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1#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8	bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
9	depends on !S390
10	select INPUT
11	default y
12	---help---
13	  If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
14	  display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
15	  can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
16	  one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
17	  virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
18	  one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
19	  an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
20	  is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
21
22	  The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
23	  properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
24	  man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
25	  character sequences that can be used to change those properties
26	  directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
27	  the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
28	  with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
29
30	  You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
31	  of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
32	  embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
33	  memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
34	  or network connection.
35
36	  If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
37	  shiny Linux system :-)
38
39config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
40	depends on VT
41	default y
42	bool "Enable character translations in console" if EMBEDDED
43	---help---
44	  This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation
45	  on virtual consoles.
46
47config VT_CONSOLE
48	bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
49	depends on VT
50	default y
51	---help---
52	  The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
53	  and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
54	  answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
55	  a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
56	  common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
57	  the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
58	  you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
59
60	  If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
61	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
62	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
63	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
64	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
65	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
66
67	  If unsure, say Y.
68
69config HW_CONSOLE
70	bool
71	depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
72	default y
73
74config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
75       bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
76       depends on HW_CONSOLE
77       default n
78       ---help---
79         The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
80         terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
81         console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
82         drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
83         1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
84         select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
85         virtual terminals.
86
87	 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
88	 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
89	 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
90
91config DEVKMEM
92	bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
93	default y
94	help
95	  Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
96	  /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
97	  kind of kernel debugging operations.
98	  When in doubt, say "N".
99
100config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
101	bool "Non-standard serial port support"
102	depends on HAS_IOMEM
103	---help---
104	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
105	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
106	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
107	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
108	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
109	  connections.
110
111	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
112	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
113	  the questions about non-standard serial boards.
114
115	  Most people can say N here.
116
117config COMPUTONE
118	tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
119	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
120	---help---
121	  This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
122	  controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
123	  products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
124	  which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
125	  to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
126	  order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
127	  Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
128
129	  To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
130	  module will be called ip2.
131
132config ROCKETPORT
133	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
134	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
135	help
136	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
137          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
138          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
139          and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
140
141	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
142	  module will be called rocket.
143
144	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
145          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
146
147config CYCLADES
148	tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
149	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
150	select FW_LOADER
151	---help---
152	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
153	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
154	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
155
156	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
157	  <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>.
158
159	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
160	  module will be called cyclades.
161
162	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
163
164config CYZ_INTR
165	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
166	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
167	help
168	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
169	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
170	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
171	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
172	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
173	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
174	  unsure, say N.
175
176config DIGIEPCA
177	tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
178	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
179	---help---
180	  This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
181	  of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
182	  something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
183	  box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
184	  supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
185	  you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
186	  <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
187
188	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
189	  module will be called epca.
190
191config ESPSERIAL
192	tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
193	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
194	help
195	  This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports.  Both single
196	  port cards and multiport cards are supported.  Make sure to read
197	  <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
198
199	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
200	  module will be called esp.
201
202	  If unsure, say N.
203
204config MOXA_INTELLIO
205	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
206	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
207	select FW_LOADER
208	help
209	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
210
211	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
212	  module will be called moxa.
213
214config MOXA_SMARTIO
215	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
216	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
217	help
218	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
219	  want to help develop a new version of this driver.
220
221	  This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
222	  changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
223
224	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
225	  mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
226
227config ISI
228	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
229	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
230	select FW_LOADER
231	help
232	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
233	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
234	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
235	  If you want to do that, choose M here.
236
237config SYNCLINK
238	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
239	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
240	help
241	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
242	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
243	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
244
245	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
246	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
247	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
248	  here.
249
250config SYNCLINKMP
251	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
252	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
253	help
254	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
255	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
256	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
257	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
258
259	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
260	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
261	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
262	  here.
263
264config SYNCLINK_GT
265	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
266	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
267	help
268	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
269	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
270	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
271
272config N_HDLC
273	tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
274	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
275	help
276	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
277	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
278
279	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
280	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
281	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
282	  here.
283
284config RISCOM8
285	tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
286	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
287	help
288	  This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
289	  which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
290	  this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
291	  in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
292	  say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
293
294	  Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
295	  loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
296
297config SPECIALIX
298	tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
299	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
300	help
301	  This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
302	  ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
303	  would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
304	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
305
306	  If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
307	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
308	  and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
309	  called specialix.
310
311config SX
312	tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
313	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
314	help
315	  This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
316	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
317
318	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
319	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
320	  The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
321
322config RIO
323	tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
324	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
325	help
326	  This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
327	  drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
328	  information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
329	  There are both ISA and PCI versions.
330
331config RIO_OLDPCI
332	bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
333	depends on RIO
334	help
335	  Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
336	  determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
337	  this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
338
339config STALDRV
340	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
341	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
342	help
343	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
344	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
345	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
346	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
347	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
348	  this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
349	  say N.
350
351config STALLION
352	tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
353	depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
354	help
355	  If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
356	  card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
357	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
358
359	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
360	  module will be called stallion.
361
362config ISTALLION
363	tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
364	depends on STALDRV && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
365	help
366	  If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
367	  serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
368	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
369
370	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
371	  module will be called istallion.
372
373config NOZOMI
374	tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
375	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
376	help
377	  If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
378	  Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
379
380	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
381	  will be called nozomi.
382
383config A2232
384	tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
385	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
386	---help---
387	  This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
388	  Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
389	  a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
390	  each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
391	  ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
392	  for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
393	  jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
394
395	  This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
396	  will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
397	  "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
398
399config SGI_SNSC
400	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
401	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
402	help
403	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
404	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
405	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
406
407config SGI_TIOCX
408       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
409       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
410       help
411         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
412         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
413
414config SGI_MBCS
415       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
416       depends on SGI_TIOCX
417       help
418         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
419         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
420
421source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
422
423config UNIX98_PTYS
424	bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
425	default y
426	---help---
427	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
428	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
429	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
430	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
431	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
432	  and xterms.
433
434	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
435	  masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
436	  has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
437	  however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
438	  pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
439	  terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
440	  terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
441	  traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
442
443	  All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless
444	  you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
445
446config LEGACY_PTYS
447	bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
448	default y
449	---help---
450	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
451	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
452	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
453	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
454	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
455	  and xterms.
456
457	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
458	  for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
459	  terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
460	  security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most
461	  systems, it is safe to say N.
462
463
464config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
465	int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
466	depends on LEGACY_PTYS
467	range 0 256
468	default "256"
469	---help---
470	  The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
471	  The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded
472	  systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
473
474	  When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
475	  architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
476
477config BRIQ_PANEL
478	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
479	depends on PPC_CHRP
480	---help---
481	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
482	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
483
484	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
485	  must answer Y here.
486
487	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
488	  module will be called briq_panel.
489
490	  It's safe to say N here.
491
492config BFIN_OTP
493	tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
494	depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x)
495	default y
496	help
497	  If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
498	  interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
499	  stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
500	  to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
501	  own secure code and reader for that.
502
503	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
504	  will be called bfin-otp.
505
506	  If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
507
508config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
509	bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
510	depends on BFIN_OTP
511	default n
512	help
513	  If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
514	  OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
515	  the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
516	  need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
517
518	  If unsure, say N.
519
520config PRINTER
521	tristate "Parallel printer support"
522	depends on PARPORT
523	---help---
524	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
525	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
526	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
527	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
528	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
529
530	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
531	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
532	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
533
534	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
535	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
536
537	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
538	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
539	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
540	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
541	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
542
543	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
544	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
545
546config LP_CONSOLE
547	bool "Support for console on line printer"
548	depends on PRINTER
549	---help---
550	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
551	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
552	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
553	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
554
555	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
556	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
557	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
558	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
559	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
560
561	  If unsure, say N.
562
563config PPDEV
564	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
565	depends on PARPORT
566	---help---
567	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
568	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
569	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
570	  IDs).
571
572	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
573	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
574	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
575
576	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
577	  module will be called ppdev.
578
579	  If unsure, say N.
580
581config HVC_DRIVER
582	bool
583	help
584	  Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
585	  hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
586	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
587	  is selected.
588
589config HVC_IRQ
590	bool
591
592config HVC_CONSOLE
593	bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
594	depends on PPC_PSERIES
595	select HVC_DRIVER
596	select HVC_IRQ
597	help
598	  pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
599	  console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
600	  which is accessed via the HMC.
601
602config HVC_ISERIES
603	bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
604	depends on PPC_ISERIES
605	default y
606	select HVC_DRIVER
607	select HVC_IRQ
608	help
609	  iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
610
611config HVC_RTAS
612	bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
613	depends on PPC_RTAS
614	select HVC_DRIVER
615	help
616	  IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
617
618config HVC_BEAT
619	bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
620	depends on PPC_CELLEB
621	select HVC_DRIVER
622	help
623	  Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
624
625config HVC_XEN
626	bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
627	depends on XEN
628	select HVC_DRIVER
629	select HVC_IRQ
630	default y
631	help
632	  Xen virtual console device driver
633
634config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
635	tristate "Virtio console"
636	depends on VIRTIO
637	select HVC_DRIVER
638	help
639	  Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
640
641
642config HVCS
643	tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
644	depends on PPC_PSERIES
645	help
646	  Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
647	  firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
648	  another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data
649	  from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
650	  interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
651	  this driver.
652
653	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
654	  module will be called hvcs.ko.  Additionally, this module
655	  will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
656	  which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
657	  module.
658
659config IBM_BSR
660	tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
661	depends on PPC_PSERIES
662	help
663	  This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
664	  of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
665	  between several cores on a system
666
667source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
668
669config DS1620
670	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
671	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
672	help
673	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
674	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
675	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
676
677	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
678	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
679	  necessity.
680
681config NWBUTTON
682	tristate "NetWinder Button"
683	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
684	---help---
685	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
686	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
687	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
688	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
689
690	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
691	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
692	  row.
693
694	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
695	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
696	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
697	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
698
699	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
700	  module will be called nwbutton.
701
702	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
703	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
704
705config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
706	bool "Reboot Using Button"
707	depends on NWBUTTON
708	help
709	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
710	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
711	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
712	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
713	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
714	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
715	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
716
717config NWFLASH
718	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
719	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
720	---help---
721	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
722	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
723	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
724	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
725	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
726
727	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
728	  module will be called nwflash.
729
730	  If you're not sure, say N.
731
732source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
733
734config NVRAM
735	tristate "/dev/nvram support"
736	depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
737	---help---
738	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
739	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
740	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
741	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
742	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
743	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
744
745	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
746	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
747	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
748	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
749	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
750	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
751	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
752	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
753
754	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
755	  to be selected.
756
757	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
758	  module will be called nvram.
759
760#
761# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
762# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
763#
764if RTC_LIB=n
765
766config RTC
767	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
768	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
769			&& !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32
770	---help---
771	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
772	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
773	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
774	  into your computer.
775
776	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
777	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
778	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
779	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
780	  /dev/rtc.
781
782	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
783	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
784	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
785
786	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
787	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
788	  for details.
789
790	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
791	  module will be called rtc.
792
793config JS_RTC
794	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
795	depends on SPARC32 && PCI
796	---help---
797	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
798	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
799	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
800	  into your computer.
801
802	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
803	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
804	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
805	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
806	  /dev/rtc.
807
808	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
809	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
810	  for details.
811
812	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
813	  module will be called js-rtc.
814
815config GEN_RTC
816	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
817	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32
818	---help---
819	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
820	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
821	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
822	  into your computer.
823
824	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
825	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
826	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
827	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
828	  precision in some cases.
829
830	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
831	  module will be called genrtc.
832
833config GEN_RTC_X
834	bool "Extended RTC operation"
835	depends on GEN_RTC
836	help
837	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
838	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
839
840config EFI_RTC
841	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
842	depends on IA64
843
844config DS1302
845	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
846	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
847	help
848	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
849	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
850	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
851	  into your computer.
852
853endif # RTC_LIB
854
855config DTLK
856	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
857	depends on ISA
858	help
859	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
860	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
861	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
862
863	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
864	  module will be called dtlk.
865
866config XILINX_HWICAP
867	tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
868	depends on XILINX_VIRTEX
869	help
870	  This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
871	  Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
872	  FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
873
874	  If unsure, say N.
875
876config R3964
877	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
878	---help---
879	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
880	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
881	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
882
883	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
884	  module will be called n_r3964.
885
886	  If unsure, say N.
887
888config APPLICOM
889	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
890	depends on PCI
891	---help---
892	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
893	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
894	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
895	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
896	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
897
898	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
899	  module will be called applicom.
900
901	  If unsure, say N.
902
903config SONYPI
904	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
905	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
906	---help---
907	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
908	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
909
910	  If you have one of those laptops, read
911	  <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
912
913	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
914	  module will be called sonypi.
915
916config GPIO_TB0219
917	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
918	depends on TANBAC_TB022X
919	select GPIO_VR41XX
920
921source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
922
923config MWAVE
924	tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
925	depends on X86
926	select SERIAL_8250
927	---help---
928	  The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
929	  kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
930	  support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
931	  and support selected world wide countries.
932
933	  This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
934	  600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
935
936	  The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
937	  (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
938
939	  The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
940	  the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
941	  <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
942
943	  If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
944	  in it, say Y.
945
946	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
947	  module will be called mwave.
948
949config SCx200_GPIO
950	tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
951	depends on SCx200
952	select NSC_GPIO
953	help
954	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
955	  Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
956
957	  If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
958
959config PC8736x_GPIO
960	tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
961	depends on X86
962	default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N
963	select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines
964	help
965	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
966	  Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
967	  has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
968	  hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
969
970	  If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
971
972config NSC_GPIO
973	tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
974	depends on X86_32
975	# selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
976	# what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
977	help
978	  Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
979	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
980	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
981
982config CS5535_GPIO
983	tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
984	depends on X86_32
985	help
986	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
987	  CS5536 Geode companion devices.
988
989	  If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
990
991config GPIO_VR41XX
992	tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
993	depends on CPU_VR41XX
994
995config RAW_DRIVER
996	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
997	depends on BLOCK
998	help
999	  The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
1000	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
1001	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1002
1003          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
1004          with the O_DIRECT flag.
1005
1006config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1007	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1008	depends on RAW_DRIVER
1009	default "256"
1010	help
1011	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1012	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1013	  raw devices.
1014
1015config HPET
1016	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1017	default n
1018	depends on ACPI
1019	help
1020	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
1021	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
1022	  non-periodic and/or periodic.
1023
1024config HPET_MMAP
1025	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1026	default y
1027	depends on HPET
1028	help
1029	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1030	  the HPET registers.
1031
1032	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1033	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1034	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
1035	  say N here.
1036
1037config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1038	tristate "Hangcheck timer"
1039	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
1040	help
1041	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1042	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
1043	  or merely print a warning.
1044
1045config MMTIMER
1046	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1047	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1048	default y
1049	help
1050	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1051	  Altix system timer.
1052
1053source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1054
1055config TELCLOCK
1056	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
1057	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
1058	default n
1059	help
1060	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1061	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1062	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
1063	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1064	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1065	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1066	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1067
1068config DEVPORT
1069	bool
1070	depends on !M68K
1071	depends on ISA || PCI
1072	default y
1073
1074source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1075
1076endmenu
1077
1078