| # |
| # Misc strange devices |
| # |
| |
| menuconfig MISC_DEVICES |
| bool "Misc devices" |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various |
| different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code. |
| |
| If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. |
| |
| if MISC_DEVICES |
| |
| config ATMEL_PWM |
| tristate "Atmel AT32/AT91 PWM support" |
| depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91 |
| help |
| This option enables device driver support for the PWM channels |
| on certain Atmel prcoessors. Pulse Width Modulation is used for |
| purposes including software controlled power-efficent backlights |
| on LCD displays, motor control, and waveform generation. |
| |
| config ATMEL_TCLIB |
| bool "Atmel AT32/AT91 Timer/Counter Library" |
| depends on (AVR32 || ARCH_AT91) |
| help |
| Select this if you want a library to allocate the Timer/Counter |
| blocks found on many Atmel processors. This facilitates using |
| these blocks by different drivers despite processor differences. |
| |
| config ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC |
| bool "TC Block Clocksource" |
| depends on ATMEL_TCLIB && GENERIC_TIME |
| default y |
| help |
| Select this to get a high precision clocksource based on a |
| TC block with a 5+ MHz base clock rate. Two timer channels |
| are combined to make a single 32-bit timer. |
| |
| When GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS is defined, the third timer channel |
| may be used as a clock event device supporting oneshot mode |
| (delays of up to two seconds) based on the 32 KiHz clock. |
| |
| config ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC_BLOCK |
| int |
| depends on ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC |
| prompt "TC Block" if ARCH_AT91RM9200 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || CPU_AT32AP700X |
| default 0 |
| range 0 1 |
| help |
| Some chips provide more than one TC block, so you have the |
| choice of which one to use for the clock framework. The other |
| TC can be used for other purposes, such as PWM generation and |
| interval timing. |
| |
| config IBM_ASM |
| tristate "Device driver for IBM RSA service processor" |
| depends on X86 && PCI && INPUT && EXPERIMENTAL |
| ---help--- |
| This option enables device driver support for in-band access to the |
| IBM RSA (Condor) service processor in eServer xSeries systems. |
| The ibmasm device driver allows user space application to access |
| ASM (Advanced Systems Management) functions on the service |
| processor. The driver is meant to be used in conjunction with |
| a user space API. |
| The ibmasm driver also enables the OS to use the UART on the |
| service processor board as a regular serial port. To make use of |
| this feature serial driver support (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) must be |
| enabled. |
| |
| WARNING: This software may not be supported or function |
| correctly on your IBM server. Please consult the IBM ServerProven |
| website <http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/serverproven> for |
| information on the specific driver level and support statement |
| for your IBM server. |
| |
| config PHANTOM |
| tristate "Sensable PHANToM (PCI)" |
| depends on PCI |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to build a driver for Sensable PHANToM device. |
| |
| This driver is only for PCI PHANToMs. |
| |
| If you choose to build module, its name will be phantom. If unsure, |
| say N here. |
| |
| config EEPROM_93CX6 |
| tristate "EEPROM 93CX6 support" |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for the EEPROM chipsets 93c46 and 93c66. |
| The driver supports both read as well as write commands. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config SGI_IOC4 |
| tristate "SGI IOC4 Base IO support" |
| depends on PCI |
| ---help--- |
| This option enables basic support for the IOC4 chip on certain |
| SGI IO controller cards (IO9, IO10, and PCI-RT). This option |
| does not enable any specific functions on such a card, but provides |
| necessary infrastructure for other drivers to utilize. |
| |
| If you have an SGI Altix with an IOC4-based card say Y. |
| Otherwise say N. |
| |
| config TIFM_CORE |
| tristate "TI Flash Media interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PCI |
| help |
| If you want support for Texas Instruments(R) Flash Media adapters |
| you should select this option and then also choose an appropriate |
| host adapter, such as 'TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter |
| support', if you have a TI PCI74xx compatible card reader, for |
| example. |
| You will also have to select some flash card format drivers. MMC/SD |
| cards are supported via 'MMC/SD Card support: TI Flash Media MMC/SD |
| Interface support (MMC_TIFM_SD)'. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| be called tifm_core. |
| |
| config TIFM_7XX1 |
| tristate "TI Flash Media PCI74xx/PCI76xx host adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on PCI && TIFM_CORE && EXPERIMENTAL |
| default TIFM_CORE |
| help |
| This option enables support for Texas Instruments(R) PCI74xx and |
| PCI76xx families of Flash Media adapters, found in many laptops. |
| To make actual use of the device, you will have to select some |
| flash card format drivers, as outlined in the TIFM_CORE Help. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| be called tifm_7xx1. |
| |
| config ACER_WMI |
| tristate "Acer WMI Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
| depends on ACPI |
| depends on LEDS_CLASS |
| depends on NEW_LEDS |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| depends on SERIO_I8042 |
| select ACPI_WMI |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for newer Acer (and Wistron) laptops. It adds |
| wireless radio and bluetooth control, and on some laptops, |
| exposes the mail LED and LCD backlight. |
| |
| For more information about this driver see |
| <file:Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt> |
| |
| If you have an ACPI-WMI compatible Acer/ Wistron laptop, say Y or M |
| here. |
| |
| config ASUS_LAPTOP |
| tristate "Asus Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on ACPI |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ACPI_ASUS |
| depends on LEDS_CLASS |
| depends on NEW_LEDS |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| ---help--- |
| This is the new Linux driver for Asus laptops. It may also support some |
| MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops. It makes all the extra buttons generate |
| standard ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events. It also adds |
| support for video output switching, LCD backlight control, Bluetooth and |
| Wlan control, and most importantly, allows you to blink those fancy LEDs. |
| |
| For more information and a userspace daemon for handling the extra |
| buttons see <http://acpi4asus.sf.net/>. |
| |
| If you have an ACPI-compatible ASUS laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config FUJITSU_LAPTOP |
| tristate "Fujitsu Laptop Extras" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on ACPI |
| depends on INPUT |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for laptops built by Fujitsu: |
| |
| * P2xxx/P5xxx/S6xxx/S7xxx series Lifebooks |
| * Possibly other Fujitsu laptop models |
| * Tested with S6410 and S7020 |
| |
| It adds support for LCD brightness control and some hotkeys. |
| |
| If you have a Fujitsu laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config FUJITSU_LAPTOP_DEBUG |
| bool "Verbose debug mode for Fujitsu Laptop Extras" |
| depends on FUJITSU_LAPTOP |
| default n |
| ---help--- |
| Enables extra debug output from the fujitsu extras driver, at the |
| expense of a slight increase in driver size. |
| |
| If you are not sure, say N here. |
| |
| config TC1100_WMI |
| tristate "HP Compaq TC1100 Tablet WMI Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on X86 && !X86_64 |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
| depends on ACPI |
| select ACPI_WMI |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for the WMI extensions (wireless and bluetooth power |
| control) of the HP Compaq TC1100 tablet. |
| |
| config HP_WMI |
| tristate "HP WMI extras" |
| depends on ACPI_WMI |
| depends on INPUT |
| depends on RFKILL |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to support WMI-based hotkeys on HP laptops and |
| to read data from WMI such as docking or ambient light sensor state. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| be called hp-wmi. |
| |
| config MSI_LAPTOP |
| tristate "MSI Laptop Extras" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on ACPI_EC |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for laptops built by MSI (MICRO-STAR |
| INTERNATIONAL): |
| |
| MSI MegaBook S270 (MS-1013) |
| Cytron/TCM/Medion/Tchibo MD96100/SAM2000 |
| |
| It adds support for Bluetooth, WLAN and LCD brightness control. |
| |
| More information about this driver is available at |
| <http://0pointer.de/lennart/tchibo.html>. |
| |
| If you have an MSI S270 laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config COMPAL_LAPTOP |
| tristate "Compal Laptop Extras" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on ACPI_EC |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for laptops built by Compal: |
| |
| Compal FL90/IFL90 |
| Compal FL91/IFL91 |
| Compal FL92/JFL92 |
| Compal FT00/IFT00 |
| |
| It adds support for Bluetooth, WLAN and LCD brightness control. |
| |
| If you have an Compal FL9x/IFL9x/FT00 laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config SONY_LAPTOP |
| tristate "Sony Laptop Extras" |
| depends on X86 && ACPI |
| select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| depends on INPUT |
| ---help--- |
| This mini-driver drives the SNC and SPIC devices present in the ACPI |
| BIOS of the Sony Vaio laptops. |
| |
| It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities like Bluetooth, |
| screen brightness control, Fn keys and allows powering on/off some |
| devices. |
| |
| Read <file:Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt> for more information. |
| |
| config SONYPI_COMPAT |
| bool "Sonypi compatibility" |
| depends on SONY_LAPTOP |
| ---help--- |
| Build the sonypi driver compatibility code into the sony-laptop driver. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI |
| tristate "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras" |
| depends on X86 && ACPI |
| select BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT |
| select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| select HWMON |
| select NVRAM |
| select INPUT |
| select NEW_LEDS |
| select LEDS_CLASS |
| select NET |
| select RFKILL |
| ---help--- |
| This is a driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It adds |
| support for Fn-Fx key combinations, Bluetooth control, video |
| output switching, ThinkLight control, UltraBay eject and more. |
| For more information about this driver see |
| <file:Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt> and |
| <http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/> . |
| |
| This driver was formerly known as ibm-acpi. |
| |
| If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG |
| bool "Verbose debug mode" |
| depends on THINKPAD_ACPI |
| default n |
| ---help--- |
| Enables extra debugging information, at the expense of a slightly |
| increase in driver size. |
| |
| If you are not sure, say N here. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI_DOCK |
| bool "Legacy Docking Station Support" |
| depends on THINKPAD_ACPI |
| depends on ACPI_DOCK=n |
| default n |
| ---help--- |
| Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle docking station events. |
| This support was made obsolete by the generic ACPI docking station |
| support (CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK). It will allow locking and removing the |
| laptop from the docking station, but will not properly connect PCI |
| devices. |
| |
| If you are not sure, say N here. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY |
| bool "Legacy Removable Bay Support" |
| depends on THINKPAD_ACPI |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle removable bays. It will |
| electrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate |
| notifications when the bay lever is ejected or inserted. |
| |
| If you are not sure, say Y here. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO |
| bool "Video output control support" |
| depends on THINKPAD_ACPI |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to provide an interface to control |
| the various video output ports. |
| |
| This feature often won't work well, depending on ThinkPad model, |
| display state, video output devices in use, whether there is a X |
| server running, phase of the moon, and the current mood of |
| Schroedinger's cat. If you can use X.org's RandR to control |
| your ThinkPad's video output ports instead of this feature, |
| don't think twice: do it and say N here to save some memory. |
| |
| If you are not sure, say Y here. |
| |
| config THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL |
| bool "Support NVRAM polling for hot keys" |
| depends on THINKPAD_ACPI |
| default y |
| ---help--- |
| Some thinkpad models benefit from NVRAM polling to detect a few of |
| the hot key press events. If you know your ThinkPad model does not |
| need to do NVRAM polling to support any of the hot keys you use, |
| unselecting this option will save about 1kB of memory. |
| |
| ThinkPads T40 and newer, R52 and newer, and X31 and newer are |
| unlikely to need NVRAM polling in their latest BIOS versions. |
| |
| NVRAM polling can detect at most the following keys: ThinkPad/Access |
| IBM, Zoom, Switch Display (fn+F7), ThinkLight, Volume up/down/mute, |
| Brightness up/down, Display Expand (fn+F8), Hibernate (fn+F12). |
| |
| If you are not sure, say Y here. The driver enables polling only if |
| it is strictly necessary to do so. |
| |
| config ATMEL_SSC |
| tristate "Device driver for Atmel SSC peripheral" |
| depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91 |
| ---help--- |
| This option enables device driver support for Atmel Syncronized |
| Serial Communication peripheral (SSC). |
| |
| The SSC peripheral supports a wide variety of serial frame based |
| communications, i.e. I2S, SPI, etc. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config INTEL_MENLOW |
| tristate "Thermal Management driver for Intel menlow platform" |
| depends on ACPI_THERMAL |
| select THERMAL |
| depends on X86 |
| ---help--- |
| ACPI thermal management enhancement driver on |
| Intel Menlow platform. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config EEEPC_LAPTOP |
| tristate "Eee PC Hotkey Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on X86 |
| depends on ACPI |
| depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE |
| depends on HWMON |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
| ---help--- |
| This driver supports the Fn-Fx keys on Eee PC laptops. |
| It also adds the ability to switch camera/wlan on/off. |
| |
| If you have an Eee PC laptop, say Y or M here. |
| |
| config ENCLOSURE_SERVICES |
| tristate "Enclosure Services" |
| default n |
| help |
| Provides support for intelligent enclosures (bays which |
| contain storage devices). You also need either a host |
| driver (SCSI/ATA) which supports enclosures |
| or a SCSI enclosure device (SES) to use these services. |
| |
| config SGI_XP |
| tristate "Support communication between SGI SSIs" |
| depends on NET |
| depends on (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_SGI_UV || X86_64) && SMP |
| select IA64_UNCACHED_ALLOCATOR if IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 |
| select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR if IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2 |
| select SGI_GRU if (IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_UV || X86_64) && SMP |
| ---help--- |
| An SGI machine can be divided into multiple Single System |
| Images which act independently of each other and have |
| hardware based memory protection from the others. Enabling |
| this feature will allow for direct communication between SSIs |
| based on a network adapter and DMA messaging. |
| |
| config HP_ILO |
| tristate "Channel interface driver for HP iLO/iLO2 processor" |
| depends on PCI |
| default n |
| help |
| The channel interface driver allows applications to communicate |
| with iLO/iLO2 management processors present on HP ProLiant |
| servers. Upon loading, the driver creates /dev/hpilo/dXccbN files, |
| which can be used to gather data from the management processor, |
| via read and write system calls. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called hpilo. |
| |
| config SGI_GRU |
| tristate "SGI GRU driver" |
| depends on (X86_64 || IA64_SGI_UV || IA64_GENERIC) && SMP |
| default n |
| select MMU_NOTIFIER |
| ---help--- |
| The GRU is a hardware resource located in the system chipset. The GRU |
| contains memory that can be mmapped into the user address space. This memory is |
| used to communicate with the GRU to perform functions such as load/store, |
| scatter/gather, bcopy, AMOs, etc. The GRU is directly accessed by user |
| instructions using user virtual addresses. GRU instructions (ex., bcopy) use |
| user virtual addresses for operands. |
| |
| If you are not running on a SGI UV system, say N. |
| |
| config SGI_GRU_DEBUG |
| bool "SGI GRU driver debug" |
| depends on SGI_GRU |
| default n |
| ---help--- |
| This option enables addition debugging code for the SGI GRU driver. If |
| you are unsure, say N. |
| |
| endif # MISC_DEVICES |
