2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
6 menu "Firmware Drivers"
9 tristate "BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive calls determine boot disk"
12 Say Y or M here if you want to enable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive
13 Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk
14 BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs.
16 This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some
17 obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do
18 not yet implement this feature.
21 bool "Sets default behavior for EDD detection to off"
25 Say Y if you want EDD disabled by default, even though it is compiled into the
26 kernel. Say N if you want EDD enabled by default. EDD can be dynamically set
27 using the kernel parameter 'edd={on|skipmbr|off}'.
29 config FIRMWARE_MEMMAP
30 bool "Add firmware-provided memory map to sysfs" if EMBEDDED
33 Add the firmware-provided (unmodified) memory map to /sys/firmware/memmap.
34 That memory map is used for example by kexec to set up parameter area
35 for the next kernel, but can also be used for debugging purposes.
37 See also Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap.
40 tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
44 If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware
45 Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read,
46 write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface.
48 Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires
49 at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is
50 available from Matt Domsch's website located at:
51 <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz>
53 Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at:
54 <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr>
57 bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table"
58 depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64
61 If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to
62 automatically use the primary console device it describes
63 as the Linux console, say Y here.
65 If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to
66 use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console,
67 say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART
68 device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise,
69 you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument.
71 Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices,
72 so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending
73 on how the driver discovers devices.
75 You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.)
77 See <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf>
80 tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs"
84 Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your
85 DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP)
86 supporting application to communicate with the BIOS regarding the new
87 image for the image update to take effect.
88 See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver.
91 tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver"
94 The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface
95 for systems management software to perform System Management
96 Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or
97 power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems.
99 See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver
100 and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes
103 Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems
104 management software such as Dell OpenManage.
107 bool "Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace"
111 Say Y here if you want to query SMBIOS/DMI system identification
112 information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want
113 DMI-based module auto-loading.
115 config ISCSI_IBFT_FIND
116 bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes"
120 This option enables the kernel to find the region of memory
121 in which the ISCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) resides. This
122 is necessary for iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module to work
126 tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module"
127 depends on ISCSI_IBFT_FIND
130 This option enables support for detection and exposing of iSCSI
131 Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to
132 detect iSCSI boot parameters dynamically during system boot, say Y.