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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 SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
84	bool "Non-standard serial port support"
85	depends on HAS_IOMEM
86	---help---
87	  Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
88	  which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
89	  This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
90	  Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
91	  serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
92	  connections.
93
94	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
95	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
96	  the questions about non-standard serial boards.
97
98	  Most people can say N here.
99
100config COMPUTONE
101	tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
102	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
103	---help---
104	  This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
105	  controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
106	  products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
107	  which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
108	  to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
109	  order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
110	  Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
111
112	  To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
113	  modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
114
115config ROCKETPORT
116	tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
117	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
118	help
119	  This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
120          These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
121          modems.  For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem  boards
122          and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
123
124	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125	  module will be called rocket.
126
127	  If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here.  If
128          you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
129
130config CYCLADES
131	tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
132	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
133	---help---
134	  This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
135	  You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
136	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
137
138	  For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
139	  <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
140
141	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
142	  module will be called cyclades.
143
144	  If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
145
146config CYZ_INTR
147	bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
148	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
149	help
150	  The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
151	  modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
152	  the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
153	  (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
154	  mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
155	  status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
156	  unsure, say N.
157
158config DIGIEPCA
159	tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
160	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
161	---help---
162	  This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
163	  of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
164	  something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
165	  box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
166	  supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
167	  you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
168	  <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
169
170	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
171	  module will be called epca.
172
173config ESPSERIAL
174	tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
175	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
176	help
177	  This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports.  Both single
178	  port cards and multiport cards are supported.  Make sure to read
179	  <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
180
181	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
182	  module will be called esp.
183
184	  If unsure, say N.
185
186config MOXA_INTELLIO
187	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
188	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
189	help
190	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
191
192	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
193	  module will be called moxa.
194
195config MOXA_SMARTIO
196	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
197	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
198	help
199	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
200
201	  This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
202	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
203	  The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
204	  here.
205
206config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
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	  Use at your own risk.
217
218	  This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
219	  mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
220
221config ISI
222	tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
223	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
224	select FW_LOADER
225	help
226	  This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
227	  serial ports.  The driver is experimental and can currently only be
228	  built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
229	  If you want to do that, choose M here.
230
231config SYNCLINK
232	tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
233	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
234	help
235	  Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
236	  adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
237	  synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
238
239	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
240	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
241	  The module will be called synclink.  If you want to do that, say M
242	  here.
243
244config SYNCLINKMP
245	tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
246	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
247	help
248	  Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
249	  serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
250	  to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
251	  RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
252
253	  This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
254	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
255	  The module will be called synclinkmp.  If you want to do that, say M
256	  here.
257
258config SYNCLINK_GT
259	tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
260	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
261	help
262	  Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
263	  synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
264	  manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
265
266config N_HDLC
267	tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
268	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
269	help
270	  Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
271	  support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
272
273	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
274	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
275	  The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
276	  here.
277
278config RISCOM8
279	tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
280	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
281	help
282	  This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
283	  which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
284	  this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
285	  in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
286	  say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
287
288	  Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
289	  loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
290
291config SPECIALIX
292	tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
293	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
294	help
295	  This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
296	  ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
297	  would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
298	  your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
299
300	  If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
301	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
302	  and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
303	  called specialix.
304
305config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
306	bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
307	depends on SPECIALIX
308	help
309	  The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
310	  say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
311	  software handshake mode.  If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
312	  on, it will always be RTS.  Read the file
313	  <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
314
315config SX
316	tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
317	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
318	help
319	  This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
320	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
321
322	  This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
323	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
324	  The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
325
326config RIO
327	tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
328	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
329	help
330	  This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
331	  drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports.  Product
332	  information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
333	  There are both ISA and PCI versions.
334
335config RIO_OLDPCI
336	bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
337	depends on RIO
338	help
339	  Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
340	  determine the IRQ and some control addresses.  If you have a RIO and
341	  this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
342
343config STALDRV
344	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
345	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
346	help
347	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
348	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
349	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
350	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
351	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
352	  this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
353	  say N.
354
355config STALLION
356	tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
357	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
358	help
359	  If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
360	  card, then this is for you; say Y.  Make sure to read
361	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
362
363	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
364	  module will be called stallion.
365
366config ISTALLION
367	tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
368	depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
369	help
370	  If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
371	  serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
372	  <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
373
374	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
375	  module will be called istallion.
376
377config AU1000_UART
378	bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
379	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
380	help
381	  If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
382	  to use serial ports, say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
383
384config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
385	bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
386	depends on AU1000_UART
387	help
388	  If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
389	  to use a console on a serial port, say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
390
391config SERIAL_DEC
392	bool "DECstation serial support"
393	depends on MACH_DECSTATION
394	default y
395	help
396	  This selects whether you want to be asked about drivers for
397	  DECstation serial ports.
398
399	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
400	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
401	  the questions about DECstation serial ports.
402
403config SERIAL_DEC_CONSOLE
404	bool "Support for console on a DECstation serial port"
405	depends on SERIAL_DEC
406	default y
407	help
408	  If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
409	  system console (the system console is the device which receives all
410	  kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
411	  mode).  Note that the firmware uses ttyS0 as the serial console on
412	  the Maxine and ttyS2 on the others.
413
414	  If unsure, say Y.
415
416config ZS
417	bool "Z85C30 Serial Support"
418	depends on SERIAL_DEC
419	default y
420	help
421	  Documentation on the Zilog 85C350 serial communications controller
422	  is downloadable at <http://www.zilog.com/pdfs/serial/z85c30.pdf>
423
424config A2232
425	tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
426	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
427	---help---
428	  This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
429	  Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989.  At
430	  a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
431	  each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
432	  ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
433	  for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
434	  jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
435
436	  This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
437	  will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
438	  "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
439
440config SGI_SNSC
441	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
442	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
443	help
444	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
445	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
446	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.
447
448config SGI_TIOCX
449       bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
450       depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
451       help
452         If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
453         to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
454
455config SGI_MBCS
456       tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
457       depends on SGI_TIOCX
458       help
459         If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
460         say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
461
462source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
463
464config UNIX98_PTYS
465	bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
466	default y
467	---help---
468	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
469	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
470	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
471	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
472	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
473	  and xterms.
474
475	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
476	  masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
477	  has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
478	  however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
479	  pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
480	  terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
481	  terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
482	  traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
483
484	  All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys.  Say Y unless
485	  you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
486
487config LEGACY_PTYS
488	bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
489	default y
490	---help---
491	  A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
492	  halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
493	  a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
494	  read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
495	  terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
496	  and xterms.
497
498	  Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
499	  for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
500	  terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
501	  security.  This option enables these legacy devices; on most
502	  systems, it is safe to say N.
503
504
505config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
506	int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
507	depends on LEGACY_PTYS
508	range 1 256
509	default "256"
510	---help---
511	  The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
512	  The default is 256, and should be more than enough.  Embedded
513	  systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
514
515	  When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
516	  architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
517
518config BRIQ_PANEL
519	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
520	depends on PPC_CHRP
521	---help---
522	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
523	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
524
525	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
526	  must answer Y here.
527
528	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
529	  module will be called briq_panel.
530
531	  It's safe to say N here.
532
533config PRINTER
534	tristate "Parallel printer support"
535	depends on PARPORT
536	---help---
537	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
538	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
539	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
540	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
541	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
542
543	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
544	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
545	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
546
547	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
548	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
549
550	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
551	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
552	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
553	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
554	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
555
556	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
557	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
558
559config LP_CONSOLE
560	bool "Support for console on line printer"
561	depends on PRINTER
562	---help---
563	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
564	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
565	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
566	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
567
568	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
569	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
570	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
571	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
572	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
573
574	  If unsure, say N.
575
576config PPDEV
577	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
578	depends on PARPORT
579	---help---
580	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
581	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
582	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
583	  IDs).
584
585	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
586	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
587	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
588
589	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
590	  module will be called ppdev.
591
592	  If unsure, say N.
593
594config TIPAR
595	tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
596	depends on PARPORT
597	---help---
598	  If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
599	  parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
600
601	  If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
602	  your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
603	  main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
604	  to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
605	  the device nodes, though).
606
607	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
608	  module will be called tipar.
609
610	  If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
611	  Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
612	  driver.
613
614	  If unsure, say N.
615
616config HVC_DRIVER
617	bool
618	help
619	  Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
620	  module for their backend console driver should select this option.
621	  It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
622	  is selected.
623
624
625config HVC_CONSOLE
626	bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
627	depends on PPC_PSERIES
628	select HVC_DRIVER
629	help
630	  pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
631	  console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
632	  which is accessed via the HMC.
633
634config HVC_ISERIES
635	bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
636	depends on PPC_ISERIES
637	default y
638	select HVC_DRIVER
639	help
640	  iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
641
642config HVC_RTAS
643	bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
644	depends on PPC_RTAS
645	select HVC_DRIVER
646	help
647	  IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
648
649config HVC_BEAT
650	bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
651	depends on PPC_CELLEB
652	select HVC_DRIVER
653	help
654	  Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
655
656config HVCS
657	tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
658	depends on PPC_PSERIES
659	help
660	  Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
661	  firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
662	  another Linux partition.  This driver allows console data
663	  from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
664	  interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
665	  this driver.
666
667	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
668	  module will be called hvcs.ko.  Additionally, this module
669	  will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
670	  which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
671	  module.
672
673source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
674
675source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
676
677config DS1620
678	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
679	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
680	help
681	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
682	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
683	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
684
685	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
686	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
687	  necessity.
688
689config NWBUTTON
690	tristate "NetWinder Button"
691	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
692	---help---
693	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
694	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
695	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
696	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
697
698	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
699	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
700	  row.
701
702	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
703	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
704	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
705	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
706
707	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
708	  module will be called nwbutton.
709
710	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
711	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
712
713config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
714	bool "Reboot Using Button"
715	depends on NWBUTTON
716	help
717	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
718	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
719	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
720	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
721	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
722	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
723	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
724
725config NWFLASH
726	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
727	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
728	---help---
729	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
730	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
731	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
732	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
733	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
734
735	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
736	  module will be called nwflash.
737
738	  If you're not sure, say N.
739
740source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
741
742config NVRAM
743	tristate "/dev/nvram support"
744	depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
745	---help---
746	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
747	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
748	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
749	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
750	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
751	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
752
753	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
754	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
755	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
756	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
757	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
758	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
759	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
760	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
761
762	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
763	  to be selected.
764
765	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
766	  module will be called nvram.
767
768config RTC
769	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
770	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390
771	---help---
772	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
773	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
774	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
775	  into your computer.
776
777	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
778	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
779	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
780	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
781	  /dev/rtc.
782
783	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
784	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
785	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
786
787	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
788	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
789	  for details.
790
791	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
792	  module will be called rtc.
793
794config SGI_DS1286
795	tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
796	depends on SGI_IP22
797	help
798	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
799	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
800	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
801	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
802	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
803	  /dev/rtc.
804
805config SGI_IP27_RTC
806	bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
807	depends on SGI_IP27
808	help
809	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
810	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
811	  will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
812	  Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
813	  via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
814	  /dev/rtc.
815
816config GEN_RTC
817	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
818	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH
819	---help---
820	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
821	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
822	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
823	  into your computer.
824
825	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
826	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
827	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
828	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
829	  precision in some cases.
830
831	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
832	  module will be called genrtc.
833
834config GEN_RTC_X
835	bool "Extended RTC operation"
836	depends on GEN_RTC
837	help
838	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
839	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
840
841config EFI_RTC
842	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
843	depends on IA64
844
845config DS1302
846	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
847	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
848	help
849	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
850	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
851	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
852	  into your computer.
853
854config COBALT_LCD
855	bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
856	depends on MIPS_COBALT
857	help
858	  This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
859	  on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
860
861config DTLK
862	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
863	depends on ISA
864	help
865	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
866	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
867	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
868
869	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
870	  module will be called dtlk.
871
872config R3964
873	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
874	---help---
875	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
876	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
877	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
878
879	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
880	  module will be called n_r3964.
881
882	  If unsure, say N.
883
884config APPLICOM
885	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
886	depends on PCI
887	---help---
888	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
889	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
890	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
891	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
892	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
893
894	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
895	  module will be called applicom.
896
897	  If unsure, say N.
898
899config SONYPI
900	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
901	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
902	---help---
903	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
904	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
905
906	  If you have one of those laptops, read
907	  <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
908
909	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
910	  module will be called sonypi.
911
912config GPIO_TB0219
913	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
914	depends on TANBAC_TB022X
915	select GPIO_VR41XX
916
917source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
918
919source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
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) (OBSOLETE)"
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          The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
1004          Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
1005          with the O_DIRECT flag.
1006
1007config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1008	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1009	depends on RAW_DRIVER
1010	default "256"
1011	help
1012	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1013	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1014	  raw devices.
1015
1016config HPET
1017	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1018	default n
1019	depends on ACPI
1020	help
1021	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
1022	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
1023	  non-periodic and/or periodic.
1024
1025config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1026	bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1027	default n
1028	depends on HPET
1029	help
1030	  If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1031	  is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1032	  the HPET timers.
1033
1034config HPET_MMAP
1035	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1036	default y
1037	depends on HPET
1038	help
1039	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1040	  the HPET registers.
1041
1042	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1043	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1044	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
1045	  say N here.
1046
1047config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1048	tristate "Hangcheck timer"
1049	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390
1050	help
1051	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1052	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
1053	  or merely print a warning.
1054
1055config MMTIMER
1056	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1057	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1058	default y
1059	help
1060	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1061	  Altix system timer.
1062
1063source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1064
1065config TELCLOCK
1066	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
1067	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
1068	default n
1069	help
1070	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1071	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1072	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
1073	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1074	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1075	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1076	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.
1077
1078config DEVPORT
1079	bool
1080	depends on !M68K
1081	depends on ISA || PCI
1082	default y
1083
1084source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"
1085
1086endmenu
1087
1088