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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02009 depends on !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070010 select INPUT
11 default y if !VIOCONS
12 ---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
39config VT_CONSOLE
40 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
41 depends on VT
42 default y
43 ---help---
44 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
45 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
46 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
47 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
48 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
49 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
50 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
51
52 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
53 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
54 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
55 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
56 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
57 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
58
59 If unsure, say Y.
60
61config HW_CONSOLE
62 bool
63 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
64 default y
65
Antonino A. Daplas13ae6642006-06-26 00:27:12 -070066config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
67 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
68 depends on HW_CONSOLE
69 default n
70 ---help---
71 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
72 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
73 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
74 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
75 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
76 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
77 virtual terminals.
78
79 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
80 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
81 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
82
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070083config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
84 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +020085 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070086 ---help---
87 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
88 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
89 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
90 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
91 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
92 connections.
93
94 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
95 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
96 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
97
98 Most people can say N here.
99
100config COMPUTONE
101 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
Al Viro3b4709a2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800102 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700103 ---help---
104 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
105 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
106 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
107 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
108 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
109 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
110 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
111
112 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
113 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
114
115config ROCKETPORT
116 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100117 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700118 help
119 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
120 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
121 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
122 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
123
124 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125 module will be called rocket.
126
127 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
128 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
129
130config CYCLADES
131 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
Jiri Slabycff94942007-05-08 00:36:36 -0700132 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
Jiri Slabyee2077d2007-07-26 10:41:17 -0700133 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134 ---help---
135 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
136 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
137 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
138
139 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
Johann Felix Soden889c94a2008-01-20 14:41:18 +0100140 <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700141
142 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
143 module will be called cyclades.
144
145 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
146
147config CYZ_INTR
148 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
149 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
150 help
151 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
152 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
153 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
154 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
155 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
156 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
157 unsure, say N.
158
159config DIGIEPCA
160 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100161 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700162 ---help---
163 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
164 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
165 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
166 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
167 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
168 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
169 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
170
171 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
172 module will be called epca.
173
174config ESPSERIAL
175 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800176 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700177 help
178 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
179 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
180 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
181
182 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
183 module will be called esp.
184
185 If unsure, say N.
186
187config MOXA_INTELLIO
188 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100189 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700190 help
191 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
192
193 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
194 module will be called moxa.
195
196config MOXA_SMARTIO
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800197 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
Al Viro1d252402005-09-05 23:30:15 -0700198 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700199 help
200 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
201
202 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
203 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
204 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
205 here.
206
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800207config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800208 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
Jiri Slabyfb0c9292006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800209 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800210 help
211 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
212 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
213
214 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
215 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
216
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800217 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
218 mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
219
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700220config ISI
221 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Randy Dunlapa3808ac2006-12-13 00:34:18 -0800222 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
maximilian attems5ff2a7e2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800223 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700224 help
225 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
226 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
227 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
228 If you want to do that, choose M here.
229
230config SYNCLINK
231 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
Al Viroa5532602005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100232 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700233 help
234 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
235 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
236 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
237
238 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
239 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
240 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
241 here.
242
243config SYNCLINKMP
244 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100245 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700246 help
247 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
248 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
249 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
250 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
251
252 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
253 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
254 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
255 here.
256
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800257config SYNCLINK_GT
258 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
Al Viro8ef9cf32006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500259 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800260 help
261 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
262 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
263 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
264
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700265config N_HDLC
266 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
267 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
268 help
269 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
270 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
271
272 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
273 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
274 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
275 here.
276
277config RISCOM8
278 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
279 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
280 help
281 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
282 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
283 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
284 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
285 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
286
287 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
288 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
289
290config SPECIALIX
291 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
292 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
293 help
294 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
295 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
296 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
297 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
298
299 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
300 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
301 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
302 called specialix.
303
304config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
305 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
306 depends on SPECIALIX
307 help
308 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
309 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
310 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
311 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
312 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
313
314config SX
315 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
Jiri Slaby3468a332006-12-13 00:34:20 -0800316 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700317 help
318 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
319 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
320
321 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
322 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
323 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
324
325config RIO
326 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
Alan Cox655fdea2006-05-15 09:44:26 -0700327 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700328 help
329 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
330 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
331 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
332 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
333
334config RIO_OLDPCI
335 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
336 depends on RIO
337 help
338 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
339 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
340 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
341
342config STALDRV
343 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
344 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
345 help
346 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
347 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
348 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
349 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
350 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
351 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
352 say N.
353
354config STALLION
355 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100356 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700357 help
358 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
359 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
360 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
361
362 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
363 module will be called stallion.
364
365config ISTALLION
366 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100367 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700368 help
369 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
370 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
371 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
372
373 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
374 module will be called istallion.
375
Frank Seidel20fd1e32007-11-09 14:49:23 +0100376config NOZOMI
377 tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
378 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
379 help
380 If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
381 Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
382
383 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
384 will be called nozomi.
385
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700386config A2232
387 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
388 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
389 ---help---
390 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
391 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
392 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
393 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
394 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
395 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
396 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
397
398 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
399 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
400 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
401
402config SGI_SNSC
403 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
404 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
405 help
406 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
407 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
408 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
409
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700410config SGI_TIOCX
411 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
412 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
413 help
414 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
415 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
416
417config SGI_MBCS
418 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700419 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700420 help
421 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
422 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
423
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700424source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
425
426config UNIX98_PTYS
427 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
428 default y
429 ---help---
430 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
431 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
432 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
433 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
434 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
435 and xterms.
436
437 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
438 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
439 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
440 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
441 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
442 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
443 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
444 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
445
446 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
447 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
448
449config LEGACY_PTYS
450 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
451 default y
452 ---help---
453 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
454 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
455 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
456 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
457 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
458 and xterms.
459
460 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
461 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
462 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
463 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
464 systems, it is safe to say N.
465
466
467config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
468 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
469 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
Kay Sievers345ee832007-11-14 23:39:42 +0100470 range 0 256
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700471 default "256"
472 ---help---
473 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
474 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
475 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
476
477 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
478 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
479
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000480config BRIQ_PANEL
481 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
Paul Mackerras2818c5d2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000482 depends on PPC_CHRP
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000483 ---help---
484 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
485 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
486
487 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
488 must answer Y here.
489
490 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
491 module will be called briq_panel.
492
493 It's safe to say N here.
494
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700495config PRINTER
496 tristate "Parallel printer support"
497 depends on PARPORT
498 ---help---
499 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
500 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
501 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
502 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
503 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
504
505 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
506 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
507 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
508
509 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
510 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
511
512 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
513 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
514 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
515 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
516 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
517
518 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
519 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
520
521config LP_CONSOLE
522 bool "Support for console on line printer"
523 depends on PRINTER
524 ---help---
525 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
526 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
527 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
528 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
529
530 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
531 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
532 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
533 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
534 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
535
536 If unsure, say N.
537
538config PPDEV
539 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
540 depends on PARPORT
541 ---help---
542 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
543 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
544 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
545 IDs).
546
547 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
548 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
549 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
550
551 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
552 module will be called ppdev.
553
554 If unsure, say N.
555
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200556config HVC_DRIVER
557 bool
558 help
Rusty Russell3e6c6f62007-10-16 23:30:13 -0700559 Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
Rusty Russell2d1df812007-10-16 23:30:14 -0700560 hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200561 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
562 is selected.
563
564
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700565config HVC_CONSOLE
566 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
567 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200568 select HVC_DRIVER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700569 help
570 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
571 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
572 which is accessed via the HMC.
573
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000574config HVC_ISERIES
575 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
Stephen Rothwellb15f7922007-05-08 15:05:31 +1000576 depends on PPC_ISERIES
577 default y
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000578 select HVC_DRIVER
579 help
580 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
581
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200582config HVC_RTAS
583 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
584 depends on PPC_RTAS
585 select HVC_DRIVER
586 help
587 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
588
Ishizaki Kou3cdc20e2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900589config HVC_BEAT
590 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
591 depends on PPC_CELLEB
592 select HVC_DRIVER
593 help
594 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
595
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb536b4b2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700596config HVC_XEN
597 bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
598 depends on XEN
599 select HVC_DRIVER
600 default y
601 help
602 Xen virtual console device driver
603
Rusty Russell31610432007-10-22 11:03:39 +1000604config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
605 bool
606 select HVC_DRIVER
607
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700608config HVCS
609 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
610 depends on PPC_PSERIES
611 help
612 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
613 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
614 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
615 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
616 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
617 this driver.
618
619 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
620 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
621 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
622 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
623 module.
624
625source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
626
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700627config DS1620
628 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
629 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
630 help
631 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
632 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
633 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
634
635 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
636 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
637 necessity.
638
639config NWBUTTON
640 tristate "NetWinder Button"
641 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
642 ---help---
643 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
644 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
645 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
646 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
647
648 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
649 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
650 row.
651
652 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
653 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
654 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
655 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
656
657 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
658 module will be called nwbutton.
659
660 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
661 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
662
663config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
664 bool "Reboot Using Button"
665 depends on NWBUTTON
666 help
667 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
668 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
669 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
670 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
671 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
672 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
673 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
674
675config NWFLASH
676 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
677 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
678 ---help---
679 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
680 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
681 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
682 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
683 allow random users access to this device. :-)
684
685 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
686 module will be called nwflash.
687
688 If you're not sure, say N.
689
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700690source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
691
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700692config NVRAM
693 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -0800694 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700695 ---help---
696 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
697 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
698 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
699 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
700 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
701 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
702
703 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
704 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
705 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
706 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
707 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
708 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
709 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
710 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
711
712 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
713 to be selected.
714
715 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
716 module will be called nvram.
717
718config RTC
719 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
Al Viro22405982007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700720 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700721 ---help---
722 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
723 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
724 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
725 into your computer.
726
727 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
728 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
729 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
730 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
731 /dev/rtc.
732
733 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
734 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
735 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
736
737 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
738 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
739 for details.
740
741 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
742 module will be called rtc.
743
Al Viro22405982007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700744config JS_RTC
745 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
746 depends on SPARC32 && PCI
747 ---help---
748 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
749 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
750 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
751 into your computer.
752
753 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
754 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
755 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
756 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
757 /dev/rtc.
758
759 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
760 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
761 for details.
762
763 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
764 module will be called js-rtc.
765
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700766config SGI_DS1286
767 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
768 depends on SGI_IP22
769 help
770 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
771 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
772 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
773 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
774 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
775 /dev/rtc.
776
777config SGI_IP27_RTC
778 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
779 depends on SGI_IP27
780 help
781 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
782 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
783 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
784 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
785 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
786 /dev/rtc.
787
788config GEN_RTC
789 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
Ralf Baechlefdc1f932007-07-12 17:41:21 +0100790 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700791 ---help---
792 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
793 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
794 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
795 into your computer.
796
797 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
798 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
799 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
800 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
801 precision in some cases.
802
803 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
804 module will be called genrtc.
805
806config GEN_RTC_X
807 bool "Extended RTC operation"
808 depends on GEN_RTC
809 help
810 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
811 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
812
813config EFI_RTC
814 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
815 depends on IA64
816
817config DS1302
818 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
819 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
820 help
821 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
822 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
823 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
824 into your computer.
825
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700826config COBALT_LCD
827 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
828 depends on MIPS_COBALT
829 help
830 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
831 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
832
833config DTLK
834 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200835 depends on ISA
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700836 help
837 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
838 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
839 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
840
841 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
842 module will be called dtlk.
843
Stephen Neuendorfferef141a02008-02-06 04:24:09 +1100844config XILINX_HWICAP
845 tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
846 depends on XILINX_VIRTEX
847 help
848 This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
849 Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
850 FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
851
852 If unsure, say N.
853
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700854config R3964
855 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
856 ---help---
857 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
858 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
859 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
860
861 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
862 module will be called n_r3964.
863
864 If unsure, say N.
865
866config APPLICOM
867 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
868 depends on PCI
869 ---help---
870 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
871 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
872 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
873 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
874 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
875
876 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
877 module will be called applicom.
878
879 If unsure, say N.
880
881config SONYPI
882 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
883 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
884 ---help---
885 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
886 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
887
888 If you have one of those laptops, read
889 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
890
891 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
892 module will be called sonypi.
893
Yoichi Yuasa09762512007-05-06 14:51:58 -0700894config GPIO_TB0219
895 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
Robert P. J. Daybef1f402006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100896 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700897 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700898
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700899source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
900
901config MWAVE
902 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
903 depends on X86
904 select SERIAL_8250
905 ---help---
906 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
907 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
908 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
909 and support selected world wide countries.
910
911 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
912 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
913
914 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
915 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
916
917 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
918 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
919 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
920
921 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
922 in it, say Y.
923
924 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
925 module will be called mwave.
926
927config SCx200_GPIO
928 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
929 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700930 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700931 help
932 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
933 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
934
935 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
936
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700937config PC8736x_GPIO
938 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
939 depends on X86
940 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
941 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
942 help
943 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
944 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
945 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
946 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
947
948 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
949
950config NSC_GPIO
951 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700952 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700953 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
954 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
955 help
956 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
957 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
958 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
959
Ben Gardnere3291132006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800960config CS5535_GPIO
961 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
962 depends on X86_32
963 help
964 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
965 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
966
967 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
968
Yoichi Yuasae400bae2005-06-21 17:15:56 -0700969config GPIO_VR41XX
970 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
971 depends on CPU_VR41XX
972
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700973config RAW_DRIVER
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700974 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200975 depends on BLOCK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700976 help
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700977 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
978 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700979 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
980
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700981 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700982 with the O_DIRECT flag.
983
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -0800984config MAX_RAW_DEVS
985 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
986 depends on RAW_DRIVER
987 default "256"
988 help
989 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
990 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
991 raw devices.
992
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700993config HPET
994 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
995 default n
996 depends on ACPI
997 help
998 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
999 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
Matt LaPlante3cb2fcc2006-11-30 05:22:59 +01001000 non-periodic and/or periodic.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001001
1002config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1003 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1004 default n
1005 depends on HPET
1006 help
1007 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1008 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1009 the HPET timers.
1010
1011config HPET_MMAP
1012 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1013 default y
1014 depends on HPET
1015 help
1016 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1017 the HPET registers.
1018
1019 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1020 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1021 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1022 say N here.
1023
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001024config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1025 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02001026 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001027 help
1028 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1029 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1030 or merely print a warning.
1031
1032config MMTIMER
1033 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1034 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1035 default y
1036 help
1037 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1038 Altix system timer.
1039
1040source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1041
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001042config TELCLOCK
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001043 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
Geert Uytterhoeven4d99bfa2006-10-16 19:59:43 +02001044 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001045 default n
1046 help
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001047 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1048 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1049 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1050 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1051 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1052 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1053 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001054
Russell King4f911d62007-05-08 00:28:17 -07001055config DEVPORT
1056 bool
1057 depends on !M68K
1058 depends on ISA || PCI
1059 default y
1060
Martin Schwidefsky61d48c22007-05-10 15:46:00 +02001061source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1062
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001063endmenu
1064