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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 if !VIOCONS
12	---help---
13	  If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
14	  display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
15	  can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
16	  one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
17	  virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
18	  one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
19	  an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
20	  is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
21
22	  The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
23	  properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
24	  man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
25	  character sequences that can be used to change those properties
26	  directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
27	  the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
28	  with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
29
30	  You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
31	  of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
32	  embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
33	  memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
34	  or network connection.
35
36	  If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
37	  shiny Linux system :-)
38
39config VT_CONSOLE
40	bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
41	depends on VT
42	default y
43	---help---
44	  The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
45	  and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
46	  answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
47	  a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
48	  common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
49	  the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
50	  you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
51
52	  If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
53	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
54	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
55	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
56	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
57	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
58
59	  If unsure, say Y.
60
61config HW_CONSOLE
62	bool
63	depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
64	default y
65
66config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
67       bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
68       depends on HW_CONSOLE
69       default n
70       ---help---
71         The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
72         terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
73         console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
74         drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
75         1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
76         select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
77         virtual terminals.
78
79	 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
80	 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
81	 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
82
83config DEVKMEM
84	bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
85	default y
86	help
87	  Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
88	  /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
89	  kind of kernel debugging operations.
90	  When in doubt, say "N".
91
92config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
93	bool "Non-standard serial port support"
94	depends on HAS_IOMEM
95	---help---
96	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
97	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
98	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
99	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
100	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
101	  connections.
102
103	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
104	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
105	  the questions about non-standard serial boards.
106
107	  Most people can say N here.
108
109config COMPUTONE
110	tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
111	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
112	---help---
113	  This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
114	  controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
115	  products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
116	  which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
117	  to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
118	  order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
119	  Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
120
121	  To compile this driver as module, choose M here: the
122	  module will be called ip2.
123
124config ROCKETPORT
125	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
126	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
127	help
128	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
129          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
130          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
131          and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
132
133	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
134	  module will be called rocket.
135
136	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
137          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
138
139config CYCLADES
140	tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
141	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
142	select FW_LOADER
143	---help---
144	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
145	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
146	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
147
148	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
149	  <file:Documentation/README.cycladesZ>.
150
151	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
152	  module will be called cyclades.
153
154	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
155
156config CYZ_INTR
157	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
158	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
159	help
160	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
161	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
162	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
163	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
164	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
165	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
166	  unsure, say N.
167
168config DIGIEPCA
169	tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
170	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
171	---help---
172	  This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
173	  of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
174	  something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
175	  box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
176	  supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
177	  you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
178	  <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
179
180	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
181	  module will be called epca.
182
183config ESPSERIAL
184	tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
185	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
186	help
187	  This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports.  Both single
188	  port cards and multiport cards are supported.  Make sure to read
189	  <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
190
191	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
192	  module will be called esp.
193
194	  If unsure, say N.
195
196config MOXA_INTELLIO
197	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
198	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
199	select FW_LOADER
200	help
201	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
202
203	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
204	  module will be called moxa.
205
206config MOXA_SMARTIO
207	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
208	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
209	help
210	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
211	  want to help develop a new version of this driver.
212
213	  This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
214	  changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
215
216	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
217	  mxser. If you want to do that, say M here.
218
219config ISI
220	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
221	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
222	select FW_LOADER
223	help
224	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
225	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
226	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
227	  If you want to do that, choose M here.
228
229config SYNCLINK
230	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
231	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
232	help
233	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
234	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
235	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
236
237	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
238	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
239	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
240	  here.
241
242config SYNCLINKMP
243	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
244	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
245	help
246	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
247	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
248	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
249	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
250
251	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
252	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
253	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
254	  here.
255
256config SYNCLINK_GT
257	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
258	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
259	help
260	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
261	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
262	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
263
264config N_HDLC
265	tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
266	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
267	help
268	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
269	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
270
271	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
272	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
273	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
274	  here.
275
276config RISCOM8
277	tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
278	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
279	help
280	  This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
281	  which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
282	  this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
283	  in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
284	  say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
285
286	  Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
287	  loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
288
289config SPECIALIX
290	tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
291	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
292	help
293	  This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
294	  ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
295	  would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
296	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
297
298	  If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
299	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
300	  and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
301	  called specialix.
302
303config SX
304	tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
305	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
306	help
307	  This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
308	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
309
310	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
311	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
312	  The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
313
314config RIO
315	tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
316	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
317	help
318	  This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
319	  drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
320	  information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
321	  There are both ISA and PCI versions.
322
323config RIO_OLDPCI
324	bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
325	depends on RIO
326	help
327	  Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
328	  determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
329	  this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
330
331config STALDRV
332	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
333	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
334	help
335	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
336	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
337	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
338	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
339	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
340	  this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
341	  say N.
342
343config STALLION
344	tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
345	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
346	help
347	  If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
348	  card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
349	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
350
351	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
352	  module will be called stallion.
353
354config ISTALLION
355	tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
356	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
357	help
358	  If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
359	  serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
360	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
361
362	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
363	  module will be called istallion.
364
365config NOZOMI
366	tristate "HSDPA Broadband Wireless Data Card - Globe Trotter"
367	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
368	help
369	  If you have a HSDPA driver Broadband Wireless Data Card -
370	  Globe Trotter PCMCIA card, say Y here.
371
372	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here, the module
373	  will be called nozomi.
374
375config A2232
376	tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
377	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
378	---help---
379	  This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
380	  Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
381	  a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
382	  each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
383	  ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
384	  for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
385	  jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
386
387	  This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
388	  will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
389	  "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
390
391config SGI_SNSC
392	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
393	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
394	help
395	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
396	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
397	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
398
399config SGI_TIOCX
400       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
401       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
402       help
403         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
404         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
405
406config SGI_MBCS
407       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
408       depends on SGI_TIOCX
409       help
410         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
411         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
412
413source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
414
415config UNIX98_PTYS
416	bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
417	default y
418	---help---
419	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
420	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
421	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
422	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
423	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
424	  and xterms.
425
426	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
427	  masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
428	  has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
429	  however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
430	  pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
431	  terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
432	  terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
433	  traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
434
435	  All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless
436	  you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
437
438config LEGACY_PTYS
439	bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
440	default y
441	---help---
442	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
443	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
444	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
445	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
446	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
447	  and xterms.
448
449	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
450	  for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
451	  terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
452	  security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most
453	  systems, it is safe to say N.
454
455
456config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
457	int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
458	depends on LEGACY_PTYS
459	range 0 256
460	default "256"
461	---help---
462	  The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
463	  The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded
464	  systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
465
466	  When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
467	  architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
468
469config BRIQ_PANEL
470	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
471	depends on PPC_CHRP
472	---help---
473	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
474	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
475
476	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
477	  must answer Y here.
478
479	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
480	  module will be called briq_panel.
481
482	  It's safe to say N here.
483
484config BFIN_OTP
485	tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"
486	depends on BLACKFIN && (BF52x || BF54x)
487	default y
488	help
489	  If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
490	  interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
491	  stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
492	  to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
493	  own secure code and reader for that.
494
495	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
496	  will be called bfin-otp.
497
498	  If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
499
500config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
501	bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
502	depends on BFIN_OTP
503	default n
504	help
505	  If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
506	  OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
507	  the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
508	  need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
509
510	  If unsure, say N.
511
512config PRINTER
513	tristate "Parallel printer support"
514	depends on PARPORT
515	---help---
516	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
517	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
518	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
519	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
520	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
521
522	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
523	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
524	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
525
526	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
527	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
528
529	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
530	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
531	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
532	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
533	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
534
535	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
536	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
537
538config LP_CONSOLE
539	bool "Support for console on line printer"
540	depends on PRINTER
541	---help---
542	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
543	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
544	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
545	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
546
547	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
548	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
549	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
550	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
551	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
552
553	  If unsure, say N.
554
555config PPDEV
556	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
557	depends on PARPORT
558	---help---
559	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
560	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
561	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
562	  IDs).
563
564	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
565	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
566	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
567
568	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
569	  module will be called ppdev.
570
571	  If unsure, say N.
572
573config HVC_DRIVER
574	bool
575	help
576	  Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various
577	  hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest).
578	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
579	  is selected.
580
581config HVC_IRQ
582	bool
583
584config HVC_CONSOLE
585	bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
586	depends on PPC_PSERIES
587	select HVC_DRIVER
588	select HVC_IRQ
589	help
590	  pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
591	  console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
592	  which is accessed via the HMC.
593
594config HVC_ISERIES
595	bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
596	depends on PPC_ISERIES
597	default y
598	select HVC_DRIVER
599	select HVC_IRQ
600	help
601	  iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
602
603config HVC_RTAS
604	bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
605	depends on PPC_RTAS
606	select HVC_DRIVER
607	help
608	  IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
609
610config HVC_BEAT
611	bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
612	depends on PPC_CELLEB
613	select HVC_DRIVER
614	help
615	  Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
616
617config HVC_XEN
618	bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
619	depends on XEN
620	select HVC_DRIVER
621	select HVC_IRQ
622	default y
623	help
624	  Xen virtual console device driver
625
626config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
627	tristate "Virtio console"
628	depends on VIRTIO
629	select HVC_DRIVER
630	help
631	  Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.
632
633
634config HVCS
635	tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
636	depends on PPC_PSERIES
637	help
638	  Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
639	  firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
640	  another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data
641	  from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
642	  interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
643	  this driver.
644
645	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
646	  module will be called hvcs.ko.  Additionally, this module
647	  will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
648	  which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
649	  module.
650
651config IBM_BSR
652	tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
653	depends on PPC_PSERIES
654	help
655	  This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
656	  of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
657	  between several cores on a system
658
659source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
660
661config DS1620
662	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
663	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
664	help
665	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
666	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
667	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
668
669	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
670	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
671	  necessity.
672
673config NWBUTTON
674	tristate "NetWinder Button"
675	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
676	---help---
677	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
678	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
679	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
680	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
681
682	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
683	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
684	  row.
685
686	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
687	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
688	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
689	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
690
691	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
692	  module will be called nwbutton.
693
694	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
695	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
696
697config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
698	bool "Reboot Using Button"
699	depends on NWBUTTON
700	help
701	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
702	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
703	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
704	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
705	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
706	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
707	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
708
709config NWFLASH
710	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
711	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
712	---help---
713	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
714	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
715	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
716	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
717	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
718
719	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
720	  module will be called nwflash.
721
722	  If you're not sure, say N.
723
724source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
725
726config NVRAM
727	tristate "/dev/nvram support"
728	depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
729	---help---
730	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
731	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
732	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
733	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
734	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
735	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
736
737	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
738	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
739	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
740	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
741	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
742	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
743	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
744	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
745
746	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
747	  to be selected.
748
749	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
750	  module will be called nvram.
751
752#
753# These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
754# RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
755#
756if RTC_LIB=n
757
758config RTC
759	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"
760	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \
761			&& !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32
762	---help---
763	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
764	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
765	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
766	  into your computer.
767
768	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
769	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
770	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
771	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
772	  /dev/rtc.
773
774	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
775	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
776	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
777
778	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
779	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
780	  for details.
781
782	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
783	  module will be called rtc.
784
785config JS_RTC
786	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
787	depends on SPARC32 && PCI
788	---help---
789	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
790	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
791	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
792	  into your computer.
793
794	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
795	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
796	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
797	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
798	  /dev/rtc.
799
800	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
801	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
802	  for details.
803
804	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
805	  module will be called js-rtc.
806
807config SGI_DS1286
808	tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
809	depends on SGI_HAS_DS1286
810	help
811	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
812	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
813	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
814	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
815	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
816	  /dev/rtc.
817
818config SGI_IP27_RTC
819	bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
820	depends on SGI_IP27
821	help
822	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
823	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
824	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
825	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
826	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
827	  /dev/rtc.
828
829config GEN_RTC
830	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
831	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32
832	---help---
833	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
834	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
835	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
836	  into your computer.
837
838	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
839	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
840	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
841	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
842	  precision in some cases.
843
844	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
845	  module will be called genrtc.
846
847config GEN_RTC_X
848	bool "Extended RTC operation"
849	depends on GEN_RTC
850	help
851	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
852	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
853
854config EFI_RTC
855	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
856	depends on IA64
857
858config DS1302
859	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
860	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
861	help
862	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
863	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
864	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
865	  into your computer.
866
867endif # RTC_LIB
868
869config DTLK
870	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
871	depends on ISA
872	help
873	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
874	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
875	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
876
877	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
878	  module will be called dtlk.
879
880config XILINX_HWICAP
881	tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"
882	depends on XILINX_VIRTEX
883	help
884	  This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
885	  Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
886	  FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
887
888	  If unsure, say N.
889
890config R3964
891	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
892	---help---
893	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
894	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
895	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
896
897	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
898	  module will be called n_r3964.
899
900	  If unsure, say N.
901
902config APPLICOM
903	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
904	depends on PCI
905	---help---
906	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
907	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
908	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
909	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
910	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
911
912	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
913	  module will be called applicom.
914
915	  If unsure, say N.
916
917config SONYPI
918	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
919	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
920	---help---
921	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
922	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
923
924	  If you have one of those laptops, read
925	  <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
926
927	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
928	  module will be called sonypi.
929
930config GPIO_TB0219
931	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
932	depends on TANBAC_TB022X
933	select GPIO_VR41XX
934
935source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
936
937config MWAVE
938	tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
939	depends on X86
940	select SERIAL_8250
941	---help---
942	  The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
943	  kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
944	  support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
945	  and support selected world wide countries.
946
947	  This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
948	  600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
949
950	  The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
951	  (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
952
953	  The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
954	  the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
955	  <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
956
957	  If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
958	  in it, say Y.
959
960	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
961	  module will be called mwave.
962
963config SCx200_GPIO
964	tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
965	depends on SCx200
966	select NSC_GPIO
967	help
968	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
969	  Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
970
971	  If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
972
973config PC8736x_GPIO
974	tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
975	depends on X86
976	default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N
977	select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines
978	help
979	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
980	  Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
981	  has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
982	  hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
983
984	  If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
985
986config NSC_GPIO
987	tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
988	depends on X86_32
989	# selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
990	# what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
991	help
992	  Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
993	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
994	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
995
996config CS5535_GPIO
997	tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
998	depends on X86_32
999	help
1000	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
1001	  CS5536 Geode companion devices.
1002
1003	  If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
1004
1005config GPIO_VR41XX
1006	tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
1007	depends on CPU_VR41XX
1008
1009config RAW_DRIVER
1010	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
1011	depends on BLOCK
1012	help
1013	  The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
1014	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
1015	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1016
1017          Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
1018          with the O_DIRECT flag.
1019
1020config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1021	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1022	depends on RAW_DRIVER
1023	default "256"
1024	help
1025	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1026	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1027	  raw devices.
1028
1029config HPET
1030	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1031	default n
1032	depends on ACPI
1033	help
1034	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
1035	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
1036	  non-periodic and/or periodic.
1037
1038config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1039	bool
1040	default HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1041	depends on RTC && HPET
1042	help
1043	  If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1044	  is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1045	  the HPET timers.
1046
1047config HPET_MMAP
1048	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1049	default y
1050	depends on HPET
1051	help
1052	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1053	  the HPET registers.
1054
1055	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1056	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1057	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
1058	  say N here.
1059
1060config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1061	tristate "Hangcheck timer"
1062	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
1063	help
1064	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1065	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
1066	  or merely print a warning.
1067
1068config MMTIMER
1069	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1070	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1071	default y
1072	help
1073	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1074	  Altix system timer.
1075
1076source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1077
1078config TELCLOCK
1079	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
1080	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
1081	default n
1082	help
1083	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1084	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1085	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
1086	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1087	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1088	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1089	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1090
1091config DEVPORT
1092	bool
1093	depends on !M68K
1094	depends on ISA || PCI
1095	default y
1096
1097source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1098
1099endmenu
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