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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -08008 bool "Virtual terminal" if EXPERT
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02009 depends on !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070010 select INPUT
Stephen Rothwell4c514a52008-08-07 14:08:27 +100011 default y
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070012 ---help---
13 If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
14 display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
15 can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
16 one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
17 virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
18 one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
19 an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
20 is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
21
22 The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
23 properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
24 man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
25 character sequences that can be used to change those properties
26 directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
27 the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
28 with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
29
30 You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
31 of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
32 embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
33 memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
34 or network connection.
35
36 If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
37 shiny Linux system :-)
38
David Woodhousea29ccf6f82008-06-03 14:59:40 +010039config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
40 depends on VT
41 default y
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -080042 bool "Enable character translations in console" if EXPERT
David Woodhousea29ccf6f82008-06-03 14:59:40 +010043 ---help---
44 This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation
45 on virtual consoles.
46
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070047config VT_CONSOLE
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -080048 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EXPERT
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049 depends on VT
50 default y
51 ---help---
52 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
53 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
54 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
55 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
56 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
57 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
58 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
59
60 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
61 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
62 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
63 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
64 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
65 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
66
67 If unsure, say Y.
68
69config HW_CONSOLE
70 bool
71 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
72 default y
73
Antonino A. Daplas13ae6642006-06-26 00:27:12 -070074config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
75 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
76 depends on HW_CONSOLE
77 default n
78 ---help---
79 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
80 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
81 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
82 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
83 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
84 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
85 virtual terminals.
86
87 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
88 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
89 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
90
Arjan van de Venb781ecb2008-04-29 00:58:34 -070091config DEVKMEM
92 bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
93 default y
94 help
95 Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
96 /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
97 kind of kernel debugging operations.
98 When in doubt, say "N".
99
Mike Frysinger0b914212009-06-11 14:01:45 +0100100config BFIN_JTAG_COMM
101 tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication"
102 depends on BLACKFIN
103 help
104 Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG.
105
106 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
107 module will be called bfin_jtag_comm.
108
109config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE
110 bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG"
111 depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y
112
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700113config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
114 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200115 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700116 ---help---
117 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
118 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
119 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
120 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
121 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
122 connections.
123
124 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
125 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
126 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
127
128 Most people can say N here.
129
130config COMPUTONE
131 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
Al Viro3b4709a2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800132 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133 ---help---
134 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
135 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
136 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
137 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
138 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
139 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000140 Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700141
Roland.Kletzing33dda512008-06-05 22:46:04 -0700142 To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
143 module will be called ip2.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700144
145config ROCKETPORT
146 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100147 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700148 help
149 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
150 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
151 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000152 and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700153
154 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
155 module will be called rocket.
156
157 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
158 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
159
160config CYCLADES
161 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
Jiri Slabycff94942007-05-08 00:36:36 -0700162 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
Jiri Slabyee2077d2007-07-26 10:41:17 -0700163 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700164 ---help---
165 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
166 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
167 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
168
169 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000170 <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700171
172 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
173 module will be called cyclades.
174
175 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
176
177config CYZ_INTR
178 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
179 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
180 help
181 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
182 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
183 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
184 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
185 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
186 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
187 unsure, say N.
188
189config DIGIEPCA
190 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
Alan Coxdcbf1282008-07-22 11:18:12 +0100191 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700192 ---help---
193 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
194 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
195 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
196 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
197 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
198 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000199 <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700200
201 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
202 module will be called epca.
203
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700204config MOXA_INTELLIO
205 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Jiri Slaby49209162008-05-14 16:05:53 -0700207 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700208 help
209 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
210
211 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
212 module will be called moxa.
213
214config MOXA_SMARTIO
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800215 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
Jiri Slabyfb0c9292006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800216 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800217 help
218 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
219 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
220
221 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
222 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
223
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800224 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
Jiri Slaby1c456072008-02-07 00:16:46 -0800225 mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800226
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700227config ISI
228 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Alan Cox6d889722008-07-22 11:18:21 +0100229 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
maximilian attems5ff2a7e2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800230 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700231 help
232 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
233 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
234 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
235 If you want to do that, choose M here.
236
237config SYNCLINK
238 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
Al Viroa5532602005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100239 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700240 help
241 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
242 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
243 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
244
245 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
246 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
247 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
248 here.
249
250config SYNCLINKMP
251 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100252 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700253 help
254 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
255 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
256 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
257 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
258
259 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
260 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
261 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
262 here.
263
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800264config SYNCLINK_GT
265 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
Al Viro8ef9cf32006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500266 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800267 help
268 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
269 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
270 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
271
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700272config N_HDLC
273 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
274 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
275 help
276 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
277 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
278
Alan Coxe1eaea42010-03-26 11:32:54 +0000279 This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700280 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
281 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
282 here.
283
Alan Coxe1eaea42010-03-26 11:32:54 +0000284config N_GSM
285 tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
286 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
Randy Dunlap972c1962010-05-03 09:08:38 -0700287 depends on NET
Alan Coxe1eaea42010-03-26 11:32:54 +0000288 help
289 This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and
290 presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices.
291
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700292config RISCOM8
293 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
Alan Cox781cff52008-07-22 11:18:30 +0100294 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700295 help
296 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
297 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
298 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
299 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000300 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700301
302 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
303 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
304
305config SPECIALIX
306 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
Alan Coxfaa76122008-07-22 11:19:05 +0100307 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700308 help
309 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
310 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
311 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
312 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
313
314 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000315 <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
316 M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700317 called specialix.
318
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700319config SX
320 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
Alan Cox41214592009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000321 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700322 help
323 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000324 Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700325
326 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
327 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
328 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
329
330config RIO
331 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
Alan Cox41214592009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000332 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700333 help
334 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
335 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
336 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
337 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
338
339config RIO_OLDPCI
340 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
341 depends on RIO
342 help
343 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
344 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
345 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
346
347config STALDRV
348 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
349 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
350 help
351 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
352 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
353 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
354 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000355 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
356 in this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700357 say N.
358
359config STALLION
360 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
Alan Coxd18a7502008-10-13 10:40:07 +0100361 depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700362 help
363 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
364 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000365 <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700366
367 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
368 module will be called stallion.
369
370config ISTALLION
371 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
Alan Coxd18a7502008-10-13 10:40:07 +0100372 depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700373 help
374 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
375 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
Randy Dunlap31c00fc2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000376 <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700377
378 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
379 module will be called istallion.
380
Frank Seidel20fd1e32007-11-09 14:49:23 +0100381config NOZOMI
382 tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
383 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
384 help
385 If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
386 Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
387
388 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
389 will be called nozomi.
390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700391config A2232
392 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Alan Cox41214592009-10-29 12:16:22 +0000393 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700394 ---help---
395 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
396 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
397 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
398 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
399 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
400 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
401 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
402
403 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
404 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
405 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
406
407config SGI_SNSC
408 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
409 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
410 help
411 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
412 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
413 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
414
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700415config SGI_TIOCX
416 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
417 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
418 help
419 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
420 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
421
422config SGI_MBCS
423 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700424 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700425 help
426 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
427 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
428
Greg Kroah-Hartmanab4382d2011-01-13 12:10:18 -0800429source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700430
431config UNIX98_PTYS
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800432 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700433 default y
434 ---help---
435 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
436 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
437 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
438 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
439 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
440 and xterms.
441
442 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
443 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
444 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
445 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
446 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
447 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
448 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
449 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
450
451 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
452 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
453
Sukadev Bhattiprolue4adca22009-01-02 13:41:54 +0000454config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
455 bool "Support multiple instances of devpts"
456 depends on UNIX98_PTYS
457 default n
458 ---help---
459 Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem.
460 If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers),
461 say Y here. Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts
462 filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an
463 independent PTY namespace.
464
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700465config LEGACY_PTYS
466 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
467 default y
468 ---help---
469 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
470 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
471 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
472 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
473 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
474 and xterms.
475
476 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
477 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
478 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
479 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
480 systems, it is safe to say N.
481
482
483config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
484 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
485 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
Kay Sievers345ee832007-11-14 23:39:42 +0100486 range 0 256
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700487 default "256"
488 ---help---
489 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
490 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
491 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
492
493 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
494 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
495
Samo Pogacnik24b4b672010-08-25 20:44:07 +0200496config TTY_PRINTK
497 bool "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800498 depends on EXPERT
Samo Pogacnik24b4b672010-08-25 20:44:07 +0200499 default n
500 ---help---
501 If you say Y here, the support for writing user messages (i.e.
502 console messages) via printk is available.
503
504 The feature is useful to inline user messages with kernel
505 messages.
506 In order to use this feature, you should output user messages
507 to /dev/ttyprintk or redirect console to this TTY.
508
509 If unsure, say N.
510
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000511config BRIQ_PANEL
512 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
Paul Mackerras2818c5d2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000513 depends on PPC_CHRP
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000514 ---help---
515 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
516 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
517
518 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
519 must answer Y here.
520
521 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
522 module will be called briq_panel.
523
524 It's safe to say N here.
525
Mike Frysinger2dc63a82008-04-25 08:04:56 +0800526config BFIN_OTP
527 tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
Mike Frysingerf69b2d72009-11-20 19:09:56 +0000528 depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)
Mike Frysinger2dc63a82008-04-25 08:04:56 +0800529 default y
530 help
531 If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
532 interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
533 stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access
534 to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your
535 own secure code and reader for that.
536
537 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
538 will be called bfin-otp.
539
540 If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
541
542config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
543 bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
544 depends on BFIN_OTP
545 default n
546 help
547 If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
548 OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
549 the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
550 need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
551
552 If unsure, say N.
553
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700554config PRINTER
555 tristate "Parallel printer support"
556 depends on PARPORT
557 ---help---
558 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
559 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
560 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
561 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
562 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
563
564 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
565 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
566 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
567
568 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
569 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
570
571 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
572 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
573 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
574 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
575 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
576
577 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
578 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
579
580config LP_CONSOLE
581 bool "Support for console on line printer"
582 depends on PRINTER
583 ---help---
584 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
585 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
586 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
587 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
588
589 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
590 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
591 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
592 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
593 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
594
595 If unsure, say N.
596
597config PPDEV
598 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
599 depends on PARPORT
600 ---help---
601 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
602 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
603 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
604 IDs).
605
606 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
607 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
608 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
609
610 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
611 module will be called ppdev.
612
613 If unsure, say N.
614
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200615config HVC_DRIVER
616 bool
617 help
Rusty Russell3e6c6f62007-10-16 23:30:13 -0700618 Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
Rusty Russell2d1df812007-10-16 23:30:14 -0700619 hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200620 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
621 is selected.
622
Christian Borntraeger611e0972008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200623config HVC_IRQ
624 bool
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200625
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700626config HVC_CONSOLE
627 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
628 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200629 select HVC_DRIVER
Christian Borntraeger611e0972008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200630 select HVC_IRQ
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700631 help
632 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
633 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
634 which is accessed via the HMC.
635
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000636config HVC_ISERIES
637 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
Stephen Rothwellb15f7922007-05-08 15:05:31 +1000638 depends on PPC_ISERIES
639 default y
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000640 select HVC_DRIVER
Christian Borntraeger611e0972008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200641 select HVC_IRQ
Kamalesh Babulald2b43972009-01-06 05:57:24 +0000642 select VIOPATH
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000643 help
644 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
645
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200646config HVC_RTAS
647 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
648 depends on PPC_RTAS
649 select HVC_DRIVER
650 help
651 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
652
Ishizaki Kou3cdc20e2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900653config HVC_BEAT
654 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
655 depends on PPC_CELLEB
656 select HVC_DRIVER
657 help
658 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
659
Hendrik Brueckner44a01d52008-12-25 13:38:57 +0100660config HVC_IUCV
661 bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)"
662 depends on S390
663 select HVC_DRIVER
664 select IUCV
665 default y
666 help
667 This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access
668 a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path.
669
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb536b4b2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700670config HVC_XEN
671 bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
672 depends on XEN
673 select HVC_DRIVER
Christian Borntraeger611e0972008-06-20 15:24:08 +0200674 select HVC_IRQ
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb536b4b2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700675 default y
676 help
677 Xen virtual console device driver
678
David Gibsond5e54912008-11-05 14:20:17 +0000679config HVC_UDBG
680 bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console"
681 depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL
682 select HVC_DRIVER
683 default n
684
Daniel Walker16c63f82010-11-30 11:25:39 -0800685config HVC_DCC
686 bool "ARM JTAG DCC console"
687 depends on ARM
688 select HVC_DRIVER
689 help
690 This console uses the JTAG DCC on ARM to create a console under the HVC
691 driver. This console is used through a JTAG only on ARM. If you don't have
692 a JTAG then you probably don't want this option.
693
Mike Frysinger5427bcf2011-02-04 20:45:49 -0500694config HVC_BFIN_JTAG
695 bool "Blackfin JTAG console"
696 depends on BLACKFIN
697 select HVC_DRIVER
698 help
699 This console uses the Blackfin JTAG to create a console under the
700 the HVC driver. If you don't have JTAG, then you probably don't
701 want this option.
702
Rusty Russell31610432007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000703config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
Christian Borntraeger7721c492008-07-25 12:06:06 -0500704 tristate "Virtio console"
705 depends on VIRTIO
Rusty Russell31610432007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000706 select HVC_DRIVER
Christian Borntraeger7721c492008-07-25 12:06:06 -0500707 help
708 Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
709
Amit Shahfb08bd22009-12-21 21:36:04 +0530710 Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
711 transfer between the guest and host. Character devices at
712 /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
713 found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
714 within that device. If specified by the host, a sysfs
715 attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
716 the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
717 symlink to the device.
Rusty Russell31610432007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000718
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700719config HVCS
720 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
Kamalesh Babulalaa8b83c2009-09-25 03:31:43 +0000721 depends on PPC_PSERIES && HVC_CONSOLE
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700722 help
723 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
724 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
725 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
726 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
727 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
728 this driver.
729
730 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
Pavel Machek4737f092009-06-05 00:44:53 +0200731 module will be called hvcs. Additionally, this module
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700732 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
733 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
734 module.
735
Sonny Raofe9e8d52008-07-08 15:45:11 +1000736config IBM_BSR
737 tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
738 depends on PPC_PSERIES
739 help
740 This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
741 of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
742 between several cores on a system
743
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700744source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
745
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700746config DS1620
747 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
748 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
749 help
750 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
751 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
752 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
753
754 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
755 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
756 necessity.
757
758config NWBUTTON
759 tristate "NetWinder Button"
760 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
761 ---help---
762 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
763 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
764 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
765 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
766
767 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
768 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
769 row.
770
771 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
772 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
773 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
774 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
775
776 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
777 module will be called nwbutton.
778
779 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
780 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
781
782config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
783 bool "Reboot Using Button"
784 depends on NWBUTTON
785 help
786 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
787 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
788 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
789 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
790 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
791 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
792 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
793
794config NWFLASH
795 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
796 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
797 ---help---
798 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
799 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
800 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
801 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
802 allow random users access to this device. :-)
803
804 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
805 module will be called nwflash.
806
807 If you're not sure, say N.
808
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700809source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
810
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700811config NVRAM
812 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Uwe Kleine-König807a96c2009-01-31 01:21:59 +0100813 depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700814 ---help---
815 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
816 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
817 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
818 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
819 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
820 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
821
822 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
823 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
824 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
825 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
826 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
827 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
828 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
829 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
830
831 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
832 to be selected.
833
834 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
835 module will be called nvram.
836
David Brownellc7500902008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700837#
838# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
839# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
840#
841if RTC_LIB=n
842
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700843config RTC
David Brownelle6d2bb22008-06-12 15:21:55 -0700844 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
David Brownellc7500902008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700845 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
Mike Frysinger7bfa58d2009-06-17 16:26:14 -0700846 && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700847 ---help---
848 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
849 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
850 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
851 into your computer.
852
853 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
854 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
855 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
856 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
857 /dev/rtc.
858
859 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
860 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
861 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
862
863 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
864 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
865 for details.
866
867 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
868 module will be called rtc.
869
Al Viro22405982007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700870config JS_RTC
871 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
872 depends on SPARC32 && PCI
873 ---help---
874 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
875 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
876 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
877 into your computer.
878
879 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
880 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
881 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
882 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
883 /dev/rtc.
884
885 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
886 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
887 for details.
888
889 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
890 module will be called js-rtc.
891
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700892config GEN_RTC
893 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
Mike Frysinger103d6d92009-01-06 14:42:10 -0800894 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700895 ---help---
896 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
897 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
898 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
899 into your computer.
900
901 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
902 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
903 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
904 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
905 precision in some cases.
906
907 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
908 module will be called genrtc.
909
910config GEN_RTC_X
911 bool "Extended RTC operation"
912 depends on GEN_RTC
913 help
914 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
915 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
916
917config EFI_RTC
918 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
919 depends on IA64
920
921config DS1302
922 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
923 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
924 help
925 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
926 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
927 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
928 into your computer.
929
David Brownellc7500902008-04-28 02:11:52 -0700930endif # RTC_LIB
931
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700932config DTLK
933 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200934 depends on ISA
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700935 help
936 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
937 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
938 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
939
940 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
941 module will be called dtlk.
942
Stephen Neuendorfferef141a02008-02-06 04:24:09 +1100943config XILINX_HWICAP
944 tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
Michal Simek6fa612b2009-05-11 15:49:12 +0200945 depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
Stephen Neuendorfferef141a02008-02-06 04:24:09 +1100946 help
947 This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
948 Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
949 FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
950
951 If unsure, say N.
952
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700953config R3964
954 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
955 ---help---
956 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
957 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
958 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
959
960 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
961 module will be called n_r3964.
962
963 If unsure, say N.
964
965config APPLICOM
966 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
967 depends on PCI
968 ---help---
969 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
970 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
971 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
972 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
973 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
974
975 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
976 module will be called applicom.
977
978 If unsure, say N.
979
980config SONYPI
981 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
982 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
983 ---help---
984 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
985 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
986
987 If you have one of those laptops, read
Carlos Corbacho018a6512008-02-09 01:32:19 +0000988 <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700989
990 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
991 module will be called sonypi.
992
Yoichi Yuasa09762512007-05-06 14:51:58 -0700993config GPIO_TB0219
994 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
Robert P. J. Daybef1f402006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100995 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700996 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700997
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700998source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
999
1000config MWAVE
1001 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
1002 depends on X86
1003 select SERIAL_8250
1004 ---help---
1005 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
1006 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
1007 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
1008 and support selected world wide countries.
1009
1010 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
1011 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
1012
1013 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
1014 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
1015
1016 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
1017 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
1018 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
1019
1020 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
1021 in it, say Y.
1022
1023 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1024 module will be called mwave.
1025
1026config SCx200_GPIO
1027 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
1028 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -07001029 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001030 help
1031 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
1032 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
1033
1034 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
1035
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -07001036config PC8736x_GPIO
1037 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
Randy Dunlap7b958092010-08-11 14:17:30 -07001038 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -07001039 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
1040 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
1041 help
1042 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
1043 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
1044 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
1045 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
1046
1047 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
1048
1049config NSC_GPIO
1050 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -07001051 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -07001052 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
1053 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
1054 help
1055 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
1056 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
1057 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
1058
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001059config RAW_DRIVER
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -07001060 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +02001061 depends on BLOCK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001062 help
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -07001063 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
1064 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001065 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1066
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -07001067 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001068 with the O_DIRECT flag.
1069
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -08001070config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1071 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1072 depends on RAW_DRIVER
1073 default "256"
1074 help
1075 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1076 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1077 raw devices.
1078
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001079config HPET
1080 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1081 default n
1082 depends on ACPI
1083 help
1084 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1085 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
Matt LaPlante3cb2fcc2006-11-30 05:22:59 +01001086 non-periodic and/or periodic.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001087
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001088config HPET_MMAP
1089 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1090 default y
1091 depends on HPET
1092 help
1093 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1094 the HPET registers.
1095
1096 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1097 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1098 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1099 say N here.
1100
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001101config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1102 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02001103 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001104 help
1105 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1106 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1107 or merely print a warning.
1108
1109config MMTIMER
1110 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1111 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1112 default y
1113 help
1114 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1115 Altix system timer.
1116
Dimitri Sivanichfbd8ae12009-09-23 15:57:15 -07001117config UV_MMTIMER
1118 tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
1119 depends on X86_UV
1120 default m
1121 help
1122 The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1123 UV system timer.
1124
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001125source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1126
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001127config TELCLOCK
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001128 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
Geert Uytterhoeven4d99bfa2006-10-16 19:59:43 +02001129 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001130 default n
1131 help
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001132 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1133 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1134 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1135 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1136 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1137 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1138 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001139
Russell King4f911d62007-05-08 00:28:17 -07001140config DEVPORT
1141 bool
1142 depends on !M68K
1143 depends on ISA || PCI
1144 default y
1145
Martin Schwidefsky61d48c22007-05-10 15:46:00 +02001146source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1147
Marco Stornelli56d611a2010-05-26 14:43:54 -07001148config RAMOOPS
1149 tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
Heiko Carstensb7e5d1f2010-06-04 14:14:48 -07001150 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Marco Stornelli56d611a2010-05-26 14:43:54 -07001151 default n
1152 help
1153 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
1154 buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
1155
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001156endmenu
1157