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# Plug and Play configuration
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menu "Plug and Play support"
config PNP
bool "Plug and Play support"
---help---
Plug and Play (PnP) is a standard for peripherals which allows those
peripherals to be configured by software, e.g. assign IRQ's or other
parameters. No jumpers on the cards are needed, instead the values
are provided to the cards from the BIOS, from the operating system,
or using a user-space utility.
Say Y here if you would like Linux to configure your Plug and Play
devices. You should then also say Y to all of the protocols below.
Alternatively, you can say N here and configure your PnP devices
using user space utilities such as the isapnptools package.
If unsure, say Y.
config PNP_NAMES
bool "Plug and Play device name database"
depends on PNP
help
Select Y if you want the Plug and Play Layer to keep a database of
human readable names for your PnP devices. It will increase the size
of the kernel image by around 5 KB and use 16 KB of system memory.
If unsure, say Y.
config PNP_DEBUG
bool "PnP Debug Messages"
depends on PNP
help
Say Y if you want the Plug and Play Layer to print debug messages.
This is useful if you are developing a PnP driver or troubleshooting.
comment "Protocols"
depends on PNP
config ISAPNP
bool "ISA Plug and Play support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PNP && EXPERIMENTAL
help
Say Y here if you would like support for ISA Plug and Play devices.
Some information is in <file:Documentation/isapnp.txt>.
If unsure, say Y.
config PNPBIOS
bool "Plug and Play BIOS support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PNP && EXPERIMENTAL
---help---
Linux uses the PNPBIOS as defined in "Plug and Play BIOS
Specification Version 1.0A May 5, 1994" to autodetect built-in
mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port resources).
Some features (e.g. event notification, docking station information,
ISAPNP services) are not used.
Note: ACPI is expected to supersede PNPBIOS some day, currently it
co-exists nicely.
See latest pcmcia-cs (stand-alone package) for a nice "lspnp" tools,
or have a look at /proc/bus/pnp.
If unsure, say Y.
endmenu