11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Misc strange devices 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 57bf1fc43SRandy Dunlapmenuconfig MISC_DEVICES 6376df37aSJan Engelhardt bool "Misc devices" 7376df37aSJan Engelhardt default y 806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various 1006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code. 1106bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 1206bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 13376df37aSJan Engelhardt 147bf1fc43SRandy Dunlapif MISC_DEVICES 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 169a1e8eb1SDavid Brownellconfig ATMEL_PWM 179a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell tristate "Atmel AT32/AT91 PWM support" 189a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91 199a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell help 209a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell This option enables device driver support for the PWM channels 219a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell on certain Atmel prcoessors. Pulse Width Modulation is used for 229a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell purposes including software controlled power-efficent backlights 239a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell on LCD displays, motor control, and waveform generation. 249a1e8eb1SDavid Brownell 252a341f5cSDavid Brownellconfig ATMEL_TCLIB 262a341f5cSDavid Brownell bool "Atmel AT32/AT91 Timer/Counter Library" 272a341f5cSDavid Brownell depends on (AVR32 || ARCH_AT91) 282a341f5cSDavid Brownell help 292a341f5cSDavid Brownell Select this if you want a library to allocate the Timer/Counter 302a341f5cSDavid Brownell blocks found on many Atmel processors. This facilitates using 312a341f5cSDavid Brownell these blocks by different drivers despite processor differences. 322a341f5cSDavid Brownell 331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBM_ASM 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Device driver for IBM RSA service processor" 35ff294cbaSDmitry Torokhov depends on X86 && PCI && INPUT && EXPERIMENTAL 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables device driver support for in-band access to the 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM RSA (Condor) service processor in eServer xSeries systems. 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ibmasm device driver allows user space application to access 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds ASM (Advanced Systems Management) functions on the service 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds processor. The driver is meant to be used in conjunction with 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds a user space API. 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ibmasm driver also enables the OS to use the UART on the 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds service processor board as a regular serial port. To make use of 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds this feature serial driver support (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) must be 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled. 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds WARNING: This software may not be supported or function 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds correctly on your IBM server. Please consult the IBM ServerProven 5001e77d31SAdrian Bunk website <http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/serverproven> for 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds information on the specific driver level and support statement 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your IBM server. 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54cef2cf07SJiri Slabyconfig PHANTOM 55cef2cf07SJiri Slaby tristate "Sensable PHANToM" 56cef2cf07SJiri Slaby depends on PCI 57cef2cf07SJiri Slaby help 58cef2cf07SJiri Slaby Say Y here if you want to build a driver for Sensable PHANToM device. 59cef2cf07SJiri Slaby 60cef2cf07SJiri Slaby If you choose to build module, its name will be phantom. If unsure, 61cef2cf07SJiri Slaby say N here. 62cef2cf07SJiri Slaby 639467d64bSIvo van Doornconfig EEPROM_93CX6 649467d64bSIvo van Doorn tristate "EEPROM 93CX6 support" 659467d64bSIvo van Doorn ---help--- 669467d64bSIvo van Doorn This is a driver for the EEPROM chipsets 93c46 and 93c66. 679467d64bSIvo van Doorn The driver supports both read as well as write commands. 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7159f14800SBrent Casavantconfig SGI_IOC4 7259f14800SBrent Casavant tristate "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" 73aa6c2e62SAl Viro depends on PCI 7459f14800SBrent Casavant ---help--- 7559f14800SBrent Casavant This option enables basic support for the IOC4 chip on certain 7659f14800SBrent Casavant SGI IO controller cards (IO9, IO10, and PCI-RT). This option 7759f14800SBrent Casavant does not enable any specific functions on such a card, but provides 7859f14800SBrent Casavant necessary infrastructure for other drivers to utilize. 7959f14800SBrent Casavant 8059f14800SBrent Casavant If you have an SGI Altix with an IOC4-based card say Y. 8159f14800SBrent Casavant Otherwise say N. 8259f14800SBrent Casavant 83f9565129SAlex Dubovconfig TIFM_CORE 84f9565129SAlex Dubov tristate "TI Flash Media interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 859f3bed5fSAl Viro depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PCI 86f9565129SAlex Dubov help 87f9565129SAlex Dubov If you want support for Texas Instruments(R) Flash Media adapters 88f9565129SAlex Dubov you should select this option and then also choose an appropriate 89f9565129SAlex Dubov host adapter, such as 'TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter 90f9565129SAlex Dubov support', if you have a TI PCI74xx compatible card reader, for 91f9565129SAlex Dubov example. 92f9565129SAlex Dubov You will also have to select some flash card format drivers. MMC/SD 93f9565129SAlex Dubov cards are supported via 'MMC/SD Card support: TI Flash Media MMC/SD 94f9565129SAlex Dubov Interface support (MMC_TIFM_SD)'. 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 96f9565129SAlex Dubov To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 97f9565129SAlex Dubov be called tifm_core. 98f9565129SAlex Dubov 99f9565129SAlex Dubovconfig TIFM_7XX1 100f9565129SAlex Dubov tristate "TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 101f9565129SAlex Dubov depends on PCI && TIFM_CORE && EXPERIMENTAL 102f9565129SAlex Dubov default TIFM_CORE 103f9565129SAlex Dubov help 104f9565129SAlex Dubov This option enables support for Texas Instruments(R) PCI74xx and 105f9565129SAlex Dubov PCI76xx families of Flash Media adapters, found in many laptops. 106f9565129SAlex Dubov To make actual use of the device, you will have to select some 107f9565129SAlex Dubov flash card format drivers, as outlined in the TIFM_CORE Help. 108f9565129SAlex Dubov 109f9565129SAlex Dubov To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 110f9565129SAlex Dubov be called tifm_7xx1. 111f9565129SAlex Dubov 112745a5d21SCarlos Corbachoconfig ACER_WMI 113745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho tristate "Acer WMI Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 114745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on X86 115745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on EXPERIMENTAL 116745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on ACPI 117745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on LEDS_CLASS 118745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1194a507d93SLen Brown select ACPI_WMI 120745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho ---help--- 121745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho This is a driver for newer Acer (and Wistron) laptops. It adds 122745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho wireless radio and bluetooth control, and on some laptops, 123745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho exposes the mail LED and LCD backlight. 124745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho 12516111c79SCarlos Corbacho For more information about this driver see 12616111c79SCarlos Corbacho <file:Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt> 12716111c79SCarlos Corbacho 128745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho If you have an ACPI-WMI compatible Acer/ Wistron laptop, say Y or M 129745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho here. 130745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho 13185091b71SCorentin Charyconfig ASUS_LAPTOP 13285091b71SCorentin Chary tristate "Asus Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13385091b71SCorentin Chary depends on X86 13485091b71SCorentin Chary depends on ACPI 13585091b71SCorentin Chary depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ACPI_ASUS 136be18cdabSCorentin Chary depends on LEDS_CLASS 1376b7091e7SCorentin Chary depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 13885091b71SCorentin Chary ---help--- 13985091b71SCorentin Chary This is the new Linux driver for Asus laptops. It may also support some 14085091b71SCorentin Chary MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops. It makes all the extra buttons generate 14185091b71SCorentin Chary standard ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events. It also adds 14285091b71SCorentin Chary support for video output switching, LCD backlight control, Bluetooth and 14385091b71SCorentin Chary Wlan control, and most importantly, allows you to blink those fancy LEDs. 14485091b71SCorentin Chary 14585091b71SCorentin Chary For more information and a userspace daemon for handling the extra 14685091b71SCorentin Chary buttons see <http://acpi4asus.sf.net/>. 14785091b71SCorentin Chary 14885091b71SCorentin Chary If you have an ACPI-compatible ASUS laptop, say Y or M here. 14985091b71SCorentin Chary 150d0482533SJonathan Woitheconfig FUJITSU_LAPTOP 151d0482533SJonathan Woithe tristate "Fujitsu Laptop Extras" 152d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on X86 153d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on ACPI 154d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 155d0482533SJonathan Woithe ---help--- 156d0482533SJonathan Woithe This is a driver for laptops built by Fujitsu: 157d0482533SJonathan Woithe 158d0482533SJonathan Woithe * P2xxx/P5xxx/S6xxx/S7xxx series Lifebooks 159d0482533SJonathan Woithe * Possibly other Fujitsu laptop models 160d0482533SJonathan Woithe 161d0482533SJonathan Woithe It adds support for LCD brightness control. 162d0482533SJonathan Woithe 163d0482533SJonathan Woithe If you have a Fujitsu laptop, say Y or M here. 164d0482533SJonathan Woithe 165dd8cd779SCarlos Corbachoconfig TC1100_WMI 166b0136829SCarlos Corbacho tristate "HP Compaq TC1100 Tablet WMI Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 167dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho depends on X86 && !X86_64 168b0136829SCarlos Corbacho depends on EXPERIMENTAL 169dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho depends on ACPI 1704a507d93SLen Brown select ACPI_WMI 171dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho ---help--- 172dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho This is a driver for the WMI extensions (wireless and bluetooth power 173dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho control) of the HP Compaq TC1100 tablet. 174dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho 1758c4c731aSLennart Poetteringconfig MSI_LAPTOP 1768c4c731aSLennart Poettering tristate "MSI Laptop Extras" 1778c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on X86 1788c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on ACPI_EC 1798c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1808c4c731aSLennart Poettering ---help--- 1818c4c731aSLennart Poettering This is a driver for laptops built by MSI (MICRO-STAR 1828c4c731aSLennart Poettering INTERNATIONAL): 1838c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1848c4c731aSLennart Poettering MSI MegaBook S270 (MS-1013) 1858c4c731aSLennart Poettering Cytron/TCM/Medion/Tchibo MD96100/SAM2000 1868c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1878c4c731aSLennart Poettering It adds support for Bluetooth, WLAN and LCD brightness control. 1888c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1898c4c731aSLennart Poettering More information about this driver is available at 1908c4c731aSLennart Poettering <http://0pointer.de/lennart/tchibo.html>. 1918c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1928c4c731aSLennart Poettering If you have an MSI S270 laptop, say Y or M here. 1938c4c731aSLennart Poettering 19491fbc1d3SMattia Dongiliconfig SONY_LAPTOP 19591fbc1d3SMattia Dongili tristate "Sony Laptop Extras" 19691fbc1d3SMattia Dongili depends on X86 && ACPI 19791fbc1d3SMattia Dongili select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1988a66074cSAndreas Herrmann depends on INPUT 19991fbc1d3SMattia Dongili ---help--- 2003d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it This mini-driver drives the SNC and SPIC devices present in the ACPI 2013d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it BIOS of the Sony Vaio laptops. 20291fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 2033d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities like Bluetooth, 2043d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it screen brightness control, Fn keys and allows powering on/off some 205ab5bd206SMattia Dongili devices. 20691fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 207f04b7c40SCarlos Corbacho Read <file:Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt> for more information. 20891fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 209a64e62a0SMattia Dongiliconfig SONYPI_COMPAT 2107b153f36Smalattia@linux.it bool "Sonypi compatibility" 2117b153f36Smalattia@linux.it depends on SONY_LAPTOP 2127b153f36Smalattia@linux.it ---help--- 2137b153f36Smalattia@linux.it Build the sonypi driver compatibility code into the sony-laptop driver. 2147b153f36Smalattia@linux.it 21585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI 21685998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh tristate "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras" 2173ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on X86 && ACPI 2183ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 21954ae1501SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select HWMON 22024d3b774SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select NVRAM 2218a66074cSAndreas Herrmann depends on INPUT 2223ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 22385998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This is a driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It adds 2243ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh support for Fn-Fx key combinations, Bluetooth control, video 2253ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh output switching, ThinkLight control, UltraBay eject and more. 22685998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh For more information about this driver see 227f191dc6bSCarlos Corbacho <file:Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt> and 228f191dc6bSCarlos Corbacho <http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/> . 2293ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 23001dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante This driver was formerly known as ibm-acpi. 2313ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 23285998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here. 23385998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 234132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG 235132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Verbose debug mode" 236132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 237132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default n 238132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 239132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Enables extra debugging information, at the expense of a slightly 240132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh increase in driver size. 241132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 242132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say N here. 243132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 24485998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_DOCK 2453ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Legacy Docking Station Support" 24685998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 2473ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on ACPI_DOCK=n 2483ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default n 2493ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 25085998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle docking station events. 25185998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This support was made obsolete by the generic ACPI docking station 25285998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh support (CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK). It will allow locking and removing the 25385998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh laptop from the docking station, but will not properly connect PCI 25485998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh devices. 2553ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 2563ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say N here. 2573ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 25885998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY 2593ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Legacy Removable Bay Support" 26085998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 2613ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 2623ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 26385998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle removable bays. It will 26401dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante electrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate 26585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh notifications when the bay lever is ejected or inserted. 2663ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 2673ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. 2683ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 269d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO 270d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Video output control support" 271d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 272d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 273d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 274d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to provide an interface to control 275d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh the various video output ports. 276d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 277d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This feature often won't work well, depending on ThinkPad model, 278d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh display state, video output devices in use, whether there is a X 279d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh server running, phase of the moon, and the current mood of 280d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Schroedinger's cat. If you can use X.org's RandR to control 281d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh your ThinkPad's video output ports instead of this feature, 282d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh don't think twice: do it and say N here to save some memory. 283d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 284d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. 285d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 28601e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL 28701e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Suport NVRAM polling for hot keys" 28801e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 28901e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 29001e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 29101e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Some thinkpad models benefit from NVRAM polling to detect a few of 29201e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh the hot key press events. If you know your ThinkPad model does not 29301e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh need to do NVRAM polling to support any of the hot keys you use, 29401e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh unselecting this option will save about 1kB of memory. 29501e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 29601e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ThinkPads T40 and newer, R52 and newer, and X31 and newer are 29701e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh unlikely to need NVRAM polling in their latest BIOS versions. 29801e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 29901e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh NVRAM polling can detect at most the following keys: ThinkPad/Access 30001e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh IBM, Zoom, Switch Display (fn+F7), ThinkLight, Volume up/down/mute, 30101e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Brightness up/down, Display Expand (fn+F8), Hibernate (fn+F12). 30201e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 30301e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. The driver enables polling only if 30401e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh it is strictly necessary to do so. 3051a343760SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 306eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedtconfig ATMEL_SSC 307eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt tristate "Device driver for Atmel SSC peripheral" 308eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91 309eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt ---help--- 310eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt This option enables device driver support for Atmel Syncronized 311eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt Serial Communication peripheral (SSC). 312eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 313eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt The SSC peripheral supports a wide variety of serial frame based 314eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt communications, i.e. I2S, SPI, etc. 315eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 316eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt If unsure, say N. 317eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 318cc0573b3SThomas Sujithconfig INTEL_MENLOW 319cc0573b3SThomas Sujith tristate "Thermal Management driver for Intel menlow platform" 320cc0573b3SThomas Sujith depends on ACPI_THERMAL 3219f2eef25SLen Brown depends on X86 322cc0573b3SThomas Sujith ---help--- 323cc0573b3SThomas Sujith ACPI thermal management enhancement driver on 324cc0573b3SThomas Sujith Intel Menlow platform. 325cc0573b3SThomas Sujith 326cc0573b3SThomas Sujith If unsure, say N. 327cc0573b3SThomas Sujith 328d569d5bbSJames Bottomleyconfig ENCLOSURE_SERVICES 329d569d5bbSJames Bottomley tristate "Enclosure Services" 330d569d5bbSJames Bottomley default n 331d569d5bbSJames Bottomley help 332d569d5bbSJames Bottomley Provides support for intelligent enclosures (bays which 333d569d5bbSJames Bottomley contain storage devices). You also need either a host 334d569d5bbSJames Bottomley driver (SCSI/ATA) which supports enclosures 335d569d5bbSJames Bottomley or a SCSI enclosure device (SES) to use these services. 336d569d5bbSJames Bottomley 3377bf1fc43SRandy Dunlapendif # MISC_DEVICES 338