| # |
| # 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 multi serial port driver |
| does not need this driver built in for it 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 8250_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 |
| select SERIAL_EARLYCON |
| ---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 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 |
| select RATIONAL |
| 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. |
| Note that serial ports on NetMos 9835 Multi-I/O cards are handled |
| by the parport_serial driver, enabled with CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL. |
| |
| 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 || SOC_MT7620) |
| 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. |
| |
| config SERIAL_8250_OMAP |
| tristate "Support for OMAP internal UART (8250 based driver)" |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARCH_OMAP2PLUS |
| help |
| If you have a machine based on an Texas Instruments OMAP CPU you |
| can enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option. |
| |
| This driver uses ttyS instead of ttyO. |
| |
| config SERIAL_8250_OMAP_TTYO_FIXUP |
| bool "Replace ttyO with ttyS" |
| depends on SERIAL_8250_OMAP=y && SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE |
| default y |
| help |
| This option replaces the "console=ttyO" argument with the matching |
| ttyS argument if the user did not specified it on the command line. |
| This ensures that the user can see the kernel output during boot |
| which he wouldn't see otherwise. The getty has still to be configured |
| for ttyS instead of ttyO regardless of this option. |
| This option is intended for people who "automatically" enable this |
| driver without knowing that this driver requires a different console= |
| argument. If you read this, please keep this option disabled and |
| instead update your kernel command line. If you prepare a kernel for a |
| distribution or other kind of larger user base then you probably want |
| to keep this option enabled. Otherwise people might complain about a |
| not booting kernel because the serial console remains silent in case |
| they forgot to update the command line. |
| |
| config SERIAL_8250_FINTEK |
| tristate "Support for Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART" |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP |
| help |
| Selecting this option will add support for the Fintek F81216A |
| LPC to 4 UART. This device has some RS485 functionality not available |
| through the PNP driver. If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config SERIAL_8250_MT6577 |
| bool "Mediatek serial port support" |
| depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARCH_MEDIATEK |
| help |
| If you have a Mediatek based board and want to use the |
| serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N. |
