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" 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on !IA64 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 20*8c4dd606STim Gardnerconfig EDD_OFF 21*8c4dd606STim Gardner bool "Sets default behavior for EDD detection to off" 22*8c4dd606STim Gardner depends on EDD 23*8c4dd606STim Gardner default n 24*8c4dd606STim Gardner help 25*8c4dd606STim Gardner Say Y if you want EDD disabled by default, even though it is compiled into the 26*8c4dd606STim Gardner kernel. Say N if you want EDD enabled by default. EDD can be dynamically set 27*8c4dd606STim Gardner using the kernel parameter 'edd={on|skipmbr|off}'. 28*8c4dd606STim Gardner 291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_VARS 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs" 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EFI 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read, 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface. 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from Matt Domsch's website located at: 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz> 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at: 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr> 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFI_PCDP 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table" 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y if IA64 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds automatically use the primary console device it describes 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the Linux console, say Y here. 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console, 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise, 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices, 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds on how the driver discovers devices. 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.) 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf> 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 696c54c28eSAbhay Salunkeconfig DELL_RBU 706c54c28eSAbhay Salunke tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs" 716c52f137SDave Jones depends on X86 726c54c28eSAbhay Salunke select FW_LOADER 736c54c28eSAbhay Salunke help 746c54c28eSAbhay Salunke Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your 756c54c28eSAbhay Salunke DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP) 7609509603SMatt LaPlante supporting application to communicate with the BIOS regarding the new 776c54c28eSAbhay Salunke image for the image update to take effect. 786c54c28eSAbhay Salunke See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver. 7990563ec4SDoug Warzecha 8090563ec4SDoug Warzechaconfig DCDBAS 8190563ec4SDoug Warzecha tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver" 820d078f6fSBrian Gerst depends on X86 8390563ec4SDoug Warzecha help 8490563ec4SDoug Warzecha The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface 8590563ec4SDoug Warzecha for systems management software to perform System Management 8690563ec4SDoug Warzecha Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or 8790563ec4SDoug Warzecha power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems. 8890563ec4SDoug Warzecha 8990563ec4SDoug Warzecha See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver 9090563ec4SDoug Warzecha and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes 9190563ec4SDoug Warzecha use of this driver. 9290563ec4SDoug Warzecha 9390563ec4SDoug Warzecha Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems 9490563ec4SDoug Warzecha management software such as Dell OpenManage. 9590563ec4SDoug Warzecha 964f5c791aSLennart Poetteringconfig DMIID 974f5c791aSLennart Poettering bool "Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace" 984f5c791aSLennart Poettering depends on DMI 994f5c791aSLennart Poettering default y 1004f5c791aSLennart Poettering help 1014f5c791aSLennart Poettering Say Y here if you want to query SMBIOS/DMI system identification 1024f5c791aSLennart Poettering information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want 1034f5c791aSLennart Poettering DMI-based module auto-loading. 1044f5c791aSLennart Poettering 105138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutekconfig ISCSI_IBFT_FIND 106138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes" 107138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek depends on X86 108138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek default n 109138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek help 110138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek This option enables the kernel to find the region of memory 111138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek in which the ISCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) resides. This 112138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek is necessary for iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module to work 113138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek properly. 114138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek 115138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutekconfig ISCSI_IBFT 116138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module" 117138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek depends on ISCSI_IBFT_FIND 118138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek default n 119138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek help 120138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek This option enables support for detection and exposing of iSCSI 121138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to 122138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek detect iSCSI boot parameters dynamically during system boot, say Y. 123138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek Otherwise, say N. 124138fe4e0SKonrad Rzeszutek 1251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 126