1b2441318SGreg Kroah-Hartman# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 21da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Generic Driver Options" 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds 486d56134SMichael Marineauconfig UEVENT_HELPER 586d56134SMichael Marineau bool "Support for uevent helper" 686d56134SMichael Marineau default y 76a8d8abbSKay Sievers help 886d56134SMichael Marineau The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for 96a8d8abbSKay Sievers every uevent. 107934779aSKay Sievers Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was 117934779aSKay Sievers used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It 127934779aSKay Sievers usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug. 137934779aSKay Sievers This should not be used today, because usual systems create 147934779aSKay Sievers many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time 157934779aSKay Sievers frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes 167934779aSKay Sievers that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems 177934779aSKay Sievers it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup. 186a8d8abbSKay Sievers 1986d56134SMichael Marineauconfig UEVENT_HELPER_PATH 2086d56134SMichael Marineau string "path to uevent helper" 2186d56134SMichael Marineau depends on UEVENT_HELPER 2286d56134SMichael Marineau default "" 2386d56134SMichael Marineau help 2486d56134SMichael Marineau To disable user space helper program execution at by default 2586d56134SMichael Marineau specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered 26573c9774SMárton Németh via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper 27573c9774SMárton Németh later at runtime. 28573c9774SMárton Németh 292b2af54aSKay Sieversconfig DEVTMPFS 304237e5fdSKay Sievers bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev" 312b2af54aSKay Sievers help 32da5e4ef7SPeter Korsgaard This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup. 334237e5fdSKay Sievers In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device 344237e5fdSKay Sievers nodes with their default names and permissions for all 354237e5fdSKay Sievers registered devices with an assigned major/minor number. 364237e5fdSKay Sievers Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add 374237e5fdSKay Sievers symlinks, and apply needed permissions. 384237e5fdSKay Sievers It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually 394237e5fdSKay Sievers udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful 404237e5fdSKay Sievers symlinks. 414237e5fdSKay Sievers In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient 424237e5fdSKay Sievers functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple 434237e5fdSKay Sievers rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers. 442b2af54aSKay Sievers 45da5e4ef7SPeter Korsgaard Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs 46da5e4ef7SPeter Korsgaard file system will be used instead. 47da5e4ef7SPeter Korsgaard 482b2af54aSKay Sieversconfig DEVTMPFS_MOUNT 494237e5fdSKay Sievers bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs" 502b2af54aSKay Sievers depends on DEVTMPFS 512b2af54aSKay Sievers help 524237e5fdSKay Sievers This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the 534237e5fdSKay Sievers devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has 544237e5fdSKay Sievers mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden 554237e5fdSKay Sievers with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1. 564237e5fdSKay Sievers This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here 574237e5fdSKay Sievers the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually 580feb03afSEmilio López after the rootfs is mounted. 594237e5fdSKay Sievers With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in 604237e5fdSKay Sievers rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory 614237e5fdSKay Sievers on the rootfs is completely empty. 622b2af54aSKay Sievers 631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STANDALONE 64967857dfSKees Cook bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds need it. 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD 7302c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez bool "Disable drivers features which enable custom firmware building" 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7602c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez Say yes to disable driver features which enable building a custom 7702c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez driver firmware at kernel build time. These drivers do not use the 7802c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez kernel firmware API to load firmware (CONFIG_FW_LOADER), instead they 7902c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez use their own custom loading mechanism. The required firmware is 8002c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez usually shipped with the driver, building the driver firmware 8102c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez should only be needed if you have an updated firmware source. 8202c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez 8302c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez Firmware should not be being built as part of kernel, these days 8402c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez you should always prevent this and say Y here. There are only two 8502c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez old drivers which enable building of its firmware at kernel build 8602c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez time: 8702c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez 8802c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez o CONFIG_WANXL through CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE 8902c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez o CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX through CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE 9002c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez 91*06bfd3c8SLuis R. Rodriguezsource "drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig" 9202c39930SLuis R. Rodriguez 93833c9545SJohannes Bergconfig WANT_DEV_COREDUMP 94833c9545SJohannes Berg bool 95833c9545SJohannes Berg help 96833c9545SJohannes Berg Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the 97833c9545SJohannes Berg device coredump mechanism. 98833c9545SJohannes Berg 99cd3d9ea1SJohannes Bergconfig ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP 100cd3d9ea1SJohannes Berg bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT 1019c602699SAristeu Rozanski default y 102833c9545SJohannes Berg help 1039c602699SAristeu Rozanski This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or 1049c602699SAristeu Rozanski not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that 1059c602699SAristeu Rozanski can use it are enabled. 1069c602699SAristeu Rozanski Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want 1079c602699SAristeu Rozanski to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any 1089c602699SAristeu Rozanski data. 109833c9545SJohannes Berg 1109c602699SAristeu Rozanski If unsure, say Y. 111833c9545SJohannes Berg 112833c9545SJohannes Bergconfig DEV_COREDUMP 113833c9545SJohannes Berg bool 114833c9545SJohannes Berg default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP 115cd3d9ea1SJohannes Berg depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP 116833c9545SJohannes Berg 1171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEBUG_DRIVER 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on DEBUG_KERNEL 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds going on. 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are unsure about this, say N here. 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1289ac7849eSTejun Heoconfig DEBUG_DEVRES 1299ac7849eSTejun Heo bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages" 1309ac7849eSTejun Heo depends on DEBUG_KERNEL 1319ac7849eSTejun Heo help 1329ac7849eSTejun Heo This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to 1339ac7849eSTejun Heo non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if 1349ac7849eSTejun Heo you are having a problem with devres or want to debug 1359ac7849eSTejun Heo resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be 1369ac7849eSTejun Heo switched on and off from sysfs node. 1379ac7849eSTejun Heo 1389ac7849eSTejun Heo If you are unsure about this, Say N here. 1399ac7849eSTejun Heo 140bea5b158SRob Herringconfig DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE 141248ff021SLaura Abbott bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)" 142bea5b158SRob Herring depends on DEBUG_KERNEL 143bea5b158SRob Herring help 144bea5b158SRob Herring Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions 145bea5b158SRob Herring by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without 146bea5b158SRob Herring having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module. 147bea5b158SRob Herring 148248ff021SLaura Abbott This option is expected to find errors and may render your system 149248ff021SLaura Abbott unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to 150248ff021SLaura Abbott test this functionality. 151bea5b158SRob Herring 15279543cf2SDmitry Torokhovsource "drivers/base/test/Kconfig" 15379543cf2SDmitry Torokhov 1544039483fSMichael Holzheuconfig SYS_HYPERVISOR 1554039483fSMichael Holzheu bool 1564039483fSMichael Holzheu default n 157eba6cd67SRandy Dunlap 1589f13a1fdSBen Hutchingsconfig GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES 1599f13a1fdSBen Hutchings bool 1609f13a1fdSBen Hutchings default n 1619f13a1fdSBen Hutchings 16267bad2fdSArd Biesheuvelconfig GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE 16367bad2fdSArd Biesheuvel bool 16467bad2fdSArd Biesheuvel 16587590ce6SThomas Gleixnerconfig GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES 16687590ce6SThomas Gleixner bool 16787590ce6SThomas Gleixner 16874d1d82cSLee Jonesconfig SOC_BUS 16974d1d82cSLee Jones bool 170c97db7ccSArnd Bergmann select GLOB 17174d1d82cSLee Jones 172b83a313bSMark Brownsource "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig" 173b83a313bSMark Brown 174d15bd7eeSSumit Semwalconfig DMA_SHARED_BUFFER 1753b32a592SDave Airlie bool 176d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal default n 177d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal select ANON_INODES 17803e4e0a9SChris Wilson select IRQ_WORK 179d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal help 180d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between 181d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver 182d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other 183d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal driver. 184d15bd7eeSSumit Semwal 185f54d1867SChris Wilsonconfig DMA_FENCE_TRACE 186f54d1867SChris Wilson bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages" 187e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER 188e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst help 189f54d1867SChris Wilson Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra 190e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose 191e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple 192e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst devices. 193e941759cSMaarten Lankhorst 194f825c736SAneesh Kumar K.Vconfig DMA_CMA 195f825c736SAneesh Kumar K.V bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator" 196f825c736SAneesh Kumar K.V depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && CMA 197c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski help 198c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers 199c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with 200c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski hardware components that do not support I/O map nor scatter-gather. 201c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 202f0d6d1f6SJean Delvare You can disable CMA by specifying "cma=0" on the kernel's command 203f0d6d1f6SJean Delvare line. 204f0d6d1f6SJean Delvare 205c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>. 206c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski If unsure, say "n". 207c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 208f825c736SAneesh Kumar K.Vif DMA_CMA 209c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskicomment "Default contiguous memory area size:" 210c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 211c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_MBYTES 212c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski int "Size in Mega Bytes" 213c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE 214d7be003aSAkinobu Mita default 0 if X86 215c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski default 16 216c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski help 217c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski Defines the size (in MiB) of the default memory area for Contiguous 218d7be003aSAkinobu Mita Memory Allocator. If the size of 0 is selected, CMA is disabled by 219d7be003aSAkinobu Mita default, but it can be enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel. 220d7be003aSAkinobu Mita 221c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 222c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE 223c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski int "Percentage of total memory" 224c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES 225d7be003aSAkinobu Mita default 0 if X86 226c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski default 10 227c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski help 228c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski Defines the size of the default memory area for Contiguous Memory 229c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski Allocator as a percentage of the total memory in the system. 230d7be003aSAkinobu Mita If 0 percent is selected, CMA is disabled by default, but it can be 231d7be003aSAkinobu Mita enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel. 232c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 233c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskichoice 234c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski prompt "Selected region size" 2355e97f3f9SLaurent Pinchart default CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES 236c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 237c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES 238c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski bool "Use mega bytes value only" 239c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 240c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE 241c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski bool "Use percentage value only" 242c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 243c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN 244c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski bool "Use lower value (minimum)" 245c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 246c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX 247c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski bool "Use higher value (maximum)" 248c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 249c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiendchoice 250c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 251c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiconfig CMA_ALIGNMENT 252c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers" 253fe54b1fdSMarc Carino range 4 12 254c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski default 8 255c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski help 256c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest 257c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski PAGE_SIZE order which is greater than or equal to the requested buffer 258c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski size. This works well for buffers up to a few hundreds kilobytes, but 259c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski for larger buffers it just a memory waste. With this parameter you can 260c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski specify the maximum PAGE_SIZE order for contiguous buffers. Larger 261c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski buffers will be aligned only to this specified order. The order is 262c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski expressed as a power of two multiplied by the PAGE_SIZE. 263c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 264c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski For example, if your system defaults to 4KiB pages, the order value 265c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski of 8 means that the buffers will be aligned up to 1MiB only. 266c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 267c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski If unsure, leave the default value "8". 268c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 269c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowskiendif 270c64be2bbSMarek Szyprowski 2712ef7a295SJuri Lelliconfig GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY 2722ef7a295SJuri Lelli bool 2732ef7a295SJuri Lelli help 2742ef7a295SJuri Lelli Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing 2752ef7a295SJuri Lelli CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for 2762ef7a295SJuri Lelli appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for changing capacity values at 2772ef7a295SJuri Lelli runtime. 2782ef7a295SJuri Lelli 279eba6cd67SRandy Dunlapendmenu 280