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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02009 depends on !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070010 select INPUT
11 default y if !VIOCONS
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
39config VT_CONSOLE
40 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
41 depends on VT
42 default y
43 ---help---
44 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
45 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
46 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
47 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
48 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
49 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
50 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
51
52 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
53 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
54 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
55 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
56 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
57 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
58
59 If unsure, say Y.
60
61config HW_CONSOLE
62 bool
63 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
64 default y
65
Antonino A. Daplas13ae6642006-06-26 00:27:12 -070066config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
67 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
68 depends on HW_CONSOLE
69 default n
70 ---help---
71 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
72 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
73 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
74 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
75 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
76 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
77 virtual terminals.
78
79 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
80 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
81 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
82
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070083config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
84 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +020085 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070086 ---help---
87 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
88 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
89 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
90 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
91 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
92 connections.
93
94 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
95 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
96 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
97
98 Most people can say N here.
99
100config COMPUTONE
101 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
Al Viro3b4709a2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800102 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700103 ---help---
104 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
105 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
106 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
107 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
108 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
109 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
110 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
111
112 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
113 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
114
115config ROCKETPORT
116 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100117 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700118 help
119 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
120 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
121 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
122 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
123
124 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125 module will be called rocket.
126
127 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
128 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
129
130config CYCLADES
131 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
Jiri Slabycff94942007-05-08 00:36:36 -0700132 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133 ---help---
134 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
135 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
136 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
137
138 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
139 <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
140
141 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
142 module will be called cyclades.
143
144 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
145
146config CYZ_INTR
147 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
148 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
149 help
150 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
151 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
152 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
153 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
154 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
155 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
156 unsure, say N.
157
158config DIGIEPCA
159 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100160 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161 ---help---
162 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
163 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
164 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
165 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
166 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
167 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
168 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
169
170 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
171 module will be called epca.
172
173config ESPSERIAL
174 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800175 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700176 help
177 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
178 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
179 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
180
181 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
182 module will be called esp.
183
184 If unsure, say N.
185
186config MOXA_INTELLIO
187 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800188 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700189 help
190 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
191
192 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
193 module will be called moxa.
194
195config MOXA_SMARTIO
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800196 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
Al Viro1d252402005-09-05 23:30:15 -0700197 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700198 help
199 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
200
201 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
202 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
203 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
204 here.
205
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800206config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800207 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
Jiri Slabyfb0c9292006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800208 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800209 help
210 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
211 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
212
213 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
214 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
215
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800216 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
217 mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
218
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700219config ISI
220 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Randy Dunlapa3808ac2006-12-13 00:34:18 -0800221 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
maximilian attems5ff2a7e2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800222 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700223 help
224 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
225 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
226 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
227 If you want to do that, choose M here.
228
229config SYNCLINK
230 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
Al Viroa5532602005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100231 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700232 help
233 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
234 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
235 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
236
237 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
238 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
239 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
240 here.
241
242config SYNCLINKMP
243 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
viro@ZenIV.linux.org.ukf91f4d92005-09-09 17:02:51 +0100244 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700245 help
246 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
247 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
248 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
249 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
250
251 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
252 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
253 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
254 here.
255
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800256config SYNCLINK_GT
257 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
Al Viro8ef9cf32006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500258 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800259 help
260 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
261 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
262 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
263
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700264config N_HDLC
265 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
266 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
267 help
268 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
269 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
270
271 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
272 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
273 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
274 here.
275
276config RISCOM8
277 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
278 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
279 help
280 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
281 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
282 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
283 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
284 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
285
286 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
287 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
288
289config SPECIALIX
290 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
291 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
292 help
293 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
294 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
295 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
296 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
297
298 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
299 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
300 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
301 called specialix.
302
303config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
304 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
305 depends on SPECIALIX
306 help
307 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
308 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
309 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
310 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
311 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
312
313config SX
314 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
Jiri Slaby3468a332006-12-13 00:34:20 -0800315 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700316 help
317 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
318 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
319
320 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
321 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
322 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
323
324config RIO
325 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
Alan Cox655fdea2006-05-15 09:44:26 -0700326 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700327 help
328 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
329 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
330 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
331 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
332
333config RIO_OLDPCI
334 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
335 depends on RIO
336 help
337 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
338 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
339 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
340
341config STALDRV
342 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
343 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
344 help
345 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
346 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
347 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
348 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
349 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
350 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
351 say N.
352
353config STALLION
354 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100355 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700356 help
357 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
358 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
359 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
360
361 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
362 module will be called stallion.
363
364config ISTALLION
365 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100366 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700367 help
368 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
369 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
370 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
371
372 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
373 module will be called istallion.
374
Ralf Baechle96fac9d2007-03-29 01:20:34 -0700375config SERIAL_DEC
376 bool "DECstation serial support"
377 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
378 default y
379 help
380 This selects whether you want to be asked about drivers for
381 DECstation serial ports.
382
383 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
384 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
385 the questions about DECstation serial ports.
386
387config SERIAL_DEC_CONSOLE
388 bool "Support for console on a DECstation serial port"
389 depends on SERIAL_DEC
390 default y
391 help
392 If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
393 system console (the system console is the device which receives all
394 kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
395 mode). Note that the firmware uses ttyS0 as the serial console on
396 the Maxine and ttyS2 on the others.
397
398 If unsure, say Y.
399
400config ZS
401 bool "Z85C30 Serial Support"
402 depends on SERIAL_DEC
403 default y
404 help
405 Documentation on the Zilog 85C350 serial communications controller
406 is downloadable at <http://www.zilog.com/pdfs/serial/z85c30.pdf>
407
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700408config A2232
409 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
410 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
411 ---help---
412 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
413 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
414 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
415 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
416 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
417 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
418 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
419
420 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
421 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
422 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
423
424config SGI_SNSC
425 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
426 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
427 help
428 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
429 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
430 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
431
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700432config SGI_TIOCX
433 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
434 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
435 help
436 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
437 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
438
439config SGI_MBCS
440 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700441 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700442 help
443 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
444 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
445
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700446source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
447
448config UNIX98_PTYS
449 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
450 default y
451 ---help---
452 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
453 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
454 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
455 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
456 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
457 and xterms.
458
459 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
460 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
461 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
462 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
463 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
464 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
465 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
466 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
467
468 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
469 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
470
471config LEGACY_PTYS
472 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
473 default y
474 ---help---
475 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
476 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
477 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
478 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
479 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
480 and xterms.
481
482 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
483 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
484 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
485 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
486 systems, it is safe to say N.
487
488
489config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
490 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
491 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
492 range 1 256
493 default "256"
494 ---help---
495 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
496 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
497 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
498
499 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
500 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
501
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000502config BRIQ_PANEL
503 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
Paul Mackerras2818c5d2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000504 depends on PPC_CHRP
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000505 ---help---
506 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
507 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
508
509 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
510 must answer Y here.
511
512 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
513 module will be called briq_panel.
514
515 It's safe to say N here.
516
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700517config PRINTER
518 tristate "Parallel printer support"
519 depends on PARPORT
520 ---help---
521 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
522 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
523 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
524 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
525 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
526
527 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
528 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
529 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
530
531 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
532 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
533
534 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
535 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
536 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
537 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
538 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
539
540 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
541 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
542
543config LP_CONSOLE
544 bool "Support for console on line printer"
545 depends on PRINTER
546 ---help---
547 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
548 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
549 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
550 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
551
552 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
553 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
554 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
555 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
556 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
557
558 If unsure, say N.
559
560config PPDEV
561 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
562 depends on PARPORT
563 ---help---
564 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
565 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
566 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
567 IDs).
568
569 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
570 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
571 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
572
573 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
574 module will be called ppdev.
575
576 If unsure, say N.
577
578config TIPAR
579 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
580 depends on PARPORT
581 ---help---
582 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
583 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
584
585 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
586 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
587 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
588 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
589 the device nodes, though).
590
591 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
592 module will be called tipar.
593
594 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
595 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
596 driver.
597
598 If unsure, say N.
599
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200600config HVC_DRIVER
601 bool
602 help
603 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
604 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
605 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
606 is selected.
607
608
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700609config HVC_CONSOLE
610 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
611 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200612 select HVC_DRIVER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700613 help
614 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
615 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
616 which is accessed via the HMC.
617
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000618config HVC_ISERIES
619 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
Stephen Rothwellb15f7922007-05-08 15:05:31 +1000620 depends on PPC_ISERIES
621 default y
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000622 select HVC_DRIVER
623 help
624 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
625
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200626config HVC_RTAS
627 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
628 depends on PPC_RTAS
629 select HVC_DRIVER
630 help
631 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
632
Ishizaki Kou3cdc20e2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900633config HVC_BEAT
634 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
635 depends on PPC_CELLEB
636 select HVC_DRIVER
637 help
638 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
639
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700640config HVCS
641 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
642 depends on PPC_PSERIES
643 help
644 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
645 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
646 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
647 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
648 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
649 this driver.
650
651 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
652 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
653 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
654 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
655 module.
656
657source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
658
659source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
660
661config DS1620
662 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
663 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
664 help
665 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
666 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
667 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
668
669 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
670 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
671 necessity.
672
673config NWBUTTON
674 tristate "NetWinder Button"
675 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
676 ---help---
677 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
678 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
679 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
680 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
681
682 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
683 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
684 row.
685
686 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
687 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
688 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
689 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
690
691 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
692 module will be called nwbutton.
693
694 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
695 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
696
697config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
698 bool "Reboot Using Button"
699 depends on NWBUTTON
700 help
701 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
702 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
703 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
704 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
705 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
706 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
707 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
708
709config NWFLASH
710 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
711 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
712 ---help---
713 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
714 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
715 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
716 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
717 allow random users access to this device. :-)
718
719 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
720 module will be called nwflash.
721
722 If you're not sure, say N.
723
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700724source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
725
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700726config NVRAM
727 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -0800728 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700729 ---help---
730 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
731 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
732 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
733 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
734 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
735 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
736
737 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
738 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
739 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
740 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
741 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
742 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
743 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
744 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
745
746 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
747 to be selected.
748
749 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
750 module will be called nvram.
751
752config RTC
753 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +0200754 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700755 ---help---
756 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
757 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
758 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
759 into your computer.
760
761 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
762 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
763 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
764 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
765 /dev/rtc.
766
767 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
768 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
769 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
770
771 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
772 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
773 for details.
774
775 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
776 module will be called rtc.
777
778config SGI_DS1286
779 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
780 depends on SGI_IP22
781 help
782 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
783 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
784 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
785 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
786 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
787 /dev/rtc.
788
789config SGI_IP27_RTC
790 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
791 depends on SGI_IP27
792 help
793 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
794 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
795 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
796 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
797 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
798 /dev/rtc.
799
800config GEN_RTC
801 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
Ralf Baechlefdc1f932007-07-12 17:41:21 +0100802 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700803 ---help---
804 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
805 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
806 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
807 into your computer.
808
809 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
810 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
811 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
812 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
813 precision in some cases.
814
815 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
816 module will be called genrtc.
817
818config GEN_RTC_X
819 bool "Extended RTC operation"
820 depends on GEN_RTC
821 help
822 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
823 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
824
825config EFI_RTC
826 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
827 depends on IA64
828
829config DS1302
830 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
831 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
832 help
833 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
834 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
835 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
836 into your computer.
837
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700838config COBALT_LCD
839 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
840 depends on MIPS_COBALT
841 help
842 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
843 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
844
845config DTLK
846 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200847 depends on ISA
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700848 help
849 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
850 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
851 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
852
853 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
854 module will be called dtlk.
855
856config R3964
857 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
858 ---help---
859 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
860 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
861 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
862
863 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
864 module will be called n_r3964.
865
866 If unsure, say N.
867
868config APPLICOM
869 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
870 depends on PCI
871 ---help---
872 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
873 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
874 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
875 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
876 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
877
878 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
879 module will be called applicom.
880
881 If unsure, say N.
882
883config SONYPI
884 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
885 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
886 ---help---
887 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
888 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
889
890 If you have one of those laptops, read
891 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
892
893 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
894 module will be called sonypi.
895
Yoichi Yuasa09762512007-05-06 14:51:58 -0700896config GPIO_TB0219
897 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
Robert P. J. Daybef1f402006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100898 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700899 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700900
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700901source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
902
903source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
904
905source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
906
907config MWAVE
908 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
909 depends on X86
910 select SERIAL_8250
911 ---help---
912 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
913 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
914 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
915 and support selected world wide countries.
916
917 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
918 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
919
920 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
921 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
922
923 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
924 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
925 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
926
927 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
928 in it, say Y.
929
930 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
931 module will be called mwave.
932
933config SCx200_GPIO
934 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
935 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700936 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700937 help
938 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
939 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
940
941 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
942
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700943config PC8736x_GPIO
944 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
945 depends on X86
946 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
947 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
948 help
949 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
950 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
951 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
952 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
953
954 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
955
956config NSC_GPIO
957 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700958 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700959 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
960 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
961 help
962 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
963 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
964 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
965
Ben Gardnere3291132006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800966config CS5535_GPIO
967 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
968 depends on X86_32
969 help
970 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
971 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
972
973 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
974
Yoichi Yuasae400bae2005-06-21 17:15:56 -0700975config GPIO_VR41XX
976 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
977 depends on CPU_VR41XX
978
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700979config RAW_DRIVER
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700980 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200981 depends on BLOCK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700982 help
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700983 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
984 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700985 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
986
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700987 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700988 with the O_DIRECT flag.
989
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -0800990config MAX_RAW_DEVS
991 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
992 depends on RAW_DRIVER
993 default "256"
994 help
995 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
996 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
997 raw devices.
998
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700999config HPET
1000 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1001 default n
1002 depends on ACPI
1003 help
1004 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1005 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
Matt LaPlante3cb2fcc2006-11-30 05:22:59 +01001006 non-periodic and/or periodic.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001007
1008config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1009 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1010 default n
1011 depends on HPET
1012 help
1013 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1014 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1015 the HPET timers.
1016
1017config HPET_MMAP
1018 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1019 default y
1020 depends on HPET
1021 help
1022 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1023 the HPET registers.
1024
1025 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1026 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1027 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1028 say N here.
1029
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001030config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1031 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02001032 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001033 help
1034 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1035 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1036 or merely print a warning.
1037
1038config MMTIMER
1039 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1040 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1041 default y
1042 help
1043 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1044 Altix system timer.
1045
1046source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1047
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001048config TELCLOCK
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001049 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
Geert Uytterhoeven4d99bfa2006-10-16 19:59:43 +02001050 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001051 default n
1052 help
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001053 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1054 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1055 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1056 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1057 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1058 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1059 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001060
Russell King4f911d62007-05-08 00:28:17 -07001061config DEVPORT
1062 bool
1063 depends on !M68K
1064 depends on ISA || PCI
1065 default y
1066
Martin Schwidefsky61d48c22007-05-10 15:46:00 +02001067source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1068
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001069endmenu
1070