| # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
| menu "Generic Driver Options" |
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| config UEVENT_HELPER |
| bool "Support for uevent helper" |
| help |
| The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for |
| every uevent. |
| Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was |
| used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It |
| usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug. |
| This should not be used today, because usual systems create |
| many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time |
| frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes |
| that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems |
| it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup. |
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| config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH |
| string "path to uevent helper" |
| depends on UEVENT_HELPER |
| default "" |
| help |
| To disable user space helper program execution at by default |
| specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered |
| via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper |
| later at runtime. |
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| config DEVTMPFS |
| bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev" |
| help |
| This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup. |
| In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device |
| nodes with their default names and permissions for all |
| registered devices with an assigned major/minor number. |
| Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add |
| symlinks, and apply needed permissions. |
| It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually |
| udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful |
| symlinks. |
| In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient |
| functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple |
| rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers. |
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| Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs |
| file system will be used instead. |
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| config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT |
| bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs" |
| depends on DEVTMPFS |
| help |
| This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the |
| devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has |
| mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden |
| with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1. |
| This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here |
| the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually |
| after the rootfs is mounted. |
| With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in |
| rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory |
| on the rootfs is completely empty. |
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| config STANDALONE |
| bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" |
| default y |
| help |
| Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that |
| need it. |
| |
| If unsure, say Y. |
| |
| config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD |
| bool "Disable drivers features which enable custom firmware building" |
| default y |
| help |
| Say yes to disable driver features which enable building a custom |
| driver firmware at kernel build time. These drivers do not use the |
| kernel firmware API to load firmware (CONFIG_FW_LOADER), instead they |
| use their own custom loading mechanism. The required firmware is |
| usually shipped with the driver, building the driver firmware |
| should only be needed if you have an updated firmware source. |
| |
| Firmware should not be being built as part of kernel, these days |
| you should always prevent this and say Y here. There are only two |
| old drivers which enable building of its firmware at kernel build |
| time: |
| |
| o CONFIG_WANXL through CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE |
| o CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX through CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE |
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| source "drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig" |
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| config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP |
| bool |
| help |
| Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the |
| device coredump mechanism. |
| |
| config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP |
| bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT |
| default y |
| help |
| This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or |
| not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that |
| can use it are enabled. |
| Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want |
| to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any |
| data. |
| |
| If unsure, say Y. |
| |
| config DEV_COREDUMP |
| bool |
| default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP |
| depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP |
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| config DEBUG_DRIVER |
| bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" |
| depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of |
| debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a |
| problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is |
| going on. |
| |
| If you are unsure about this, say N here. |
| |
| config DEBUG_DEVRES |
| bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages" |
| depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| help |
| This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to |
| non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if |
| you are having a problem with devres or want to debug |
| resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be |
| switched on and off from sysfs node. |
| |
| If you are unsure about this, Say N here. |
| |
| config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE |
| bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)" |
| depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions |
| by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without |
| having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module. |
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| This option is expected to find errors and may render your system |
| unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to |
| test this functionality. |
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| config HMEM_REPORTING |
| bool |
| default n |
| depends on NUMA |
| help |
| Enable reporting for heterogenous memory access attributes under |
| their non-uniform memory nodes. |
| |
| source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig" |
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| config SYS_HYPERVISOR |
| bool |
| default n |
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| config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES |
| bool |
| default n |
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| config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE |
| bool |
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| config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES |
| bool |
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| config SOC_BUS |
| bool |
| select GLOB |
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| source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig" |
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| config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER |
| bool |
| default n |
| select IRQ_WORK |
| help |
| This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between |
| multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver |
| APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other |
| driver. |
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| config DMA_FENCE_TRACE |
| bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages" |
| depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER |
| help |
| Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra |
| spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose |
| lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple |
| devices. |
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| config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY |
| bool |
| help |
| Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing |
| CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for |
| appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for reading capacity values at |
| runtime. |
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