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 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 CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS 40 depends on VT 41 default y 42 bool "Enable character translations in console" if EMBEDDED 43 ---help--- 44 This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation 45 on virtual consoles. 46 47config VT_CONSOLE 48 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED 49 depends on VT 50 default y 51 ---help--- 52 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages 53 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you 54 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with 55 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most 56 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want 57 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case 58 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below). 59 60 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual 61 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change 62 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which 63 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man 64 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or 65 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) 66 67 If unsure, say Y. 68 69config HW_CONSOLE 70 bool 71 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML 72 default y 73 74config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING 75 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" 76 depends on HW_CONSOLE 77 default n 78 ---help--- 79 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical 80 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one 81 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console 82 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than 83 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to 84 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the 85 virtual terminals. 86 87 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more 88 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to 89 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>. 90 91config DEVKMEM 92 bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support" 93 default y 94 help 95 Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The 96 /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain 97 kind of kernel debugging operations. 98 When in doubt, say "N". 99 100config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 101 bool "Non-standard serial port support" 102 depends on HAS_IOMEM 103 ---help--- 104 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards 105 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. 106 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, 107 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many 108 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in 109 connections. 110 111 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 112 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 113 the questions about non-standard serial boards. 114 115 Most people can say N here. 116 117config COMPUTONE 118 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support" 119 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 120 ---help--- 121 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus 122 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and 123 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards, 124 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this 125 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in 126 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say 127 Y here and read <file:Documentation/serial/computone.txt>. 128 129 To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the 130 module will be called ip2. 131 132config ROCKETPORT 133 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support" 134 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 135 help 136 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards. 137 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or 138 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards 139 and this driver read <file:Documentation/serial/rocket.txt>. 140 141 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 142 module will be called rocket. 143 144 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If 145 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N. 146 147config CYCLADES 148 tristate "Cyclades async mux support" 149 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) 150 select FW_LOADER 151 ---help--- 152 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. 153 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to 154 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. 155 156 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read 157 <file:Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ>. 158 159 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 160 module will be called cyclades. 161 162 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N. 163 164config CYZ_INTR 165 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)" 166 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES 167 help 168 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op 169 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check 170 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time 171 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt 172 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the 173 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If 174 unsure, say N. 175 176config DIGIEPCA 177 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support" 178 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 179 ---help--- 180 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series 181 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need 182 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux 183 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver 184 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If 185 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file 186 <file:Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt>. 187 188 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 189 module will be called epca. 190 191config ESPSERIAL 192 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support" 193 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API && BROKEN 194 help 195 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single 196 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read 197 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>. 198 199 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 200 module will be called esp. 201 202 If unsure, say N. 203 204config MOXA_INTELLIO 205 tristate "Moxa Intellio support" 206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 207 select FW_LOADER 208 help 209 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card. 210 211 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 212 module will be called moxa. 213 214config MOXA_SMARTIO 215 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0" 216 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) 217 help 218 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or 219 want to help develop a new version of this driver. 220 221 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with 222 changes finally resulting in PCI probing. 223 224 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called 225 mxser. If you want to do that, say M here. 226 227config ISI 228 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 229 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 230 select FW_LOADER 231 help 232 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several 233 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be 234 built as a module. The module will be called isicom. 235 If you want to do that, choose M here. 236 237config SYNCLINK 238 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support" 239 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API 240 help 241 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial 242 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit 243 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter). 244 245 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 246 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 247 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M 248 here. 249 250config SYNCLINKMP 251 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support" 252 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 253 help 254 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports) 255 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up 256 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for 257 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21 258 259 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be 260 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 261 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M 262 here. 263 264config SYNCLINK_GT 265 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support" 266 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI 267 help 268 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of 269 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters 270 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com) 271 272config N_HDLC 273 tristate "HDLC line discipline support" 274 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 275 help 276 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that 277 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter. 278 279 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 280 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 281 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M 282 here. 283 284config RISCOM8 285 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support" 286 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 287 help 288 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card, 289 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like 290 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance 291 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, 292 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt>. 293 294 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel 295 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8. 296 297config SPECIALIX 298 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support" 299 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 300 help 301 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the 302 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You 303 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to 304 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. 305 306 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file 307 <file:Documentation/serial/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say 308 M here and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be 309 called specialix. 310 311config SX 312 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support" 313 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) 314 help 315 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards. 316 Please read the file <file:Documentation/serial/sx.txt> for details. 317 318 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be 319 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 320 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here. 321 322config RIO 323 tristate "Specialix RIO system support" 324 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 325 help 326 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which 327 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product 328 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>. 329 There are both ISA and PCI versions. 330 331config RIO_OLDPCI 332 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards" 333 depends on RIO 334 help 335 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to 336 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and 337 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y. 338 339config STALDRV 340 bool "Stallion multiport serial support" 341 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD 342 help 343 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something 344 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for 345 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here, 346 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next 347 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt> 348 in this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to 349 say N. 350 351config STALLION 352 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support" 353 depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 354 help 355 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion 356 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read 357 <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>. 358 359 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 360 module will be called stallion. 361 362config ISTALLION 363 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support" 364 depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 365 help 366 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion 367 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read 368 <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>. 369 370 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 371 module will be called istallion. 372 373config NOZOMI 374 tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter" 375 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 376 help 377 If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card - 378 Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here. 379 380 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module 381 will be called nozomi. 382 383config A2232 384 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 385 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP 386 ---help--- 387 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the 388 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At 389 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip 390 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The 391 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket, 392 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had 393 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations. 394 395 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial" 396 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before 397 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here. 398 399config SGI_SNSC 400 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support" 401 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) 402 help 403 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system 404 controller communication from user space (you want this!), 405 say Y. Otherwise, say N. 406 407config SGI_TIOCX 408 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support" 409 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) 410 help 411 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached 412 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N. 413 414config SGI_MBCS 415 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support" 416 depends on SGI_TIOCX 417 help 418 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick 419 say Y or M here, otherwise say N. 420 421source "drivers/serial/Kconfig" 422 423config UNIX98_PTYS 424 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED 425 default y 426 ---help--- 427 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two 428 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to 429 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to 430 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a 431 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers 432 and xterms. 433 434 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for 435 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme 436 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later, 437 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a 438 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo 439 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo 440 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was 441 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example. 442 443 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless 444 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory. 445 446config DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES 447 bool "Support multiple instances of devpts" 448 depends on UNIX98_PTYS 449 default n 450 ---help--- 451 Enable support for multiple instances of devpts filesystem. 452 If you want to have isolated PTY namespaces (eg: in containers), 453 say Y here. Otherwise, say N. If enabled, each mount of devpts 454 filesystem with the '-o newinstance' option will create an 455 independent PTY namespace. 456 457config LEGACY_PTYS 458 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" 459 default y 460 ---help--- 461 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two 462 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to 463 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to 464 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a 465 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers 466 and xterms. 467 468 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx 469 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo 470 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including 471 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most 472 systems, it is safe to say N. 473 474 475config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT 476 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use" 477 depends on LEGACY_PTYS 478 range 0 256 479 default "256" 480 ---help--- 481 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. 482 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded 483 systems may want to reduce this to save memory. 484 485 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit 486 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures. 487 488config BRIQ_PANEL 489 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver' 490 depends on PPC_CHRP 491 ---help--- 492 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a 493 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive. 494 495 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you 496 must answer Y here. 497 498 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 499 module will be called briq_panel. 500 501 It's safe to say N here. 502 503config BFIN_OTP 504 tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support" 505 depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x) 506 default y 507 help 508 If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device 509 interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are 510 stored on the Blackfin processor. This will not get you access 511 to the secure memory pages however. You will need to write your 512 own secure code and reader for that. 513 514 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 515 will be called bfin-otp. 516 517 If unsure, it is safe to say Y. 518 519config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE 520 bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages" 521 depends on BFIN_OTP 522 default n 523 help 524 If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the 525 OTP pages. This is dangerous by nature as you can only program 526 the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually 527 need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data. 528 529 If unsure, say N. 530 531config PRINTER 532 tristate "Parallel printer support" 533 depends on PARPORT 534 ---help--- 535 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux 536 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the 537 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y. 538 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from 539 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 540 541 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices 542 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the 543 corresponding drivers into the kernel. 544 545 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 546 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp. 547 548 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to 549 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam" 550 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about 551 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the 552 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>. 553 554 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO 555 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h. 556 557config LP_CONSOLE 558 bool "Support for console on line printer" 559 depends on PRINTER 560 ---help--- 561 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you 562 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for 563 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the 564 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time. 565 566 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too 567 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again. 568 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you 569 can make the kernel continue when this happens, 570 but it'll lose the kernel messages. 571 572 If unsure, say N. 573 574config PPDEV 575 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" 576 depends on PARPORT 577 ---help--- 578 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This 579 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel 580 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device 581 IDs). 582 583 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). 584 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing 585 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support. 586 587 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 588 module will be called ppdev. 589 590 If unsure, say N. 591 592config HVC_DRIVER 593 bool 594 help 595 Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various 596 hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest). 597 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers 598 is selected. 599 600config HVC_IRQ 601 bool 602 603config HVC_CONSOLE 604 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" 605 depends on PPC_PSERIES 606 select HVC_DRIVER 607 select HVC_IRQ 608 help 609 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual 610 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console 611 which is accessed via the HMC. 612 613config HVC_ISERIES 614 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support" 615 depends on PPC_ISERIES 616 default y 617 select HVC_DRIVER 618 select HVC_IRQ 619 select VIOPATH 620 help 621 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console. 622 623config HVC_RTAS 624 bool "IBM RTAS Console support" 625 depends on PPC_RTAS 626 select HVC_DRIVER 627 help 628 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS 629 630config HVC_BEAT 631 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support" 632 depends on PPC_CELLEB 633 select HVC_DRIVER 634 help 635 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver 636 637config HVC_IUCV 638 bool "z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console support (VM only)" 639 depends on S390 640 select HVC_DRIVER 641 select IUCV 642 default y 643 help 644 This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access 645 a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path. 646 647config HVC_XEN 648 bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support" 649 depends on XEN 650 select HVC_DRIVER 651 select HVC_IRQ 652 default y 653 help 654 Xen virtual console device driver 655 656config HVC_UDBG 657 bool "udbg based fake hypervisor console" 658 depends on PPC && EXPERIMENTAL 659 select HVC_DRIVER 660 default n 661 662config VIRTIO_CONSOLE 663 tristate "Virtio console" 664 depends on VIRTIO 665 select HVC_DRIVER 666 help 667 Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors. 668 669 670config HVCS 671 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support" 672 depends on PPC_PSERIES 673 help 674 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of 675 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by 676 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data 677 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device 678 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running 679 this driver. 680 681 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 682 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module 683 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko 684 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a 685 module. 686 687config IBM_BSR 688 tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support" 689 depends on PPC_PSERIES 690 help 691 This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization 692 of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline 693 between several cores on a system 694 695source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig" 696 697config DS1620 698 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support" 699 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 700 help 701 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware 702 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the 703 temperature set points and to read the current temperature. 704 705 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620) 706 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a 707 necessity. 708 709config NWBUTTON 710 tristate "NetWinder Button" 711 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 712 ---help--- 713 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton 714 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every 715 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of 716 times the button was pressed will be written to that device. 717 718 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which 719 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a 720 row. 721 722 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not 723 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the 724 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held 725 down for longer than approximately five seconds. 726 727 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 728 module will be called nwbutton. 729 730 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button" 731 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button. 732 733config NWBUTTON_REBOOT 734 bool "Reboot Using Button" 735 depends on NWBUTTON 736 help 737 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system 738 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times. 739 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default, 740 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT 741 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the 742 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load 743 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>". 744 745config NWFLASH 746 tristate "NetWinder flash support" 747 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER 748 ---help--- 749 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with 750 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing 751 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the 752 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account 753 allow random users access to this device. :-) 754 755 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 756 module will be called nwflash. 757 758 If you're not sure, say N. 759 760source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig" 761 762config NVRAM 763 tristate "/dev/nvram support" 764 depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM 765 ---help--- 766 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram 767 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), 768 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile 769 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC 770 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the 771 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC). 772 773 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM" 774 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to 775 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently 776 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over 777 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note 778 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you 779 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list 780 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS. 781 782 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need 783 to be selected. 784 785 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 786 module will be called nvram. 787 788# 789# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic 790# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more. 791# 792if RTC_LIB=n 793 794config RTC 795 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)" 796 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \ 797 && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 798 ---help--- 799 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 800 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 801 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 802 into your computer. 803 804 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate 805 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used 806 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file 807 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 808 /dev/rtc. 809 810 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to 811 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read 812 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion. 813 814 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data 815 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> 816 for details. 817 818 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 819 module will be called rtc. 820 821config JS_RTC 822 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support" 823 depends on SPARC32 && PCI 824 ---help--- 825 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 826 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 827 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 828 into your computer. 829 830 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate 831 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used 832 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file 833 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on 834 /dev/rtc. 835 836 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data 837 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt> 838 for details. 839 840 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 841 module will be called js-rtc. 842 843config GEN_RTC 844 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation" 845 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN 846 ---help--- 847 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 848 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 849 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 850 into your computer. 851 852 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its 853 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the 854 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation 855 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve 856 precision in some cases. 857 858 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 859 module will be called genrtc. 860 861config GEN_RTC_X 862 bool "Extended RTC operation" 863 depends on GEN_RTC 864 help 865 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs 866 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases. 867 868config EFI_RTC 869 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services" 870 depends on IA64 871 872config DS1302 873 tristate "DS1302 RTC support" 874 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT) 875 help 876 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with 877 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you 878 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built 879 into your computer. 880 881endif # RTC_LIB 882 883config DTLK 884 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support" 885 depends on ISA 886 help 887 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer 888 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also 889 called the `internal DoubleTalk'. 890 891 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 892 module will be called dtlk. 893 894config XILINX_HWICAP 895 tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support" 896 depends on XILINX_VIRTEX 897 help 898 This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration 899 Access Port (ICAP) driver. The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex 900 FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime. 901 902 If unsure, say N. 903 904config R3964 905 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline" 906 ---help--- 907 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the 908 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special 909 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this. 910 911 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 912 module will be called n_r3964. 913 914 If unsure, say N. 915 916config APPLICOM 917 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support" 918 depends on PCI 919 ---help--- 920 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent 921 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information 922 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address 923 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse 924 <dwmw2@infradead.org>. 925 926 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 927 module will be called applicom. 928 929 If unsure, say N. 930 931config SONYPI 932 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 933 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT 934 ---help--- 935 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control 936 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops. 937 938 If you have one of those laptops, read 939 <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here. 940 941 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 942 module will be called sonypi. 943 944config GPIO_TB0219 945 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support" 946 depends on TANBAC_TB022X 947 select GPIO_VR41XX 948 949source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig" 950 951config MWAVE 952 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support" 953 depends on X86 954 select SERIAL_8250 955 ---help--- 956 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a 957 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components 958 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) 959 and support selected world wide countries. 960 961 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E, 962 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware. 963 964 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface 965 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set. 966 967 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at 968 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site: 969 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>. 970 971 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset 972 in it, say Y. 973 974 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 975 module will be called mwave. 976 977config SCx200_GPIO 978 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support" 979 depends on SCx200 980 select NSC_GPIO 981 help 982 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National 983 Semiconductor SCx200 processors. 984 985 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio. 986 987config PC8736x_GPIO 988 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support" 989 depends on X86 990 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N 991 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines 992 help 993 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National 994 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip 995 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by 996 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366 997 998 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio. 999 1000config NSC_GPIO 1001 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support" 1002 depends on X86_32 1003 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO 1004 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y 1005 help 1006 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and 1007 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as 1008 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio 1009 1010config CS5535_GPIO 1011 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)" 1012 depends on X86_32 1013 help 1014 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and 1015 CS5536 Geode companion devices. 1016 1017 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio. 1018 1019config GPIO_VR41XX 1020 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support" 1021 depends on CPU_VR41XX 1022 1023config RAW_DRIVER 1024 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)" 1025 depends on BLOCK 1026 help 1027 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN. 1028 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O. 1029 See the raw(8) manpage for more details. 1030 1031 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1) 1032 with the O_DIRECT flag. 1033 1034config MAX_RAW_DEVS 1035 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)" 1036 depends on RAW_DRIVER 1037 default "256" 1038 help 1039 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported. 1040 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of 1041 raw devices. 1042 1043config HPET 1044 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64) 1045 default n 1046 depends on ACPI 1047 help 1048 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each 1049 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are 1050 non-periodic and/or periodic. 1051 1052config HPET_MMAP 1053 bool "Allow mmap of HPET" 1054 default y 1055 depends on HPET 1056 help 1057 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap 1058 the HPET registers. 1059 1060 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET 1061 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be 1062 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware, 1063 say N here. 1064 1065config HANGCHECK_TIMER 1066 tristate "Hangcheck timer" 1067 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390 1068 help 1069 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone 1070 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system 1071 or merely print a warning. 1072 1073config MMTIMER 1074 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix" 1075 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 1076 default y 1077 help 1078 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the 1079 Altix system timer. 1080 1081source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig" 1082 1083config TELCLOCK 1084 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC" 1085 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 1086 default n 1087 help 1088 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050 1089 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the 1090 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This 1091 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane 1092 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory, 1093 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for 1094 controlling the behavior of this hardware. 1095 1096config DEVPORT 1097 bool 1098 depends on !M68K 1099 depends on ISA || PCI 1100 default y 1101 1102source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig" 1103 1104endmenu 1105 1106