
| you will be asked for your specific card model in the next |
| questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in |
| this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to |
| say N. |
| |
| config STALLION |
| tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support" |
| depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| help |
| If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion |
| card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read |
| <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called stallion. |
| |
| config ISTALLION |
| tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support" |
| depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI) |
| help |
| If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion |
| serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read |
| <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called istallion. |
| |
| config NOZOMI |
| tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter" |
| depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL |
| help |
| If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card - |
| Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module |
| will be called nozomi. |
| |
| config A2232 |
| tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP |
| ---help--- |
| This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the |
| Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At |
| a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip |
| each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The |
| ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket, |
| for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had |
| jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations. |
| |
| This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial" |
| will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before |
| "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here. |
| |
| config SGI_SNSC |
| bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support" |
| depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) |
| help |
| If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system |
| controller communication from user space (you want this!), |
| say Y. Otherwise, say N. |
| |
| config SGI_TIOCX |
| bool "SGI TIO CX driver support" |
| depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) |
| help |
| If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached |
| to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N. |
| |
| config SGI_MBCS |
| tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support" |
| depends on SGI_TIOCX |
| help |
| If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick |
| say Y or M here, otherwise say N. |
| |
| source "drivers/serial/Kconfig" |
| |
| config UNIX98_PTYS |
| bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two |
| halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to |
| a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to |
| read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a |
| terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers |
| and xterms. |
| |
| Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for |
| masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme |
| has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, |
| however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a |
| pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo |
| terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo |
| terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was |
| traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. |
| |
| All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless |
| you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. |
| |
| config LEGACY_PTYS |
| bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two |
| halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to |
| a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to |
| read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a |
| terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers |
| and xterms. |
| |
| Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx |
| for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo |
| terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including |
| security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most |
| systems, it is safe to say N. |
| |
| |
| config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT |
| int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" |
| depends on LEGACY_PTYS |
| range 0 256 |
| default "256" |
| ---help--- |
| The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. |
| The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded |
| systems may want to reduce this to save memory. |
| |
| When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit |
| architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. |
| |
| config BRIQ_PANEL |
| tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver' |
| depends on PPC_CHRP |
| ---help--- |
| The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a |
| tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive. |
| |
| If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you |
| must answer Y here. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called briq_panel. |
| |
| It's safe to say N here. |
| |
| config BFIN_OTP |
| tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support" |
| depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x) |
| default y |
| help |
| If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device |
| interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are |
| stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access |
| to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your |
| own secure code and reader for that. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called bfin-otp. |
| |
| If unsure, it is safe to say Y. |
| |
| config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE |
| bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages" |
| depends on BFIN_OTP |
| default n |
| help |
| If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the |
| OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program |
| the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually |
| need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config PRINTER |
| tristate "Parallel printer support" |
| depends on PARPORT |
| ---help--- |
| If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux |
| box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the |
| printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y. |
| Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| |
| It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices |
| (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the |
| corresponding drivers into the kernel. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp. |
| |
| If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to |
| use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam" |
| or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about |
| how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the |
| "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>. |
| |
| If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO |
| macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h. |
| |
| config LP_CONSOLE |
| bool "Support for console on line printer" |
| depends on PRINTER |
| ---help--- |
| If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you |
| can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for |
| doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the |
| option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time. |
| |
| If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too |
| busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again. |
| By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you |
| can make the kernel continue when this happens, |
| but it'll lose the kernel messages. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config PPDEV |
| tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" |
| depends on PARPORT |
| ---help--- |
| Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This |
| is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel |
| port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device |
| IDs). |
| |
| This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). |
| It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing |
| or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called ppdev. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config HVC_DRIVER |
| bool |
| help |
| Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various |
| hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest). |
| It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers |
| is selected. |
| |
| config HVC_IRQ |
| bool |
| |
| config HVC_CONSOLE |
| bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" |
| depends on PPC_PSERIES |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| select HVC_IRQ |
| help |
| pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual |
| console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console |
| which is accessed via the HMC. |
| |
| config HVC_ISERIES |
| bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" |
| depends on PPC_ISERIES |
| default y |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| select HVC_IRQ |
| help |
| iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console. |
| |
| config HVC_RTAS |
| bool "IBM RTAS Console support" |
| depends on PPC_RTAS |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| help |
| IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS |
| |
| config HVC_BEAT |
| bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support" |
| depends on PPC_CELLEB |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| help |
| Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver |
| |
| config HVC_XEN |
| bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support" |
| depends on XEN |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| select HVC_IRQ |
| default y |
| help |
| Xen virtual console device driver |
| |
| config VIRTIO_CONSOLE |
| tristate "Virtio console" |
| depends on VIRTIO |
| select HVC_DRIVER |
| help |
| Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors. |
| |
| |
| config HVCS |
| tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" |
| depends on PPC_PSERIES |
| help |
| Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of |
| firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by |
| another Linux partition. This driver allows console data |
| from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device |
| interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running |
| this driver. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module |
| will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko |
| which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a |
| module. |
| |
| config IBM_BSR |
| tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support" |
| depends on PPC_PSERIES |
| help |
| This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization |
| of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline |
| between several cores on a system |
| |
| source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig" |
| |
| config DS1620 |
| tristate "NetWinder thermometer support" |
| depends on ARCH_NETWINDER |
| help |
| Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware |
| found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the |
| temperature set points and to read the current temperature. |
| |
| It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620) |
| It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a |
| necessity. |
| |
| config NWBUTTON |
| tristate "NetWinder Button" |
| depends on ARCH_NETWINDER |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton |
| with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every |
| time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of |
| times the button was pressed will be written to that device. |
| |
| This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which |
| perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a |
| row. |
| |
| Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not |
| alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the |
| button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held |
| down for longer than approximately five seconds. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called nwbutton. |
| |
| Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button" |
| below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button. |
| |
| config NWBUTTON_REBOOT |
| bool "Reboot Using Button" |
| depends on NWBUTTON |
| help |
| If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system |
| shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times. |
| The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default, |
| but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT |
| in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the |
| driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load |
| time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>". |
| |
| config NWFLASH |
| tristate "NetWinder flash support" |
| depends on ARCH_NETWINDER |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with |
| major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing |
| the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the |
| flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account |
| allow random users access to this device. :-) |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called nwflash. |
| |
| If you're not sure, say N. |
| |
| source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig" |
| |
| config NVRAM |
| tristate "/dev/nvram support" |
| depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram |
| with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), |
| you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile |
| memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC |
| and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the |
| nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC). |
| |
| This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM" |
| on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to |
| change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently |
| save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over |
| power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note |
| however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you |
| should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list |
| for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS. |
| |
| On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need |
| to be selected. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called nvram. |
| |
| # |
| # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic |
| # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more. |
| # |
| if RTC_LIB=n |
| |
| config RTC |
| tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)" |
| depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \ |
| && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built |
| into your computer. |
| |
| Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate |
| signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used |
| as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file |
| /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on |
| /dev/rtc. |
| |
| If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to |
| "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read |
| and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion. |
| |
| If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data |
| sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> |
| for details. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called rtc. |
| |
| config JS_RTC |
| tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support" |
| depends on SPARC32 && PCI |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built |
| into your computer. |
| |
| Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate |
| signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used |
| as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file |
| /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on |
| /dev/rtc. |
| |
| If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data |
| sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> |
| for details. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called js-rtc. |
| |
| config SGI_DS1286 |
| tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support" |
| depends on SGI_HAS_DS1286 |
| help |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock built into your computer. |
| Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information |
| via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on |
| /dev/rtc. |
| |
| config SGI_IP27_RTC |
| bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support" |
| depends on SGI_IP27 |
| help |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock built into your computer. |
| Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information |
| via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on |
| /dev/rtc. |
| |
| config GEN_RTC |
| tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation" |
| depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 |
| ---help--- |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built |
| into your computer. |
| |
| It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its |
| behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the |
| "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation |
| for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve |
| precision in some cases. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called genrtc. |
| |
| config GEN_RTC_X |
| bool "Extended RTC operation" |
| depends on GEN_RTC |
| help |
| Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs |
| and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases. |
| |
| config EFI_RTC |
| bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services" |
| depends on IA64 |
| |
| config DS1302 |
| tristate "DS1302 RTC support" |
| depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT) |
| help |
| If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with |
| major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you |
| will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built |
| into your computer. |
| |
| endif # RTC_LIB |
| |
| config DTLK |
| tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support" |
| depends on ISA |
| help |
| This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer |
| manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also |
| called the `internal DoubleTalk'. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called dtlk. |
| |
| config XILINX_HWICAP |
| tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support" |
| depends on XILINX_VIRTEX |
| help |
| This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration |
| Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex |
| FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config R3964 |
| tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline" |
| ---help--- |
| This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the |
| Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special |
| hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called n_r3964. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config APPLICOM |
| tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support" |
| depends on PCI |
| ---help--- |
| This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent |
| fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information |
| about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address |
| <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse |
| <dwmw2@infradead.org>. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called applicom. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config SONYPI |
| tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT |
| ---help--- |
| This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control |
| Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops. |
| |
| If you have one of those laptops, read |
| <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called sonypi. |
| |
| config GPIO_TB0219 |
| tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support" |
| depends on TANBAC_TB022X |
| select GPIO_VR41XX |
| |
| source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig" |
| |
| config MWAVE |
| tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support" |
| depends on X86 |
| select SERIAL_8250 |
| ---help--- |
| The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a |
| kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components |
| support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) |
| and support selected world wide countries. |
| |
| This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E, |
| 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware. |
| |
| The modem also supports the standard communications port interface |
| (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set. |
| |
| The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at |
| the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site: |
| <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>. |
| |
| If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset |
| in it, say Y. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called mwave. |
| |
| config SCx200_GPIO |
| tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support" |
| depends on SCx200 |
| select NSC_GPIO |
| help |
| Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National |
| Semiconductor SCx200 processors. |
| |
| If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio. |
| |
| config PC8736x_GPIO |
| tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support" |
| depends on X86 |
| default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N |
| select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines |
| help |
| Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National |
| Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip |
| has multiple functional units, inc several managed by |
| hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366 |
| |
| If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio. |
| |
| config NSC_GPIO |
| tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support" |
| depends on X86_32 |
| # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO |
| # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y |
| help |
| Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and |
| pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as |
| modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio |
| |
| config CS5535_GPIO |
| tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)" |
| depends on X86_32 |
| help |
| Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and |
| CS5536 Geode companion devices. |
| |
| If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio. |
| |
| config GPIO_VR41XX |
| tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support" |
| depends on CPU_VR41XX |
| |
| config RAW_DRIVER |
| tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)" |
| depends on BLOCK |
| help |
| The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. |
| Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. |
| See the raw(8) manpage for more details. |
| |
| Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1) |
| with the O_DIRECT flag. |
| |
| config MAX_RAW_DEVS |
| int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)" |
| depends on RAW_DRIVER |
| default "256" |
| help |
| The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported. |
| Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of |
| raw devices. |
| |
| config HPET |
| bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64) |
| default n |
| depends on ACPI |
| help |
| If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each |
| open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are |
| non-periodic and/or periodic. |
| |
| config HPET_RTC_IRQ |
| bool |
| default HPET_EMULATE_RTC |
| depends on RTC && HPET |
| help |
| If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It |
| is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for |
| the HPET timers. |
| |
| config HPET_MMAP |
| bool "Allow mmap of HPET" |
| default y |
| depends on HPET |
| help |
| If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap |
| the HPET registers. |
| |
| In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET |
| registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be |
| exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware, |
| say N here. |
| |
| config HANGCHECK_TIMER |
| tristate "Hangcheck timer" |
| depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390 |
| help |
| The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone |
| out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system |
| or merely print a warning. |
| |
| config MMTIMER |
| tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix" |
| depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 |
| default y |
| help |
| The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the |
| Altix system timer. |
| |
| source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig" |
| |
| config TELCLOCK |
| tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 |
| default n |
| help |
| The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050 |
| ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the |
| configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This |
| device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane |
| fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory, |
| /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for |
| controlling the behavior of this hardware. |
| |
| config DEVPORT |
| bool |
| depends on !M68K |
| depends on ISA || PCI |
| default y |
| |
| source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" |
| |
| endmenu |
| |