| # | |
| # The 8250/16550 serial drivers. You shouldn't be in this list unless | |
| # you somehow have an implicit or explicit dependency on SERIAL_8250. | |
| # | |
| config SERIAL_8250 | |
| tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support" | |
| select SERIAL_CORE | |
| ---help--- | |
| This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard | |
| serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N | |
| here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP | |
| servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a | |
| serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial | |
| port for anything. (Note that the Cyclades and Stallion multi | |
| serial port drivers do not need this driver built in for them to | |
| work.) | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
| module will be called 8250. | |
| [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using | |
| non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will | |
| be lost when the driver is unloaded. This limitation may be lifted | |
| in the future.] | |
| BTW1: If you have a mouseman serial mouse which is not recognized by | |
| the X window system, try running gpm first. | |
| BTW2: If you intend to use a software modem (also called Winmodem) | |
| under Linux, forget it. These modems are crippled and require | |
| proprietary drivers which are only available under Windows. | |
| Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice, | |
| modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS | |
| bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
| default y | |
| ---help--- | |
| In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to | |
| accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and | |
| 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if | |
| anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to | |
| keep the 8350_core.* options around until they revert the changes | |
| they already did. | |
| If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead. | |
| If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it | |
| is safe (and recommended) to say N here. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_PNP | |
| bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP | |
| default y | |
| ---help--- | |
| This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to | |
| disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE | |
| bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250=y | |
| select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE | |
| ---help--- | |
| If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the | |
| system console (the system console is the device which receives all | |
| kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user | |
| mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected | |
| to that serial port. | |
| Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console | |
| (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but | |
| you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as | |
| "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of | |
| your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options | |
| to the kernel at boot time.) | |
| If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the | |
| kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as | |
| system console. | |
| You can set that using a kernel command line option such as | |
| "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" | |
| "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". | |
| and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding | |
| port is ready. | |
| "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8" | |
| "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8". | |
| it will not only setup early console. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM | |
| bool | |
| depends on X86 | |
| default y | |
| config SERIAL_8250_GSC | |
| tristate | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC | |
| default SERIAL_8250 | |
| config SERIAL_8250_DMA | |
| bool "DMA support for 16550 compatible UART controllers" if EXPERT | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && DMADEVICES=y | |
| default SERIAL_8250 | |
| help | |
| This builds DMA support that can be used with 8250/16650 | |
| compatible UART controllers that support DMA signaling. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_PCI | |
| tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support" if EXPERT | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI | |
| default SERIAL_8250 | |
| help | |
| This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to | |
| disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. | |
| Saves about 9K. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_HP300 | |
| tristate | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300 | |
| default SERIAL_8250 | |
| config SERIAL_8250_CS | |
| tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support" | |
| depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250 | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices, | |
| including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of | |
| multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are | |
| credit-card size devices often used with laptops.) | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
| module will be called serial_cs. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS | |
| int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
| default "4" | |
| help | |
| Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver | |
| to support. This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or | |
| PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time | |
| via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS | |
| int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
| range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS | |
| default "4" | |
| help | |
| Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want | |
| the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overridden | |
| with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter | |
| 8250.nr_uarts | |
| config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
| bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
| help | |
| If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" | |
| driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial | |
| interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the | |
| four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc. | |
| Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | |
| kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | |
| the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64 | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four | |
| standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST | |
| FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available | |
| from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom | |
| serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port | |
| hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can | |
| say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an | |
| "intelligent" multiport card such as Cyclades, Digiboards, etc. | |
| # | |
| # Multi-port serial cards | |
| # | |
| config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT | |
| tristate "Support Fourport cards" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
| will be called 8250_fourport. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT | |
| tristate "Support Accent cards" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
| will be called 8250_accent. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_BOCA | |
| tristate "Support Boca cards" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board. Please read the Boca | |
| mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
| will be called 8250_boca. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554 | |
| tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| help | |
| The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART. If you are | |
| tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART, | |
| say Y here. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
| will be called 8250_exar_st16c554. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_HUB6 | |
| tristate "Support Hub6 cards" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board. | |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | |
| will be called 8250_hub6. | |
| # | |
| # Misc. options/drivers. | |
| # | |
| config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ | |
| bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
| help | |
| Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb | |
| serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable | |
| support for this in the serial driver, say Y here. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ | |
| bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
| help | |
| Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ | |
| to use for your serial port. | |
| This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in | |
| a boot script using the setserial command. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_RSA | |
| bool "Support RSA serial ports" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED | |
| help | |
| ::: To be written ::: | |
| config SERIAL_8250_ACORN | |
| tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support" | |
| depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250 | |
| help | |
| If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn | |
| system, say Y to this option. The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port | |
| cards. If unsure, say N. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_FSL | |
| bool | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE && PPC_UDBG_16550 | |
| default PPC | |
| config SERIAL_8250_DW | |
| tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 | |
| help | |
| Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features | |
| present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_EM | |
| tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK | |
| help | |
| Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial | |
| port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config SERIAL_8250_RT288X | |
| bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support" | |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && (SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883) | |
| help | |
| If you have a Ralink RT288x/RT305x SoC based board and want to use the | |
| serial port, say Y to this option. The driver can handle up to 2 serial | |
| ports. If unsure, say N. |