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1#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8	bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
9	depends on !S390
10	select INPUT
11	default y if !VIOCONS
12	---help---
13	  If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
14	  display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
15	  can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
16	  one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
17	  virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
18	  one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
19	  an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
20	  is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
21
22	  The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
23	  properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
24	  man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
25	  character sequences that can be used to change those properties
26	  directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
27	  the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
28	  with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
29
30	  You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
31	  of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
32	  embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
33	  memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
34	  or network connection.
35
36	  If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
37	  shiny Linux system :-)
38
39config VT_CONSOLE
40	bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
41	depends on VT
42	default y
43	---help---
44	  The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
45	  and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
46	  answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
47	  a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
48	  common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
49	  the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
50	  you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
51
52	  If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
53	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
54	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
55	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
56	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
57	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
58
59	  If unsure, say Y.
60
61config HW_CONSOLE
62	bool
63	depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
64	default y
65
66config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
67       bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
68       depends on HW_CONSOLE
69       default n
70       ---help---
71         The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
72         terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
73         console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
74         drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
75         1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
76         select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
77         virtual terminals.
78
79	 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
80	 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
81	 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
82
83config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
84	bool "Non-standard serial port support"
85	depends on HAS_IOMEM
86	---help---
87	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
88	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
89	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
90	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
91	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
92	  connections.
93
94	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
95	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
96	  the questions about non-standard serial boards.
97
98	  Most people can say N here.
99
100config COMPUTONE
101	tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
102	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
103	---help---
104	  This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
105	  controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
106	  products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
107	  which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
108	  to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
109	  order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
110	  Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
111
112	  To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
113	  modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
114
115config ROCKETPORT
116	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
117	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
118	help
119	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
120          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
121          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
122          and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
123
124	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125	  module will be called rocket.
126
127	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
128          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
129
130config CYCLADES
131	tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
132	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
133	select FW_LOADER
134	---help---
135	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
136	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
137	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
138
139	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
140	  <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
141
142	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
143	  module will be called cyclades.
144
145	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
146
147config CYZ_INTR
148	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
149	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
150	help
151	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
152	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
153	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
154	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
155	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
156	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
157	  unsure, say N.
158
159config DIGIEPCA
160	tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
161	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
162	---help---
163	  This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
164	  of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
165	  something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
166	  box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
167	  supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
168	  you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
169	  <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
170
171	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
172	  module will be called epca.
173
174config ESPSERIAL
175	tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
176	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
177	help
178	  This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports.  Both single
179	  port cards and multiport cards are supported.  Make sure to read
180	  <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
181
182	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
183	  module will be called esp.
184
185	  If unsure, say N.
186
187config MOXA_INTELLIO
188	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
189	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
190	help
191	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
192
193	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
194	  module will be called moxa.
195
196config MOXA_SMARTIO
197	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
198	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
199	help
200	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
201
202	  This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
203	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
204	  The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
205	  here.
206
207config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
208	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
209	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
210	help
211	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
212	  want to help develop a new version of this driver.
213
214	  This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
215	  changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
216
217	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
218	  mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
219
220config ISI
221	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
222	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
223	select FW_LOADER
224	help
225	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
226	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
227	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
228	  If you want to do that, choose M here.
229
230config SYNCLINK
231	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
232	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
233	help
234	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
235	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
236	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
237
238	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
239	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
240	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
241	  here.
242
243config SYNCLINKMP
244	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
245	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
246	help
247	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
248	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
249	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
250	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
251
252	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
253	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
254	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
255	  here.
256
257config SYNCLINK_GT
258	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
259	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
260	help
261	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
262	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
263	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
264
265config N_HDLC
266	tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
267	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
268	help
269	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
270	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
271
272	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
273	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
274	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
275	  here.
276
277config RISCOM8
278	tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
279	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
280	help
281	  This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
282	  which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
283	  this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
284	  in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
285	  say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
286
287	  Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
288	  loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
289
290config SPECIALIX
291	tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
292	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
293	help
294	  This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
295	  ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
296	  would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
297	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
298
299	  If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
300	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
301	  and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
302	  called specialix.
303
304config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
305	bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
306	depends on SPECIALIX
307	help
308	  The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
309	  say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
310	  software handshake mode.  If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
311	  on, it will always be RTS.  Read the file
312	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
313
314config SX
315	tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
316	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
317	help
318	  This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
319	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
320
321	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
322	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
323	  The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
324
325config RIO
326	tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
327	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
328	help
329	  This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
330	  drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
331	  information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
332	  There are both ISA and PCI versions.
333
334config RIO_OLDPCI
335	bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
336	depends on RIO
337	help
338	  Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
339	  determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
340	  this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
341
342config STALDRV
343	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
344	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
345	help
346	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
347	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
348	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
349	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
350	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
351	  this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
352	  say N.
353
354config STALLION
355	tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
356	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
357	help
358	  If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
359	  card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
360	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
361
362	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
363	  module will be called stallion.
364
365config ISTALLION
366	tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
367	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
368	help
369	  If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
370	  serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
371	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
372
373	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
374	  module will be called istallion.
375
376config A2232
377	tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
378	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
379	---help---
380	  This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
381	  Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
382	  a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
383	  each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
384	  ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
385	  for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
386	  jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
387
388	  This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
389	  will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
390	  "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
391
392config SGI_SNSC
393	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
394	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
395	help
396	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
397	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
398	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
399
400config SGI_TIOCX
401       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
402       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
403       help
404         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
405         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
406
407config SGI_MBCS
408       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
409       depends on SGI_TIOCX
410       help
411         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
412         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
413
414source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
415
416config UNIX98_PTYS
417	bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
418	default y
419	---help---
420	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
421	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
422	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
423	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
424	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
425	  and xterms.
426
427	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
428	  masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
429	  has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
430	  however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
431	  pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
432	  terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
433	  terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
434	  traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
435
436	  All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless
437	  you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
438
439config LEGACY_PTYS
440	bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
441	default y
442	---help---
443	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
444	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
445	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
446	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
447	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
448	  and xterms.
449
450	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
451	  for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
452	  terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
453	  security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most
454	  systems, it is safe to say N.
455
456
457config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
458	int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
459	depends on LEGACY_PTYS
460	range 1 256
461	default "256"
462	---help---
463	  The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
464	  The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded
465	  systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
466
467	  When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
468	  architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
469
470config BRIQ_PANEL
471	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
472	depends on PPC_CHRP
473	---help---
474	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
475	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
476
477	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
478	  must answer Y here.
479
480	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
481	  module will be called briq_panel.
482
483	  It's safe to say N here.
484
485config PRINTER
486	tristate "Parallel printer support"
487	depends on PARPORT
488	---help---
489	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
490	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
491	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
492	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
493	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
494
495	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
496	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
497	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
498
499	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
500	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
501
502	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
503	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
504	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
505	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
506	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
507
508	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
509	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
510
511config LP_CONSOLE
512	bool "Support for console on line printer"
513	depends on PRINTER
514	---help---
515	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
516	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
517	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
518	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
519
520	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
521	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
522	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
523	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
524	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
525
526	  If unsure, say N.
527
528config PPDEV
529	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
530	depends on PARPORT
531	---help---
532	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
533	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
534	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
535	  IDs).
536
537	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
538	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
539	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
540
541	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
542	  module will be called ppdev.
543
544	  If unsure, say N.
545
546config TIPAR
547	tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
548	depends on PARPORT
549	---help---
550	  If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
551	  parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
552
553	  If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
554	  your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
555	  main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
556	  to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
557	  the device nodes, though).
558
559	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
560	  module will be called tipar.
561
562	  If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
563	  Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
564	  driver.
565
566	  If unsure, say N.
567
568config HVC_DRIVER
569	bool
570	help
571	  Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
572	  hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
573	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
574	  is selected.
575
576
577config HVC_CONSOLE
578	bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
579	depends on PPC_PSERIES
580	select HVC_DRIVER
581	help
582	  pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
583	  console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
584	  which is accessed via the HMC.
585
586config HVC_ISERIES
587	bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
588	depends on PPC_ISERIES
589	default y
590	select HVC_DRIVER
591	help
592	  iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
593
594config HVC_RTAS
595	bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
596	depends on PPC_RTAS
597	select HVC_DRIVER
598	help
599	  IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
600
601config HVC_BEAT
602	bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
603	depends on PPC_CELLEB
604	select HVC_DRIVER
605	help
606	  Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
607
608config HVC_XEN
609	bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
610	depends on XEN
611	select HVC_DRIVER
612	default y
613	help
614	  Xen virtual console device driver
615
616config HVCS
617	tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
618	depends on PPC_PSERIES
619	help
620	  Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
621	  firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
622	  another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data
623	  from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
624	  interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
625	  this driver.
626
627	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
628	  module will be called hvcs.ko.  Additionally, this module
629	  will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
630	  which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
631	  module.
632
633source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
634
635config DS1620
636	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
637	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
638	help
639	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
640	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
641	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
642
643	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
644	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
645	  necessity.
646
647config NWBUTTON
648	tristate "NetWinder Button"
649	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
650	---help---
651	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
652	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
653	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
654	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
655
656	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
657	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
658	  row.
659
660	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
661	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
662	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
663	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
664
665	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
666	  module will be called nwbutton.
667
668	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
669	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
670
671config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
672	bool "Reboot Using Button"
673	depends on NWBUTTON
674	help
675	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
676	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
677	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
678	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
679	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
680	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
681	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
682
683config NWFLASH
684	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
685	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
686	---help---
687	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
688	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
689	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
690	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
691	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
692
693	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
694	  module will be called nwflash.
695
696	  If you're not sure, say N.
697
698source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
699
700config NVRAM
701	tristate "/dev/nvram support"
702	depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
703	---help---
704	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
705	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
706	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
707	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
708	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
709	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
710
711	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
712	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
713	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
714	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
715	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
716	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
717	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
718	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
719
720	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
721	  to be selected.
722
723	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
724	  module will be called nvram.
725
726config RTC
727	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
728	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
729	---help---
730	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
731	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
732	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
733	  into your computer.
734
735	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
736	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
737	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
738	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
739	  /dev/rtc.
740
741	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
742	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
743	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
744
745	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
746	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
747	  for details.
748
749	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
750	  module will be called rtc.
751
752config JS_RTC
753	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
754	depends on SPARC32 && PCI
755	---help---
756	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
757	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
758	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
759	  into your computer.
760
761	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
762	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
763	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
764	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
765	  /dev/rtc.
766
767	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
768	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
769	  for details.
770
771	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
772	  module will be called js-rtc.
773
774config SGI_DS1286
775	tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
776	depends on SGI_IP22
777	help
778	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
779	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
780	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
781	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
782	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
783	  /dev/rtc.
784
785config SGI_IP27_RTC
786	bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
787	depends on SGI_IP27
788	help
789	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
790	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
791	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
792	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
793	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
794	  /dev/rtc.
795
796config GEN_RTC
797	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
798	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
799	---help---
800	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
801	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
802	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
803	  into your computer.
804
805	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
806	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
807	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
808	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
809	  precision in some cases.
810
811	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
812	  module will be called genrtc.
813
814config GEN_RTC_X
815	bool "Extended RTC operation"
816	depends on GEN_RTC
817	help
818	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
819	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
820
821config EFI_RTC
822	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
823	depends on IA64
824
825config DS1302
826	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
827	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
828	help
829	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
830	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
831	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
832	  into your computer.
833
834config COBALT_LCD
835	bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
836	depends on MIPS_COBALT
837	help
838	  This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
839	  on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
840
841config DTLK
842	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
843	depends on ISA
844	help
845	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
846	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
847	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
848
849	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
850	  module will be called dtlk.
851
852config R3964
853	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
854	---help---
855	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
856	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
857	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
858
859	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
860	  module will be called n_r3964.
861
862	  If unsure, say N.
863
864config APPLICOM
865	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
866	depends on PCI
867	---help---
868	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
869	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
870	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
871	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
872	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
873
874	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
875	  module will be called applicom.
876
877	  If unsure, say N.
878
879config SONYPI
880	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
881	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
882	---help---
883	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
884	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
885
886	  If you have one of those laptops, read
887	  <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
888
889	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
890	  module will be called sonypi.
891
892config GPIO_TB0219
893	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
894	depends on TANBAC_TB022X
895	select GPIO_VR41XX
896
897source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
898
899config MWAVE
900	tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
901	depends on X86
902	select SERIAL_8250
903	---help---
904	  The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
905	  kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
906	  support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
907	  and support selected world wide countries.
908
909	  This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
910	  600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
911
912	  The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
913	  (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
914
915	  The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
916	  the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
917	  <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
918
919	  If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
920	  in it, say Y.
921
922	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
923	  module will be called mwave.
924
925config SCx200_GPIO
926	tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
927	depends on SCx200
928	select NSC_GPIO
929	help
930	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
931	  Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
932
933	  If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
934
935config PC8736x_GPIO
936	tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
937	depends on X86
938	default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N
939	select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines
940	help
941	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
942	  Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
943	  has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
944	  hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
945
946	  If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
947
948config NSC_GPIO
949	tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
950	depends on X86_32
951	# selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
952	# what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
953	help
954	  Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
955	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
956	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
957
958config CS5535_GPIO
959	tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
960	depends on X86_32
961	help
962	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
963	  CS5536 Geode companion devices.
964
965	  If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
966
967config GPIO_VR41XX
968	tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
969	depends on CPU_VR41XX
970
971config RAW_DRIVER
972	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
973	depends on BLOCK
974	help
975	  The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
976	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
977	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
978
979          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
980          with the O_DIRECT flag.
981
982config MAX_RAW_DEVS
983	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
984	depends on RAW_DRIVER
985	default "256"
986	help
987	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
988	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
989	  raw devices.
990
991config HPET
992	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
993	default n
994	depends on ACPI
995	help
996	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
997	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
998	  non-periodic and/or periodic.
999
1000config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1001	bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1002	default n
1003	depends on HPET
1004	help
1005	  If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1006	  is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1007	  the HPET timers.
1008
1009config HPET_MMAP
1010	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1011	default y
1012	depends on HPET
1013	help
1014	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1015	  the HPET registers.
1016
1017	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1018	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1019	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
1020	  say N here.
1021
1022config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1023	tristate "Hangcheck timer"
1024	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
1025	help
1026	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1027	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
1028	  or merely print a warning.
1029
1030config MMTIMER
1031	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1032	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1033	default y
1034	help
1035	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1036	  Altix system timer.
1037
1038source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1039
1040config TELCLOCK
1041	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
1042	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
1043	default n
1044	help
1045	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1046	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1047	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
1048	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1049	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1050	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1051	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1052
1053config DEVPORT
1054	bool
1055	depends on !M68K
1056	depends on ISA || PCI
1057	default y
1058
1059source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1060
1061endmenu
1062
1063