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 251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBM_ASM 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Device driver for IBM RSA service processor" 27ff294cbaSDmitry Torokhov depends on X86 && PCI && INPUT && EXPERIMENTAL 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables device driver support for in-band access to the 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM RSA (Condor) service processor in eServer xSeries systems. 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ibmasm device driver allows user space application to access 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ASM (Advanced Systems Management) functions on the service 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds processor. The driver is meant to be used in conjunction with 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds a user space API. 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ibmasm driver also enables the OS to use the UART on the 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds service processor board as a regular serial port. To make use of 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds this feature serial driver support (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) must be 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled. 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds WARNING: This software may not be supported or function 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds correctly on your IBM server. Please consult the IBM ServerProven 4201e77d31SAdrian Bunk website <http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/serverproven> for 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds information on the specific driver level and support statement 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your IBM server. 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 46cef2cf07SJiri Slabyconfig PHANTOM 47cef2cf07SJiri Slaby tristate "Sensable PHANToM" 48cef2cf07SJiri Slaby depends on PCI 49cef2cf07SJiri Slaby help 50cef2cf07SJiri Slaby Say Y here if you want to build a driver for Sensable PHANToM device. 51cef2cf07SJiri Slaby 52cef2cf07SJiri Slaby If you choose to build module, its name will be phantom. If unsure, 53cef2cf07SJiri Slaby say N here. 54cef2cf07SJiri Slaby 559467d64bSIvo van Doornconfig EEPROM_93CX6 569467d64bSIvo van Doorn tristate "EEPROM 93CX6 support" 579467d64bSIvo van Doorn ---help--- 589467d64bSIvo van Doorn This is a driver for the EEPROM chipsets 93c46 and 93c66. 599467d64bSIvo van Doorn The driver supports both read as well as write commands. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6359f14800SBrent Casavantconfig SGI_IOC4 6459f14800SBrent Casavant tristate "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" 65aa6c2e62SAl Viro depends on PCI 6659f14800SBrent Casavant ---help--- 6759f14800SBrent Casavant This option enables basic support for the IOC4 chip on certain 6859f14800SBrent Casavant SGI IO controller cards (IO9, IO10, and PCI-RT). This option 6959f14800SBrent Casavant does not enable any specific functions on such a card, but provides 7059f14800SBrent Casavant necessary infrastructure for other drivers to utilize. 7159f14800SBrent Casavant 7259f14800SBrent Casavant If you have an SGI Altix with an IOC4-based card say Y. 7359f14800SBrent Casavant Otherwise say N. 7459f14800SBrent Casavant 75f9565129SAlex Dubovconfig TIFM_CORE 76f9565129SAlex Dubov tristate "TI Flash Media interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 779f3bed5fSAl Viro depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PCI 78f9565129SAlex Dubov help 79f9565129SAlex Dubov If you want support for Texas Instruments(R) Flash Media adapters 80f9565129SAlex Dubov you should select this option and then also choose an appropriate 81f9565129SAlex Dubov host adapter, such as 'TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter 82f9565129SAlex Dubov support', if you have a TI PCI74xx compatible card reader, for 83f9565129SAlex Dubov example. 84f9565129SAlex Dubov You will also have to select some flash card format drivers. MMC/SD 85f9565129SAlex Dubov cards are supported via 'MMC/SD Card support: TI Flash Media MMC/SD 86f9565129SAlex Dubov Interface support (MMC_TIFM_SD)'. 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 88f9565129SAlex Dubov To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 89f9565129SAlex Dubov be called tifm_core. 90f9565129SAlex Dubov 91f9565129SAlex Dubovconfig TIFM_7XX1 92f9565129SAlex Dubov tristate "TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 93f9565129SAlex Dubov depends on PCI && TIFM_CORE && EXPERIMENTAL 94f9565129SAlex Dubov default TIFM_CORE 95f9565129SAlex Dubov help 96f9565129SAlex Dubov This option enables support for Texas Instruments(R) PCI74xx and 97f9565129SAlex Dubov PCI76xx families of Flash Media adapters, found in many laptops. 98f9565129SAlex Dubov To make actual use of the device, you will have to select some 99f9565129SAlex Dubov flash card format drivers, as outlined in the TIFM_CORE Help. 100f9565129SAlex Dubov 101f9565129SAlex Dubov To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 102f9565129SAlex Dubov be called tifm_7xx1. 103f9565129SAlex Dubov 104745a5d21SCarlos Corbachoconfig ACER_WMI 105745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho tristate "Acer WMI Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 106745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on X86 107745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on EXPERIMENTAL 108745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on ACPI 109745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on LEDS_CLASS 110745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1114a507d93SLen Brown select ACPI_WMI 112745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho ---help--- 113745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho This is a driver for newer Acer (and Wistron) laptops. It adds 114745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho wireless radio and bluetooth control, and on some laptops, 115745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho exposes the mail LED and LCD backlight. 116745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho 11716111c79SCarlos Corbacho For more information about this driver see 11816111c79SCarlos Corbacho <file:Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt> 11916111c79SCarlos Corbacho 120745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho If you have an ACPI-WMI compatible Acer/ Wistron laptop, say Y or M 121745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho here. 122745a5d21SCarlos Corbacho 12385091b71SCorentin Charyconfig ASUS_LAPTOP 12485091b71SCorentin Chary tristate "Asus Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 12585091b71SCorentin Chary depends on X86 12685091b71SCorentin Chary depends on ACPI 12785091b71SCorentin Chary depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ACPI_ASUS 128be18cdabSCorentin Chary depends on LEDS_CLASS 1296b7091e7SCorentin Chary depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 13085091b71SCorentin Chary ---help--- 13185091b71SCorentin Chary This is the new Linux driver for Asus laptops. It may also support some 13285091b71SCorentin Chary MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops. It makes all the extra buttons generate 13385091b71SCorentin Chary standard ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events. It also adds 13485091b71SCorentin Chary support for video output switching, LCD backlight control, Bluetooth and 13585091b71SCorentin Chary Wlan control, and most importantly, allows you to blink those fancy LEDs. 13685091b71SCorentin Chary 13785091b71SCorentin Chary For more information and a userspace daemon for handling the extra 13885091b71SCorentin Chary buttons see <http://acpi4asus.sf.net/>. 13985091b71SCorentin Chary 14085091b71SCorentin Chary If you have an ACPI-compatible ASUS laptop, say Y or M here. 14185091b71SCorentin Chary 142d0482533SJonathan Woitheconfig FUJITSU_LAPTOP 143d0482533SJonathan Woithe tristate "Fujitsu Laptop Extras" 144d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on X86 145d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on ACPI 146d0482533SJonathan Woithe depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 147d0482533SJonathan Woithe ---help--- 148d0482533SJonathan Woithe This is a driver for laptops built by Fujitsu: 149d0482533SJonathan Woithe 150d0482533SJonathan Woithe * P2xxx/P5xxx/S6xxx/S7xxx series Lifebooks 151d0482533SJonathan Woithe * Possibly other Fujitsu laptop models 152d0482533SJonathan Woithe 153d0482533SJonathan Woithe It adds support for LCD brightness control. 154d0482533SJonathan Woithe 155d0482533SJonathan Woithe If you have a Fujitsu laptop, say Y or M here. 156d0482533SJonathan Woithe 157dd8cd779SCarlos Corbachoconfig TC1100_WMI 158b0136829SCarlos Corbacho tristate "HP Compaq TC1100 Tablet WMI Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" 159dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho depends on X86 && !X86_64 160b0136829SCarlos Corbacho depends on EXPERIMENTAL 161dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho depends on ACPI 1624a507d93SLen Brown select ACPI_WMI 163dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho ---help--- 164dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho This is a driver for the WMI extensions (wireless and bluetooth power 165dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho control) of the HP Compaq TC1100 tablet. 166dd8cd779SCarlos Corbacho 1678c4c731aSLennart Poetteringconfig MSI_LAPTOP 1688c4c731aSLennart Poettering tristate "MSI Laptop Extras" 1698c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on X86 1708c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on ACPI_EC 1718c4c731aSLennart Poettering depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1728c4c731aSLennart Poettering ---help--- 1738c4c731aSLennart Poettering This is a driver for laptops built by MSI (MICRO-STAR 1748c4c731aSLennart Poettering INTERNATIONAL): 1758c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1768c4c731aSLennart Poettering MSI MegaBook S270 (MS-1013) 1778c4c731aSLennart Poettering Cytron/TCM/Medion/Tchibo MD96100/SAM2000 1788c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1798c4c731aSLennart Poettering It adds support for Bluetooth, WLAN and LCD brightness control. 1808c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1818c4c731aSLennart Poettering More information about this driver is available at 1828c4c731aSLennart Poettering <http://0pointer.de/lennart/tchibo.html>. 1838c4c731aSLennart Poettering 1848c4c731aSLennart Poettering If you have an MSI S270 laptop, say Y or M here. 1858c4c731aSLennart Poettering 18691fbc1d3SMattia Dongiliconfig SONY_LAPTOP 18791fbc1d3SMattia Dongili tristate "Sony Laptop Extras" 18891fbc1d3SMattia Dongili depends on X86 && ACPI 18991fbc1d3SMattia Dongili select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 1908a66074cSAndreas Herrmann depends on INPUT 19191fbc1d3SMattia Dongili ---help--- 1923d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it This mini-driver drives the SNC and SPIC devices present in the ACPI 1933d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it BIOS of the Sony Vaio laptops. 19491fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 1953d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities like Bluetooth, 1963d2b8a9fSmalattia@linux.it screen brightness control, Fn keys and allows powering on/off some 197ab5bd206SMattia Dongili devices. 19891fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 199f04b7c40SCarlos Corbacho Read <file:Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt> for more information. 20091fbc1d3SMattia Dongili 201a64e62a0SMattia Dongiliconfig SONYPI_COMPAT 2027b153f36Smalattia@linux.it bool "Sonypi compatibility" 2037b153f36Smalattia@linux.it depends on SONY_LAPTOP 2047b153f36Smalattia@linux.it ---help--- 2057b153f36Smalattia@linux.it Build the sonypi driver compatibility code into the sony-laptop driver. 2067b153f36Smalattia@linux.it 20785998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI 20885998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh tristate "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras" 2093ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on X86 && ACPI 2103ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE 21154ae1501SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select HWMON 21224d3b774SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh select NVRAM 2138a66074cSAndreas Herrmann depends on INPUT 2143ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 21585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This is a driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It adds 2163ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh support for Fn-Fx key combinations, Bluetooth control, video 2173ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh output switching, ThinkLight control, UltraBay eject and more. 21885998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh For more information about this driver see 219f191dc6bSCarlos Corbacho <file:Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt> and 220f191dc6bSCarlos Corbacho <http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/> . 2213ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 22201dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante This driver was formerly known as ibm-acpi. 2233ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 22485998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here. 22585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 226132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG 227132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Verbose debug mode" 228132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 229132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default n 230132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 231132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Enables extra debugging information, at the expense of a slightly 232132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh increase in driver size. 233132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 234132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say N here. 235132ce091SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 23685998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_DOCK 2373ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Legacy Docking Station Support" 23885998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 2393ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on ACPI_DOCK=n 2403ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default n 2413ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 24285998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle docking station events. 24385998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This support was made obsolete by the generic ACPI docking station 24485998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh support (CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK). It will allow locking and removing the 24585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh laptop from the docking station, but will not properly connect PCI 24685998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh devices. 2473ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 2483ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say N here. 2493ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 25085998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY 2513ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Legacy Removable Bay Support" 25285998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 2533ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 2543ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 25585998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle removable bays. It will 25601dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante electrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate 25785998248SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh notifications when the bay lever is ejected or inserted. 2583ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 2593ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. 2603ede41c7SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 261d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO 262d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Video output control support" 263d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 264d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 265d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 266d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to provide an interface to control 267d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh the various video output ports. 268d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 269d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh This feature often won't work well, depending on ThinkPad model, 270d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh display state, video output devices in use, whether there is a X 271d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh server running, phase of the moon, and the current mood of 272d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Schroedinger's cat. If you can use X.org's RandR to control 273d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh your ThinkPad's video output ports instead of this feature, 274d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh don't think twice: do it and say N here to save some memory. 275d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 276d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. 277d7c1d17dSHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 27801e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuhconfig THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL 27901e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh bool "Suport NVRAM polling for hot keys" 28001e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh depends on THINKPAD_ACPI 28101e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh default y 28201e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ---help--- 28301e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Some thinkpad models benefit from NVRAM polling to detect a few of 28401e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh the hot key press events. If you know your ThinkPad model does not 28501e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh need to do NVRAM polling to support any of the hot keys you use, 28601e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh unselecting this option will save about 1kB of memory. 28701e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 28801e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh ThinkPads T40 and newer, R52 and newer, and X31 and newer are 28901e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh unlikely to need NVRAM polling in their latest BIOS versions. 29001e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 29101e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh NVRAM polling can detect at most the following keys: ThinkPad/Access 29201e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh IBM, Zoom, Switch Display (fn+F7), ThinkLight, Volume up/down/mute, 29301e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh Brightness up/down, Display Expand (fn+F8), Hibernate (fn+F12). 29401e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 29501e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh If you are not sure, say Y here. The driver enables polling only if 29601e88f25SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh it is strictly necessary to do so. 2971a343760SHenrique de Moraes Holschuh 298eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedtconfig ATMEL_SSC 299eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt tristate "Device driver for Atmel SSC peripheral" 300eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91 301eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt ---help--- 302eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt This option enables device driver support for Atmel Syncronized 303eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt Serial Communication peripheral (SSC). 304eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 305eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt The SSC peripheral supports a wide variety of serial frame based 306eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt communications, i.e. I2S, SPI, etc. 307eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 308eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt If unsure, say N. 309eb1f2930SHans-Christian Egtvedt 310cc0573b3SThomas Sujithconfig INTEL_MENLOW 311cc0573b3SThomas Sujith tristate "Thermal Management driver for Intel menlow platform" 312cc0573b3SThomas Sujith depends on ACPI_THERMAL 3139f2eef25SLen Brown depends on X86 314cc0573b3SThomas Sujith ---help--- 315cc0573b3SThomas Sujith ACPI thermal management enhancement driver on 316cc0573b3SThomas Sujith Intel Menlow platform. 317cc0573b3SThomas Sujith 318cc0573b3SThomas Sujith If unsure, say N. 319cc0573b3SThomas Sujith 320d569d5bbSJames Bottomleyconfig ENCLOSURE_SERVICES 321d569d5bbSJames Bottomley tristate "Enclosure Services" 322d569d5bbSJames Bottomley default n 323d569d5bbSJames Bottomley help 324d569d5bbSJames Bottomley Provides support for intelligent enclosures (bays which 325d569d5bbSJames Bottomley contain storage devices). You also need either a host 326d569d5bbSJames Bottomley driver (SCSI/ATA) which supports enclosures 327d569d5bbSJames Bottomley or a SCSI enclosure device (SES) to use these services. 328d569d5bbSJames Bottomley 3297bf1fc43SRandy Dunlapendif # MISC_DEVICES 330