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Joe Millenbach4f73bc42013-01-17 22:44:22 -08001config TTY
2 bool "Enable TTY" if EXPERT
3 default y
4 ---help---
5 Allows you to remove TTY support which can save space, and
6 blocks features that require TTY from inclusion in the kernel.
7 TTY is required for any text terminals or serial port
8 communication. Most users should leave this enabled.
9
10if TTY
11
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -080012config VT
13 bool "Virtual terminal" if EXPERT
Al Viro33694652011-08-18 20:11:59 +010014 depends on !S390 && !UML
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -080015 select INPUT
16 default y
17 ---help---
18 If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
19 display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
20 can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
21 one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
22 virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
23 one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
24 an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
25 is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
26
27 The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
28 properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
29 man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
30 character sequences that can be used to change those properties
31 directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
32 the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
33 with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
34
35 You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
36 of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
37 embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
38 memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
39 or network connection.
40
41 If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
42 shiny Linux system :-)
43
44config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
45 depends on VT
46 default y
47 bool "Enable character translations in console" if EXPERT
48 ---help---
49 This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation
50 on virtual consoles.
51
52config VT_CONSOLE
53 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EXPERT
54 depends on VT
55 default y
56 ---help---
57 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
58 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
59 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
60 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
61 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
62 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
63 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
64
65 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
66 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
67 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
68 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
69 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
70 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
71
72 If unsure, say Y.
73
H Hartley Sweeten37cce262011-09-21 22:47:55 +020074config VT_CONSOLE_SLEEP
75 def_bool y
76 depends on VT_CONSOLE && PM_SLEEP
77
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -080078config HW_CONSOLE
79 bool
Paul Bolle24b59222011-10-12 14:40:02 +020080 depends on VT && !UML
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -080081 default y
82
83config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
84 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
85 depends on HW_CONSOLE
86 default n
87 ---help---
88 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
89 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
90 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
91 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
92 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
93 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
94 virtual terminals.
95
96 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
97 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
98 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
99
100config UNIX98_PTYS
101 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT
102 default y
103 ---help---
104 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
105 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
106 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
107 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
108 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
109 and xterms.
110
111 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
112 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
113 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
114 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
115 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
116 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
117 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
118 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
119
120 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
121 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
122
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -0800123config LEGACY_PTYS
124 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
125 default y
126 ---help---
127 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
128 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
129 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
130 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
131 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
132 and xterms.
133
134 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
135 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
136 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
137 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
138 systems, it is safe to say N.
139
140
141config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
142 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
143 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
144 range 0 256
145 default "256"
146 ---help---
147 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
148 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
149 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
150
151 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
152 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
153
Greg Kroah-Hartmana6afd9f2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800154config BFIN_JTAG_COMM
155 tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication"
156 depends on BLACKFIN
157 help
158 Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG.
159
160 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
161 module will be called bfin_jtag_comm.
162
163config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE
164 bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG"
165 depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y
166
167config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
168 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
169 depends on HAS_IOMEM
170 ---help---
171 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
172 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
173 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
174 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
175 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
176 connections.
177
178 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
179 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
180 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
181
182 Most people can say N here.
183
184config ROCKETPORT
185 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
186 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
187 help
188 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
189 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
190 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
191 and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>.
192
193 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
194 module will be called rocket.
195
196 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
197 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
198
199config CYCLADES
200 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
201 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
202 select FW_LOADER
203 ---help---
204 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
205 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
206 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
207
208 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
209 <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>.
210
211 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
212 module will be called cyclades.
213
214 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
215
216config CYZ_INTR
Greg Kroah-Hartman8b775622012-09-18 16:19:27 +0100217 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation"
Arnd Bergmann05ead492016-01-25 22:54:57 +0100218 depends on CYCLADES && PCI
Greg Kroah-Hartmana6afd9f2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800219 help
220 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
221 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
222 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
223 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
224 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
225 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
226 unsure, say N.
227
228config MOXA_INTELLIO
229 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
230 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
231 select FW_LOADER
232 help
233 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
234
235 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
236 module will be called moxa.
237
238config MOXA_SMARTIO
239 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
240 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
241 help
242 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
243 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
244
245 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
246 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
247
248 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
249 mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
250
251config SYNCLINK
252 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
253 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
254 help
255 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
256 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
257 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
258
259 This driver can only 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 synclink. If you want to do that, say M
262 here.
263
264config SYNCLINKMP
265 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
266 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
267 help
268 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
269 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
270 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
271 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
272
273 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
274 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
275 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
276 here.
277
278config SYNCLINK_GT
279 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
280 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
281 help
282 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
283 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
284 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
285
286config NOZOMI
287 tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
Greg Kroah-Hartman8b775622012-09-18 16:19:27 +0100288 depends on PCI
Greg Kroah-Hartmana6afd9f2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800289 help
290 If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
291 Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
292
293 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
294 will be called nozomi.
295
296config ISI
Greg Kroah-Hartman8b775622012-09-18 16:19:27 +0100297 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support"
Greg Kroah-Hartmana6afd9f2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800298 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
299 select FW_LOADER
300 help
301 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
302 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
303 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
304 If you want to do that, choose M here.
305
306config N_HDLC
307 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
308 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
309 help
310 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
311 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
312
313 This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be
314 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
315 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
316 here.
317
318config N_GSM
Greg Kroah-Hartman5de69342012-09-18 17:17:56 +0100319 tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Greg Kroah-Hartmana6afd9f2011-02-22 16:14:56 -0800320 depends on NET
321 help
322 This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and
323 presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices.
Greg Kroah-Hartmanbdcffc52011-02-22 15:41:47 -0800324
J Freyenseeee4f6b42011-05-06 16:56:50 -0700325config TRACE_ROUTER
326 tristate "Trace data router for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard"
327 depends on TRACE_SINK
328 default n
329 help
330 The trace router uses the Linux tty line discipline framework to
331 route trace data coming from a tty port (say UART for example) to
332 the trace sink line discipline driver and to another tty port (say
333 USB). This is part of a solution for the MIPI P1149.7, compact JTAG,
334 standard, which is for debugging mobile devices. The PTI driver in
335 drivers/misc/pti.c defines the majority of this MIPI solution.
336
337 You should select this driver if the target kernel is meant for
338 a mobile device containing a modem. Then you will need to select
339 "Trace data sink for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard" line discipline
340 driver.
341
342config TRACE_SINK
343 tristate "Trace data sink for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard"
344 default n
345 help
346 The trace sink uses the Linux line discipline framework to receive
347 trace data coming from the trace router line discipline driver
348 to a user-defined tty port target, like USB.
349 This is to provide a way to extract modem trace data on
350 devices that do not have a PTI HW module, or just need modem
351 trace data to come out of a different HW output port.
352 This is part of a solution for the P1149.7, compact JTAG, standard.
353
354 If you select this option, you need to select
355 "Trace data router for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard".
Timur Tabidcd83aa2011-07-08 19:06:12 -0500356
357config PPC_EPAPR_HV_BYTECHAN
Anton Blancharda183d3a2013-12-09 16:03:10 +1100358 bool "ePAPR hypervisor byte channel driver"
Timur Tabidcd83aa2011-07-08 19:06:12 -0500359 depends on PPC
Stuart Yoder40656392012-07-03 05:48:54 +0000360 select EPAPR_PARAVIRT
Timur Tabidcd83aa2011-07-08 19:06:12 -0500361 help
362 This driver creates /dev entries for each ePAPR hypervisor byte
363 channel, thereby allowing applications to communicate with byte
364 channels as if they were serial ports.
365
366config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC
367 bool "Early console (udbg) support for ePAPR hypervisors"
Stephen Rothwellf21c6d42012-02-20 07:22:38 +1100368 depends on PPC_EPAPR_HV_BYTECHAN=y
Timur Tabidcd83aa2011-07-08 19:06:12 -0500369 help
370 Select this option to enable early console (a.k.a. "udbg") support
371 via an ePAPR byte channel. You also need to choose the byte channel
372 handle below.
373
374config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC_HANDLE
375 int "Byte channel handle for early console (udbg)"
376 depends on PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC
377 default 0
378 help
379 If you want early console (udbg) output through a byte channel,
380 specify the handle of the byte channel to use.
381
382 For this to work, the byte channel driver must be compiled
383 in-kernel, not as a module.
384
385 Note that only one early console driver can be enabled, so don't
386 enable any others if you enable this one.
387
388 If the number you specify is not a valid byte channel handle, then
389 there simply will be no early console output. This is true also
390 if you don't boot under a hypervisor at all.
Joe Millenbach4f73bc42013-01-17 22:44:22 -0800391
Arve Hjønnevåg666b7792013-01-21 23:38:47 +0000392config GOLDFISH_TTY
393 tristate "Goldfish TTY Driver"
394 depends on GOLDFISH
395 help
396 Console and system TTY driver for the Goldfish virtual platform.
397
James Hogan8200e382013-02-06 14:45:01 +0000398config DA_TTY
399 bool "DA TTY"
400 depends on METAG_DA
401 select SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
402 help
403 This enables a TTY on a Dash channel.
404
405config DA_CONSOLE
406 bool "DA Console"
407 depends on DA_TTY
408 help
409 This enables a console on a Dash channel.
410
James Hogan4cebec62015-01-29 11:14:12 +0000411config MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_TTY
412 bool "MIPS EJTAG Fast Debug Channel TTY"
413 depends on MIPS_CDMM
414 help
415 This enables a TTY and console on the MIPS EJTAG Fast Debug Channels,
416 if they are present. This can be useful when working with an EJTAG
417 probe which supports it, to get console output and a login prompt via
418 EJTAG without needing to connect a serial cable.
419
420 TTY devices are named e.g. ttyFDC3c2 (for FDC channel 2 of the FDC on
421 CPU3).
422
423 The console can be enabled with console=fdc1 (for FDC channel 1 on all
424 CPUs). Do not use the console unless there is a debug probe attached
425 to drain the FDC TX FIFO.
426
427 If unsure, say N.
428
James Hogane9349452015-01-29 11:14:13 +0000429config MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_EARLYCON
430 bool "Early FDC console"
431 depends on MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_TTY
432 help
433 This registers a console on FDC channel 1 very early during boot (from
434 MIPS arch code). This is useful for bring-up and debugging early boot
435 issues.
436
437 Do not enable unless there is a debug probe attached to drain the FDC
438 TX FIFO.
439
440 If unsure, say N.
441
James Hoganc2d7ef52015-01-29 11:14:14 +0000442config MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_KGDB
443 bool "Use KGDB over an FDC channel"
444 depends on MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_TTY && KGDB
445 default y
446 help
447 This enables the use of KGDB over an FDC channel, allowing KGDB to be
448 used remotely or when a serial port isn't available.
449
450config MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_KGDB_CHAN
451 int "KGDB FDC channel"
452 depends on MIPS_EJTAG_FDC_KGDB
453 range 2 15
454 default 3
455 help
456 FDC channel number to use for KGDB.
457
Greg Kroah-Hartman9b7984e2019-01-21 17:26:42 +0100458config LDISC_AUTOLOAD
459 bool "Automatically load TTY Line Disciplines"
460 default y
461 help
462 Historically the kernel has always automatically loaded any
463 line discipline that is in a kernel module when a user asks
464 for it to be loaded with the TIOCSETD ioctl, or through other
465 means. This is not always the best thing to do on systems
466 where you know you will not be using some of the more
467 "ancient" line disciplines, so prevent the kernel from doing
468 this unless the request is coming from a process with the
469 CAP_SYS_MODULE permissions.
470
471 Say 'Y' here if you trust your userspace users to do the right
472 thing, or if you have only provided the line disciplines that
473 you know you will be using, or if you wish to continue to use
474 the traditional method of on-demand loading of these modules
475 by any user.
476
477 This functionality can be changed at runtime with the
478 dev.tty.ldisc_autoload sysctl, this configuration option will
479 only set the default value of this functionality.
480
Joe Millenbach4f73bc42013-01-17 22:44:22 -0800481endif # TTY