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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"
Al Viro3b4709a2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800100 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800194 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
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
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800204config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800205 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
Jiri Slabyfb0c9292006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800207 help
208 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
209 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
210
211 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
212 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
213
214 Use at your own risk.
215
216 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"
355 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
356 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"
366 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
367 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
375config AU1000_UART
376 bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
377 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
378 help
379 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
380 to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
381
382config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
383 bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
384 depends on AU1000_UART
385 help
386 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
387 to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
388
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700389config A2232
390 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
391 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
392 ---help---
393 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
394 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
395 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
396 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
397 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
398 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
399 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
400
401 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
402 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
403 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
404
405config SGI_SNSC
406 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
407 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
408 help
409 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
410 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
411 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
412
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700413config SGI_TIOCX
414 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
415 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
416 help
417 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
418 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
419
420config SGI_MBCS
421 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700422 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700423 help
424 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
425 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
426
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700427source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
428
429config UNIX98_PTYS
430 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
431 default y
432 ---help---
433 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
434 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
435 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
436 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
437 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
438 and xterms.
439
440 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
441 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
442 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
443 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
444 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
445 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
446 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
447 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
448
449 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
450 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
451
452config LEGACY_PTYS
453 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
454 default y
455 ---help---
456 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
457 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
458 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
459 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
460 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
461 and xterms.
462
463 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
464 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
465 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
466 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
467 systems, it is safe to say N.
468
469
470config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
471 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
472 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
473 range 1 256
474 default "256"
475 ---help---
476 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
477 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
478 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
479
480 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
481 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
482
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000483config BRIQ_PANEL
484 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
Paul Mackerras2818c5d2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000485 depends on PPC_CHRP
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000486 ---help---
487 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
488 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
489
490 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
491 must answer Y here.
492
493 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
494 module will be called briq_panel.
495
496 It's safe to say N here.
497
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700498config PRINTER
499 tristate "Parallel printer support"
500 depends on PARPORT
501 ---help---
502 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
503 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
504 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
505 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
506 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
507
508 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
509 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
510 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
511
512 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
513 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
514
515 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
516 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
517 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
518 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
519 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
520
521 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
522 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
523
524config LP_CONSOLE
525 bool "Support for console on line printer"
526 depends on PRINTER
527 ---help---
528 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
529 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
530 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
531 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
532
533 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
534 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
535 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
536 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
537 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
538
539 If unsure, say N.
540
541config PPDEV
542 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
543 depends on PARPORT
544 ---help---
545 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
546 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
547 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
548 IDs).
549
550 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
551 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
552 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
553
554 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
555 module will be called ppdev.
556
557 If unsure, say N.
558
559config TIPAR
560 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
561 depends on PARPORT
562 ---help---
563 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
564 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
565
566 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
567 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
568 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
569 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
570 the device nodes, though).
571
572 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
573 module will be called tipar.
574
575 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
576 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
577 driver.
578
579 If unsure, say N.
580
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200581config HVC_DRIVER
582 bool
583 help
584 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
585 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
586 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
587 is selected.
588
589
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700590config HVC_CONSOLE
591 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
592 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200593 select HVC_DRIVER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700594 help
595 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
596 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
597 which is accessed via the HMC.
598
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000599config HVC_ISERIES
600 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
601 depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
602 select HVC_DRIVER
603 help
604 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
605
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200606config HVC_RTAS
607 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
608 depends on PPC_RTAS
609 select HVC_DRIVER
610 help
611 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
612
Ishizaki Kou3cdc20e2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900613config HVC_BEAT
614 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
615 depends on PPC_CELLEB
616 select HVC_DRIVER
617 help
618 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
619
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700620config HVCS
621 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
622 depends on PPC_PSERIES
623 help
624 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
625 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
626 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
627 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
628 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
629 this driver.
630
631 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
632 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
633 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
634 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
635 module.
636
637source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
638
639source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
640
641config DS1620
642 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
643 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
644 help
645 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
646 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
647 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
648
649 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
650 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
651 necessity.
652
653config NWBUTTON
654 tristate "NetWinder Button"
655 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
656 ---help---
657 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
658 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
659 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
660 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
661
662 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
663 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
664 row.
665
666 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
667 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
668 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
669 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
670
671 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
672 module will be called nwbutton.
673
674 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
675 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
676
677config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
678 bool "Reboot Using Button"
679 depends on NWBUTTON
680 help
681 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
682 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
683 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
684 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
685 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
686 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
687 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
688
689config NWFLASH
690 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
691 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
692 ---help---
693 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
694 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
695 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
696 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
697 allow random users access to this device. :-)
698
699 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
700 module will be called nwflash.
701
702 If you're not sure, say N.
703
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700704source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
705
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700706config NVRAM
707 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -0800708 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700709 ---help---
710 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
711 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
712 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
713 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
714 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
715 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
716
717 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
718 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
719 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
720 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
721 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
722 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
723 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
724 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
725
726 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
727 to be selected.
728
729 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
730 module will be called nvram.
731
732config RTC
733 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
Paul Mundt91550f72006-09-27 17:45:01 +0900734 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700735 ---help---
736 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
737 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
738 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
739 into your computer.
740
741 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
742 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
743 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
744 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
745 /dev/rtc.
746
747 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
748 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
749 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
750
751 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
752 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
753 for details.
754
755 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
756 module will be called rtc.
757
758config SGI_DS1286
759 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
760 depends on SGI_IP22
761 help
762 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
763 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
764 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
765 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
766 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
767 /dev/rtc.
768
769config SGI_IP27_RTC
770 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
771 depends on SGI_IP27
772 help
773 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
774 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
775 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
776 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
777 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
778 /dev/rtc.
779
780config GEN_RTC
781 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
David Howells2919b512006-01-08 01:01:16 -0800782 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700783 ---help---
784 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
785 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
786 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
787 into your computer.
788
789 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
790 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
791 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
792 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
793 precision in some cases.
794
795 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
796 module will be called genrtc.
797
798config GEN_RTC_X
799 bool "Extended RTC operation"
800 depends on GEN_RTC
801 help
802 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
803 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
804
805config EFI_RTC
806 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
807 depends on IA64
808
809config DS1302
810 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
811 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
812 help
813 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
814 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
815 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
816 into your computer.
817
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700818config COBALT_LCD
819 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
820 depends on MIPS_COBALT
821 help
822 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
823 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
824
825config DTLK
826 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
827 help
828 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
829 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
830 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
831
832 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
833 module will be called dtlk.
834
835config R3964
836 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
837 ---help---
838 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
839 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
840 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
841
842 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
843 module will be called n_r3964.
844
845 If unsure, say N.
846
847config APPLICOM
848 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
849 depends on PCI
850 ---help---
851 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
852 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
853 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
854 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
855 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
856
857 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
858 module will be called applicom.
859
860 If unsure, say N.
861
862config SONYPI
863 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
864 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
865 ---help---
866 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
867 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
868
869 If you have one of those laptops, read
870 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
871
872 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
873 module will be called sonypi.
874
875config TANBAC_TB0219
876 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
Robert P. J. Daybef1f402006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100877 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700878 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700879
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700880source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
881
882source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
883
884source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
885
886config MWAVE
887 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
888 depends on X86
889 select SERIAL_8250
890 ---help---
891 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
892 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
893 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
894 and support selected world wide countries.
895
896 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
897 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
898
899 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
900 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
901
902 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
903 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
904 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
905
906 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
907 in it, say Y.
908
909 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
910 module will be called mwave.
911
912config SCx200_GPIO
913 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
914 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700915 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700916 help
917 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
918 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
919
920 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
921
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700922config PC8736x_GPIO
923 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
924 depends on X86
925 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
926 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
927 help
928 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
929 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
930 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
931 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
932
933 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
934
935config NSC_GPIO
936 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700937 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700938 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
939 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
940 help
941 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
942 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
943 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
944
Ben Gardnere3291132006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800945config CS5535_GPIO
946 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
947 depends on X86_32
948 help
949 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
950 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
951
952 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
953
Yoichi Yuasae400bae2005-06-21 17:15:56 -0700954config GPIO_VR41XX
955 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
956 depends on CPU_VR41XX
957
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700958config RAW_DRIVER
959 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200960 depends on BLOCK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700961 help
962 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
963 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
964 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
965
Adrian Bunk98e7f292005-06-25 14:59:37 -0700966 The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
967 Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700968 with the O_DIRECT flag.
969
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -0800970config MAX_RAW_DEVS
971 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
972 depends on RAW_DRIVER
973 default "256"
974 help
975 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
976 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
977 raw devices.
978
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700979config HPET
980 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
981 default n
982 depends on ACPI
983 help
984 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
985 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
Matt LaPlante3cb2fcc2006-11-30 05:22:59 +0100986 non-periodic and/or periodic.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700987
988config HPET_RTC_IRQ
989 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
990 default n
991 depends on HPET
992 help
993 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
994 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
995 the HPET timers.
996
997config HPET_MMAP
998 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
999 default y
1000 depends on HPET
1001 help
1002 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1003 the HPET registers.
1004
1005 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1006 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1007 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1008 say N here.
1009
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001010config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1011 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Jan Glauber3633b042006-02-01 03:06:34 -08001012 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001013 help
1014 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1015 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1016 or merely print a warning.
1017
1018config MMTIMER
1019 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1020 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1021 default y
1022 help
1023 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1024 Altix system timer.
1025
1026source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1027
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001028config TELCLOCK
1029 tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
Geert Uytterhoeven4d99bfa2006-10-16 19:59:43 +02001030 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001031 default n
1032 help
1033 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
1034 allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
1035 configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
1036 across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
1037 sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
1038 files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1039
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001040endmenu
1041