1 menu "Generic Driver Options"
3 config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
4 string "path to uevent helper"
7 Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
9 Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
10 used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
11 usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug.
12 This should not be used today, because usual systems create
13 many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time
14 frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes
15 that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
16 it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
18 To disable user space helper program execution at early boot
19 time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered
20 via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
24 bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
26 This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
27 In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
28 nodes with their default names and permissions for all
29 registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
30 Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
31 symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
32 It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
33 udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
35 In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
36 functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
37 rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
39 Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
40 file system will be used instead.
43 bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
46 This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
47 devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
48 mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
49 with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
50 This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
51 the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
52 after the roots is mounted.
53 With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
54 rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
55 on the rootfs is completely empty.
58 bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
61 Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
66 config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
67 bool "Prevent firmware from being built"
70 Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped
71 with the driver and only when updating the firmware should a
73 If unsure, say Y here.
76 tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EXPERT
79 This option is provided for the case where none of the in-tree modules
80 require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built
83 config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
84 bool "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary"
88 The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs'
89 that are used by various drivers. The recommended way to
90 use these is to run "make firmware_install", which, after
91 converting ihex files to binary, copies all of the needed
92 binary files in firmware/ to /lib/firmware/ on your system so
93 that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request.
95 Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob
96 into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find
97 them without having to call out to userspace. This may be
98 useful if your root file system requires a device that uses
99 such firmware and do not wish to use an initrd.
101 This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
102 every driver that uses request_firmware() and ships its
103 firmware in the kernel source tree, which avoids a
104 proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
106 Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace.
108 config EXTRA_FIRMWARE
109 string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary"
112 This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel for the case
113 where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from
114 userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is
115 required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to
118 This option is a string and takes the (space-separated) names of the
119 firmware files -- the same names that appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE()
120 and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under
121 the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is
122 by default the firmware subdirectory of the kernel source tree.
124 For example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", copy
125 the usb8388.bin file into the firmware directory, and build the kernel.
126 Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be satisfied internally
127 without needing to call out to userspace.
129 WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary
130 kernel image that are not available under the terms of the GPL,
131 then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting
132 image since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should
133 consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image.
135 config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
136 string "Firmware blobs root directory"
137 depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != ""
140 This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system
141 looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option.
142 The default is firmware/ in the kernel source tree, but by changing
143 this option you can point it elsewhere, such as /lib/firmware/ or
144 some other directory containing the firmware files.
146 config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
147 bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading"
151 This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper
152 (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the
153 direct file loading in kernel fails. The user-mode helper is
154 no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that
155 resides in a non-standard path.
158 bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
159 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
161 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
162 debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
163 problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
166 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
169 bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
170 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
172 This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
173 non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
174 you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
175 resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
176 switched on and off from sysfs node.
178 If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
180 config SYS_HYPERVISOR
184 config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
191 source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
193 config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
198 This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
199 multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
200 APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
204 bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator"
205 depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && HAVE_MEMBLOCK
207 select MEMORY_ISOLATION
209 This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
210 to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
211 hardware components that do not support I/O map nor scatter-gather.
213 For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
219 bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
220 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
222 Turns on debug messages in CMA. This produces KERN_DEBUG
223 messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
224 processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
225 This option does not affect warning and error messages.
227 comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
229 config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
230 int "Size in Mega Bytes"
231 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
234 Defines the size (in MiB) of the default memory area for Contiguous
237 config CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
238 int "Percentage of total memory"
239 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
242 Defines the size of the default memory area for Contiguous Memory
243 Allocator as a percentage of the total memory in the system.
246 prompt "Selected region size"
247 default CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
249 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
250 bool "Use mega bytes value only"
252 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
253 bool "Use percentage value only"
255 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN
256 bool "Use lower value (minimum)"
258 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX
259 bool "Use higher value (maximum)"
264 int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers"
268 DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest
269 PAGE_SIZE order which is greater than or equal to the requested buffer
270 size. This works well for buffers up to a few hundreds kilobytes, but
271 for larger buffers it just a memory waste. With this parameter you can
272 specify the maximum PAGE_SIZE order for contiguous buffers. Larger
273 buffers will be aligned only to this specified order. The order is
274 expressed as a power of two multiplied by the PAGE_SIZE.
276 For example, if your system defaults to 4KiB pages, the order value
277 of 8 means that the buffers will be aligned up to 1MiB only.
279 If unsure, leave the default value "8".
282 int "Maximum count of the CMA device-private areas"
285 CMA allows to create CMA areas for particular devices. This parameter
286 sets the maximum number of such device private CMA areas in the
289 If unsure, leave the default value "7".