11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Character device configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Character devices" 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds 71da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VT 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED 9abf3ea1bSMartin Schwidefsky depends on !S390 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds select INPUT 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y if !VIOCONS 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>. 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds character sequences that can be used to change those properties 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command. 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds or network connection. 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds shiny Linux system :-) 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VT_CONSOLE 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VT 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below). 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HW_CONSOLE 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VT && !S390 && !UML 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6613ae6645SAntonino A. Daplasconfig VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING 6713ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" 6813ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas depends on HW_CONSOLE 6913ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas default n 7013ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas ---help--- 7113ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical 7213ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one 7313ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console 7413ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than 7513ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to 7613ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the 7713ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas virtual terminals. 7813ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas 7913ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more 8013ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to 8113ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. 8213ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas 831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Non-standard serial port support" 85eeca7a36SMartin Schwidefsky depends on HAS_IOMEM 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds connections. 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about non-standard serial boards. 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most people can say N here. 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig COMPUTONE 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support" 1023b4709a6SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards, 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>. 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules will be called ip2 and ip2main. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROCKETPORT 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support" 11727d41718SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards. 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>. 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called rocket. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CYCLADES 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cyclades async mux support" 132cff9494fSJiri Slaby depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) 133ee2077d9SJiri Slaby select FW_LOADER 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read 140*889c94a1SJohann Felix Soden <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>. 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called cyclades. 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N. 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CYZ_INTR 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds unsure, say N. 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DIGIEPCA 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support" 16127d41718SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>. 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called epca. 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ESPSERIAL 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support" 17633f0f88fSAlan Cox depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>. 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called esp. 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MOXA_INTELLIO 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Moxa Intellio support" 1898a023674SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card. 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called moxa. 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MOXA_SMARTIO 19798c47ea2SJiri Slaby tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)" 1981d25240fSAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card. 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds here. 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 207037ad48bSJiri Slabyconfig MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW 20898c47ea2SJiri Slaby tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0" 209fb0c9295SJiri Slaby depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) 210037ad48bSJiri Slaby help 211037ad48bSJiri Slaby Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or 212037ad48bSJiri Slaby want to help develop a new version of this driver. 213037ad48bSJiri Slaby 214037ad48bSJiri Slaby This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with 215037ad48bSJiri Slaby changes finally resulting in PCI probing. 216037ad48bSJiri Slaby 217037ad48bSJiri Slaby This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called 218037ad48bSJiri Slaby mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here. 219037ad48bSJiri Slaby 2201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISI 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 222a3808ac1SRandy Dunlap depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 2235ff2a7e2Smaximilian attems select FW_LOADER 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds built as a module. The module will be called isicom. 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to do that, choose M here. 2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYNCLINK 2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support" 232a5532606SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial 2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit 2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter). 2371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 2391da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M 2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds here. 2421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYNCLINKMP 2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SyncLink Multiport support" 2458a023674SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports) 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds here. 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 257705b6c7bSPaul Fulghumconfig SYNCLINK_GT 258705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support" 2598ef9cf31SAl Viro depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 260705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum help 261705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of 262705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters 263705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com) 264705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum 2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig N_HDLC 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HDLC line discipline support" 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter. 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds here. 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RISCOM8 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support" 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card, 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>. 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds loadable module; the module will be called riscom8. 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SPECIALIX 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support" 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds would need something like this to connect more than two modems to 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds called specialix. 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SPECIALIX_RTSCTS 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS" 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SPECIALIX 3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds on, it will always be RTS. Read the file 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information. 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SX 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support" 3163468a33eSJiri Slaby depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards. 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details. 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here. 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RIO 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Specialix RIO system support" 327655fdeabSAlan Cox depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>. 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are both ISA and PCI versions. 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RIO_OLDPCI 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards" 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on RIO 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y. 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STALDRV 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Stallion multiport serial support" 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here, 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds you will be asked for your specific card model in the next 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STALLION 3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support" 35627d41718SAl Viro depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion 3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>. 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called stallion. 3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISTALLION 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support" 36727d41718SAl Viro depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>. 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called istallion. 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2232 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket, 3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations. 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial" 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here. 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_SNSC 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support" 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) 3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller communication from user space (you want this!), 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Otherwise, say N. 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 400e1e19747SBruce Losureconfig SGI_TIOCX 401e1e19747SBruce Losure bool "SGI TIO CX driver support" 402e1e19747SBruce Losure depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) 403e1e19747SBruce Losure help 404e1e19747SBruce Losure If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached 405e1e19747SBruce Losure to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N. 406e1e19747SBruce Losure 407e1e19747SBruce Losureconfig SGI_MBCS 408e1e19747SBruce Losure tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support" 409ae40aae9SBruce Losure depends on SGI_TIOCX 410e1e19747SBruce Losure help 411e1e19747SBruce Losure If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick 412e1e19747SBruce Losure say Y or M here, otherwise say N. 413e1e19747SBruce Losure 4141da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/serial/Kconfig" 4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UNIX98_PTYS 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to 4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds and xterms. 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for 4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LEGACY_PTYS 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to 4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds and xterms. 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems, it is safe to say N. 4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LEGACY_PTY_COUNT 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" 4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on LEGACY_PTYS 460345ee839SKay Sievers range 0 256 4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "256" 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded 4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems may want to reduce this to save memory. 4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. 4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 470a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidtconfig BRIQ_PANEL 471a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver' 4722818c5deSPaul Mackerras depends on PPC_CHRP 473a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt ---help--- 474a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a 475a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive. 476a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt 477a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you 478a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt must answer Y here. 479a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt 480a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 481a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt module will be called briq_panel. 482a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt 483a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt It's safe to say N here. 484a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt 4851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PRINTER 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Parallel printer support" 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PARPORT 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the 4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y. 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding drivers into the kernel. 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp. 5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam" 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>. 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h. 5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP_CONSOLE 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for console on line printer" 5131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PRINTER 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for 5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time. 5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again. 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds can make the kernel continue when this happens, 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds but it'll lose the kernel messages. 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPDEV 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PARPORT 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds IDs). 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support. 5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called ppdev. 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54645d607edSRyan S. Arnoldconfig HVC_DRIVER 54745d607edSRyan S. Arnold bool 54845d607edSRyan S. Arnold help 5493e6c6f63SRusty Russell Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various 5502d1df815SRusty Russell hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest). 55145d607edSRyan S. Arnold It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers 55245d607edSRyan S. Arnold is selected. 55345d607edSRyan S. Arnold 55445d607edSRyan S. Arnold 5551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HVC_CONSOLE 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" 5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPC_PSERIES 55845d607edSRyan S. Arnold select HVC_DRIVER 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console 5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is accessed via the HMC. 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5648bff05b0SStephen Rothwellconfig HVC_ISERIES 5658bff05b0SStephen Rothwell bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" 566b15f792fSStephen Rothwell depends on PPC_ISERIES 567b15f792fSStephen Rothwell default y 5688bff05b0SStephen Rothwell select HVC_DRIVER 5698bff05b0SStephen Rothwell help 5708bff05b0SStephen Rothwell iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console. 5718bff05b0SStephen Rothwell 572f4d1749eSArnd Bergmannconfig HVC_RTAS 573f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann bool "IBM RTAS Console support" 574f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann depends on PPC_RTAS 575f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann select HVC_DRIVER 576f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann help 577f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS 578f4d1749eSArnd Bergmann 5793cdc20e5SIshizaki Kouconfig HVC_BEAT 5803cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support" 5813cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou depends on PPC_CELLEB 5823cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou select HVC_DRIVER 5833cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou help 5843cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver 5853cdc20e5SIshizaki Kou 586b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig HVC_XEN 587b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support" 588b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on XEN 589b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge select HVC_DRIVER 590b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 591b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge help 592b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge Xen virtual console device driver 593b536b4b9SJeremy Fitzhardinge 59431610434SRusty Russellconfig VIRTIO_CONSOLE 59531610434SRusty Russell bool 59631610434SRusty Russell select HVC_DRIVER 59731610434SRusty Russell 5981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HVCS 5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPC_PSERIES 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by 6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds another Linux partition. This driver allows console data 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device 6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds this driver. 6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a 6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds module. 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6151da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig" 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DS1620 6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NetWinder thermometer support" 6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware 6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds temperature set points and to read the current temperature. 6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620) 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a 6271da177e4SLinus Torvalds necessity. 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWBUTTON 6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NetWinder Button" 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 6321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton 6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds times the button was pressed will be written to that device. 6371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which 6391da177e4SLinus Torvalds perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds row. 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the 6441da177e4SLinus Torvalds button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held 6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds down for longer than approximately five seconds. 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called nwbutton. 6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button" 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button. 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWBUTTON_REBOOT 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Reboot Using Button" 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NWBUTTON 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times. 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default, 6601da177e4SLinus Torvalds but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the 6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load 6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>". 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWFLASH 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NetWinder flash support" 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with 6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing 6711da177e4SLinus Torvalds the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the 6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds allow random users access to this device. :-) 6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called nwflash. 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you're not sure, say N. 6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 680844dd05fSMichael Bueschsource "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig" 681844dd05fSMichael Buesch 6821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NVRAM 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "/dev/nvram support" 6840d078f6fSBrian Gerst depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC 6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC). 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6931da177e4SLinus Torvalds This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM" 6941da177e4SLinus Torvalds on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to 6951da177e4SLinus Torvalds change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently 6961da177e4SLinus Torvalds save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over 6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note 6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you 6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list 7001da177e4SLinus Torvalds for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS. 7011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7021da177e4SLinus Torvalds On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need 7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be selected. 7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called nvram. 7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RTC 7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support" 7102240598cSAl Viro depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds into your computer. 7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate 7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used 7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file 7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/rtc. 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion. 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds for details. 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called rtc. 7331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7342240598cSAl Viroconfig JS_RTC 7352240598cSAl Viro tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support" 7362240598cSAl Viro depends on SPARC32 && PCI 7372240598cSAl Viro ---help--- 7382240598cSAl Viro If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 7392240598cSAl Viro major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 7402240598cSAl Viro will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 7412240598cSAl Viro into your computer. 7422240598cSAl Viro 7432240598cSAl Viro Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate 7442240598cSAl Viro signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used 7452240598cSAl Viro as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file 7462240598cSAl Viro /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 7472240598cSAl Viro /dev/rtc. 7482240598cSAl Viro 7492240598cSAl Viro If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data 7502240598cSAl Viro sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> 7512240598cSAl Viro for details. 7522240598cSAl Viro 7532240598cSAl Viro To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 7542240598cSAl Viro module will be called js-rtc. 7552240598cSAl Viro 7561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_DS1286 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support" 7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SGI_IP22 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds will get access to the real time clock built into your computer. 7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/rtc. 7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IP27_RTC 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support" 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SGI_IP27 7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds will get access to the real time clock built into your computer. 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information 7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/rtc. 7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GEN_RTC 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation" 780fdc1f938SRalf Baechle depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH 7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds into your computer. 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the 7891da177e4SLinus Torvalds "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation 7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds precision in some cases. 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called genrtc. 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GEN_RTC_X 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Extended RTC operation" 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on GEN_RTC 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs 8011da177e4SLinus Torvalds and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases. 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_RTC 8041da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services" 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IA64 8061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DS1302 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DS1302 RTC support" 8091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT) 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds into your computer. 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig COBALT_LCD 8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for Cobalt LCD" 8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MIPS_COBALT 8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found 8211da177e4SLinus Torvalds on Cobalt systems through a misc device. 8221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DTLK 8241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support" 825eeca7a36SMartin Schwidefsky depends on ISA 8261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8271da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer 8281da177e4SLinus Torvalds manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also 8291da177e4SLinus Torvalds called the `internal DoubleTalk'. 8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called dtlk. 8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R3964 8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline" 8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the 8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special 8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this. 8401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 8421da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called n_r3964. 8431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 8451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLICOM 8471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support" 8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 8491da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8501da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent 8511da177e4SLinus Torvalds fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information 8521da177e4SLinus Torvalds about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address 8531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse 8541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <dwmw2@infradead.org>. 8551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 8571da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called applicom. 8581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8591da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 8601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SONYPI 8621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 8631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT 8641da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8651da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control 8661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops. 8671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have one of those laptops, read 8691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here. 8701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 8721da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called sonypi. 8731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 87409762516SYoichi Yuasaconfig GPIO_TB0219 87509762516SYoichi Yuasa tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support" 876bef1f402SRobert P. J. Day depends on TANBAC_TB022X 877584e1236SYoichi Yuasa select GPIO_VR41XX 8781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8791da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig" 8801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MWAVE 8821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support" 8831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on X86 8841da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SERIAL_8250 8851da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8861da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a 8871da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components 8881da177e4SLinus Torvalds support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) 8891da177e4SLinus Torvalds and support selected world wide countries. 8901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8911da177e4SLinus Torvalds This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E, 8921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware. 8931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8941da177e4SLinus Torvalds The modem also supports the standard communications port interface 8951da177e4SLinus Torvalds (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set. 8961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8971da177e4SLinus Torvalds The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at 8981da177e4SLinus Torvalds the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site: 8991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>. 9001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset 9021da177e4SLinus Torvalds in it, say Y. 9031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9041da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 9051da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called mwave. 9061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SCx200_GPIO 9081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support" 9091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SCx200 9107a8e2a5eSJim Cromie select NSC_GPIO 9111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National 9131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Semiconductor SCx200 processors. 9141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio. 9161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9177a8e2a5eSJim Cromieconfig PC8736x_GPIO 9187a8e2a5eSJim Cromie tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support" 9197a8e2a5eSJim Cromie depends on X86 9207a8e2a5eSJim Cromie default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N 9217a8e2a5eSJim Cromie select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines 9227a8e2a5eSJim Cromie help 9237a8e2a5eSJim Cromie Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National 9247a8e2a5eSJim Cromie Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip 9257a8e2a5eSJim Cromie has multiple functional units, inc several managed by 9267a8e2a5eSJim Cromie hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366 9277a8e2a5eSJim Cromie 9287a8e2a5eSJim Cromie If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio. 9297a8e2a5eSJim Cromie 9307a8e2a5eSJim Cromieconfig NSC_GPIO 9317a8e2a5eSJim Cromie tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support" 932699352c3SDave Jones depends on X86_32 9337a8e2a5eSJim Cromie # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO 9347a8e2a5eSJim Cromie # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y 9357a8e2a5eSJim Cromie help 9367a8e2a5eSJim Cromie Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and 9377a8e2a5eSJim Cromie pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as 9387a8e2a5eSJim Cromie modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio 9397a8e2a5eSJim Cromie 940e329113cSBen Gardnerconfig CS5535_GPIO 941e329113cSBen Gardner tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)" 942e329113cSBen Gardner depends on X86_32 943e329113cSBen Gardner help 944e329113cSBen Gardner Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and 945e329113cSBen Gardner CS5536 Geode companion devices. 946e329113cSBen Gardner 947e329113cSBen Gardner If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio. 948e329113cSBen Gardner 949e400bae9SYoichi Yuasaconfig GPIO_VR41XX 950e400bae9SYoichi Yuasa tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support" 951e400bae9SYoichi Yuasa depends on CPU_VR41XX 952e400bae9SYoichi Yuasa 9531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RAW_DRIVER 954abd4aa5aSDave Jones tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)" 9559361401eSDavid Howells depends on BLOCK 9561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9571da177e4SLinus Torvalds The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. 9581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. 9591da177e4SLinus Torvalds See the raw(8) manpage for more details. 9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 961abd4aa5aSDave Jones Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1) 9621da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the O_DIRECT flag. 9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9640de502aaSAndrew Mortonconfig MAX_RAW_DEVS 9650de502aaSAndrew Morton int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)" 9660de502aaSAndrew Morton depends on RAW_DRIVER 9670de502aaSAndrew Morton default "256" 9680de502aaSAndrew Morton help 9690de502aaSAndrew Morton The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported. 9700de502aaSAndrew Morton Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of 9710de502aaSAndrew Morton raw devices. 9720de502aaSAndrew Morton 9731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPET 9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64) 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 9761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACPI 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are 9803cb2fcccSMatt LaPlante non-periodic and/or periodic. 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPET_RTC_IRQ 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 9851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HPET 9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It 9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for 9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds the HPET timers. 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPET_MMAP 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Allow mmap of HPET" 9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HPET 9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap 9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds the HPET registers. 9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9991da177e4SLinus Torvalds In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET 10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be 10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware, 10021da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N here. 10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HANGCHECK_TIMER 10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hangcheck timer" 1006abf3ea1bSMartin Schwidefsky depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390 10071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone 10091da177e4SLinus Torvalds out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system 10101da177e4SLinus Torvalds or merely print a warning. 10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MMTIMER 10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix" 10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Altix system timer. 10191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10201da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig" 10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10221a80ba88SMark Grossconfig TELCLOCK 102303154a27SMark Gross tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC" 10244d99bfacSGeert Uytterhoeven depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 10251a80ba88SMark Gross default n 10261a80ba88SMark Gross help 102703154a27SMark Gross The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050 102803154a27SMark Gross ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the 102903154a27SMark Gross configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This 103003154a27SMark Gross device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane 103103154a27SMark Gross fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory, 103203154a27SMark Gross /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for 103303154a27SMark Gross controlling the behavior of this hardware. 10341a80ba88SMark Gross 10354f911d64SRussell Kingconfig DEVPORT 10364f911d64SRussell King bool 10374f911d64SRussell King depends on !M68K 10384f911d64SRussell King depends on ISA || PCI 10394f911d64SRussell King default y 10404f911d64SRussell King 104161d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskysource "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" 104261d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky 10431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1045