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+#
+# 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_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_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_PNP
+ tristate "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT
+ depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
+ default SERIAL_8250
+ 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_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_MCA
+ tristate "Support 8250-type ports on MCA buses"
+ depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && MCA
+ help
+ Say Y here if you have a MCA serial ports.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called 8250_mca.
+
+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_RM9K
+ bool "Support for MIPS RM9xxx integrated serial port"
+ depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && SERIAL_RM9000
+ select SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
+ help
+ Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
+ port hardware found on MIPS RM9122 and similar processors.
+ 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 && OF
+ help
+ Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
+ present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.