linux/drivers/char/Kconfig
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   2# Character device configuration
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   5menu "Character devices"
   6
   7config VT
   8        bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
   9        depends on !S390
  10        select INPUT
  11        default y
  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 CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
  40        depends on VT
  41        default y
  42        bool "Enable character translations in console" if EMBEDDED
  43        ---help---
  44          This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation
  45          on virtual consoles.
  46
  47config VT_CONSOLE
  48        bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
  49        depends on VT
  50        default y
  51        ---help---
  52          The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
  53          and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
  54          answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
  55          a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
  56          common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
  57          the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
  58          you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
  59
  60          If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
  61          terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
  62          that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
  63          would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
  64          bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
  65          loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
  66
  67          If unsure, say Y.
  68
  69config HW_CONSOLE
  70        bool
  71        depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
  72        default y
  73
  74config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
  75       bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
  76       depends on HW_CONSOLE
  77       default n
  78       ---help---
  79         The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
  80         terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
  81         console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
  82         drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
  83         1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
  84         select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
  85         virtual terminals.
  86
  87         See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
  88         information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
  89         <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
  90
  91config DEVKMEM
  92        bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
  93        default y
  94        help
  95          Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
  96          /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
  97          kind of kernel debugging operations.
  98          When in doubt, say "N".
  99
 100config BFIN_JTAG_COMM
 101        tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication"
 102        depends on BLACKFIN
 103        help
 104          Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG.
 105
 106          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 107          module will be called bfin_jtag_comm.
 108
 109config BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE
 110        bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG"
 111        depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y
 112
 113config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
 114        bool "Non-standard serial port support"
 115        depends on HAS_IOMEM
 116        ---help---
 117          Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
 118          which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
 119          This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
 120          Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
 121          serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
 122          connections.
 123
 124          Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
 125          kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
 126          the questions about non-standard serial boards.
 127
 128          Most people can say N here.
 129
 130config COMPUTONE
 131        tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
 132        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 133        ---help---
 134          This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
 135          controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
 136          products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
 137          which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
 138          to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
 139          order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
 140          Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
 141
 142          To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
 143          module will be called ip2.
 144
 145config ROCKETPORT
 146        tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
 147        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 148        help
 149          This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.   
 150          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
 151          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
 152          and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>.
 153
 154          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 155          module will be called rocket.
 156
 157          If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
 158          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
 159
 160config CYCLADES
 161        tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
 162        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
 163        select FW_LOADER
 164        ---help---
 165          This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
 166          You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
 167          your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
 168
 169          For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
 170          <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>.
 171
 172          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 173          module will be called cyclades.
 174
 175          If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
 176
 177config CYZ_INTR
 178        bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 179        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
 180        help
 181          The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
 182          modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
 183          the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
 184          (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
 185          mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
 186          status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
 187          unsure, say N.
 188
 189config DIGIEPCA
 190        tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
 191        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 192        ---help---
 193          This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
 194          of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
 195          something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
 196          box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
 197          supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
 198          you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
 199          <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
 200
 201          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 202          module will be called epca.
 203
 204config MOXA_INTELLIO
 205        tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
 206        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 207        select FW_LOADER
 208        help
 209          Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
 210
 211          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 212          module will be called moxa.
 213
 214config MOXA_SMARTIO
 215        tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
 216        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
 217        help
 218          Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
 219          want to help develop a new version of this driver.
 220
 221          This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
 222          changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
 223
 224          This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
 225          mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
 226
 227config ISI
 228        tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 229        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
 230        select FW_LOADER
 231        help
 232          This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
 233          serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
 234          built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
 235          If you want to do that, choose M here.
 236
 237config SYNCLINK
 238        tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
 239        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
 240        help
 241          Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
 242          adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
 243          synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
 244
 245          This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
 246          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
 247          The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
 248          here.
 249
 250config SYNCLINKMP
 251        tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
 252        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
 253        help
 254          Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
 255          serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
 256          to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
 257          RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
 258
 259          This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
 260          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
 261          The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
 262          here.
 263
 264config SYNCLINK_GT
 265        tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
 266        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
 267        help
 268          Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
 269          synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
 270          manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
 271
 272config N_HDLC
 273        tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
 274        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
 275        help
 276          Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
 277          support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
 278
 279          This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be
 280          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
 281          The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
 282          here.
 283
 284config N_GSM
 285        tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 286        depends on EXPERIMENTAL
 287        depends on NET
 288        help
 289          This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and
 290          presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices.
 291
 292config RISCOM8
 293        tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
 294        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
 295        help
 296          This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
 297          which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
 298          this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
 299          in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
 300          say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
 301
 302          Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
 303          loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
 304
 305config SPECIALIX
 306        tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
 307        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
 308        help
 309          This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
 310          ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
 311          would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
 312          your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
 313
 314          If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
 315          <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
 316          M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
 317          called specialix.
 318
 319config SX
 320        tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
 321        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN
 322        help
 323          This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
 324          Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details.
 325
 326          This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
 327          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
 328          The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
 329
 330config RIO
 331        tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
 332        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN
 333        help
 334          This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
 335          drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
 336          information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
 337          There are both ISA and PCI versions.
 338
 339config RIO_OLDPCI
 340        bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
 341        depends on RIO
 342        help
 343          Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
 344          determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
 345          this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
 346
 347config STALDRV
 348        bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
 349        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
 350        help
 351          Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
 352          like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
 353          instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
 354          you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
 355          questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
 356          in this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
 357          say N.
 358
 359config STALLION
 360        tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
 361        depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 362        help
 363          If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
 364          card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
 365          <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
 366
 367          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 368          module will be called stallion.
 369
 370config ISTALLION
 371        tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
 372        depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
 373        help
 374          If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
 375          serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
 376          <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
 377
 378          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 379          module will be called istallion.
 380
 381config NOZOMI
 382        tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
 383        depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
 384        help
 385          If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
 386          Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
 387
 388          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
 389          will be called nozomi.
 390
 391config A2232
 392        tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 393        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN
 394        ---help---
 395          This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
 396          Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
 397          a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
 398          each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
 399          ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
 400          for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
 401          jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
 402
 403          This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
 404          will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
 405          "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
 406
 407config SGI_SNSC
 408        bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
 409        depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
 410        help
 411          If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
 412          controller communication from user space (you want this!),
 413          say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
 414
 415config SGI_TIOCX
 416       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
 417       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
 418       help
 419         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
 420         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
 421
 422config SGI_MBCS
 423       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
 424       depends on SGI_TIOCX
 425       help
 426         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
 427         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
 428
 429source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
 430
 431config UNIX98_PTYS
 432        bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
 433        default y
 434        ---help---
 435          A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
 436          halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
 437          a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
 438          read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
 439          terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
 440          and xterms.
 441
 442          Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
 443          masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
 444          has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
 445          however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
 446          pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
 447          terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
 448          terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
 449          traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
 450
 451          All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless
 452          you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
 453
 454config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
 455        bool "Support multiple instances of devpts"
 456        depends on UNIX98_PTYS
 457        default n
 458        ---help---
 459          Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem.
 460          If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers),
 461          say Y here.  Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts
 462          filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an
 463          independent PTY namespace.
 464
 465config LEGACY_PTYS
 466        bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
 467        default y
 468        ---help---
 469          A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
 470          halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
 471          a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
 472          read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
 473          terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
 474          and xterms.
 475
 476          Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
 477          for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
 478          terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
 479          security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most
 480          systems, it is safe to say N.
 481
 482
 483config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
 484        int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
 485        depends on LEGACY_PTYS
 486        range 0 256
 487        default "256"
 488        ---help---
 489          The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
 490          The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded
 491          systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
 492
 493          When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
 494          architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
 495
 496config BRIQ_PANEL
 497        tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
 498        depends on PPC_CHRP
 499        ---help---
 500          The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
 501          tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
 502
 503          If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
 504          must answer Y here.
 505
 506          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 507          module will be called briq_panel.
 508
 509          It's safe to say N here.
 510
 511config BFIN_OTP
 512        tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
 513        depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)
 514        default y
 515        help
 516          If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
 517          interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
 518          stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
 519          to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
 520          own secure code and reader for that.
 521
 522          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
 523          will be called bfin-otp.
 524
 525          If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
 526
 527config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
 528        bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
 529        depends on BFIN_OTP
 530        default n
 531        help
 532          If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
 533          OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
 534          the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
 535          need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
 536
 537          If unsure, say N.
 538
 539config PRINTER
 540        tristate "Parallel printer support"
 541        depends on PARPORT
 542        ---help---
 543          If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
 544          box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
 545          printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
 546          Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
 547          <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 548
 549          It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
 550          (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
 551          corresponding drivers into the kernel.
 552
 553          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
 554          <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
 555
 556          If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
 557          use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
 558          or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
 559          how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
 560          "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
 561
 562          If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
 563          macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
 564
 565config LP_CONSOLE
 566        bool "Support for console on line printer"
 567        depends on PRINTER
 568        ---help---
 569          If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
 570          can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
 571          doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
 572          option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
 573
 574          If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
 575          busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
 576          By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
 577          can make the kernel continue when this happens,
 578          but it'll lose the kernel messages.
 579
 580          If unsure, say N.
 581
 582config PPDEV
 583        tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
 584        depends on PARPORT
 585        ---help---
 586          Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
 587          is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
 588          port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
 589          IDs).
 590
 591          This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
 592          It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
 593          or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
 594
 595          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 596          module will be called ppdev.
 597
 598          If unsure, say N.
 599
 600config HVC_DRIVER
 601        bool
 602        help
 603          Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
 604          hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
 605          It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
 606          is selected.
 607
 608config HVC_IRQ
 609        bool
 610
 611config HVC_CONSOLE
 612        bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
 613        depends on PPC_PSERIES
 614        select HVC_DRIVER
 615        select HVC_IRQ
 616        help
 617          pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
 618          console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
 619          which is accessed via the HMC.
 620
 621config HVC_ISERIES
 622        bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
 623        depends on PPC_ISERIES
 624        default y
 625        select HVC_DRIVER
 626        select HVC_IRQ
 627        select VIOPATH
 628        help
 629          iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
 630
 631config HVC_RTAS
 632        bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
 633        depends on PPC_RTAS
 634        select HVC_DRIVER
 635        help
 636          IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
 637
 638config HVC_BEAT
 639        bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
 640        depends on PPC_CELLEB
 641        select HVC_DRIVER
 642        help
 643          Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
 644
 645config HVC_IUCV
 646        bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)"
 647        depends on S390
 648        select HVC_DRIVER
 649        select IUCV
 650        default y
 651        help
 652          This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access
 653          a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path.
 654
 655config HVC_XEN
 656        bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
 657        depends on XEN
 658        select HVC_DRIVER
 659        select HVC_IRQ
 660        default y
 661        help
 662          Xen virtual console device driver
 663
 664config HVC_UDBG
 665       bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console"
 666       depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL
 667       select HVC_DRIVER
 668       default n
 669
 670config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
 671        tristate "Virtio console"
 672        depends on VIRTIO
 673        select HVC_DRIVER
 674        help
 675          Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
 676
 677          Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
 678          transfer between the guest and host.  Character devices at
 679          /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
 680          found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
 681          within that device.  If specified by the host, a sysfs
 682          attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
 683          the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
 684          symlink to the device.
 685
 686config HVCS
 687        tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
 688        depends on PPC_PSERIES && HVC_CONSOLE
 689        help
 690          Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
 691          firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
 692          another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data
 693          from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
 694          interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
 695          this driver.
 696
 697          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 698          module will be called hvcs.  Additionally, this module
 699          will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
 700          which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
 701          module.
 702
 703config IBM_BSR
 704        tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
 705        depends on PPC_PSERIES
 706        help
 707          This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
 708          of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
 709          between several cores on a system
 710
 711source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
 712
 713config DS1620
 714        tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
 715        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 716        help
 717          Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
 718          found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
 719          temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
 720
 721          It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
 722          It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
 723          necessity.
 724
 725config NWBUTTON
 726        tristate "NetWinder Button"
 727        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 728        ---help---
 729          If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
 730          with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
 731          time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
 732          times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
 733
 734          This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
 735          perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
 736          row.
 737
 738          Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
 739          alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
 740          button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
 741          down for longer than approximately five seconds.
 742
 743          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 744          module will be called nwbutton.
 745
 746          Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
 747          below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
 748
 749config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
 750        bool "Reboot Using Button"
 751        depends on NWBUTTON
 752        help
 753          If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
 754          shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
 755          The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
 756          but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
 757          in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
 758          driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
 759          time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
 760
 761config NWFLASH
 762        tristate "NetWinder flash support"
 763        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 764        ---help---
 765          If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
 766          major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
 767          the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
 768          flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
 769          allow random users access to this device. :-)
 770
 771          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 772          module will be called nwflash.
 773
 774          If you're not sure, say N.
 775
 776source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
 777
 778config NVRAM
 779        tristate "/dev/nvram support"
 780        depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
 781        ---help---
 782          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
 783          with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
 784          you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
 785          memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
 786          and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
 787          nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
 788
 789          This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
 790          on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
 791          change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
 792          save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
 793          power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
 794          however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
 795          should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
 796          for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
 797
 798          On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
 799          to be selected.
 800
 801          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 802          module will be called nvram.
 803
 804#
 805# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
 806# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
 807#
 808if RTC_LIB=n
 809
 810config RTC
 811        tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
 812        depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
 813                        && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
 814        ---help---
 815          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 816          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 817          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 818          into your computer.
 819
 820          Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
 821          signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
 822          as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
 823          /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
 824          /dev/rtc.
 825
 826          If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
 827          "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
 828          and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
 829
 830          If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
 831          sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
 832          for details.
 833
 834          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 835          module will be called rtc.
 836
 837config JS_RTC
 838        tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
 839        depends on SPARC32 && PCI
 840        ---help---
 841          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 842          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 843          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 844          into your computer.
 845
 846          Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
 847          signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
 848          as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
 849          /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
 850          /dev/rtc.
 851
 852          If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
 853          sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
 854          for details.
 855
 856          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 857          module will be called js-rtc.
 858
 859config GEN_RTC
 860        tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
 861        depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
 862        ---help---
 863          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 864          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 865          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 866          into your computer.
 867
 868          It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
 869          behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
 870          "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
 871          for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
 872          precision in some cases.
 873
 874          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 875          module will be called genrtc.
 876
 877config GEN_RTC_X
 878        bool "Extended RTC operation"
 879        depends on GEN_RTC
 880        help
 881          Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
 882          and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
 883
 884config EFI_RTC
 885        bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
 886        depends on IA64
 887
 888config DS1302
 889        tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
 890        depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
 891        help
 892          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 893          major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 894          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 895          into your computer.
 896
 897endif # RTC_LIB
 898
 899config DTLK
 900        tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
 901        depends on ISA
 902        help
 903          This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
 904          manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
 905          called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
 906
 907          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 908          module will be called dtlk.
 909
 910config XILINX_HWICAP
 911        tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
 912        depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
 913        help
 914          This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
 915          Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
 916          FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
 917
 918          If unsure, say N.
 919
 920config R3964
 921        tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
 922        ---help---
 923          This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
 924          Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
 925          hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
 926
 927          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 928          module will be called n_r3964.
 929
 930          If unsure, say N.
 931
 932config APPLICOM
 933        tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
 934        depends on PCI
 935        ---help---
 936          This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
 937          fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
 938          about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
 939          <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
 940          <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
 941
 942          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 943          module will be called applicom.
 944
 945          If unsure, say N.
 946
 947config SONYPI
 948        tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 949        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
 950        ---help---
 951          This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
 952          Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
 953
 954          If you have one of those laptops, read
 955          <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
 956
 957          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 958          module will be called sonypi.
 959
 960config GPIO_TB0219
 961        tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
 962        depends on TANBAC_TB022X
 963        select GPIO_VR41XX
 964
 965source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
 966
 967config MWAVE
 968        tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
 969        depends on X86
 970        select SERIAL_8250
 971        ---help---
 972          The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
 973          kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
 974          support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
 975          and support selected world wide countries.
 976
 977          This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
 978          600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
 979
 980          The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
 981          (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
 982
 983          The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
 984          the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
 985          <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
 986
 987          If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
 988          in it, say Y.
 989
 990          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 991          module will be called mwave.
 992
 993config SCx200_GPIO
 994        tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
 995        depends on SCx200
 996        select NSC_GPIO
 997        help
 998          Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
 999          Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
1000
1001          If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
1002
1003config PC8736x_GPIO
1004        tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
1005        depends on X86
1006        default SCx200_GPIO     # mostly N
1007        select NSC_GPIO         # needed for support routines
1008        help
1009          Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
1010          Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
1011          has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
1012          hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
1013
1014          If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
1015
1016config NSC_GPIO
1017        tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
1018        depends on X86_32
1019        # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
1020        # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
1021        help
1022          Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
1023          pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
1024          modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
1025
1026config CS5535_GPIO
1027        tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
1028        depends on X86_32
1029        help
1030          Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
1031          CS5536 Geode companion devices.
1032
1033          If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
1034
1035config RAW_DRIVER
1036        tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
1037        depends on BLOCK
1038        help
1039          The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
1040          Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
1041          See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1042
1043          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
1044          with the O_DIRECT flag.
1045
1046config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1047        int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1048        depends on RAW_DRIVER
1049        default "256"
1050        help
1051          The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1052          Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1053          raw devices.
1054
1055config HPET
1056        bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1057        default n
1058        depends on ACPI
1059        help
1060          If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
1061          open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
1062          non-periodic and/or periodic.
1063
1064config HPET_MMAP
1065        bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1066        default y
1067        depends on HPET
1068        help
1069          If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1070          the HPET registers.
1071
1072          In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1073          registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1074          exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
1075          say N here.
1076
1077config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1078        tristate "Hangcheck timer"
1079        depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
1080        help
1081          The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1082          out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
1083          or merely print a warning.
1084
1085config MMTIMER
1086        tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1087        depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1088        default y
1089        help
1090          The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1091          Altix system timer.
1092
1093config UV_MMTIMER
1094        tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
1095        depends on X86_UV
1096        default m
1097        help
1098          The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1099          UV system timer.
1100
1101source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1102
1103config TELCLOCK
1104        tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
1105        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
1106        default n
1107        help
1108          The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1109          ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1110          configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
1111          device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1112          fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1113          /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1114          controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1115
1116config DEVPORT
1117        bool
1118        depends on !M68K
1119        depends on ISA || PCI
1120        default y
1121
1122source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1123
1124config RAMOOPS
1125        tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
1126        depends on HAS_IOMEM
1127        default n
1128        help
1129          This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
1130          buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
1131
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