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   2# Character device configuration
   3#
   4
   5menu "Character devices"
   6
   7source "drivers/tty/Kconfig"
   8
   9config DEVKMEM
  10        bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
  11        default y
  12        help
  13          Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
  14          /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
  15          kind of kernel debugging operations.
  16          When in doubt, say "N".
  17
  18config STALDRV
  19        bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  20        depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  21        help
  22          Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
  23          like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  24          instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
  25          you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
  26          questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
  27          in this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
  28          say N.
  29
  30config SGI_SNSC
  31        bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  32        depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  33        help
  34          If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  35          controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  36          say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
  37
  38config SGI_TIOCX
  39       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
  40       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  41       help
  42         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
  43         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  44
  45config SGI_MBCS
  46       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
  47       depends on SGI_TIOCX
  48       help
  49         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
  50         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
  51
  52source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
  53
  54config TTY_PRINTK
  55        bool "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"
  56        depends on EXPERT
  57        default n
  58        ---help---
  59          If you say Y here, the support for writing user messages (i.e.
  60          console messages) via printk is available.
  61
  62          The feature is useful to inline user messages with kernel
  63          messages.
  64          In order to use this feature, you should output user messages
  65          to /dev/ttyprintk or redirect console to this TTY.
  66
  67          If unsure, say N.
  68
  69config BRIQ_PANEL
  70        tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
  71        depends on PPC_CHRP
  72        ---help---
  73          The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  74          tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  75
  76          If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  77          must answer Y here.
  78
  79          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  80          module will be called briq_panel.
  81
  82          It's safe to say N here.
  83
  84config BFIN_OTP
  85        tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
  86        depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)
  87        default y
  88        help
  89          If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
  90          interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
  91          stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
  92          to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
  93          own secure code and reader for that.
  94
  95          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  96          will be called bfin-otp.
  97
  98          If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
  99
 100config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
 101        bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
 102        depends on BFIN_OTP
 103        default n
 104        help
 105          If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
 106          OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
 107          the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
 108          need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
 109
 110          If unsure, say N.
 111
 112config PRINTER
 113        tristate "Parallel printer support"
 114        depends on PARPORT
 115        ---help---
 116          If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
 117          box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
 118          printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
 119          Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
 120          <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 121
 122          It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
 123          (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
 124          corresponding drivers into the kernel.
 125
 126          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
 127          <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
 128
 129          If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
 130          use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
 131          or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
 132          how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
 133          "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
 134
 135          If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
 136          macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
 137
 138config LP_CONSOLE
 139        bool "Support for console on line printer"
 140        depends on PRINTER
 141        ---help---
 142          If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
 143          can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
 144          doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
 145          option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
 146
 147          If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
 148          busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
 149          By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
 150          can make the kernel continue when this happens,
 151          but it'll lose the kernel messages.
 152
 153          If unsure, say N.
 154
 155config PPDEV
 156        tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
 157        depends on PARPORT
 158        ---help---
 159          Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
 160          is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
 161          port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
 162          IDs).
 163
 164          This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
 165          It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
 166          or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
 167
 168          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 169          module will be called ppdev.
 170
 171          If unsure, say N.
 172
 173source "drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig"
 174
 175config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
 176        tristate "Virtio console"
 177        depends on VIRTIO
 178        select HVC_DRIVER
 179        help
 180          Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
 181
 182          Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
 183          transfer between the guest and host.  Character devices at
 184          /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
 185          found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
 186          within that device.  If specified by the host, a sysfs
 187          attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
 188          the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
 189          symlink to the device.
 190
 191config IBM_BSR
 192        tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
 193        depends on PPC_PSERIES
 194        help
 195          This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
 196          of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
 197          between several cores on a system
 198
 199source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
 200
 201config DS1620
 202        tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
 203        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 204        help
 205          Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
 206          found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
 207          temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
 208
 209          It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
 210          It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
 211          necessity.
 212
 213config NWBUTTON
 214        tristate "NetWinder Button"
 215        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 216        ---help---
 217          If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
 218          with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
 219          time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
 220          times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
 221
 222          This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
 223          perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
 224          row.
 225
 226          Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
 227          alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
 228          button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
 229          down for longer than approximately five seconds.
 230
 231          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 232          module will be called nwbutton.
 233
 234          Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
 235          below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
 236
 237config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
 238        bool "Reboot Using Button"
 239        depends on NWBUTTON
 240        help
 241          If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
 242          shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
 243          The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
 244          but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
 245          in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
 246          driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
 247          time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
 248
 249config NWFLASH
 250        tristate "NetWinder flash support"
 251        depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
 252        ---help---
 253          If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
 254          major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
 255          the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
 256          flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
 257          allow random users access to this device. :-)
 258
 259          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 260          module will be called nwflash.
 261
 262          If you're not sure, say N.
 263
 264source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
 265
 266config NVRAM
 267        tristate "/dev/nvram support"
 268        depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
 269        ---help---
 270          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
 271          with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
 272          you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
 273          memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
 274          and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
 275          nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
 276
 277          This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
 278          on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
 279          change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
 280          save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
 281          power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
 282          however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
 283          should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
 284          for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
 285
 286          On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
 287          to be selected.
 288
 289          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 290          module will be called nvram.
 291
 292#
 293# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
 294# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
 295#
 296if RTC_LIB=n
 297
 298config RTC
 299        tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
 300        depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
 301                        && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN && !UML
 302        ---help---
 303          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 304          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 305          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 306          into your computer.
 307
 308          Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
 309          signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
 310          as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
 311          /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
 312          /dev/rtc.
 313
 314          If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
 315          "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
 316          and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
 317
 318          If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
 319          sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
 320          for details.
 321
 322          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 323          module will be called rtc.
 324
 325config JS_RTC
 326        tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
 327        depends on SPARC32 && PCI
 328        ---help---
 329          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 330          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 331          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 332          into your computer.
 333
 334          Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
 335          signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
 336          as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
 337          /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
 338          /dev/rtc.
 339
 340          If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
 341          sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
 342          for details.
 343
 344          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 345          module will be called js-rtc.
 346
 347config GEN_RTC
 348        tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
 349        depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN && !UML
 350        ---help---
 351          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 352          major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 353          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 354          into your computer.
 355
 356          It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
 357          behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
 358          "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
 359          for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
 360          precision in some cases.
 361
 362          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 363          module will be called genrtc.
 364
 365config GEN_RTC_X
 366        bool "Extended RTC operation"
 367        depends on GEN_RTC
 368        help
 369          Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
 370          and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
 371
 372config EFI_RTC
 373        bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
 374        depends on IA64
 375
 376config DS1302
 377        tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
 378        depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
 379        help
 380          If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 381          major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
 382          will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
 383          into your computer.
 384
 385endif # RTC_LIB
 386
 387config DTLK
 388        tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
 389        depends on ISA
 390        help
 391          This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
 392          manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
 393          called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
 394
 395          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 396          module will be called dtlk.
 397
 398config XILINX_HWICAP
 399        tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
 400        depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
 401        help
 402          This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
 403          Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
 404          FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
 405
 406          If unsure, say N.
 407
 408config R3964
 409        tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
 410        ---help---
 411          This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
 412          Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
 413          hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
 414
 415          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 416          module will be called n_r3964.
 417
 418          If unsure, say N.
 419
 420config APPLICOM
 421        tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
 422        depends on PCI
 423        ---help---
 424          This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
 425          fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
 426          about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
 427          <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
 428          <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
 429
 430          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 431          module will be called applicom.
 432
 433          If unsure, say N.
 434
 435config SONYPI
 436        tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 437        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
 438        ---help---
 439          This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
 440          Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
 441
 442          If you have one of those laptops, read
 443          <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
 444
 445          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 446          module will be called sonypi.
 447
 448config GPIO_TB0219
 449        tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
 450        depends on TANBAC_TB022X
 451        select GPIO_VR41XX
 452
 453source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
 454
 455config MWAVE
 456        tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
 457        depends on X86
 458        select SERIAL_8250
 459        ---help---
 460          The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
 461          kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
 462          support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
 463          and support selected world wide countries.
 464
 465          This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
 466          600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
 467
 468          The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
 469          (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
 470
 471          The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
 472          the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
 473          <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
 474
 475          If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
 476          in it, say Y.
 477
 478          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 479          module will be called mwave.
 480
 481config SCx200_GPIO
 482        tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
 483        depends on SCx200
 484        select NSC_GPIO
 485        help
 486          Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
 487          Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
 488
 489          If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
 490
 491config PC8736x_GPIO
 492        tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
 493        depends on X86_32 && !UML
 494        default SCx200_GPIO     # mostly N
 495        select NSC_GPIO         # needed for support routines
 496        help
 497          Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
 498          Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
 499          has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
 500          hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
 501
 502          If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
 503
 504config NSC_GPIO
 505        tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
 506        depends on X86_32
 507        # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
 508        # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
 509        help
 510          Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
 511          pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
 512          modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
 513
 514config RAW_DRIVER
 515        tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
 516        depends on BLOCK
 517        help
 518          The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
 519          Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
 520          See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
 521
 522          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
 523          with the O_DIRECT flag.
 524
 525config MAX_RAW_DEVS
 526        int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-65536)"
 527        depends on RAW_DRIVER
 528        default "256"
 529        help
 530          The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
 531          Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
 532          raw devices.
 533
 534config HPET
 535        bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
 536        default n
 537        depends on ACPI
 538        help
 539          If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
 540          open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
 541          non-periodic and/or periodic.
 542
 543config HPET_MMAP
 544        bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
 545        default y
 546        depends on HPET
 547        help
 548          If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
 549          the HPET registers.
 550
 551          In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
 552          registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
 553          exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
 554          say N here.
 555
 556config HANGCHECK_TIMER
 557        tristate "Hangcheck timer"
 558        depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
 559        help
 560          The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
 561          out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
 562          or merely print a warning.
 563
 564config MMTIMER
 565        tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
 566        depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
 567        default y
 568        help
 569          The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
 570          Altix system timer.
 571
 572config UV_MMTIMER
 573        tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
 574        depends on X86_UV
 575        default m
 576        help
 577          The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
 578          UV system timer.
 579
 580source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
 581
 582config TELCLOCK
 583        tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
 584        depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
 585        default n
 586        help
 587          The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
 588          ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
 589          configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
 590          device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
 591          fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
 592          /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
 593          controlling the behavior of this hardware.
 594
 595config DEVPORT
 596        bool
 597        depends on !M68K
 598        depends on ISA || PCI
 599        default y
 600
 601source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
 602
 603config RAMOOPS
 604        tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
 605        depends on HAS_IOMEM
 606        default n
 607        help
 608          This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
 609          buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
 610
 611config MSM_SMD_PKT
 612        bool "Enable device interface for some SMD packet ports"
 613        default n
 614        depends on MSM_SMD
 615        help
 616          Enables userspace clients to read and write to some packet SMD
 617          ports via device interface for MSM chipset.
 618
 619config TILE_SROM
 620        bool "Character-device access via hypervisor to the Tilera SPI ROM"
 621        depends on TILE
 622        default y
 623        ---help---
 624          This device provides character-level read-write access
 625          to the SROM, typically via the "0", "1", and "2" devices
 626          in /dev/srom/.  The Tilera hypervisor makes the flash
 627          device appear much like a simple EEPROM, and knows
 628          how to partition a single ROM for multiple purposes.
 629
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