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1 | # |
2 | # The 8250/16550 serial drivers. You shouldn't be in this list unless | |
3 | # you somehow have an implicit or explicit dependency on SERIAL_8250. | |
4 | # | |
5 | ||
6 | config SERIAL_8250 | |
7 | tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support" | |
8 | select SERIAL_CORE | |
9 | ---help--- | |
10 | This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard | |
11 | serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N | |
12 | here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP | |
13 | servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a | |
14 | serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial | |
15 | port for anything. (Note that the Cyclades and Stallion multi | |
16 | serial port drivers do not need this driver built in for them to | |
17 | work.) | |
18 | ||
19 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
20 | module will be called 8250. | |
21 | [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using | |
22 | non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will | |
23 | be lost when the driver is unloaded. This limitation may be lifted | |
24 | in the future.] | |
25 | ||
26 | BTW1: If you have a mouseman serial mouse which is not recognized by | |
27 | the X window system, try running gpm first. | |
28 | ||
29 | BTW2: If you intend to use a software modem (also called Winmodem) | |
30 | under Linux, forget it. These modems are crippled and require | |
31 | proprietary drivers which are only available under Windows. | |
32 | ||
33 | Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice, | |
34 | modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports. | |
35 | ||
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36 | config SERIAL_8250_PNP |
37 | bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT | |
38 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP | |
39 | default y | |
40 | ---help--- | |
41 | This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to | |
42 | disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. | |
43 | ||
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44 | config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE |
45 | bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port" | |
46 | depends on SERIAL_8250=y | |
47 | select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE | |
48 | ---help--- | |
49 | If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the | |
50 | system console (the system console is the device which receives all | |
51 | kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user | |
52 | mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected | |
53 | to that serial port. | |
54 | ||
55 | Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console | |
56 | (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but | |
57 | you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as | |
58 | "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of | |
59 | your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options | |
60 | to the kernel at boot time.) | |
61 | ||
62 | If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the | |
63 | kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as | |
64 | system console. | |
65 | ||
66 | You can set that using a kernel command line option such as | |
67 | "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" | |
68 | "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". | |
69 | and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding | |
70 | port is ready. | |
71 | "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" | |
72 | "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". | |
73 | it will not only setup early console. | |
74 | ||
75 | If unsure, say N. | |
76 | ||
77 | config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM | |
78 | bool | |
79 | depends on X86 | |
80 | default y | |
81 | ||
82 | config SERIAL_8250_GSC | |
83 | tristate | |
84 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC | |
85 | default SERIAL_8250 | |
86 | ||
87 | config SERIAL_8250_PCI | |
88 | tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support" if EXPERT | |
89 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI | |
90 | default SERIAL_8250 | |
91 | help | |
92 | This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to | |
93 | disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. | |
94 | Saves about 9K. | |
95 | ||
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96 | config SERIAL_8250_HP300 |
97 | tristate | |
98 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300 | |
99 | default SERIAL_8250 | |
100 | ||
101 | config SERIAL_8250_CS | |
102 | tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support" | |
103 | depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250 | |
104 | ---help--- | |
105 | Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices, | |
106 | including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of | |
107 | multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are | |
108 | credit-card size devices often used with laptops.) | |
109 | ||
110 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
111 | module will be called serial_cs. | |
112 | ||
113 | If unsure, say N. | |
114 | ||
115 | config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS | |
116 | int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports" | |
117 | depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
118 | default "4" | |
119 | help | |
120 | Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver | |
121 | to support. This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or | |
122 | PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time | |
123 | via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards. | |
124 | ||
125 | config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS | |
126 | int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime" | |
127 | depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
128 | range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS | |
129 | default "4" | |
130 | help | |
131 | Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want | |
132 | the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overridden | |
133 | with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter | |
134 | 8250.nr_uarts | |
135 | ||
136 | config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
137 | bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options" | |
138 | depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
139 | help | |
140 | If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" | |
141 | driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial | |
142 | interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the | |
143 | four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc. | |
144 | ||
145 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | |
146 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | |
147 | the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N. | |
148 | ||
149 | config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
150 | bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports" | |
151 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64 | |
152 | help | |
153 | Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four | |
154 | standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST | |
155 | FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available | |
156 | from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom | |
157 | serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port | |
158 | hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can | |
159 | say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an | |
160 | "intelligent" multiport card such as Cyclades, Digiboards, etc. | |
161 | ||
162 | # | |
163 | # Multi-port serial cards | |
164 | # | |
165 | ||
166 | config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT | |
167 | tristate "Support Fourport cards" | |
168 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
169 | help | |
170 | Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board. | |
171 | ||
172 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
173 | will be called 8250_fourport. | |
174 | ||
175 | config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT | |
176 | tristate "Support Accent cards" | |
177 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
178 | help | |
179 | Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board. | |
180 | ||
181 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
182 | will be called 8250_accent. | |
183 | ||
184 | config SERIAL_8250_BOCA | |
185 | tristate "Support Boca cards" | |
186 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
187 | help | |
188 | Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board. Please read the Boca | |
189 | mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> | |
190 | ||
191 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
192 | will be called 8250_boca. | |
193 | ||
194 | config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554 | |
195 | tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART" | |
196 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
197 | help | |
198 | The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART. If you are | |
199 | tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART, | |
200 | say Y here. | |
201 | ||
202 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
203 | will be called 8250_exar_st16c554. | |
204 | ||
205 | config SERIAL_8250_HUB6 | |
206 | tristate "Support Hub6 cards" | |
207 | depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
208 | help | |
209 | Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board. | |
210 | ||
211 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
212 | will be called 8250_hub6. | |
213 | ||
214 | # | |
215 | # Misc. options/drivers. | |
216 | # | |
217 | ||
218 | config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ | |
219 | bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts" | |
220 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
221 | help | |
222 | Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb | |
223 | serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable | |
224 | support for this in the serial driver, say Y here. | |
225 | ||
226 | config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ | |
227 | bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)" | |
228 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
229 | help | |
230 | Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ | |
231 | to use for your serial port. | |
232 | ||
233 | This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in | |
234 | a boot script using the setserial command. | |
235 | ||
236 | If unsure, say N. | |
237 | ||
238 | config SERIAL_8250_RSA | |
239 | bool "Support RSA serial ports" | |
240 | depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
241 | help | |
242 | ::: To be written ::: | |
243 | ||
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244 | config SERIAL_8250_ACORN |
245 | tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support" | |
246 | depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250 | |
247 | help | |
248 | If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn | |
249 | system, say Y to this option. The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port | |
250 | cards. If unsure, say N. | |
251 | ||
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252 | config SERIAL_8250_FSL |
253 | bool | |
254 | depends on SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE && PPC_UDBG_16550 | |
255 | default PPC | |
256 | ||
257 | config SERIAL_8250_DW | |
258 | tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks" | |
259 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF | |
260 | help | |
261 | Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features | |
262 | present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART. | |
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263 | |
264 | config SERIAL_8250_EM | |
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266 | depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK |
267 | help | |
268 | Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial | |
269 | port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors. | |
270 | If unsure, say N. |