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2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
9 select INPUT
10 default y if !VIOCONS
11 ---help---
12 If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
13 display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
14 can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
15 one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
16 virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
17 one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
18 an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
19 is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
20
21 The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
22 properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
23 man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
24 character sequences that can be used to change those properties
25 directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
26 the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
27 with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
28
29 You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
30 of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
31 embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
32 memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
33 or network connection.
34
35 If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
36 shiny Linux system :-)
37
38config VT_CONSOLE
39 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
40 depends on VT
41 default y
42 ---help---
43 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
44 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
45 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
46 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
47 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
48 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
49 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
50
51 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
52 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
53 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
54 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
55 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
56 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
57
58 If unsure, say Y.
59
60config HW_CONSOLE
61 bool
62 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
63 default y
64
Antonino A. Daplas13ae6642006-06-26 00:27:12 -070065config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
66 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
67 depends on HW_CONSOLE
68 default n
69 ---help---
70 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
71 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
72 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
73 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
74 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
75 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
76 virtual terminals.
77
78 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
79 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
80 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
81
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070082config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
83 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
84 ---help---
85 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
86 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
87 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
88 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
89 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
90 connections.
91
92 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
93 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
94 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
95
96 Most people can say N here.
97
98config COMPUTONE
99 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800100 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700101 ---help---
102 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
103 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
104 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
105 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
106 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
107 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
108 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
109
110 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
111 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
112
113config ROCKETPORT
114 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
115 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
116 help
117 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
118 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
119 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
120 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
121
122 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
123 module will be called rocket.
124
125 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
126 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
127
128config CYCLADES
129 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
130 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
131 ---help---
132 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
133 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
134 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
135
136 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
137 <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
138
139 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
140 module will be called cyclades.
141
142 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
143
144config CYZ_INTR
145 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
146 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
147 help
148 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
149 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
150 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
151 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
152 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
153 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
154 unsure, say N.
155
156config DIGIEPCA
157 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
Alan Coxf2cf8e22005-09-06 15:16:44 -0700158 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700159 ---help---
160 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
161 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
162 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
163 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
164 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
165 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
166 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
167
168 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
169 module will be called epca.
170
171config ESPSERIAL
172 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800173 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700174 help
175 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
176 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
177 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
178
179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
180 module will be called esp.
181
182 If unsure, say N.
183
184config MOXA_INTELLIO
185 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800186 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700187 help
188 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
189
190 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
191 module will be called moxa.
192
193config MOXA_SMARTIO
194 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
Al Viro1d252402005-09-05 23:30:15 -0700195 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700196 help
197 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
198
199 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
200 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
201 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
202 here.
203
204config ISI
205 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
maximilian attems5ff2a7e2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800207 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700208 help
209 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
210 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
211 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
212 If you want to do that, choose M here.
213
214config SYNCLINK
215 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
Al Viroa5532602005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100216 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700217 help
218 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
219 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
220 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
221
222 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
223 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
224 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
225 here.
226
227config SYNCLINKMP
228 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
viro@ZenIV.linux.org.ukf91f4d92005-09-09 17:02:51 +0100229 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700230 help
231 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
232 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
233 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
234 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
235
236 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
237 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
238 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
239 here.
240
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800241config SYNCLINK_GT
242 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
Al Viro8ef9cf32006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500243 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800244 help
245 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
246 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
247 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
248
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700249config N_HDLC
250 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
251 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
252 help
253 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
254 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
255
256 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
257 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
258 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
259 here.
260
261config RISCOM8
262 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
263 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
264 help
265 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
266 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
267 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
268 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
269 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
270
271 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
272 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
273
274config SPECIALIX
275 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
276 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
277 help
278 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
279 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
280 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
281 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
282
283 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
284 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
285 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
286 called specialix.
287
288config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
289 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
290 depends on SPECIALIX
291 help
292 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
293 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
294 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
295 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
296 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
297
298config SX
299 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
300 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
301 help
302 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
303 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
304
305 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
306 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
307 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
308
309config RIO
310 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
Alan Cox655fdea2006-05-15 09:44:26 -0700311 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700312 help
313 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
314 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
315 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
316 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
317
318config RIO_OLDPCI
319 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
320 depends on RIO
321 help
322 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
323 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
324 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
325
326config STALDRV
327 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
328 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
329 help
330 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
331 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
332 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
333 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
334 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
335 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
336 say N.
337
338config STALLION
339 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
340 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
341 help
342 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
343 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
344 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
345
346 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
347 module will be called stallion.
348
349config ISTALLION
350 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
351 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
352 help
353 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
354 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
355 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
356
357 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
358 module will be called istallion.
359
360config AU1000_UART
361 bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
362 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
363 help
364 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
365 to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
366
367config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
368 bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
369 depends on AU1000_UART
370 help
371 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
372 to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
373
374config QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
375 bool "Enable Qtronix 990P Keyboard Support"
376 depends on IT8712
377 help
378 Images of Qtronix keyboards are at
379 <http://www.qtronix.com/keyboard.html>.
380
381config IT8172_CIR
382 bool
383 depends on QTRONIX_KEYBOARD
384 default y
385
386config IT8172_SCR0
387 bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 0 Support "
388 depends on IT8712
389 help
390 Say Y here to support smart-card reader 0 (SCR0) on the Integrated
391 Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
392 <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
393 board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
394
395config IT8172_SCR1
396 bool "Enable Smart Card Reader 1 Support "
397 depends on IT8712
398 help
399 Say Y here to support smart-card reader 1 (SCR1) on the Integrated
400 Technology Express, Inc. ITE8172 SBC. Vendor page at
401 <http://www.ite.com.tw/ia/brief_it8172bsp.htm>; picture of the
402 board at <http://www.mvista.com/partners/semiconductor/ite.html>.
403
404config A2232
405 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
406 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
407 ---help---
408 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
409 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
410 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
411 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
412 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
413 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
414 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
415
416 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
417 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
418 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
419
420config SGI_SNSC
421 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
422 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
423 help
424 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
425 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
426 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
427
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700428config SGI_TIOCX
429 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
430 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
431 help
432 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
433 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
434
435config SGI_MBCS
436 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700437 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700438 help
439 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
440 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
441
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700442source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
443
444config UNIX98_PTYS
445 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
446 default y
447 ---help---
448 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
449 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
450 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
451 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
452 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
453 and xterms.
454
455 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
456 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
457 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
458 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
459 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
460 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
461 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
462 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
463
464 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
465 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
466
467config LEGACY_PTYS
468 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
469 default y
470 ---help---
471 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
472 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
473 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
474 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
475 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
476 and xterms.
477
478 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
479 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
480 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
481 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
482 systems, it is safe to say N.
483
484
485config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
486 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
487 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
488 range 1 256
489 default "256"
490 ---help---
491 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
492 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
493 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
494
495 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
496 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
497
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000498config BRIQ_PANEL
499 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
500 ---help---
501 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
502 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
503
504 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
505 must answer Y here.
506
507 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
508 module will be called briq_panel.
509
510 It's safe to say N here.
511
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700512config PRINTER
513 tristate "Parallel printer support"
514 depends on PARPORT
515 ---help---
516 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
517 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
518 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
519 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
520 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
521
522 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
523 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
524 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
525
526 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
527 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
528
529 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
530 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
531 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
532 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
533 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
534
535 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
536 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
537
538config LP_CONSOLE
539 bool "Support for console on line printer"
540 depends on PRINTER
541 ---help---
542 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
543 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
544 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
545 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
546
547 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
548 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
549 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
550 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
551 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
552
553 If unsure, say N.
554
555config PPDEV
556 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
557 depends on PARPORT
558 ---help---
559 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
560 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
561 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
562 IDs).
563
564 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
565 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
566 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
567
568 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
569 module will be called ppdev.
570
571 If unsure, say N.
572
573config TIPAR
574 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
575 depends on PARPORT
576 ---help---
577 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
578 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
579
580 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
581 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
582 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
583 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
584 the device nodes, though).
585
586 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
587 module will be called tipar.
588
589 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
590 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
591 driver.
592
593 If unsure, say N.
594
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200595config HVC_DRIVER
596 bool
597 help
598 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
599 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
600 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
601 is selected.
602
603
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700604config HVC_CONSOLE
605 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
606 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200607 select HVC_DRIVER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700608 help
609 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
610 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
611 which is accessed via the HMC.
612
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000613config HVC_ISERIES
614 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
615 depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
616 select HVC_DRIVER
617 help
618 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
619
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200620config HVC_RTAS
621 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
622 depends on PPC_RTAS
623 select HVC_DRIVER
624 help
625 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
626
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700627config HVCS
628 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
629 depends on PPC_PSERIES
630 help
631 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
632 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
633 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
634 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
635 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
636 this driver.
637
638 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
639 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
640 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
641 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
642 module.
643
644source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
645
646source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
647
648config DS1620
649 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
650 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
651 help
652 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
653 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
654 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
655
656 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
657 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
658 necessity.
659
660config NWBUTTON
661 tristate "NetWinder Button"
662 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
663 ---help---
664 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
665 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
666 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
667 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
668
669 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
670 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
671 row.
672
673 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
674 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
675 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
676 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
677
678 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
679 module will be called nwbutton.
680
681 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
682 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
683
684config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
685 bool "Reboot Using Button"
686 depends on NWBUTTON
687 help
688 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
689 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
690 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
691 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
692 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
693 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
694 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
695
696config NWFLASH
697 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
698 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
699 ---help---
700 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
701 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
702 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
703 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
704 allow random users access to this device. :-)
705
706 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
707 module will be called nwflash.
708
709 If you're not sure, say N.
710
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700711source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
712
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700713config NVRAM
714 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -0800715 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700716 ---help---
717 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
718 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
719 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
720 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
721 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
722 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
723
724 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
725 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
726 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
727 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
728 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
729 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
730 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
731 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
732
733 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
734 to be selected.
735
736 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
737 module will be called nvram.
738
739config RTC
740 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
Alessandro Zummo12b824f2006-03-27 01:16:35 -0800741 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700742 ---help---
743 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
744 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
745 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
746 into your computer.
747
748 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
749 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
750 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
751 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
752 /dev/rtc.
753
754 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
755 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
756 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
757
758 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
759 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
760 for details.
761
762 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
763 module will be called rtc.
764
765config SGI_DS1286
766 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
767 depends on SGI_IP22
768 help
769 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
770 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
771 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
772 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
773 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
774 /dev/rtc.
775
776config SGI_IP27_RTC
777 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
778 depends on SGI_IP27
779 help
780 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
781 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
782 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
783 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
784 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
785 /dev/rtc.
786
787config GEN_RTC
788 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
David Howells2919b512006-01-08 01:01:16 -0800789 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700790 ---help---
791 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
792 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
793 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
794 into your computer.
795
796 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
797 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
798 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
799 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
800 precision in some cases.
801
802 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
803 module will be called genrtc.
804
805config GEN_RTC_X
806 bool "Extended RTC operation"
807 depends on GEN_RTC
808 help
809 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
810 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
811
812config EFI_RTC
813 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
814 depends on IA64
815
816config DS1302
817 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
818 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
819 help
820 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
821 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
822 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
823 into your computer.
824
825config S3C2410_RTC
826 bool "S3C2410 RTC Driver"
827 depends on ARCH_S3C2410
828 help
829 RTC (Realtime Clock) driver for the clock inbuilt into the
830 Samsung S3C2410. This can provide periodic interrupt rates
831 from 1Hz to 64Hz for user programs, and wakeup from Alarm.
832
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700833config COBALT_LCD
834 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
835 depends on MIPS_COBALT
836 help
837 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
838 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
839
840config DTLK
841 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
842 help
843 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
844 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
845 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
846
847 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
848 module will be called dtlk.
849
850config R3964
851 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
852 ---help---
853 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
854 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
855 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
856
857 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
858 module will be called n_r3964.
859
860 If unsure, say N.
861
862config APPLICOM
863 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
864 depends on PCI
865 ---help---
866 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
867 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
868 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
869 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
870 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
871
872 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
873 module will be called applicom.
874
875 If unsure, say N.
876
877config SONYPI
878 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
879 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
880 ---help---
881 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
882 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
883
884 If you have one of those laptops, read
885 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
886
887 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
888 module will be called sonypi.
889
890config TANBAC_TB0219
891 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
Yoichi Yuasa63b799f2005-09-03 15:56:13 -0700892 depends TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700893 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700894
895menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
896
897config FTAPE
898 tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
899 depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
900 ---help---
901 If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
902 controller, say Y here.
903
904 Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
905 "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
906 controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
907 controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
908
909 If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
910 Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
911 FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
912 Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
913 appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
914 below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
915 channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
916
917 If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
918 please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
919
920 The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
921 module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
922 module will be called ftape.
923
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700924source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
925
926endmenu
927
928source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
929
930source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
931
932source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
933
934config MWAVE
935 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
936 depends on X86
937 select SERIAL_8250
938 ---help---
939 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
940 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
941 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
942 and support selected world wide countries.
943
944 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
945 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
946
947 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
948 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
949
950 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
951 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
952 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
953
954 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
955 in it, say Y.
956
957 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
958 module will be called mwave.
959
960config SCx200_GPIO
961 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
962 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700963 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700964 help
965 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
966 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
967
968 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
969
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700970config PC8736x_GPIO
971 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
972 depends on X86
973 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
974 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
975 help
976 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
977 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
978 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
979 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
980
981 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
982
983config NSC_GPIO
984 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700985 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700986 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
987 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
988 help
989 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
990 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
991 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
992
Ben Gardnere3291132006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800993config CS5535_GPIO
994 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
995 depends on X86_32
996 help
997 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
998 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
999
1000 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
1001
Yoichi Yuasae400bae2005-06-21 17:15:56 -07001002config GPIO_VR41XX
1003 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
1004 depends on CPU_VR41XX
1005
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001006config RAW_DRIVER
1007 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
1008 help
1009 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
1010 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
1011 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1012
Adrian Bunk98e7f292005-06-25 14:59:37 -07001013 The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
1014 Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001015 with the O_DIRECT flag.
1016
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -08001017config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1018 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1019 depends on RAW_DRIVER
1020 default "256"
1021 help
1022 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1023 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1024 raw devices.
1025
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001026config HPET
1027 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1028 default n
1029 depends on ACPI
1030 help
1031 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1032 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
1033 non-periodioc and/or periodic.
1034
1035config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1036 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1037 default n
1038 depends on HPET
1039 help
1040 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1041 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1042 the HPET timers.
1043
1044config HPET_MMAP
1045 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1046 default y
1047 depends on HPET
1048 help
1049 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1050 the HPET registers.
1051
1052 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1053 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1054 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1055 say N here.
1056
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001057config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1058 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Jan Glauber3633b042006-02-01 03:06:34 -08001059 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001060 help
1061 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1062 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1063 or merely print a warning.
1064
1065config MMTIMER
1066 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1067 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1068 default y
1069 help
1070 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1071 Altix system timer.
1072
1073source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1074
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001075config TELCLOCK
1076 tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
1077 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1078 default n
1079 help
1080 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
1081 allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
1082 configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
1083 across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
1084 sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
1085 files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1086
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001087endmenu
1088