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 908