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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
Bill Nottingham2e8ecb92007-10-16 23:29:38 -070039config VT_UNICODE
40 bool "Virtual console is Unicode by default"
41 depends on VT
42 default n
43 ---help---
44 If you say Y here, the virtual terminal will be in UTF-8 by default,
45 and the keyboard will run in unicode mode.
46
47 If you say N here, the virtual terminal will not be in UTF-8 by
48 default, and the keyboard will run in XLATE mode.
49
50 This can also be changed by passing 'default_utf8=<0|1>' on the
51 kernel command line.
52
53 Historically, the kernel has defaulted to non-UTF8 and XLATE mode.
54 If unsure, say N here.
55
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070056config VT_CONSOLE
57 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
58 depends on VT
59 default y
60 ---help---
61 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
62 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
63 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
64 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
65 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
66 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
67 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
68
69 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
70 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
71 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
72 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
73 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
74 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
75
76 If unsure, say Y.
77
78config HW_CONSOLE
79 bool
80 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
81 default y
82
Antonino A. Daplas13ae6642006-06-26 00:27:12 -070083config 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
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700100config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
101 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200102 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700103 ---help---
104 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
105 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
106 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
107 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
108 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
109 connections.
110
111 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
112 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
113 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
114
115 Most people can say N here.
116
117config COMPUTONE
118 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
Al Viro3b4709a2006-12-13 00:34:58 -0800119 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700120 ---help---
121 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
122 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
123 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
124 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
125 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
126 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
127 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
128
129 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
130 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
131
132config ROCKETPORT
133 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100134 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700135 help
136 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
137 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
138 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
139 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
140
141 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
142 module will be called rocket.
143
144 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
145 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
146
147config CYCLADES
148 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
Jiri Slabycff94942007-05-08 00:36:36 -0700149 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
Jiri Slabyee2077d2007-07-26 10:41:17 -0700150 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700151 ---help---
152 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
153 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
154 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
155
156 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
157 <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
158
159 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
160 module will be called cyclades.
161
162 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
163
164config CYZ_INTR
165 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
166 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
167 help
168 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
169 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
170 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
171 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
172 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
173 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
174 unsure, say N.
175
176config DIGIEPCA
177 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100178 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700179 ---help---
180 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
181 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
182 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
183 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
184 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
185 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
186 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
187
188 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
189 module will be called epca.
190
191config ESPSERIAL
192 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
Alan Cox33f0f882006-01-09 20:54:13 -0800193 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700194 help
195 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
196 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
197 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
198
199 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
200 module will be called esp.
201
202 If unsure, say N.
203
204config MOXA_INTELLIO
205 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700207 help
208 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
209
210 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
211 module will be called moxa.
212
213config MOXA_SMARTIO
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800214 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
Al Viro1d252402005-09-05 23:30:15 -0700215 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700216 help
217 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
218
219 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
220 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
221 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
222 here.
223
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800224config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
Jiri Slaby98c47ea2007-02-10 01:45:15 -0800225 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
Jiri Slabyfb0c9292006-12-13 00:34:19 -0800226 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800227 help
228 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
229 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
230
231 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
232 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
233
Jiri Slaby037ad482006-12-08 02:38:11 -0800234 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
235 mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
236
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700237config ISI
238 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Randy Dunlapa3808ac2006-12-13 00:34:18 -0800239 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
maximilian attems5ff2a7e2006-03-26 01:37:35 -0800240 select FW_LOADER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700241 help
242 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
243 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
244 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
245 If you want to do that, choose M here.
246
247config SYNCLINK
248 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
Al Viroa5532602005-05-04 05:39:42 +0100249 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700250 help
251 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
252 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
253 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
254
255 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
256 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
257 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
258 here.
259
260config SYNCLINKMP
261 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
Al Viro8a023672007-07-20 00:24:22 +0100262 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700263 help
264 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
265 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
266 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
267 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
268
269 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
270 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
271 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
272 here.
273
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800274config SYNCLINK_GT
275 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
Al Viro8ef9cf32006-02-01 06:07:15 -0500276 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
Paul Fulghum705b6c72006-01-08 01:02:06 -0800277 help
278 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
279 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
280 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
281
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700282config N_HDLC
283 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
284 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
285 help
286 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
287 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
288
289 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
290 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
291 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
292 here.
293
294config RISCOM8
295 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
296 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
297 help
298 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
299 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
300 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
301 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
302 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
303
304 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
305 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
306
307config SPECIALIX
308 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
309 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
310 help
311 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
312 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
313 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
314 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
315
316 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
317 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
318 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
319 called specialix.
320
321config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
322 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
323 depends on SPECIALIX
324 help
325 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
326 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
327 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
328 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
329 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
330
331config SX
332 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
Jiri Slaby3468a332006-12-13 00:34:20 -0800333 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700334 help
335 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
336 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
337
338 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
339 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
340 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
341
342config RIO
343 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
Alan Cox655fdea2006-05-15 09:44:26 -0700344 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700345 help
346 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
347 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
348 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
349 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
350
351config RIO_OLDPCI
352 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
353 depends on RIO
354 help
355 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
356 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
357 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
358
359config STALDRV
360 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
361 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
362 help
363 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
364 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
365 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
366 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
367 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
368 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
369 say N.
370
371config STALLION
372 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100373 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700374 help
375 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
376 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
377 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
378
379 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
380 module will be called stallion.
381
382config ISTALLION
383 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
Al Viro27d41712007-07-17 08:49:35 +0100384 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700385 help
386 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
387 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
388 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
389
390 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
391 module will be called istallion.
392
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700393config A2232
394 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
395 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
396 ---help---
397 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
398 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
399 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
400 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
401 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
402 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
403 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
404
405 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
406 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
407 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
408
409config SGI_SNSC
410 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
411 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
412 help
413 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
414 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
415 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
416
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700417config SGI_TIOCX
418 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
419 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
420 help
421 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
422 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
423
424config SGI_MBCS
425 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
Bruce Losureae40aae2005-04-04 13:23:00 -0700426 depends on SGI_TIOCX
Bruce Losuree1e19742005-04-25 13:09:41 -0700427 help
428 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
429 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
430
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700431source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
432
433config UNIX98_PTYS
434 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
435 default y
436 ---help---
437 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
438 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
439 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
440 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
441 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
442 and xterms.
443
444 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
445 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
446 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
447 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
448 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
449 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
450 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
451 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
452
453 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
454 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
455
456config LEGACY_PTYS
457 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
458 default y
459 ---help---
460 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
461 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
462 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
463 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
464 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
465 and xterms.
466
467 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
468 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
469 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
470 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
471 systems, it is safe to say N.
472
473
474config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
475 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
476 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
477 range 1 256
478 default "256"
479 ---help---
480 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
481 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
482 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
483
484 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
485 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
486
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000487config BRIQ_PANEL
488 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
Paul Mackerras2818c5d2006-08-25 15:08:21 +1000489 depends on PPC_CHRP
Benjamin Herrenschmidta45b8392006-07-04 15:06:20 +1000490 ---help---
491 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
492 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
493
494 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
495 must answer Y here.
496
497 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
498 module will be called briq_panel.
499
500 It's safe to say N here.
501
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700502config PRINTER
503 tristate "Parallel printer support"
504 depends on PARPORT
505 ---help---
506 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
507 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
508 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
509 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
510 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
511
512 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
513 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
514 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
515
516 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
517 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
518
519 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
520 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
521 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
522 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
523 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
524
525 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
526 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
527
528config LP_CONSOLE
529 bool "Support for console on line printer"
530 depends on PRINTER
531 ---help---
532 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
533 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
534 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
535 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
536
537 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
538 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
539 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
540 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
541 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
542
543 If unsure, say N.
544
545config PPDEV
546 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
547 depends on PARPORT
548 ---help---
549 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
550 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
551 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
552 IDs).
553
554 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
555 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
556 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
557
558 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
559 module will be called ppdev.
560
561 If unsure, say N.
562
563config TIPAR
564 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
565 depends on PARPORT
566 ---help---
567 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
568 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
569
570 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
571 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
572 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
573 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
574 the device nodes, though).
575
576 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
577 module will be called tipar.
578
579 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
580 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
581 driver.
582
583 If unsure, say N.
584
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200585config HVC_DRIVER
586 bool
587 help
Rusty Russell3e6c6f62007-10-16 23:30:13 -0700588 Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
Rusty Russell2d1df812007-10-16 23:30:14 -0700589 hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200590 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
591 is selected.
592
593
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700594config HVC_CONSOLE
595 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
596 depends on PPC_PSERIES
Ryan S. Arnold45d607e2006-03-27 21:25:16 +0200597 select HVC_DRIVER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700598 help
599 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
600 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
601 which is accessed via the HMC.
602
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000603config HVC_ISERIES
604 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
Stephen Rothwellb15f7922007-05-08 15:05:31 +1000605 depends on PPC_ISERIES
606 default y
Stephen Rothwell8bff05b2006-07-13 18:51:22 +1000607 select HVC_DRIVER
608 help
609 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
610
Arnd Bergmannf4d17492006-03-27 21:26:03 +0200611config HVC_RTAS
612 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
613 depends on PPC_RTAS
614 select HVC_DRIVER
615 help
616 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
617
Ishizaki Kou3cdc20e2007-02-02 16:44:08 +0900618config HVC_BEAT
619 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
620 depends on PPC_CELLEB
621 select HVC_DRIVER
622 help
623 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
624
Jeremy Fitzhardingeb536b4b2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700625config HVC_XEN
626 bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
627 depends on XEN
628 select HVC_DRIVER
629 default y
630 help
631 Xen virtual console device driver
632
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700633config HVCS
634 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
635 depends on PPC_PSERIES
636 help
637 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
638 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
639 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
640 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
641 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
642 this driver.
643
644 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
645 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
646 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
647 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
648 module.
649
650source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
651
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700652config DS1620
653 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
654 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
655 help
656 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
657 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
658 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
659
660 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
661 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
662 necessity.
663
664config NWBUTTON
665 tristate "NetWinder Button"
666 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
667 ---help---
668 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
669 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
670 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
671 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
672
673 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
674 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
675 row.
676
677 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
678 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
679 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
680 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
681
682 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
683 module will be called nwbutton.
684
685 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
686 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
687
688config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
689 bool "Reboot Using Button"
690 depends on NWBUTTON
691 help
692 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
693 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
694 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
695 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
696 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
697 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
698 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
699
700config NWFLASH
701 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
702 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
703 ---help---
704 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
705 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
706 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
707 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
708 allow random users access to this device. :-)
709
710 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
711 module will be called nwflash.
712
713 If you're not sure, say N.
714
Michael Buesch844dd052006-06-26 00:24:59 -0700715source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
716
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700717config NVRAM
718 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -0800719 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700720 ---help---
721 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
722 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
723 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
724 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
725 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
726 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
727
728 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
729 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
730 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
731 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
732 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
733 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
734 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
735 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
736
737 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
738 to be selected.
739
740 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
741 module will be called nvram.
742
743config RTC
744 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
Al Viro22405982007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700745 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700746 ---help---
747 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
748 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
749 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
750 into your computer.
751
752 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
753 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
754 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
755 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
756 /dev/rtc.
757
758 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
759 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
760 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
761
762 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
763 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
764 for details.
765
766 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
767 module will be called rtc.
768
Al Viro22405982007-07-22 00:37:48 -0700769config JS_RTC
770 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
771 depends on SPARC32 && PCI
772 ---help---
773 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
774 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
775 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
776 into your computer.
777
778 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
779 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
780 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
781 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
782 /dev/rtc.
783
784 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
785 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
786 for details.
787
788 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
789 module will be called js-rtc.
790
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700791config SGI_DS1286
792 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
793 depends on SGI_IP22
794 help
795 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
796 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
797 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
798 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
799 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
800 /dev/rtc.
801
802config SGI_IP27_RTC
803 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
804 depends on SGI_IP27
805 help
806 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
807 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
808 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
809 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
810 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
811 /dev/rtc.
812
813config GEN_RTC
814 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
Ralf Baechlefdc1f932007-07-12 17:41:21 +0100815 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700816 ---help---
817 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
818 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
819 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
820 into your computer.
821
822 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
823 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
824 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
825 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
826 precision in some cases.
827
828 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
829 module will be called genrtc.
830
831config GEN_RTC_X
832 bool "Extended RTC operation"
833 depends on GEN_RTC
834 help
835 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
836 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
837
838config EFI_RTC
839 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
840 depends on IA64
841
842config DS1302
843 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
844 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
845 help
846 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
847 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
848 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
849 into your computer.
850
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700851config COBALT_LCD
852 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
853 depends on MIPS_COBALT
854 help
855 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
856 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
857
858config DTLK
859 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200860 depends on ISA
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700861 help
862 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
863 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
864 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
865
866 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
867 module will be called dtlk.
868
869config R3964
870 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
871 ---help---
872 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
873 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
874 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
875
876 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
877 module will be called n_r3964.
878
879 If unsure, say N.
880
881config APPLICOM
882 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
883 depends on PCI
884 ---help---
885 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
886 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
887 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
888 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
889 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
890
891 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
892 module will be called applicom.
893
894 If unsure, say N.
895
896config SONYPI
897 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
898 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
899 ---help---
900 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
901 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
902
903 If you have one of those laptops, read
904 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
905
906 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
907 module will be called sonypi.
908
Yoichi Yuasa09762512007-05-06 14:51:58 -0700909config GPIO_TB0219
910 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
Robert P. J. Daybef1f402006-12-12 20:04:19 +0100911 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
Yoichi Yuasa584e1232006-06-25 05:49:11 -0700912 select GPIO_VR41XX
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700913
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700914source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
915
916config MWAVE
917 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
918 depends on X86
919 select SERIAL_8250
920 ---help---
921 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
922 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
923 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
924 and support selected world wide countries.
925
926 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
927 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
928
929 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
930 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
931
932 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
933 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
934 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
935
936 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
937 in it, say Y.
938
939 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
940 module will be called mwave.
941
942config SCx200_GPIO
943 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
944 depends on SCx200
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700945 select NSC_GPIO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700946 help
947 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
948 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
949
950 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
951
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700952config PC8736x_GPIO
953 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
954 depends on X86
955 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
956 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
957 help
958 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
959 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
960 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
961 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
962
963 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
964
965config NSC_GPIO
966 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
Dave Jones699352c2006-06-29 02:24:32 -0700967 depends on X86_32
Jim Cromie7a8e2a52006-06-27 02:54:27 -0700968 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
969 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
970 help
971 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
972 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
973 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
974
Ben Gardnere3291132006-01-09 20:51:29 -0800975config CS5535_GPIO
976 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
977 depends on X86_32
978 help
979 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
980 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
981
982 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
983
Yoichi Yuasae400bae2005-06-21 17:15:56 -0700984config GPIO_VR41XX
985 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
986 depends on CPU_VR41XX
987
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700988config RAW_DRIVER
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700989 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200990 depends on BLOCK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700991 help
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700992 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
993 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700994 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
995
Dave Jonesabd4aa52007-07-15 23:40:49 -0700996 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700997 with the O_DIRECT flag.
998
Andrew Morton0de502a2005-12-12 00:37:41 -0800999config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1000 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1001 depends on RAW_DRIVER
1002 default "256"
1003 help
1004 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1005 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1006 raw devices.
1007
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001008config HPET
1009 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1010 default n
1011 depends on ACPI
1012 help
1013 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1014 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
Matt LaPlante3cb2fcc2006-11-30 05:22:59 +01001015 non-periodic and/or periodic.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001016
1017config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1018 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1019 default n
1020 depends on HPET
1021 help
1022 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1023 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1024 the HPET timers.
1025
1026config HPET_MMAP
1027 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1028 default y
1029 depends on HPET
1030 help
1031 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1032 the HPET registers.
1033
1034 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1035 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1036 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1037 say N here.
1038
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001039config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1040 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
Martin Schwidefskyabf3ea12007-05-10 15:45:59 +02001041 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001042 help
1043 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1044 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1045 or merely print a warning.
1046
1047config MMTIMER
1048 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1049 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1050 default y
1051 help
1052 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1053 Altix system timer.
1054
1055source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1056
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001057config TELCLOCK
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001058 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
Geert Uytterhoeven4d99bfa2006-10-16 19:59:43 +02001059 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001060 default n
1061 help
Mark Gross03154a22007-03-06 13:58:45 -08001062 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1063 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1064 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1065 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1066 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1067 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1068 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
Mark Gross1a80ba82005-10-30 15:02:55 -08001069
Russell King4f911d62007-05-08 00:28:17 -07001070config DEVPORT
1071 bool
1072 depends on !M68K
1073 depends on ISA || PCI
1074 default y
1075
Martin Schwidefsky61d48c22007-05-10 15:46:00 +02001076source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1077
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001078endmenu
1079