xref: /linux/drivers/char/Kconfig (revision bdcffc5a1a28b566a38a4b0d5bcefc78a97f4ecb)
11da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Character device configuration
31da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
41da177e4SLinus Torvalds
51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Character devices"
61da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7*bdcffc5aSGreg Kroah-Hartmansource "drivers/tty/Kconfig"
813ae6645SAntonino A. Daplas
9b781ecb6SArjan van de Venconfig DEVKMEM
10b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
11b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	default y
12b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	help
13b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	  Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
14b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	  /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
15b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	  kind of kernel debugging operations.
16b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven	  When in doubt, say "N".
17b781ecb6SArjan van de Ven
180b914218SMike Frysingerconfig BFIN_JTAG_COMM
190b914218SMike Frysinger	tristate "Blackfin JTAG Communication"
200b914218SMike Frysinger	depends on BLACKFIN
210b914218SMike Frysinger	help
220b914218SMike Frysinger	  Add support for emulating a TTY device over the Blackfin JTAG.
230b914218SMike Frysinger
240b914218SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
250b914218SMike Frysinger	  module will be called bfin_jtag_comm.
260b914218SMike Frysinger
270b914218SMike Frysingerconfig BFIN_JTAG_COMM_CONSOLE
280b914218SMike Frysinger	bool "Console on Blackfin JTAG"
290b914218SMike Frysinger	depends on BFIN_JTAG_COMM=y
300b914218SMike Frysinger
311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Non-standard serial port support"
33eeca7a36SMartin Schwidefsky	depends on HAS_IOMEM
341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  connections.
411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the questions about non-standard serial boards.
451da177e4SLinus Torvalds
461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Most people can say N here.
471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig COMPUTONE
491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
503b4709a6SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
5831c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>.
591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6033dda515SRoland.Kletzing	  To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
6133dda515SRoland.Kletzing	  module will be called ip2.
621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROCKETPORT
641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
6527d41718SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
681da177e4SLinus Torvalds          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
691da177e4SLinus Torvalds          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
7031c00fc1SRandy Dunlap          and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>.
711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called rocket.
741da177e4SLinus Torvalds
751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
761da177e4SLinus Torvalds          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
771da177e4SLinus Torvalds
781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CYCLADES
791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
80cff9494fSJiri Slaby	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
81ee2077d9SJiri Slaby	select FW_LOADER
821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
861da177e4SLinus Torvalds
871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
8831c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>.
891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called cyclades.
921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CYZ_INTR
961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  unsure, say N.
1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DIGIEPCA
1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
109dcbf1280SAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
11731c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>.
1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called epca.
1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MOXA_INTELLIO
1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
1248a023674SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
1254920916fSJiri Slaby	select FW_LOADER
1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called moxa.
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MOXA_SMARTIO
13398c47ea2SJiri Slaby	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
134fb0c9295SJiri Slaby	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
135037ad48bSJiri Slaby	help
136037ad48bSJiri Slaby	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
137037ad48bSJiri Slaby	  want to help develop a new version of this driver.
138037ad48bSJiri Slaby
139037ad48bSJiri Slaby	  This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
140037ad48bSJiri Slaby	  changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
141037ad48bSJiri Slaby
142037ad48bSJiri Slaby	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
1431c45607aSJiri Slaby	  mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
144037ad48bSJiri Slaby
1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISI
1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1476d889724SAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
1485ff2a7e2Smaximilian attems	select FW_LOADER
1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to do that, choose M here.
1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYNCLINK
1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
157a5532606SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here.
1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYNCLINKMP
1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
1708a023674SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here.
1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds
182705b6c7bSPaul Fulghumconfig SYNCLINK_GT
183705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
1848ef9cf31SAl Viro	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
185705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum	help
186705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
187705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
188705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
189705b6c7bSPaul Fulghum
1901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig N_HDLC
1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
197e1eaea46SAlan Cox	  This driver can be built as a module ( = code which can be
1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here.
2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
202e1eaea46SAlan Coxconfig N_GSM
203e1eaea46SAlan Cox	tristate "GSM MUX line discipline support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
204e1eaea46SAlan Cox	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
205972c1962SRandy Dunlap	depends on NET
206e1eaea46SAlan Cox	help
207e1eaea46SAlan Cox	  This line discipline provides support for the GSM MUX protocol and
208e1eaea46SAlan Cox	  presents the mux as a set of 61 individual tty devices.
209e1eaea46SAlan Cox
2101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RISCOM8
2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
212781cff5cSAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
21831c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>.
2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SPECIALIX
2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
225faa7612cSAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
23331c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say
23431c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called specialix.
2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SX
2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
23941214594SAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) && BROKEN
2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
24231c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details.
2431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RIO
2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
25041214594SAlan Cox	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN
2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  There are both ISA and PCI versions.
2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RIO_OLDPCI
2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on RIO
2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STALDRV
2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
27331c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
27431c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  in this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say N.
2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STALLION
2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
279d18a750fSAlan Cox	depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
28331c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called stallion.
2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISTALLION
2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
290d18a750fSAlan Cox	depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
29431c00fc1SRandy Dunlap	  <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>.
2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called istallion.
2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds
29920fd1e3bSFrank Seidelconfig NOZOMI
30020fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
30120fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
30220fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	help
30320fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	  If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
30420fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	  Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
30520fd1e3bSFrank Seidel
30620fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
30720fd1e3bSFrank Seidel	  will be called nozomi.
30820fd1e3bSFrank Seidel
3091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2232
3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
31141214594SAlan Cox	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN
3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_SNSC
3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
333e1e19747SBruce Losureconfig SGI_TIOCX
334e1e19747SBruce Losure       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
335e1e19747SBruce Losure       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
336e1e19747SBruce Losure       help
337e1e19747SBruce Losure         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
338e1e19747SBruce Losure         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
339e1e19747SBruce Losure
340e1e19747SBruce Losureconfig SGI_MBCS
341e1e19747SBruce Losure       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
342ae40aae9SBruce Losure       depends on SGI_TIOCX
343e1e19747SBruce Losure       help
344e1e19747SBruce Losure         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
345e1e19747SBruce Losure         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
346e1e19747SBruce Losure
347ab4382d2SGreg Kroah-Hartmansource "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"
3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
34924b4b67dSSamo Pogacnikconfig TTY_PRINTK
35024b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	bool "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"
3516a108a14SDavid Rientjes	depends on EXPERT
35224b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	default n
35324b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	---help---
35424b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  If you say Y here, the support for writing user messages (i.e.
35524b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  console messages) via printk is available.
35624b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik
35724b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  The feature is useful to inline user messages with kernel
35824b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  messages.
35924b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  In order to use this feature, you should output user messages
36024b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  to /dev/ttyprintk or redirect console to this TTY.
36124b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik
36224b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik	  If unsure, say N.
36324b4b67dSSamo Pogacnik
364a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidtconfig BRIQ_PANEL
365a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
3662818c5deSPaul Mackerras	depends on PPC_CHRP
367a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	---help---
368a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
369a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
370a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt
371a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
372a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  must answer Y here.
373a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt
374a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
375a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  module will be called briq_panel.
376a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt
377a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt	  It's safe to say N here.
378a45b8395SBenjamin Herrenschmidt
3792dc63a84SMike Frysingerconfig BFIN_OTP
3802dc63a84SMike Frysinger	tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
381f69b2d7eSMike Frysinger	depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)
3822dc63a84SMike Frysinger	default y
3832dc63a84SMike Frysinger	help
3842dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
3852dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
3862dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
3872dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
3882dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  own secure code and reader for that.
3892dc63a84SMike Frysinger
3902dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
3912dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  will be called bfin-otp.
3922dc63a84SMike Frysinger
3932dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
3942dc63a84SMike Frysinger
3952dc63a84SMike Frysingerconfig BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
3962dc63a84SMike Frysinger	bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
3972dc63a84SMike Frysinger	depends on BFIN_OTP
3982dc63a84SMike Frysinger	default n
3992dc63a84SMike Frysinger	help
4002dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
4012dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
4022dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
4032dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
4042dc63a84SMike Frysinger
4052dc63a84SMike Frysinger	  If unsure, say N.
4062dc63a84SMike Frysinger
4071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PRINTER
4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Parallel printer support"
4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PARPORT
4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP_CONSOLE
4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Support for console on line printer"
4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PRINTER
4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPDEV
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PARPORT
4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  IDs).
4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called ppdev.
4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
468*bdcffc5aSGreg Kroah-Hartmansource "drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig"
4695427bcf5SMike Frysinger
47031610434SRusty Russellconfig VIRTIO_CONSOLE
4717721c494SChristian Borntraeger	tristate "Virtio console"
4727721c494SChristian Borntraeger	depends on VIRTIO
47331610434SRusty Russell	select HVC_DRIVER
4747721c494SChristian Borntraeger	help
4757721c494SChristian Borntraeger	  Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
4767721c494SChristian Borntraeger
477fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
478fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  transfer between the guest and host.  Character devices at
479fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
480fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
481fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  within that device.  If specified by the host, a sysfs
482fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
483fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
484fb08bd27SAmit Shah	  symlink to the device.
48531610434SRusty Russell
486fe9e8d53SSonny Raoconfig IBM_BSR
487fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
488fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	depends on PPC_PSERIES
489fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	help
490fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	  This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
491fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	  of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
492fe9e8d53SSonny Rao	  between several cores on a system
493fe9e8d53SSonny Rao
4941da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DS1620
4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  necessity.
5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWBUTTON
5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NetWinder Button"
5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
5131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  row.
5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called nwbutton.
5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWBUTTON_REBOOT
5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Reboot Using Button"
5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NWBUTTON
5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NWFLASH
5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called nwflash.
5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you're not sure, say N.
5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds
559844dd05fSMichael Bueschsource "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
560844dd05fSMichael Buesch
5611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NVRAM
5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "/dev/nvram support"
563807a96cdSUwe Kleine-König	depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM
5641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
5741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
5761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
5771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
5781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
5791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
5821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to be selected.
5831da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
5851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called nvram.
5861da177e4SLinus Torvalds
587c7500900SDavid Brownell#
588c7500900SDavid Brownell# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
589c7500900SDavid Brownell# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
590c7500900SDavid Brownell#
591c7500900SDavid Brownellif RTC_LIB=n
592c7500900SDavid Brownell
5931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RTC
594e6d2bb2bSDavid Brownell	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
595c7500900SDavid Brownell	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
5967bfa58ddSMike Frysinger			&& !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  into your computer.
6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  /dev/rtc.
6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for details.
6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called rtc.
6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6202240598cSAl Viroconfig JS_RTC
6212240598cSAl Viro	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
6222240598cSAl Viro	depends on SPARC32 && PCI
6232240598cSAl Viro	---help---
6242240598cSAl Viro	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
6252240598cSAl Viro	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
6262240598cSAl Viro	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
6272240598cSAl Viro	  into your computer.
6282240598cSAl Viro
6292240598cSAl Viro	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
6302240598cSAl Viro	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
6312240598cSAl Viro	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
6322240598cSAl Viro	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
6332240598cSAl Viro	  /dev/rtc.
6342240598cSAl Viro
6352240598cSAl Viro	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
6362240598cSAl Viro	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
6372240598cSAl Viro	  for details.
6382240598cSAl Viro
6392240598cSAl Viro	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
6402240598cSAl Viro	  module will be called js-rtc.
6412240598cSAl Viro
6421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GEN_RTC
6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
644103d6d91SMike Frysinger	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  into your computer.
6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  precision in some cases.
6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called genrtc.
6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GEN_RTC_X
6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Extended RTC operation"
6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on GEN_RTC
6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
6651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_RTC
6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on IA64
6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DS1302
6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  into your computer.
6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds
680c7500900SDavid Brownellendif # RTC_LIB
681c7500900SDavid Brownell
6821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DTLK
6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
684eeca7a36SMartin Schwidefsky	depends on ISA
6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called dtlk.
6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
693ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorfferconfig XILINX_HWICAP
694ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
6956fa612b5SMichal Simek	depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE
696ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	help
697ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	  This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
698ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	  Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
699ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	  FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
700ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer
701ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer	  If unsure, say N.
702ef141a0bSStephen Neuendorffer
7031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R3964
7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called n_r3964.
7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLICOM
7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PCI
7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called applicom.
7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SONYPI
7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
7331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have one of those laptops, read
738018a651aSCarlos Corbacho	  <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
7411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called sonypi.
7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds
74309762516SYoichi Yuasaconfig GPIO_TB0219
74409762516SYoichi Yuasa	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
745bef1f402SRobert P. J. Day	depends on TANBAC_TB022X
746584e1236SYoichi Yuasa	select GPIO_VR41XX
7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7481da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MWAVE
7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on X86
7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select SERIAL_8250
7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and support selected world wide countries.
7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in it, say Y.
7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called mwave.
7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SCx200_GPIO
7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SCx200
7797a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	select NSC_GPIO
7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7867a8e2a5eSJim Cromieconfig PC8736x_GPIO
7877a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
7887b958090SRandy Dunlap	depends on X86_32
7897a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N
7907a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines
7917a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	help
7927a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
7937a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
7947a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
7957a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
7967a8e2a5eSJim Cromie
7977a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
7987a8e2a5eSJim Cromie
7997a8e2a5eSJim Cromieconfig NSC_GPIO
8007a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
801699352c3SDave Jones	depends on X86_32
8027a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	# selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
8037a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	# what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
8047a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	help
8057a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
8067a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
8077a8e2a5eSJim Cromie	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
8087a8e2a5eSJim Cromie
8091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RAW_DRIVER
810abd4aa5aSDave Jones	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
8119361401eSDavid Howells	depends on BLOCK
8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
817abd4aa5aSDave Jones          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds          with the O_DIRECT flag.
8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8200de502aaSAndrew Mortonconfig MAX_RAW_DEVS
8210de502aaSAndrew Morton	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
8220de502aaSAndrew Morton	depends on RAW_DRIVER
8230de502aaSAndrew Morton	default "256"
8240de502aaSAndrew Morton	help
8250de502aaSAndrew Morton	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
8260de502aaSAndrew Morton	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
8270de502aaSAndrew Morton	  raw devices.
8280de502aaSAndrew Morton
8291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPET
8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default n
8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ACPI
8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
8363cb2fcccSMatt LaPlante	  non-periodic and/or periodic.
8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPET_MMAP
8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
8401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on HPET
8421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
8441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the HPET registers.
8451da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
8471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
8491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say N here.
8501da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HANGCHECK_TIMER
8521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Hangcheck timer"
853abf3ea1bSMartin Schwidefsky	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
8541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
8561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
8571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  or merely print a warning.
8581da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MMTIMER
8601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
8611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
8621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
8631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
8651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Altix system timer.
8661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
867fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanichconfig UV_MMTIMER
868fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
869fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	depends on X86_UV
870fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	default m
871fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	help
872fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	  The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
873fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich	  UV system timer.
874fbd8ae10SDimitri Sivanich
8751da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8771a80ba88SMark Grossconfig TELCLOCK
87803154a27SMark Gross	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
8794d99bfacSGeert Uytterhoeven	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
8801a80ba88SMark Gross	default n
8811a80ba88SMark Gross	help
88203154a27SMark Gross	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
88303154a27SMark Gross	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
88403154a27SMark Gross	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
88503154a27SMark Gross	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
88603154a27SMark Gross	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
88703154a27SMark Gross	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
88803154a27SMark Gross	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.
8891a80ba88SMark Gross
8904f911d64SRussell Kingconfig DEVPORT
8914f911d64SRussell King	bool
8924f911d64SRussell King	depends on !M68K
8934f911d64SRussell King	depends on ISA || PCI
8944f911d64SRussell King	default y
8954f911d64SRussell King
89661d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskysource "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
89761d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky
89856d611a0SMarco Stornelliconfig RAMOOPS
89956d611a0SMarco Stornelli	tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
900b7e5d1f0SHeiko Carstens	depends on HAS_IOMEM
90156d611a0SMarco Stornelli	default n
90256d611a0SMarco Stornelli	help
90356d611a0SMarco Stornelli	  This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
90456d611a0SMarco Stornelli	  buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
90556d611a0SMarco Stornelli
9061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
9071da177e4SLinus Torvalds
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