#
  # Character device configuration
  #
  
  menu "Character devices"

  source "drivers/tty/Kconfig"

  config DEVKMEM
  	bool "/dev/kmem virtual device support"
  	default y
  	help
  	  Say Y here if you want to support the /dev/kmem device. The
  	  /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain
  	  kind of kernel debugging operations.
  	  When in doubt, say "N".

  config STALDRV
  	bool "Stallion multiport serial support"
  	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD
  	help
  	  Stallion cards give you many serial ports.  You would need something
  	  like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for
  	  instance in order to become a dial-in server.  If you say Y here,
  	  you will be asked for your specific card model in the next

  	  questions.  Make sure to read <file:Documentation/serial/stallion.txt>
  	  in this case.  If you have never heard about all this, it's safe to

  	  say N.

  config SGI_SNSC
  	bool "SGI Altix system controller communication support"
  	depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
  	help
  	  If you have an SGI Altix and you want to enable system
  	  controller communication from user space (you want this!),
  	  say Y.  Otherwise, say N.

  config SGI_TIOCX
         bool "SGI TIO CX driver support"
         depends on (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC)
         help
           If you have an SGI Altix and you have fpga devices attached
           to your TIO, say Y here, otherwise say N.
  
  config SGI_MBCS
         tristate "SGI FPGA Core Services driver support"

         depends on SGI_TIOCX

         help
           If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
           say Y or M here, otherwise say N.

  source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig"

  config TTY_PRINTK
  	bool "TTY driver to output user messages via printk"

  	depends on EXPERT

  	default n
  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here, the support for writing user messages (i.e.
  	  console messages) via printk is available.
  
  	  The feature is useful to inline user messages with kernel
  	  messages.
  	  In order to use this feature, you should output user messages
  	  to /dev/ttyprintk or redirect console to this TTY.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  config BRIQ_PANEL
  	tristate 'Total Impact briQ front panel driver'

  	depends on PPC_CHRP

  	---help---
  	  The briQ is a small footprint CHRP computer with a frontpanel VFD, a
  	  tristate led and two switches. It is the size of a CDROM drive.
  
  	  If you have such one and want anything showing on the VFD then you
  	  must answer Y here.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called briq_panel.
  
  	  It's safe to say N here.

  config BFIN_OTP
  	tristate "Blackfin On-Chip OTP Memory Support"

  	depends on BLACKFIN && (BF51x || BF52x || BF54x)

  	default y
  	help
  	  If you say Y here, you will get support for a character device
  	  interface into the One Time Programmable memory pages that are
  	  stored on the Blackfin processor.  This will not get you access
  	  to the secure memory pages however.  You will need to write your
  	  own secure code and reader for that.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  	  will be called bfin-otp.
  
  	  If unsure, it is safe to say Y.
  
  config BFIN_OTP_WRITE_ENABLE
  	bool "Enable writing support of OTP pages"
  	depends on BFIN_OTP
  	default n
  	help
  	  If you say Y here, you will enable support for writing of the
  	  OTP pages.  This is dangerous by nature as you can only program
  	  the pages once, so only enable this option when you actually
  	  need it so as to not inadvertently clobber data.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  config PRINTER
  	tristate "Parallel printer support"
  	depends on PARPORT
  	---help---
  	  If you intend to attach a printer to the parallel port of your Linux
  	  box (as opposed to using a serial printer; if the connector at the
  	  printer has 9 or 25 holes ["female"], then it's serial), say Y.
  	  Also read the Printing-HOWTO, available from
  	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  
  	  It is possible to share one parallel port among several devices
  	  (e.g. printer and ZIP drive) and it is safe to compile the
  	  corresponding drivers into the kernel.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
  	  <file:Documentation/parport.txt>.  The module will be called lp.
  
  	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
  	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
  	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
  	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
  	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
  
  	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
  	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.
  
  config LP_CONSOLE
  	bool "Support for console on line printer"
  	depends on PRINTER
  	---help---
  	  If you want kernel messages to be printed out as they occur, you
  	  can have a console on the printer. This option adds support for
  	  doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
  	  option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
  
  	  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
  	  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
  	  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
  	  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
  	  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.
  
  config PPDEV
  	tristate "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers"
  	depends on PARPORT
  	---help---
  	  Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes.  This
  	  is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel
  	  port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device
  	  IDs).
  
  	  This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg).
  	  It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing
  	  or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called ppdev.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  source "drivers/tty/hvc/Kconfig"

  config VIRTIO_CONSOLE

  	tristate "Virtio console"
  	depends on VIRTIO

  	select HVC_DRIVER

  	help
  	  Virtio console for use with lguest and other hypervisors.

  	  Also serves as a general-purpose serial device for data
  	  transfer between the guest and host.  Character devices at
  	  /dev/vportNpn will be created when corresponding ports are
  	  found, where N is the device number and n is the port number
  	  within that device.  If specified by the host, a sysfs
  	  attribute called 'name' will be populated with a name for
  	  the port which can be used by udev scripts to create a
  	  symlink to the device.

  config IBM_BSR
  	tristate "IBM POWER Barrier Synchronization Register support"
  	depends on PPC_PSERIES
  	help
  	  This devices exposes a hardware mechanism for fast synchronization
  	  of threads across a large system which avoids bouncing a cacheline
  	  between several cores on a system

  source "drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig"

  config DS1620
  	tristate "NetWinder thermometer support"
  	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  	help
  	  Say Y here to include support for the thermal management hardware
  	  found in the NetWinder. This driver allows the user to control the
  	  temperature set points and to read the current temperature.
  
  	  It is also possible to say M here to build it as a module (ds1620)
  	  It is recommended to be used on a NetWinder, but it is not a
  	  necessity.
  
  config NWBUTTON
  	tristate "NetWinder Button"
  	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character device node /dev/nwbutton
  	  with major and minor numbers 10 and 158 ("man mknod"), then every
  	  time the orange button is pressed a number of times, the number of
  	  times the button was pressed will be written to that device.
  
  	  This is most useful for applications, as yet unwritten, which
  	  perform actions based on how many times the button is pressed in a
  	  row.
  
  	  Do not hold the button down for too long, as the driver does not
  	  alter the behaviour of the hardware reset circuitry attached to the
  	  button; it will still execute a hard reset if the button is held
  	  down for longer than approximately five seconds.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called nwbutton.
  
  	  Most people will answer Y to this question and "Reboot Using Button"
  	  below to be able to initiate a system shutdown from the button.
  
  config NWBUTTON_REBOOT
  	bool "Reboot Using Button"
  	depends on NWBUTTON
  	help
  	  If you say Y here, then you will be able to initiate a system
  	  shutdown and reboot by pressing the orange button a number of times.
  	  The number of presses to initiate the shutdown is two by default,
  	  but this can be altered by modifying the value of NUM_PRESSES_REBOOT
  	  in nwbutton.h and recompiling the driver or, if you compile the
  	  driver as a module, you can specify the number of presses at load
  	  time with "insmod button reboot_count=<something>".
  
  config NWFLASH
  	tristate "NetWinder flash support"
  	depends on ARCH_NETWINDER
  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character device /dev/flash with
  	  major 10 and minor 160 you can manipulate the flash ROM containing
  	  the NetWinder firmware. Be careful as accidentally overwriting the
  	  flash contents can render your computer unbootable. On no account
  	  allow random users access to this device. :-)
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called nwflash.
  
  	  If you're not sure, say N.

  source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig"

  config NVRAM
  	tristate "/dev/nvram support"

  	depends on ATARI || X86 || (ARM && RTC_DRV_CMOS) || GENERIC_NVRAM

  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
  	  with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
  	  you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile
  	  memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC
  	  and most Ataris.  The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the
  	  nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC).
  
  	  This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM"
  	  on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to
  	  change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently
  	  save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over
  	  power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note
  	  however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you
  	  should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list
  	  for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS.
  
  	  On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need
  	  to be selected.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called nvram.

  #
  # These legacy RTC drivers just cause too many conflicts with the generic
  # RTC framework ... let's not even try to coexist any more.
  #
  if RTC_LIB=n

  config RTC

  	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)"

  	depends on !PPC && !PARISC && !IA64 && !M68K && !SPARC && !FRV \

  			&& !ARM && !SUPERH && !S390 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN && !UML

  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  	  into your computer.
  
  	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  	  /dev/rtc.
  
  	  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  	  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  	  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.
  
  	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  	  for details.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called rtc.

  config JS_RTC
  	tristate "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"
  	depends on SPARC32 && PCI
  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  	  into your computer.
  
  	  Every PC has such a clock built in. It can be used to generate
  	  signals from as low as 1Hz up to 8192Hz, and can also be used
  	  as a 24 hour alarm. It reports status information via the file
  	  /proc/driver/rtc and its behaviour is set by various ioctls on
  	  /dev/rtc.
  
  	  If you think you have a use for such a device (such as periodic data
  	  sampling), then say Y here, and read <file:Documentation/rtc.txt>
  	  for details.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called js-rtc.

  config GEN_RTC
  	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"

  	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !M32R && !MIPS && !SPARC && !FRV && !S390 && !SUPERH && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN && !UML

  	---help---
  	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  	  into your computer.
  
  	  It reports status information via the file /proc/driver/rtc and its
  	  behaviour is set by various ioctls on /dev/rtc. If you enable the
  	  "extended RTC operation" below it will also provide an emulation
  	  for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs and may improve
  	  precision in some cases.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called genrtc.
  
  config GEN_RTC_X
  	bool "Extended RTC operation"
  	depends on GEN_RTC
  	help
  	  Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE which is required by some programs
  	  and may improve precision of the generic RTC support in some cases.
  
  config EFI_RTC
  	bool "EFI Real Time Clock Services"
  	depends on IA64
  
  config DS1302
  	tristate "DS1302 RTC support"
  	depends on M32R && (PLAT_M32700UT || PLAT_OPSPUT)
  	help
  	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
  	  major number 121 and minor number 0 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
  	  will get access to the real time clock (or hardware clock) built
  	  into your computer.

  endif # RTC_LIB

  config DTLK
  	tristate "Double Talk PC internal speech card support"

  	depends on ISA

  	help
  	  This driver is for the DoubleTalk PC, a speech synthesizer
  	  manufactured by RC Systems (<http://www.rcsys.com/>).  It is also
  	  called the `internal DoubleTalk'.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called dtlk.

  config XILINX_HWICAP
  	tristate "Xilinx HWICAP Support"

  	depends on XILINX_VIRTEX || MICROBLAZE

  	help
  	  This option enables support for Xilinx Internal Configuration
  	  Access Port (ICAP) driver.  The ICAP is used on Xilinx Virtex
  	  FPGA platforms to partially reconfigure the FPGA at runtime.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  config R3964
  	tristate "Siemens R3964 line discipline"
  	---help---
  	  This driver allows synchronous communication with devices using the
  	  Siemens R3964 packet protocol. Unless you are dealing with special
  	  hardware like PLCs, you are unlikely to need this.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called n_r3964.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.
  
  config APPLICOM
  	tristate "Applicom intelligent fieldbus card support"
  	depends on PCI
  	---help---
  	  This driver provides the kernel-side support for the intelligent
  	  fieldbus cards made by Applicom International. More information
  	  about these cards can be found on the WWW at the address
  	  <http://www.applicom-int.com/>, or by email from David Woodhouse
  	  <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called applicom.
  
  	  If unsure, say N.
  
  config SONYPI
  	tristate "Sony Vaio Programmable I/O Control Device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86 && PCI && INPUT && !64BIT
  	---help---
  	  This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control
  	  Device which can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
  
  	  If you have one of those laptops, read

  	  <file:Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt>, and say Y or M here.

  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called sonypi.

  config GPIO_TB0219
  	tristate "TANBAC TB0219 GPIO support"

  	depends on TANBAC_TB022X

  	select GPIO_VR41XX

  source "drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  
  config MWAVE
  	tristate "ACP Modem (Mwave) support"
  	depends on X86
  	select SERIAL_8250
  	---help---
  	  The ACP modem (Mwave) for Linux is a WinModem. It is composed of a
  	  kernel driver and a user level application. Together these components
  	  support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs)
  	  and support selected world wide countries.
  
  	  This version of the ACP Modem driver supports the IBM Thinkpad 600E,
  	  600, and 770 that include on board ACP modem hardware.
  
  	  The modem also supports the standard communications port interface
  	  (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
  
  	  The user level application needed to use this driver can be found at
  	  the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) web site:
  	  <http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/>.
  
  	  If you own one of the above IBM Thinkpads which has the Mwave chipset
  	  in it, say Y.
  
  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  	  module will be called mwave.
  
  config SCx200_GPIO
  	tristate "NatSemi SCx200 GPIO Support"
  	depends on SCx200

  	select NSC_GPIO

  	help
  	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  	  Semiconductor SCx200 processors.
  
  	  If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200_gpio.

  config PC8736x_GPIO
  	tristate "NatSemi PC8736x GPIO Support"

  	depends on X86_32 && !UML

  	default SCx200_GPIO	# mostly N
  	select NSC_GPIO		# needed for support routines
  	help
  	  Give userspace access to the GPIO pins on the National
  	  Semiconductor PC-8736x (x=[03456]) SuperIO chip.  The chip
  	  has multiple functional units, inc several managed by
  	  hwmon/pc87360 driver.  Tested with PC-87366
  
  	  If compiled as a module, it will be called pc8736x_gpio.
  
  config NSC_GPIO
  	tristate "NatSemi Base GPIO Support"

  	depends on X86_32

  	# selected by SCx200_GPIO and PC8736x_GPIO
  	# what about 2 selectors differing: m != y
  	help
  	  Common support used (and needed) by scx200_gpio and
  	  pc8736x_gpio drivers.  If those drivers are built as
  	  modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio

  config RAW_DRIVER

  	tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"

  	depends on BLOCK

  	help

  	  The raw driver permits block devices to be bound to /dev/raw/rawN.
  	  Once bound, I/O against /dev/raw/rawN uses efficient zero-copy I/O.

  	  See the raw(8) manpage for more details.

            Applications should preferably open the device (eg /dev/hda1)

            with the O_DIRECT flag.

  config MAX_RAW_DEVS

  	int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-65536)"

  	depends on RAW_DRIVER
  	default "256"
  	help
  	  The maximum number of RAW devices that are supported.
  	  Default is 256. Increase this number in case you need lots of
  	  raw devices.

  config HPET
  	bool "HPET - High Precision Event Timer" if (X86 || IA64)
  	default n
  	depends on ACPI
  	help
  	  If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
  	  open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are

  	  non-periodic and/or periodic.

  config HPET_MMAP
  	bool "Allow mmap of HPET"
  	default y
  	depends on HPET
  	help
  	  If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
  	  the HPET registers.
  
  	  In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
  	  registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
  	  exposed to the user.  If this applies to your hardware,
  	  say N here.

  config HANGCHECK_TIMER
  	tristate "Hangcheck timer"

  	depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || S390

  	help
  	  The hangcheck-timer module detects when the system has gone
  	  out to lunch past a certain margin.  It can reboot the system
  	  or merely print a warning.
  
  config MMTIMER
  	tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
  	depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
  	default y
  	help
  	  The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  	  Altix system timer.

  config UV_MMTIMER
  	tristate "UV_MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI UV"
  	depends on X86_UV
  	default m
  	help
  	  The uv_mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
  	  UV system timer.

  source "drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig"

  config TELCLOCK

  	tristate "Telecom clock driver for ATCA SBC"

  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86

  	default n
  	help

  	  The telecom clock device is specific to the MPCBL0010 and MPCBL0050
  	  ATCA computers and allows direct userspace access to the
  	  configuration of the telecom clock configuration settings.  This
  	  device is used for hardware synchronization across the ATCA backplane
  	  fabric.  Upon loading, the driver exports a sysfs directory,
  	  /sys/devices/platform/telco_clock, with a number of files for
  	  controlling the behavior of this hardware.

  config DEVPORT
  	bool
  	depends on !M68K
  	depends on ISA || PCI
  	default y

  source "drivers/s390/char/Kconfig"

  config RAMOOPS
  	tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"

  	depends on HAS_IOMEM

  	default n
  	help
  	  This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
  	  buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.

  config MSM_SMD_PKT
  	bool "Enable device interface for some SMD packet ports"
  	default n
  	depends on MSM_SMD
  	help
  	  Enables userspace clients to read and write to some packet SMD
  	  ports via device interface for MSM chipset.

  config TILE_SROM
  	bool "Character-device access via hypervisor to the Tilera SPI ROM"
  	depends on TILE
  	default y
  	---help---
  	  This device provides character-level read-write access
  	  to the SROM, typically via the "0", "1", and "2" devices
  	  in /dev/srom/.  The Tilera hypervisor makes the flash
  	  device appear much like a simple EEPROM, and knows
  	  how to partition a single ROM for multiple purposes.

  endmenu