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1#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
abf3ea1b 9 depends on !S390
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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
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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
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83config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
84 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
eeca7a36 85 depends on HAS_IOMEM
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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"
3b4709a6 102 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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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"
27d41718 117 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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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"
cff9494f 132 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
ee2077d9 133 select FW_LOADER
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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"
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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"
33f0f88f 176 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
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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"
8a023674 189 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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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
98c47ea2 197 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
1d25240f 198 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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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
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98c47ea2 208 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
fb0c9295 209 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
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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
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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
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220config ISI
221 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
a3808ac1 222 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
5ff2a7e2 223 select FW_LOADER
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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"
a5532606 232 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
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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"
8a023674 245 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
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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
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257config SYNCLINK_GT
258 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
8ef9cf31 259 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
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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
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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"
3468a33e 316 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
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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"
655fdeab 327 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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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"
27d41718 356 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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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"
27d41718 367 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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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
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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
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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"
ae40aae9 409 depends on SGI_TIOCX
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410 help
411 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
412 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
413
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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
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470config BRIQ_PANEL
471 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
2818c5de 472 depends on PPC_CHRP
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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
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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
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568config HVC_DRIVER
569 bool
570 help
571 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
572 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
573 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
574 is selected.
575
576
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577config HVC_CONSOLE
578 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
579 depends on PPC_PSERIES
45d607ed 580 select HVC_DRIVER
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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
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586config HVC_ISERIES
587 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
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588 depends on PPC_ISERIES
589 default y
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590 select HVC_DRIVER
591 help
592 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
593
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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
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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
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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
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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
635source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
636
637config DS1620
638 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
639 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
640 help
641 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
642 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
643 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
644
645 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
646 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
647 necessity.
648
649config NWBUTTON
650 tristate "NetWinder Button"
651 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
652 ---help---
653 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
654 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
655 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
656 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
657
658 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
659 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
660 row.
661
662 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
663 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
664 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
665 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
666
667 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
668 module will be called nwbutton.
669
670 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
671 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
672
673config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
674 bool "Reboot Using Button"
675 depends on NWBUTTON
676 help
677 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
678 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
679 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
680 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
681 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
682 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
683 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
684
685config NWFLASH
686 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
687 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
688 ---help---
689 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
690 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
691 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
692 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
693 allow random users access to this device. :-)
694
695 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
696 module will be called nwflash.
697
698 If you're not sure, say N.
699
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700source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
701
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702config NVRAM
703 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
0d078f6f 704 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
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705 ---help---
706 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
707 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
708 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
709 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
710 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
711 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
712
713 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
714 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
715 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
716 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
717 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
718 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
719 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
720 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
721
722 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
723 to be selected.
724
725 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
726 module will be called nvram.
727
728config RTC
729 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
2240598c 730 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
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731 ---help---
732 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
733 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
734 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
735 into your computer.
736
737 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
738 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
739 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
740 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
741 /dev/rtc.
742
743 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
744 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
745 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
746
747 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
748 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
749 for details.
750
751 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
752 module will be called rtc.
753
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754config JS_RTC
755 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
756 depends on SPARC32 && PCI
757 ---help---
758 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
759 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
760 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
761 into your computer.
762
763 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
764 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
765 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
766 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
767 /dev/rtc.
768
769 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
770 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
771 for details.
772
773 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
774 module will be called js-rtc.
775
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776config SGI_DS1286
777 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
778 depends on SGI_IP22
779 help
780 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
781 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
782 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
783 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
784 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
785 /dev/rtc.
786
787config SGI_IP27_RTC
788 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
789 depends on SGI_IP27
790 help
791 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
792 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
793 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
794 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
795 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
796 /dev/rtc.
797
798config GEN_RTC
799 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
fdc1f938 800 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
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801 ---help---
802 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
803 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
804 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
805 into your computer.
806
807 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
808 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
809 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
810 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
811 precision in some cases.
812
813 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
814 module will be called genrtc.
815
816config GEN_RTC_X
817 bool "Extended RTC operation"
818 depends on GEN_RTC
819 help
820 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
821 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
822
823config EFI_RTC
824 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
825 depends on IA64
826
827config DS1302
828 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
829 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
830 help
831 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
832 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
833 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
834 into your computer.
835
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836config COBALT_LCD
837 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
838 depends on MIPS_COBALT
839 help
840 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
841 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
842
843config DTLK
844 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
eeca7a36 845 depends on ISA
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846 help
847 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
848 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
849 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
850
851 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
852 module will be called dtlk.
853
854config R3964
855 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
856 ---help---
857 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
858 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
859 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
860
861 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
862 module will be called n_r3964.
863
864 If unsure, say N.
865
866config APPLICOM
867 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
868 depends on PCI
869 ---help---
870 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
871 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
872 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
873 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
874 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
875
876 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
877 module will be called applicom.
878
879 If unsure, say N.
880
881config SONYPI
882 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
883 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
884 ---help---
885 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
886 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
887
888 If you have one of those laptops, read
889 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
890
891 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
892 module will be called sonypi.
893
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894config GPIO_TB0219
895 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
bef1f402 896 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
584e1236 897 select GPIO_VR41XX
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899source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
900
901source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
902
903source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
904
905config MWAVE
906 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
907 depends on X86
908 select SERIAL_8250
909 ---help---
910 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
911 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
912 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
913 and support selected world wide countries.
914
915 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
916 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
917
918 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
919 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
920
921 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
922 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
923 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
924
925 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
926 in it, say Y.
927
928 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
929 module will be called mwave.
930
931config SCx200_GPIO
932 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
933 depends on SCx200
7a8e2a5e 934 select NSC_GPIO
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935 help
936 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
937 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
938
939 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
940
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941config PC8736x_GPIO
942 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
943 depends on X86
944 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
945 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
946 help
947 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
948 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
949 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
950 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
951
952 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
953
954config NSC_GPIO
955 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
699352c3 956 depends on X86_32
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957 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
958 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
959 help
960 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
961 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
962 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
963
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964config CS5535_GPIO
965 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
966 depends on X86_32
967 help
968 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
969 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
970
971 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
972
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973config GPIO_VR41XX
974 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
975 depends on CPU_VR41XX
976
1da177e4 977config RAW_DRIVER
abd4aa5a 978 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
9361401e 979 depends on BLOCK
1da177e4 980 help
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981 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
982 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
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983 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
984
abd4aa5a 985 Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
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986 with the O_DIRECT flag.
987
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988config MAX_RAW_DEVS
989 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
990 depends on RAW_DRIVER
991 default "256"
992 help
993 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
994 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
995 raw devices.
996
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997config HPET
998 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
999 default n
1000 depends on ACPI
1001 help
1002 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1003 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
3cb2fccc 1004 non-periodic and/or periodic.
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1006config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1007 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1008 default n
1009 depends on HPET
1010 help
1011 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1012 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1013 the HPET timers.
1014
1015config HPET_MMAP
1016 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1017 default y
1018 depends on HPET
1019 help
1020 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1021 the HPET registers.
1022
1023 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1024 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1025 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1026 say N here.
1027
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1028config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1029 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
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1031 help
1032 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1033 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1034 or merely print a warning.
1035
1036config MMTIMER
1037 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1038 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1039 default y
1040 help
1041 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1042 Altix system timer.
1043
1044source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1045
1a80ba88 1046config TELCLOCK
03154a27 1047 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
4d99bfac 1048 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
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1049 default n
1050 help
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1051 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1052 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1053 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1054 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1055 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1056 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1057 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
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1059config DEVPORT
1060 bool
1061 depends on !M68K
1062 depends on ISA || PCI
1063 default y
1064
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1065source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1066
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