11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt. 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 61da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Firmware Drivers" 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds 81da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EDD 95d18639aSChris Wedgwood tristate "BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive calls determine boot disk" 109b6e3e42SMike Frysinger depends on X86 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M here if you want to enable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs. 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds not yet implement this feature. 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 208c4dd606STim Gardnerconfig EDD_OFF 218c4dd606STim Gardner bool "Sets default behavior for EDD detection to off" 228c4dd606STim Gardner depends on EDD 238c4dd606STim Gardner default n 248c4dd606STim Gardner help 258c4dd606STim Gardner Say Y if you want EDD disabled by default, even though it is compiled into the 268c4dd606STim Gardner kernel. Say N if you want EDD enabled by default. EDD can be dynamically set 278c4dd606STim Gardner using the kernel parameter 'edd={on|skipmbr|off}'. 288c4dd606STim Gardner 2969ac9cd6SBernhard Walleconfig FIRMWARE_MEMMAP 3069ac9cd6SBernhard Walle bool "Add firmware-provided memory map to sysfs" if EMBEDDED 319b6e3e42SMike Frysinger default X86 3269ac9cd6SBernhard Walle help 3369ac9cd6SBernhard Walle Add the firmware-provided (unmodified) memory map to /sys/firmware/memmap. 3469ac9cd6SBernhard Walle That memory map is used for example by kexec to set up parameter area 3569ac9cd6SBernhard Walle for the next kernel, but can also be used for debugging purposes. 3669ac9cd6SBernhard Walle 3769ac9cd6SBernhard Walle See also Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap. 3869ac9cd6SBernhard Walle 391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_VARS 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs" 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EFI 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read, 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface. 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from Matt Domsch's website located at: 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz> 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at: 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr> 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_PCDP 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table" 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y if IA64 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds automatically use the primary console device it describes 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the Linux console, say Y here. 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console, 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise, 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices, 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds on how the driver discovers devices. 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.) 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 77*631dd1a8SJustin P. Mattock See DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf available from 78*631dd1a8SJustin P. Mattock <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/> 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 806c54c28eSAbhay Salunkeconfig DELL_RBU 816c54c28eSAbhay Salunke tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs" 826c52f137SDave Jones depends on X86 836c54c28eSAbhay Salunke select FW_LOADER 846c54c28eSAbhay Salunke help 856c54c28eSAbhay Salunke Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your 866c54c28eSAbhay Salunke DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP) 8709509603SMatt LaPlante supporting application to communicate with the BIOS regarding the new 886c54c28eSAbhay Salunke image for the image update to take effect. 896c54c28eSAbhay Salunke See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver. 9090563ec4SDoug Warzecha 9190563ec4SDoug Warzechaconfig DCDBAS 9290563ec4SDoug Warzecha tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver" 930d078f6fSBrian Gerst depends on X86 9490563ec4SDoug Warzecha help 9590563ec4SDoug Warzecha The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface 9690563ec4SDoug Warzecha for systems management software to perform System Management 9790563ec4SDoug Warzecha Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or 9890563ec4SDoug Warzecha power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems. 9990563ec4SDoug Warzecha 10090563ec4SDoug Warzecha See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver 10190563ec4SDoug Warzecha and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes 10290563ec4SDoug Warzecha use of this driver. 10390563ec4SDoug Warzecha 10490563ec4SDoug Warzecha Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems 10590563ec4SDoug Warzecha management software such as Dell OpenManage. 10690563ec4SDoug Warzecha 1074f5c791aSLennart Poetteringconfig DMIID 1084f5c791aSLennart Poettering bool "Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace" 1094f5c791aSLennart Poettering depends on DMI 1104f5c791aSLennart Poettering default y 1114f5c791aSLennart Poettering help 1124f5c791aSLennart Poettering Say Y here if you want to query SMBIOS/DMI system identification 1134f5c791aSLennart Poettering information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want 1144f5c791aSLennart Poettering DMI-based module auto-loading. 1154f5c791aSLennart Poettering 116138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutekconfig ISCSI_IBFT_FIND 117138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes" 118138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek depends on X86 119138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek default n 120138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek help 121138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek This option enables the kernel to find the region of memory 122138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek in which the ISCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) resides. This 123138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek is necessary for iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module to work 124138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek properly. 125138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek 126ba4ee30cSMike Christieconfig ISCSI_BOOT_SYSFS 127ba4ee30cSMike Christie tristate "iSCSI Boot Sysfs Interface" 128ba4ee30cSMike Christie default n 129ba4ee30cSMike Christie help 130ba4ee30cSMike Christie This option enables support for exposing iSCSI boot information 131ba4ee30cSMike Christie via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to export this information, 132ba4ee30cSMike Christie say Y. Otherwise, say N. 133ba4ee30cSMike Christie 134138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutekconfig ISCSI_IBFT 135138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module" 136b33a84a3SMike Christie select ISCSI_BOOT_SYSFS 137138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek depends on ISCSI_IBFT_FIND 138138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek default n 139138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek help 140138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek This option enables support for detection and exposing of iSCSI 141138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to 142138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek detect iSCSI boot parameters dynamically during system boot, say Y. 143138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek Otherwise, say N. 144138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek 1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 146