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1#
2# Character device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Character devices"
6
7config VT
8 bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
9 select INPUT
10 default y if !VIOCONS
11 ---help---
12 If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
13 display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you
14 can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on
15 one physical terminal. This is rather useful, for example one
16 virtual terminal can collect system messages and warnings, another
17 one can be used for a text-mode user session, and a third could run
18 an X session, all in parallel. Switching between virtual terminals
19 is done with certain key combinations, usually Alt-<function key>.
20
21 The setterm command ("man setterm") can be used to change the
22 properties (such as colors or beeping) of a virtual terminal. The
23 man page console_codes(4) ("man console_codes") contains the special
24 character sequences that can be used to change those properties
25 directly. The fonts used on virtual terminals can be changed with
26 the setfont ("man setfont") command and the key bindings are defined
27 with the loadkeys ("man loadkeys") command.
28
29 You need at least one virtual terminal device in order to make use
30 of your keyboard and monitor. Therefore, only people configuring an
31 embedded system would want to say N here in order to save some
32 memory; the only way to log into such a system is then via a serial
33 or network connection.
34
35 If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
36 shiny Linux system :-)
37
38config VT_CONSOLE
39 bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
40 depends on VT
41 default y
42 ---help---
43 The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages
44 and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you
45 answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with
46 a physical terminal) can be used as system console. This is the most
47 common mode of operations, so you should say Y here unless you want
48 the kernel messages be output only to a serial port (in which case
49 you should say Y to "Console on serial port", below).
50
51 If you do say Y here, by default the currently visible virtual
52 terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
53 that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
54 would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
55 bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
56 loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
57
58 If unsure, say Y.
59
60config HW_CONSOLE
61 bool
62 depends on VT && !S390 && !UML
63 default y
64
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65config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
66 bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers"
67 depends on HW_CONSOLE
68 default n
69 ---help---
70 The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical
71 terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one
72 console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console
73 drivers may be enabled, such as the framebuffer console. If more than
74 1 console driver is enabled, setting this to 'y' will allow you to
75 select the console driver that will serve as the backend for the
76 virtual terminals.
77
78 See <file:Documentation/console/console.txt> for more
79 information. For framebuffer console users, please refer to
80 <file:Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt>.
81
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82config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
83 bool "Non-standard serial port support"
eeca7a36 84 depends on HAS_IOMEM
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85 ---help---
86 Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards
87 which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver.
88 This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades,
89 Digiboards, etc. These are usually used for systems that need many
90 serial ports because they serve many terminals or dial-in
91 connections.
92
93 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
94 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
95 the questions about non-standard serial boards.
96
97 Most people can say N here.
98
99config COMPUTONE
100 tristate "Computone IntelliPort Plus serial support"
3b4709a6 101 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
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102 ---help---
103 This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus
104 controllers with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers and
105 products previous to the Intelliport II. These are multiport cards,
106 which give you many serial ports. You would need something like this
107 to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in
108 order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that, say
109 Y here and read <file:Documentation/computone.txt>.
110
111 To compile this driver as modules, choose M here: the
112 modules will be called ip2 and ip2main.
113
114config ROCKETPORT
115 tristate "Comtrol RocketPort support"
116 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
117 help
118 This driver supports Comtrol RocketPort and RocketModem PCI boards.
119 These boards provide 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 high-speed serial ports or
120 modems. For information about the RocketPort/RocketModem boards
121 and this driver read <file:Documentation/rocket.txt>.
122
123 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
124 module will be called rocket.
125
126 If you want to compile this driver into the kernel, say Y here. If
127 you don't have a Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem card installed, say N.
128
129config CYCLADES
130 tristate "Cyclades async mux support"
cff9494f 131 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA)
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132 ---help---
133 This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards.
134 You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
135 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
136
137 For information about the Cyclades-Z card, read
138 <file:drivers/char/README.cycladesZ>.
139
140 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
141 module will be called cyclades.
142
143 If you haven't heard about it, it's safe to say N.
144
145config CYZ_INTR
146 bool "Cyclades-Z interrupt mode operation (EXPERIMENTAL)"
147 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CYCLADES
148 help
149 The Cyclades-Z family of multiport cards allows 2 (two) driver op
150 modes: polling and interrupt. In polling mode, the driver will check
151 the status of the Cyclades-Z ports every certain amount of time
152 (which is called polling cycle and is configurable). In interrupt
153 mode, it will use an interrupt line (IRQ) in order to check the
154 status of the Cyclades-Z ports. The default op mode is polling. If
155 unsure, say N.
156
157config DIGIEPCA
158 tristate "Digiboard Intelligent Async Support"
f2cf8e25 159 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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160 ---help---
161 This is a driver for Digi International's Xx, Xeve, and Xem series
162 of cards which provide multiple serial ports. You would need
163 something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux
164 box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. This driver
165 supports the original PC (ISA) boards as well as PCI, and EISA. If
166 you have a card like this, say Y here and read the file
167 <file:Documentation/digiepca.txt>.
168
169 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
170 module will be called epca.
171
172config ESPSERIAL
173 tristate "Hayes ESP serial port support"
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175 help
176 This is a driver which supports Hayes ESP serial ports. Both single
177 port cards and multiport cards are supported. Make sure to read
178 <file:Documentation/hayes-esp.txt>.
179
180 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
181 module will be called esp.
182
183 If unsure, say N.
184
185config MOXA_INTELLIO
186 tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
33f0f88f 187 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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188 help
189 Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
190
191 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
192 module will be called moxa.
193
194config MOXA_SMARTIO
98c47ea2 195 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support (OBSOLETE)"
1d25240f 196 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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197 help
198 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card.
199
200 This driver can also be built as a module ( = code which can be
201 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
202 The module will be called mxser. If you want to do that, say M
203 here.
204
037ad48b 205config MOXA_SMARTIO_NEW
98c47ea2 206 tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
fb0c9295 207 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
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208 help
209 Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
210 want to help develop a new version of this driver.
211
212 This is upgraded (1.9.1) driver from original Moxa drivers with
213 changes finally resulting in PCI probing.
214
215 Use at your own risk.
216
217 This driver can also be built as a module. The module will be called
218 mxser_new. If you want to do that, say M here.
219
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220config ISI
221 tristate "Multi-Tech multiport card support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
a3808ac1 222 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
5ff2a7e2 223 select FW_LOADER
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224 help
225 This is a driver for the Multi-Tech cards which provide several
226 serial ports. The driver is experimental and can currently only be
227 built as a module. The module will be called isicom.
228 If you want to do that, choose M here.
229
230config SYNCLINK
231 tristate "Microgate SyncLink card support"
a5532606 232 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI && ISA_DMA_API
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233 help
234 Provides support for the SyncLink ISA and PCI multiprotocol serial
235 adapters. These adapters support asynchronous and HDLC bit
236 synchronous communication up to 10Mbps (PCI adapter).
237
238 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
239 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
240 The module will be called synclink. If you want to do that, say M
241 here.
242
243config SYNCLINKMP
244 tristate "SyncLink Multiport support"
f91f4d92 245 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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246 help
247 Enable support for the SyncLink Multiport (2 or 4 ports)
248 serial adapter, running asynchronous and HDLC communications up
249 to 2.048Mbps. Each ports is independently selectable for
250 RS-232, V.35, RS-449, RS-530, and X.21
251
252 This driver may be built as a module ( = code which can be
253 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
254 The module will be called synclinkmp. If you want to do that, say M
255 here.
256
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257config SYNCLINK_GT
258 tristate "SyncLink GT/AC support"
8ef9cf31 259 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && PCI
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260 help
261 Support for SyncLink GT and SyncLink AC families of
262 synchronous and asynchronous serial adapters
263 manufactured by Microgate Systems, Ltd. (www.microgate.com)
264
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265config N_HDLC
266 tristate "HDLC line discipline support"
267 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
268 help
269 Allows synchronous HDLC communications with tty device drivers that
270 support synchronous HDLC such as the Microgate SyncLink adapter.
271
272 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
273 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
274 The module will be called n_hdlc. If you want to do that, say M
275 here.
276
277config RISCOM8
278 tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
279 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
280 help
281 This is a driver for the SDL Communications RISCom/8 multiport card,
282 which gives you many serial ports. You would need something like
283 this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance
284 in order to become a dial-in server. If you have a card like that,
285 say Y here and read the file <file:Documentation/riscom8.txt>.
286
287 Also it's possible to say M here and compile this driver as kernel
288 loadable module; the module will be called riscom8.
289
290config SPECIALIX
291 tristate "Specialix IO8+ card support"
292 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
293 help
294 This is a driver for the Specialix IO8+ multiport card (both the
295 ISA and the PCI version) which gives you many serial ports. You
296 would need something like this to connect more than two modems to
297 your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server.
298
299 If you have a card like that, say Y here and read the file
300 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt>. Also it's possible to say M here
301 and compile this driver as kernel loadable module which will be
302 called specialix.
303
304config SPECIALIX_RTSCTS
305 bool "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS"
306 depends on SPECIALIX
307 help
308 The Specialix IO8+ card can only support either RTS or DTR. If you
309 say N here, the driver will use the pin as "DTR" when the tty is in
310 software handshake mode. If you say Y here or hardware handshake is
311 on, it will always be RTS. Read the file
312 <file:Documentation/specialix.txt> for more information.
313
314config SX
315 tristate "Specialix SX (and SI) card support"
3468a33e 316 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
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317 help
318 This is a driver for the SX and SI multiport serial cards.
319 Please read the file <file:Documentation/sx.txt> for details.
320
321 This driver can only be built as a module ( = code which can be
322 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
323 The module will be called sx. If you want to do that, say M here.
324
325config RIO
326 tristate "Specialix RIO system support"
655fdeab 327 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
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328 help
329 This is a driver for the Specialix RIO, a smart serial card which
330 drives an outboard box that can support up to 128 ports. Product
331 information is at <http://www.perle.com/support/documentation.html#multiport>.
332 There are both ISA and PCI versions.
333
334config RIO_OLDPCI
335 bool "Support really old RIO/PCI cards"
336 depends on RIO
337 help
338 Older RIO PCI cards need some initialization-time configuration to
339 determine the IRQ and some control addresses. If you have a RIO and
340 this doesn't seem to work, try setting this to Y.
341
342config STALDRV
343 bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
344 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
345 help
346 Stallion cards give you many serial ports. You would need something
347 like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
348 instance in order to become a dial-in server. If you say Y here,
349 you will be asked for your specific card model in the next
350 questions. Make sure to read <file:Documentation/stallion.txt> in
351 this case. If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to
352 say N.
353
354config STALLION
355 tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
356 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
357 help
358 If you have an EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 multiport Stallion
359 card, then this is for you; say Y. Make sure to read
360 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
361
362 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
363 module will be called stallion.
364
365config ISTALLION
366 tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
367 depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
368 help
369 If you have an EasyConnection 8/64, ONboard, Brumby or Stallion
370 serial multiport card, say Y here. Make sure to read
371 <file:Documentation/stallion.txt>.
372
373 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
374 module will be called istallion.
375
376config AU1000_UART
377 bool "Enable Au1000 UART Support"
378 depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && MIPS
379 help
380 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
381 to use serial ports, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
382
383config AU1000_SERIAL_CONSOLE
384 bool "Enable Au1000 serial console"
385 depends on AU1000_UART
386 help
387 If you have an Alchemy AU1000 processor (MIPS based) and you want
388 to use a console on a serial port, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
389
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390config SERIAL_DEC
391 bool "DECstation serial support"
392 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
393 default y
394 help
395 This selects whether you want to be asked about drivers for
396 DECstation serial ports.
397
398 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
399 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
400 the questions about DECstation serial ports.
401
402config SERIAL_DEC_CONSOLE
403 bool "Support for console on a DECstation serial port"
404 depends on SERIAL_DEC
405 default y
406 help
407 If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
408 system console (the system console is the device which receives all
409 kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
410 mode). Note that the firmware uses ttyS0 as the serial console on
411 the Maxine and ttyS2 on the others.
412
413 If unsure, say Y.
414
415config ZS
416 bool "Z85C30 Serial Support"
417 depends on SERIAL_DEC
418 default y
419 help
420 Documentation on the Zilog 85C350 serial communications controller
421 is downloadable at <http://www.zilog.com/pdfs/serial/z85c30.pdf>
422
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423config A2232
424 tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
425 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
426 ---help---
427 This option supports the 2232 7-port serial card shipped with the
428 Amiga 2000 and other Zorro-bus machines, dating from 1989. At
429 a max of 19,200 bps, the ports are served by a 6551 ACIA UART chip
430 each, plus a 8520 CIA, and a master 6502 CPU and buffer as well. The
431 ports were connected with 8 pin DIN connectors on the card bracket,
432 for which 8 pin to DB25 adapters were supplied. The card also had
433 jumpers internally to toggle various pinning configurations.
434
435 This driver can be built as a module; but then "generic_serial"
436 will also be built as a module. This has to be loaded before
437 "ser_a2232". If you want to do this, answer M here.
438
439config SGI_SNSC
440 bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
441 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
442 help
443 If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
444 controller communication from user space (you want this!),
445 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
446
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447config SGI_TIOCX
448 bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
449 depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
450 help
451 If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
452 to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
453
454config SGI_MBCS
455 tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"
ae40aae9 456 depends on SGI_TIOCX
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457 help
458 If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
459 say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
460
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461source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
462
463config UNIX98_PTYS
464 bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EMBEDDED
465 default y
466 ---help---
467 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
468 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
469 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
470 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
471 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
472 and xterms.
473
474 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx for
475 masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo terminals. This scheme
476 has a number of problems. The GNU C library glibc 2.1 and later,
477 however, supports the Unix98 naming standard: in order to acquire a
478 pseudo terminal, a process opens /dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo
479 terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo
480 terminal slave can be accessed as /dev/pts/<number>. What was
481 traditionally /dev/ttyp2 will then be /dev/pts/2, for example.
482
483 All modern Linux systems use the Unix98 ptys. Say Y unless
484 you're on an embedded system and want to conserve memory.
485
486config LEGACY_PTYS
487 bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support"
488 default y
489 ---help---
490 A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two
491 halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to
492 a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to
493 read data from and write data to the slave, thereby emulating a
494 terminal. Typical programs for the master side are telnet servers
495 and xterms.
496
497 Linux has traditionally used the BSD-like names /dev/ptyxx
498 for masters and /dev/ttyxx for slaves of pseudo
499 terminals. This scheme has a number of problems, including
500 security. This option enables these legacy devices; on most
501 systems, it is safe to say N.
502
503
504config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT
505 int "Maximum number of legacy PTY in use"
506 depends on LEGACY_PTYS
507 range 1 256
508 default "256"
509 ---help---
510 The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time.
511 The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded
512 systems may want to reduce this to save memory.
513
514 When not in use, each legacy PTY occupies 12 bytes on 32-bit
515 architectures and 24 bytes on 64-bit architectures.
516
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517config BRIQ_PANEL
518 tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'
2818c5de 519 depends on PPC_CHRP
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520 ---help---
521 The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
522 tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
523
524 If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
525 must answer Y here.
526
527 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
528 module will be called briq_panel.
529
530 It's safe to say N here.
531
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532config PRINTER
533 tristate "Parallel printer support"
534 depends on PARPORT
535 ---help---
536 If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
537 box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
538 printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
539 Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
540 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
541
542 It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
543 (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
544 corresponding drivers into the kernel.
545
546 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
547 <file:Documentation/parport.txt>. The module will be called lp.
548
549 If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
550 use with the "lp" kernel command line option. (Try "man bootparam"
551 or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
552 how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.) The syntax of the
553 "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
554
555 If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
556 macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
557
558config LP_CONSOLE
559 bool "Support for console on line printer"
560 depends on PRINTER
561 ---help---
562 If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
563 can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
564 doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
565 option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
566
567 If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
568 busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
569 By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
570 can make the kernel continue when this happens,
571 but it'll lose the kernel messages.
572
573 If unsure, say N.
574
575config PPDEV
576 tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
577 depends on PARPORT
578 ---help---
579 Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This
580 is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
581 port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
582 IDs).
583
584 This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
585 It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
586 or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
587
588 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
589 module will be called ppdev.
590
591 If unsure, say N.
592
593config TIPAR
594 tristate "Texas Instruments parallel link cable support"
595 depends on PARPORT
596 ---help---
597 If you own a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and use a
598 parallel link cable, then you might be interested in this driver.
599
600 If you enable this driver, you will be able to communicate with
601 your calculator through a set of device nodes under /dev. The
602 main advantage of this driver is that you don't have to be root
603 to use this precise link cable (depending on the permissions on
604 the device nodes, though).
605
606 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
607 module will be called tipar.
608
609 If you don't know what a parallel link cable is or what a Texas
610 Instruments graphing calculator is, then you probably don't need this
611 driver.
612
613 If unsure, say N.
614
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615config HVC_DRIVER
616 bool
617 help
618 Users of pSeries machines that want to utilize the hvc console front-end
619 module for their backend console driver should select this option.
620 It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers
621 is selected.
622
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624config HVC_CONSOLE
625 bool "pSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
626 depends on PPC_PSERIES
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628 help
629 pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual
630 console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console
631 which is accessed via the HMC.
632
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633config HVC_ISERIES
634 bool "iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console support"
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635 depends on PPC_ISERIES
636 default y
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637 select HVC_DRIVER
638 help
639 iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
640
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642 bool "IBM RTAS Console support"
643 depends on PPC_RTAS
644 select HVC_DRIVER
645 help
646 IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
647
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648config HVC_BEAT
649 bool "Toshiba's Beat Hypervisor Console support"
650 depends on PPC_CELLEB
651 select HVC_DRIVER
652 help
653 Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
654
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655config HVCS
656 tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
657 depends on PPC_PSERIES
658 help
659 Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of
660 firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by
661 another Linux partition. This driver allows console data
662 from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device
663 interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running
664 this driver.
665
666 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
667 module will be called hvcs.ko. Additionally, this module
668 will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko
669 which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a
670 module.
671
672source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"
673
674source "drivers/char/watchdog/Kconfig"
675
676config DS1620
677 tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
678 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
679 help
680 Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
681 found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
682 temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
683
684 It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
685 It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
686 necessity.
687
688config NWBUTTON
689 tristate "NetWinder Button"
690 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
691 ---help---
692 If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
693 with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
694 time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
695 times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
696
697 This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
698 perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
699 row.
700
701 Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
702 alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
703 button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
704 down for longer than approximately five seconds.
705
706 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
707 module will be called nwbutton.
708
709 Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
710 below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
711
712config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
713 bool "Reboot Using Button"
714 depends on NWBUTTON
715 help
716 If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
717 shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
718 The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
719 but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
720 in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
721 driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
722 time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
723
724config NWFLASH
725 tristate "NetWinder flash support"
726 depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
727 ---help---
728 If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
729 major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
730 the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
731 flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
732 allow random users access to this device. :-)
733
734 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
735 module will be called nwflash.
736
737 If you're not sure, say N.
738
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739source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"
740
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741config NVRAM
742 tristate "/dev/nvram support"
0d078f6f 743 depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
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744 ---help---
745 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
746 with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
747 you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
748 memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
749 and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
750 nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
751
752 This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
753 on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
754 change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
755 save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
756 power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
757 however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
758 should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
759 for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
760
761 On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
762 to be selected.
763
764 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
765 module will be called nvram.
766
767config RTC
768 tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
91550f71 769 depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && (!SPARC || PCI) && !FRV && !ARM && !SUPERH
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770 ---help---
771 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
772 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
773 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
774 into your computer.
775
776 Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
777 signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
778 as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
779 /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
780 /dev/rtc.
781
782 If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
783 "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
784 and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
785
786 If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
787 sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
788 for details.
789
790 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
791 module will be called rtc.
792
793config SGI_DS1286
794 tristate "SGI DS1286 RTC support"
795 depends on SGI_IP22
796 help
797 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
798 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
799 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
800 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
801 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
802 /dev/rtc.
803
804config SGI_IP27_RTC
805 bool "SGI M48T35 RTC support"
806 depends on SGI_IP27
807 help
808 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
809 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
810 will get access to the real time clock built into your computer.
811 Every SGI has such a clock built in. It reports status information
812 via the file /proc/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
813 /dev/rtc.
814
815config GEN_RTC
816 tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
2919b510 817 depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !SPARC && !FRV
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818 ---help---
819 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
820 major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
821 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
822 into your computer.
823
824 It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
825 behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
826 "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
827 for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
828 precision in some cases.
829
830 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
831 module will be called genrtc.
832
833config GEN_RTC_X
834 bool "Extended RTC operation"
835 depends on GEN_RTC
836 help
837 Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
838 and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
839
840config EFI_RTC
841 bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
842 depends on IA64
843
844config DS1302
845 tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
846 depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
847 help
848 If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
849 major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
850 will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
851 into your computer.
852
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853config COBALT_LCD
854 bool "Support for Cobalt LCD"
855 depends on MIPS_COBALT
856 help
857 This option enables support for the LCD display and buttons found
858 on Cobalt systems through a misc device.
859
860config DTLK
861 tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"
eeca7a36 862 depends on ISA
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863 help
864 This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
865 manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>). It is also
866 called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
867
868 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
869 module will be called dtlk.
870
871config R3964
872 tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
873 ---help---
874 This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
875 Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
876 hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
877
878 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
879 module will be called n_r3964.
880
881 If unsure, say N.
882
883config APPLICOM
884 tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
885 depends on PCI
886 ---help---
887 This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
888 fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
889 about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
890 <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
891 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
892
893 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
894 module will be called applicom.
895
896 If unsure, say N.
897
898config SONYPI
899 tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
900 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
901 ---help---
902 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
903 Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
904
905 If you have one of those laptops, read
906 <file:Documentation/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.
907
908 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
909 module will be called sonypi.
910
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911config GPIO_TB0219
912 tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"
bef1f402 913 depends on TANBAC_TB022X
584e1236 914 select GPIO_VR41XX
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916source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
917
918source "drivers/char/drm/Kconfig"
919
920source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
921
922config MWAVE
923 tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
924 depends on X86
925 select SERIAL_8250
926 ---help---
927 The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
928 kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
929 support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
930 and support selected world wide countries.
931
932 This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
933 600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
934
935 The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
936 (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
937
938 The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
939 the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
940 <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
941
942 If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
943 in it, say Y.
944
945 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
946 module will be called mwave.
947
948config SCx200_GPIO
949 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
950 depends on SCx200
7a8e2a5e 951 select NSC_GPIO
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952 help
953 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
954 Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
955
956 If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.
957
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958config PC8736x_GPIO
959 tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"
960 depends on X86
961 default SCx200_GPIO # mostly N
962 select NSC_GPIO # needed for support routines
963 help
964 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
965 Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip. The chip
966 has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
967 hwmon/pc87360 driver. Tested with PC-87366
968
969 If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
970
971config NSC_GPIO
972 tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"
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974 # selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
975 # what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
976 help
977 Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
978 pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
979 modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
980
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982 tristate "AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device)"
983 depends on X86_32
984 help
985 Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the AMD CS5535 and
986 CS5536 Geode companion devices.
987
988 If compiled as a module, it will be called cs5535_gpio.
989
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990config GPIO_VR41XX
991 tristate "NEC VR4100 series General-purpose I/O Unit support"
992 depends on CPU_VR41XX
993
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994config RAW_DRIVER
995 tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN) (OBSOLETE)"
9361401e 996 depends on BLOCK
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997 help
998 The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
999 Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.
1000 See the raw(8) manpage for more details.
1001
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1002 The raw driver is deprecated and will be removed soon.
1003 Applications should simply open the device (eg /dev/hda1)
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1004 with the O_DIRECT flag.
1005
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1006config MAX_RAW_DEVS
1007 int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
1008 depends on RAW_DRIVER
1009 default "256"
1010 help
1011 The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
1012 Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
1013 raw devices.
1014
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1015config HPET
1016 bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
1017 default n
1018 depends on ACPI
1019 help
1020 If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/". Each
1021 open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET. The timers are
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1024config HPET_RTC_IRQ
1025 bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
1026 default n
1027 depends on HPET
1028 help
1029 If you say Y here, you will disable RTC_IRQ in drivers/char/rtc.c. It
1030 is assumed the platform called hpet_alloc with the RTC IRQ values for
1031 the HPET timers.
1032
1033config HPET_MMAP
1034 bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
1035 default y
1036 depends on HPET
1037 help
1038 If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
1039 the HPET registers.
1040
1041 In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
1042 registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
1043 exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
1044 say N here.
1045
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1046config HANGCHECK_TIMER
1047 tristate "Hangcheck timer"
3633b047 1048 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64
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1049 help
1050 The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
1051 out to lunch past a certain margin. It can reboot the system
1052 or merely print a warning.
1053
1054config MMTIMER
1055 tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
1056 depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
1057 default y
1058 help
1059 The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
1060 Altix system timer.
1061
1062source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"
1063
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03154a27 1065 tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"
4d99bfac 1066 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
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1067 default n
1068 help
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1069 The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
1070 ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
1071 configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings. This
1072 device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
1073 fabric. Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
1074 /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
1075 controlling the behavior of this hardware.
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1077config DEVPORT
1078 bool
1079 depends on !M68K
1080 depends on ISA || PCI
1081 default y
1082
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1084