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Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -05001#
2# The 8250/16550 serial drivers. You shouldn't be in this list unless
3# you somehow have an implicit or explicit dependency on SERIAL_8250.
4#
5
6config SERIAL_8250
7 tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support"
8 select SERIAL_CORE
9 ---help---
10 This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
11 serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N
12 here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP
13 servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a
14 serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial
15 port for anything. (Note that the Cyclades and Stallion multi
16 serial port drivers do not need this driver built in for them to
17 work.)
18
19 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
20 module will be called 8250.
21 [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using
22 non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will
23 be lost when the driver is unloaded. This limitation may be lifted
24 in the future.]
25
26 BTW1: If you have a mouseman serial mouse which is not recognized by
27 the X window system, try running gpm first.
28
29 BTW2: If you intend to use a software modem (also called Winmodem)
30 under Linux, forget it. These modems are crippled and require
31 proprietary drivers which are only available under Windows.
32
33 Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice,
34 modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports.
35
Sean Young835d8442012-09-07 19:06:23 +010036config SERIAL_8250_PNP
37 bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT
38 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
39 default y
40 ---help---
41 This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to
42 disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
43
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -050044config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
45 bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port"
46 depends on SERIAL_8250=y
47 select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
48 ---help---
49 If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
50 system console (the system console is the device which receives all
51 kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
52 mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected
53 to that serial port.
54
55 Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
56 (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
57 you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
58 "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
59 your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options
60 to the kernel at boot time.)
61
62 If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
63 kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
64 system console.
65
66 You can set that using a kernel command line option such as
67 "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
68 "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
69 and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding
70 port is ready.
71 "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
72 "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
73 it will not only setup early console.
74
75 If unsure, say N.
76
77config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
78 bool
79 depends on X86
80 default y
81
82config SERIAL_8250_GSC
83 tristate
84 depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC
85 default SERIAL_8250
86
Heikki Krogerus9ee4b832013-01-10 11:25:11 +020087config SERIAL_8250_DMA
88 bool "DMA support for 16550 compatible UART controllers" if EXPERT
89 depends on SERIAL_8250 && DMADEVICES=y
90 default SERIAL_8250
91 help
92 This builds DMA support that can be used with 8250/16650
93 compatible UART controllers that support DMA signaling.
94
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -050095config SERIAL_8250_PCI
96 tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support" if EXPERT
97 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
98 default SERIAL_8250
99 help
100 This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to
101 disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
102 Saves about 9K.
103
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500104config SERIAL_8250_HP300
105 tristate
106 depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300
107 default SERIAL_8250
108
109config SERIAL_8250_CS
110 tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
111 depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250
112 ---help---
113 Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices,
114 including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of
115 multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are
116 credit-card size devices often used with laptops.)
117
118 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
119 module will be called serial_cs.
120
121 If unsure, say N.
122
123config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
124 int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports"
125 depends on SERIAL_8250
126 default "4"
127 help
128 Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver
129 to support. This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or
130 PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
131 via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
132
133config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
134 int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
135 depends on SERIAL_8250
136 range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
137 default "4"
138 help
139 Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
140 the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overridden
141 with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
142 8250.nr_uarts
143
144config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
145 bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
146 depends on SERIAL_8250
147 help
148 If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb"
149 driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial
150 interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the
151 four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.
152
153 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
154 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
155 the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.
156
157config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
158 bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports"
159 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64
160 help
161 Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four
162 standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST
163 FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available
164 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom
165 serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port
166 hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can
167 say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an
168 "intelligent" multiport card such as Cyclades, Digiboards, etc.
169
170#
171# Multi-port serial cards
172#
173
174config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT
175 tristate "Support Fourport cards"
176 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
177 help
178 Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board.
179
180 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
181 will be called 8250_fourport.
182
183config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT
184 tristate "Support Accent cards"
185 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
186 help
187 Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board.
188
189 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
190 will be called 8250_accent.
191
192config SERIAL_8250_BOCA
193 tristate "Support Boca cards"
194 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
195 help
196 Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board. Please read the Boca
197 mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>
198
199 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
200 will be called 8250_boca.
201
202config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554
203 tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART"
204 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
205 help
206 The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART. If you are
207 tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART,
208 say Y here.
209
210 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
211 will be called 8250_exar_st16c554.
212
213config SERIAL_8250_HUB6
214 tristate "Support Hub6 cards"
215 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
216 help
217 Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board.
218
219 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
220 will be called 8250_hub6.
221
222#
223# Misc. options/drivers.
224#
225
226config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
227 bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts"
228 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
229 help
230 Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb
231 serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable
232 support for this in the serial driver, say Y here.
233
234config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ
235 bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)"
236 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
237 help
238 Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ
239 to use for your serial port.
240
241 This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in
242 a boot script using the setserial command.
243
244 If unsure, say N.
245
246config SERIAL_8250_RSA
247 bool "Support RSA serial ports"
248 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
249 help
250 ::: To be written :::
251
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500252config SERIAL_8250_ACORN
253 tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support"
254 depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250
255 help
256 If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn
257 system, say Y to this option. The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port
258 cards. If unsure, say N.
259
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500260config SERIAL_8250_FSL
261 bool
262 depends on SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE && PPC_UDBG_16550
263 default PPC
264
265config SERIAL_8250_DW
266 tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks"
Heikki Krogerus6a7320c2013-01-10 11:25:10 +0200267 depends on SERIAL_8250
Paul Gortmaker9bef3d42012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500268 help
269 Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
270 present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.
Magnus Damm22886ee2012-05-03 21:13:09 +0900271
272config SERIAL_8250_EM
Masanari Iida46e99c42012-10-24 23:29:41 +0900273 tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port"
Magnus Damm22886ee2012-05-03 21:13:09 +0900274 depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK
275 help
276 Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
277 port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors.
278 If unsure, say N.
John Crispinc4208112013-01-25 19:39:51 +0100279
280config SERIAL_8250_RT288X
281 bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support"
282 depends on SERIAL_8250 && (SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883)
283 help
284 If you have a Ralink RT288x/RT305x SoC based board and want to use the
285 serial port, say Y to this option. The driver can handle up to 2 serial
286 ports. If unsure, say N.