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