Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 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 | |
| 6 | config 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 | |
Jiri Slaby | 9326b04 | 2013-03-19 11:34:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame^] | 36 | config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS |
| 37 | bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)" |
| 38 | depends on SERIAL_8250 |
| 39 | default y |
| 40 | ---help--- |
| 41 | In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to |
| 42 | accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and |
| 43 | 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if |
| 44 | anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to |
| 45 | keep the 8350_core.* options around until they revert the changes |
| 46 | they already did. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it |
| 51 | is safe (and recommended) to say N here. |
| 52 | |
Sean Young | 835d844 | 2012-09-07 19:06:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | config SERIAL_8250_PNP |
| 54 | bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT |
| 55 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP |
| 56 | default y |
| 57 | ---help--- |
| 58 | This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to |
| 59 | disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. |
| 60 | |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE |
| 62 | bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port" |
| 63 | depends on SERIAL_8250=y |
| 64 | select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE |
| 65 | ---help--- |
| 66 | If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the |
| 67 | system console (the system console is the device which receives all |
| 68 | kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user |
| 69 | mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected |
| 70 | to that serial port. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console |
| 73 | (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but |
| 74 | you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as |
| 75 | "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of |
| 76 | your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options |
| 77 | to the kernel at boot time.) |
| 78 | |
| 79 | If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the |
| 80 | kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as |
| 81 | system console. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | You can set that using a kernel command line option such as |
| 84 | "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" |
| 85 | "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". |
| 86 | and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding |
| 87 | port is ready. |
| 88 | "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" |
| 89 | "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". |
| 90 | it will not only setup early console. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | If unsure, say N. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM |
| 95 | bool |
| 96 | depends on X86 |
| 97 | default y |
| 98 | |
| 99 | config SERIAL_8250_GSC |
| 100 | tristate |
| 101 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC |
| 102 | default SERIAL_8250 |
| 103 | |
Heikki Krogerus | 9ee4b83 | 2013-01-10 11:25:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | config SERIAL_8250_DMA |
| 105 | bool "DMA support for 16550 compatible UART controllers" if EXPERT |
| 106 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && DMADEVICES=y |
| 107 | default SERIAL_8250 |
| 108 | help |
| 109 | This builds DMA support that can be used with 8250/16650 |
| 110 | compatible UART controllers that support DMA signaling. |
| 111 | |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | config SERIAL_8250_PCI |
| 113 | tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support" if EXPERT |
| 114 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI |
| 115 | default SERIAL_8250 |
| 116 | help |
| 117 | This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to |
| 118 | disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. |
| 119 | Saves about 9K. |
| 120 | |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | config SERIAL_8250_HP300 |
| 122 | tristate |
| 123 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300 |
| 124 | default SERIAL_8250 |
| 125 | |
| 126 | config SERIAL_8250_CS |
| 127 | tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support" |
| 128 | depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250 |
| 129 | ---help--- |
| 130 | Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices, |
| 131 | including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of |
| 132 | multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are |
| 133 | credit-card size devices often used with laptops.) |
| 134 | |
| 135 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 136 | module will be called serial_cs. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | If unsure, say N. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS |
| 141 | int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports" |
| 142 | depends on SERIAL_8250 |
| 143 | default "4" |
| 144 | help |
| 145 | Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver |
| 146 | to support. This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or |
| 147 | PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time |
| 148 | via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards. |
| 149 | |
| 150 | config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS |
| 151 | int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime" |
| 152 | depends on SERIAL_8250 |
| 153 | range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS |
| 154 | default "4" |
| 155 | help |
| 156 | Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want |
| 157 | the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overridden |
| 158 | with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter |
| 159 | 8250.nr_uarts |
| 160 | |
| 161 | config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED |
| 162 | bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options" |
| 163 | depends on SERIAL_8250 |
| 164 | help |
| 165 | If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" |
| 166 | driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial |
| 167 | interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the |
| 168 | four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the |
| 171 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all |
| 172 | the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 175 | bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports" |
| 176 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64 |
| 177 | help |
| 178 | Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four |
| 179 | standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST |
| 180 | FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available |
| 181 | from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom |
| 182 | serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port |
| 183 | hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can |
| 184 | say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an |
| 185 | "intelligent" multiport card such as Cyclades, Digiboards, etc. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | # |
| 188 | # Multi-port serial cards |
| 189 | # |
| 190 | |
| 191 | config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT |
| 192 | tristate "Support Fourport cards" |
| 193 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 194 | help |
| 195 | Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 198 | will be called 8250_fourport. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT |
| 201 | tristate "Support Accent cards" |
| 202 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 203 | help |
| 204 | Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board. |
| 205 | |
| 206 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 207 | will be called 8250_accent. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | config SERIAL_8250_BOCA |
| 210 | tristate "Support Boca cards" |
| 211 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 212 | help |
| 213 | Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board. Please read the Boca |
| 214 | mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> |
| 215 | |
| 216 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 217 | will be called 8250_boca. |
| 218 | |
| 219 | config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554 |
| 220 | tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART" |
| 221 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 222 | help |
| 223 | The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART. If you are |
| 224 | tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART, |
| 225 | say Y here. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 228 | will be called 8250_exar_st16c554. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | config SERIAL_8250_HUB6 |
| 231 | tristate "Support Hub6 cards" |
| 232 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS |
| 233 | help |
| 234 | Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board. |
| 235 | |
| 236 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 237 | will be called 8250_hub6. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | # |
| 240 | # Misc. options/drivers. |
| 241 | # |
| 242 | |
| 243 | config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ |
| 244 | bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts" |
| 245 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED |
| 246 | help |
| 247 | Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb |
| 248 | serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable |
| 249 | support for this in the serial driver, say Y here. |
| 250 | |
| 251 | config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ |
| 252 | bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)" |
| 253 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED |
| 254 | help |
| 255 | Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ |
| 256 | to use for your serial port. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in |
| 259 | a boot script using the setserial command. |
| 260 | |
| 261 | If unsure, say N. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | config SERIAL_8250_RSA |
| 264 | bool "Support RSA serial ports" |
| 265 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED |
| 266 | help |
| 267 | ::: To be written ::: |
| 268 | |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | config SERIAL_8250_ACORN |
| 270 | tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support" |
| 271 | depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250 |
| 272 | help |
| 273 | If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn |
| 274 | system, say Y to this option. The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port |
| 275 | cards. If unsure, say N. |
| 276 | |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | config SERIAL_8250_FSL |
| 278 | bool |
| 279 | depends on SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE && PPC_UDBG_16550 |
| 280 | default PPC |
| 281 | |
| 282 | config SERIAL_8250_DW |
| 283 | tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks" |
Heikki Krogerus | 6a7320c | 2013-01-10 11:25:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | depends on SERIAL_8250 |
Paul Gortmaker | 9bef3d4 | 2012-01-05 18:21:43 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | help |
| 286 | Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features |
| 287 | present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART. |
Magnus Damm | 22886ee | 2012-05-03 21:13:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | |
| 289 | config SERIAL_8250_EM |
Masanari Iida | 46e99c4 | 2012-10-24 23:29:41 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port" |
Magnus Damm | 22886ee | 2012-05-03 21:13:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK |
| 292 | help |
| 293 | Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial |
| 294 | port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors. |
| 295 | If unsure, say N. |
John Crispin | c420811 | 2013-01-25 19:39:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | |
| 297 | config SERIAL_8250_RT288X |
| 298 | bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support" |
| 299 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && (SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883) |
| 300 | help |
| 301 | If you have a Ralink RT288x/RT305x SoC based board and want to use the |
| 302 | serial port, say Y to this option. The driver can handle up to 2 serial |
| 303 | ports. If unsure, say N. |