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1#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
9 select INPUT
10 default y if !VIOCONS
11 ---help---
12 If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
13 display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
14 can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
15 one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
16 virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
17 one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
18 an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
19 is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
20
21 The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
22 properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
23 man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
24 character sequences that can be used to change those properties
25 directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
26 the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
27 with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
28
29 You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
30 of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
31 embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
32 memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
33 or network connection.
34
35 If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
36 shiny Linux system :-)
37
38config VT_CONSOLE
39 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
40 depends on VT
41 default y
42 ---help---
43 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
44 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
45 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
46 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
47 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
48 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
49 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
50
51 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
52 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
53 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
54 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
55 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
56 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
57
58 If unsure, say Y.
59
60config HW_CONSOLE
61 bool
62 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
63 default y
64
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65config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
66 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
67 depends on HW_CONSOLE
68 default n
69 ---help---
70 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
71 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
72 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
73 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
74 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
75 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
76 virtual terminals.
77
78 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
79 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
80 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
81
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82config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
83 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
84 ---help---
85 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
86 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
87 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
88 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
89 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
90 connections.
91
92 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
93 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
94 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
95
96 Most people can say N here.
97
98config COMPUTONE
99 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
33f0f88f 100 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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101 ---help---
102 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
103 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
104 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
105 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
106 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
107 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
108 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
109
110 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
111 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
112
113config ROCKETPORT
114 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
115 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
116 help
117 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
118 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
119 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
120 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
121
122 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
123 module will be called rocket.
124
125 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
126 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
127
128config CYCLADES
129 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
130 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
131 ---help---
132 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
133 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
134 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
135
136 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
137 <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
138
139 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
140 module will be called cyclades.
141
142 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
143
144config CYZ_INTR
145 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
146 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
147 help
148 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
149 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
150 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
151 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
152 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
153 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
154 unsure, say N.
155
156config DIGIEPCA
157 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
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159 ---help---
160 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
161 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
162 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
163 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
164 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
165 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
166 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
167
168 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
169 module will be called epca.
170
171config ESPSERIAL
172 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
33f0f88f 173 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
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174 help
175 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
176 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
177 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
178
179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
180 module will be called esp.
181
182 If unsure, say N.
183
184config MOXA_INTELLIO
185 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
33f0f88f 186 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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187 help
188 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
189
190 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
191 module will be called moxa.
192
193config MOXA_SMARTIO
194 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support"
1d25240f 195 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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196 help
197 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
198
199 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
200 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
201 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
202 here.
203
204config ISI
205 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
206 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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208 help
209 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
210 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
211 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
212 If you want to do that, choose M here.
213
214config SYNCLINK
215 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
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217 help
218 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
219 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
220 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
221
222 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
223 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
224 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
225 here.
226
227config SYNCLINKMP
228 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
f91f4d92 229 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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230 help
231 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
232 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
233 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
234 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
235
236 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
237 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
238 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
239 here.
240
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241config SYNCLINK_GT
242 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
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244 help
245 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
246 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
247 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
248
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249config N_HDLC
250 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
251 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
252 help
253 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
254 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
255
256 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
257 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
258 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
259 here.
260
261config RISCOM8
262 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
263 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
264 help
265 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
266 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
267 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
268 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
269 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
270
271 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
272 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
273
274config SPECIALIX
275 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
276 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
277 help
278 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
279 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
280 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
281 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
282
283 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
284 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
285 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
286 called specialix.
287
288config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
289 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
290 depends on SPECIALIX
291 help
292 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
293 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
294 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
295 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
296 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
297
298config SX
299 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
300 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
301 help
302 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
303 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
304
305 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
306 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
307 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
308
309config RIO
310 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
655fdeab 311 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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312 help
313 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
314 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
315 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
316 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
317
318config RIO_OLDPCI
319 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
320 depends on RIO
321 help
322 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
323 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
324 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
325
326config STALDRV
327 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
328 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
329 help
330 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
331 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
332 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
333 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
334 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
335 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
336 say N.
337
338config STALLION
339 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
340 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
341 help
342 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
343 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
344 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
345
346 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
347 module will be called stallion.
348
349config ISTALLION
350 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
351 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
352 help
353 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
354 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
355 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
356
357 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
358 module will be called istallion.
359
360config AU1000_UART
361 bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
362 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
363 help
364 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
365 to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
366
367config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
368 bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
369 depends on AU1000_UART
370 help
371 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
372 to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
373
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374config A2232
375 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
376 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
377 ---help---
378 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
379 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
380 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
381 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
382 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
383 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
384 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
385
386 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
387 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
388 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
389
390config SGI_SNSC
391 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
392 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
393 help
394 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
395 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
396 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
397
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398config SGI_TIOCX
399 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
400 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
401 help
402 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
403 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
404
405config SGI_MBCS
406 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
ae40aae9 407 depends on SGI_TIOCX
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408 help
409 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
410 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
411
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412source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
413
414config UNIX98_PTYS
415 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
416 default y
417 ---help---
418 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
419 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
420 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
421 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
422 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
423 and xterms.
424
425 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
426 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
427 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
428 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
429 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
430 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
431 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
432 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
433
434 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
435 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
436
437config LEGACY_PTYS
438 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
439 default y
440 ---help---
441 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
442 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
443 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
444 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
445 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
446 and xterms.
447
448 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
449 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
450 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
451 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
452 systems, it is safe to say N.
453
454
455config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
456 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
457 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
458 range 1 256
459 default "256"
460 ---help---
461 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
462 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
463 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
464
465 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
466 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
467
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468config BRIQ_PANEL
469 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
2818c5de 470 depends on PPC_CHRP
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471 ---help---
472 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
473 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
474
475 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
476 must answer Y here.
477
478 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
479 module will be called briq_panel.
480
481 It's safe to say N here.
482
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483config PRINTER
484 tristate "Parallel printer support"
485 depends on PARPORT
486 ---help---
487 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
488 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
489 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
490 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
491 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
492
493 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
494 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
495 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
496
497 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
498 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
499
500 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
501 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
502 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
503 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
504 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
505
506 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
507 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
508
509config LP_CONSOLE
510 bool "Support for console on line printer"
511 depends on PRINTER
512 ---help---
513 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
514 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
515 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
516 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
517
518 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
519 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
520 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
521 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
522 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
523
524 If unsure, say N.
525
526config PPDEV
527 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
528 depends on PARPORT
529 ---help---
530 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
531 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
532 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
533 IDs).
534
535 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
536 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
537 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
538
539 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
540 module will be called ppdev.
541
542 If unsure, say N.
543
544config TIPAR
545 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
546 depends on PARPORT
547 ---help---
548 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
549 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
550
551 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
552 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
553 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
554 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
555 the device nodes, though).
556
557 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
558 module will be called tipar.
559
560 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
561 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
562 driver.
563
564 If unsure, say N.
565
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566config HVC_DRIVER
567 bool
568 help
569 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
570 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
571 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
572 is selected.
573
574
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575config HVC_CONSOLE
576 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
577 depends on PPC_PSERIES
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579 help
580 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
581 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
582 which is accessed via the HMC.
583
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584config HVC_ISERIES
585 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
586 depends on PPC_ISERIES && !VIOCONS
587 select HVC_DRIVER
588 help
589 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
590
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591config HVC_RTAS
592 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
593 depends on PPC_RTAS
594 select HVC_DRIVER
595 help
596 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
597
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598config HVCS
599 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
600 depends on PPC_PSERIES
601 help
602 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
603 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
604 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
605 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
606 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
607 this driver.
608
609 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
610 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
611 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
612 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
613 module.
614
615source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
616
617source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
618
619config DS1620
620 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
621 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
622 help
623 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
624 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
625 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
626
627 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
628 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
629 necessity.
630
631config NWBUTTON
632 tristate "NetWinder Button"
633 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
634 ---help---
635 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
636 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
637 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
638 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
639
640 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
641 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
642 row.
643
644 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
645 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
646 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
647 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
648
649 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
650 module will be called nwbutton.
651
652 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
653 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
654
655config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
656 bool "Reboot Using Button"
657 depends on NWBUTTON
658 help
659 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
660 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
661 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
662 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
663 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
664 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
665 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
666
667config NWFLASH
668 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
669 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
670 ---help---
671 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
672 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
673 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
674 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
675 allow random users access to this device. :-)
676
677 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
678 module will be called nwflash.
679
680 If you're not sure, say N.
681
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682source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
683
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684config NVRAM
685 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
0d078f6f 686 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
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687 ---help---
688 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
689 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
690 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
691 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
692 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
693 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
694
695 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
696 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
697 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
698 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
699 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
700 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
701 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
702 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
703
704 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
705 to be selected.
706
707 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
708 module will be called nvram.
709
710config RTC
711 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
91550f71 712 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
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713 ---help---
714 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
715 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
716 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
717 into your computer.
718
719 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
720 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
721 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
722 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
723 /dev/rtc.
724
725 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
726 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
727 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
728
729 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
730 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
731 for details.
732
733 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
734 module will be called rtc.
735
736config SGI_DS1286
737 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
738 depends on SGI_IP22
739 help
740 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
741 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
742 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
743 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
744 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
745 /dev/rtc.
746
747config SGI_IP27_RTC
748 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
749 depends on SGI_IP27
750 help
751 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
752 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
753 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
754 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
755 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
756 /dev/rtc.
757
758config GEN_RTC
759 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
2919b510 760 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
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761 ---help---
762 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
763 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
764 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
765 into your computer.
766
767 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
768 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
769 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
770 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
771 precision in some cases.
772
773 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
774 module will be called genrtc.
775
776config GEN_RTC_X
777 bool "Extended RTC operation"
778 depends on GEN_RTC
779 help
780 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
781 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
782
783config EFI_RTC
784 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
785 depends on IA64
786
787config DS1302
788 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
789 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
790 help
791 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
792 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
793 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
794 into your computer.
795
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796config COBALT_LCD
797 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
798 depends on MIPS_COBALT
799 help
800 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
801 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
802
803config DTLK
804 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
805 help
806 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
807 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
808 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
809
810 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
811 module will be called dtlk.
812
813config R3964
814 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
815 ---help---
816 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
817 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
818 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
819
820 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
821 module will be called n_r3964.
822
823 If unsure, say N.
824
825config APPLICOM
826 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
827 depends on PCI
828 ---help---
829 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
830 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
831 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
832 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
833 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
834
835 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
836 module will be called applicom.
837
838 If unsure, say N.
839
840config SONYPI
841 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
842 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
843 ---help---
844 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
845 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
846
847 If you have one of those laptops, read
848 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
849
850 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
851 module will be called sonypi.
852
853config TANBAC_TB0219
854 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 base board support"
63b799f9 855 depends TANBAC_TB022X
584e1236 856 select GPIO_VR41XX
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857
858menu "Ftape, the floppy tape device driver"
859
860config FTAPE
861 tristate "Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support"
862 depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ALPHA || X86)
863 ---help---
864 If you have a tape drive that is connected to your floppy
865 controller, say Y here.
866
867 Some tape drives (like the Seagate "Tape Store 3200" or the Iomega
868 "Ditto 3200" or the Exabyte "Eagle TR-3") come with a "high speed"
869 controller of their own. These drives (and their companion
870 controllers) are also supported if you say Y here.
871
872 If you have a special controller (such as the CMS FC-10, FC-20,
873 Mountain Mach-II, or any controller that is based on the Intel 82078
874 FDC like the high speed controllers by Seagate and Exabyte and
875 Iomega's "Ditto Dash") you must configure it by selecting the
876 appropriate entries from the "Floppy tape controllers" sub-menu
877 below and possibly modify the default values for the IRQ and DMA
878 channel and the IO base in ftape's configuration menu.
879
880 If you want to use your floppy tape drive on a PCI-bus based system,
881 please read the file <file:drivers/char/ftape/README.PCI>.
882
883 The ftape kernel driver is also available as a runtime loadable
884 module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
885 module will be called ftape.
886
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887source "drivers/char/ftape/Kconfig"
888
889endmenu
890
891source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
892
893source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
894
895source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
896
897config MWAVE
898 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
899 depends on X86
900 select SERIAL_8250
901 ---help---
902 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
903 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
904 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
905 and support selected world wide countries.
906
907 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
908 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
909
910 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
911 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
912
913 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
914 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
915 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
916
917 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
918 in it, say Y.
919
920 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
921 module will be called mwave.
922
923config SCx200_GPIO
924 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
925 depends on SCx200
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927 help
928 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
929 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
930
931 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
932
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933config PC8736x_GPIO
934 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
935 depends on X86
936 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
937 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
938 help
939 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
940 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
941 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
942 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
943
944 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
945
946config NSC_GPIO
947 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
699352c3 948 depends on X86_32
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949 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
950 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
951 help
952 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
953 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
954 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
955
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956config CS5535_GPIO
957 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
958 depends on X86_32
959 help
960 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
961 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
962
963 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
964
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965config GPIO_VR41XX
966 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
967 depends on CPU_VR41XX
968
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969config RAW_DRIVER
970 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
9361401e 971 depends on BLOCK
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972 help
973 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
974 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
975 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
976
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977 The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
978 Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
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979 with the O_DIRECT flag.
980
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981config MAX_RAW_DEVS
982 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
983 depends on RAW_DRIVER
984 default "256"
985 help
986 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
987 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
988 raw devices.
989
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990config HPET
991 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
992 default n
993 depends on ACPI
994 help
995 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
996 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
997 non-periodioc and/or periodic.
998
999config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1000 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1001 default n
1002 depends on HPET
1003 help
1004 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1005 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1006 the HPET timers.
1007
1008config HPET_MMAP
1009 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1010 default y
1011 depends on HPET
1012 help
1013 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1014 the HPET registers.
1015
1016 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1017 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1018 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1019 say N here.
1020
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1021config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1022 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
3633b047 1023 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
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1024 help
1025 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1026 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1027 or merely print a warning.
1028
1029config MMTIMER
1030 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1031 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1032 default y
1033 help
1034 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1035 Altix system timer.
1036
1037source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1038
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1039config TELCLOCK
1040 tristate "Telecom clock driver for MPBL0010 ATCA SBC"
4d99bfac 1041 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
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1042 default n
1043 help
1044 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPBL0010 ATCA computer and
1045 allows direct userspace access to the configuration of the telecom clock
1046 configuration settings. This device is used for hardware synchronization
1047 across the ATCA backplane fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a
1048 sysfs directory, /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of
1049 files for controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1050
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