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v5.9
  1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2menu "Generic Driver Options"
  3
  4config UEVENT_HELPER
  5	bool "Support for uevent helper"
 
 
  6	help
  7	  The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
  8	  every uevent.
  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.
 17
 18config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
 19	string "path to uevent helper"
 20	depends on UEVENT_HELPER
 21	default ""
 22	help
 23	  To disable user space helper program execution at by default
 24	  specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered
 25	  via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
 26	  later at runtime.
 27
 28config DEVTMPFS
 29	bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
 
 30	help
 31	  This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
 32	  In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
 33	  nodes with their default names and permissions for all
 34	  registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
 35	  Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
 36	  symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
 37	  It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
 38	  udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
 39	  symlinks.
 40	  In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
 41	  functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
 42	  rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
 43
 44	  Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
 45	  file system will be used instead.
 46
 47config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
 48	bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
 49	depends on DEVTMPFS
 50	help
 51	  This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
 52	  devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
 53	  mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
 54	  with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
 55	  This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
 56	  the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
 57	  after the rootfs is mounted.
 58	  With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
 59	  rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
 60	  on the rootfs is completely empty.
 61
 62config STANDALONE
 63	bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
 64	default y
 65	help
 66	  Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
 67	  need it.
 68
 69	  If unsure, say Y.
 70
 71config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
 72	bool "Disable drivers features which enable custom firmware building"
 73	default y
 74	help
 75	  Say yes to disable driver features which enable building a custom
 76	  driver firmware at kernel build time. These drivers do not use the
 77	  kernel firmware API to load firmware (CONFIG_FW_LOADER), instead they
 78	  use their own custom loading mechanism. The required firmware is
 79	  usually shipped with the driver, building the driver firmware
 80	  should only be needed if you have an updated firmware source.
 81
 82	  Firmware should not be being built as part of kernel, these days
 83	  you should always prevent this and say Y here. There are only two
 84	  old drivers which enable building of its firmware at kernel build
 85	  time:
 86
 87	    o CONFIG_WANXL through CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE
 88	    o CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX through CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE
 89
 90source "drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig"
 91
 92config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
 93	bool
 94	help
 95	  Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
 96	  device coredump mechanism.
 97
 98config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
 99	bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
 
 
 
100	default y
101	help
102	  This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
103	  not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that
104	  can use it are enabled.
105	  Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want
106	  to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any
107	  data.
108
109	  If unsure, say Y.
110
111config DEV_COREDUMP
112	bool
113	default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
114	depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
115
116config DEBUG_DRIVER
117	bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
118	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
119	help
120	  Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
121	  debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
122	  problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
123	  going on.
124
125	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
126
127config DEBUG_DEVRES
128	bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
129	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
130	help
131	  This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
132	  non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
133	  you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
134	  resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
135	  switched on and off from sysfs node.
136
137	  If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
138
139config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE
140	bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)"
141	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
142	help
143	  Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions
144	  by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without
145	  having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module.
146
147	  This option is expected to find errors and may render your system
148	  unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to
149	  test this functionality.
150
151config PM_QOS_KUNIT_TEST
152	bool "KUnit Test for PM QoS features" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
153	depends on KUNIT=y
154	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
155
156config HMEM_REPORTING
157	bool
158	default n
159	depends on NUMA
160	help
161	  Enable reporting for heterogenous memory access attributes under
162	  their non-uniform memory nodes.
163
164source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig"
165
166config SYS_HYPERVISOR
167	bool
168	default n
169
170config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
171	bool
172	default n
173
174config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
175	bool
176
177config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
178	bool
179
180config SOC_BUS
181	bool
182	select GLOB
183
184source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
185
186config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
187	bool
188	default n
189	select IRQ_WORK
190	help
191	  This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
192	  multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
193	  APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
194	  driver.
195
196config DMA_FENCE_TRACE
197	bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages"
198	depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
199	help
200	  Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra
201	  spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose
202	  lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple
203	  devices.
204
205config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
206	bool
207	help
208	  Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
209	  CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
210	  appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for reading capacity values at
211	  runtime.
212
213endmenu
v3.1
 
  1menu "Generic Driver Options"
  2
  3config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
  4	string "path to uevent helper"
  5	depends on HOTPLUG
  6	default ""
  7	help
  8	  Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
  9	  every uevent.
 10	  Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
 11	  used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
 12	  usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug.
 13	  This should not be used today, because usual systems create
 14	  many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time
 15	  frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes
 16	  that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
 17	  it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
 18
 19	  To disable user space helper program execution at early boot
 20	  time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered
 
 
 
 
 
 21	  via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
 22	  later at runtime.
 23
 24config DEVTMPFS
 25	bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
 26	depends on HOTPLUG
 27	help
 28	  This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
 29	  In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
 30	  nodes with their default names and permissions for all
 31	  registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
 32	  Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
 33	  symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
 34	  It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
 35	  udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
 36	  symlinks.
 37	  In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
 38	  functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
 39	  rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
 40
 41	  Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
 42	  file system will be used instead.
 43
 44config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
 45	bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
 46	depends on DEVTMPFS
 47	help
 48	  This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
 49	  devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
 50	  mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
 51	  with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
 52	  This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
 53	  the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
 54	  after the roots is mounted.
 55	  With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
 56	  rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
 57	  on the rootfs is completely empty.
 58
 59config STANDALONE
 60	bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
 61	default y
 62	help
 63	  Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
 64	  need it.
 65
 66	  If unsure, say Y.
 67
 68config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
 69	bool "Prevent firmware from being built"
 70	default y
 71	help
 72	  Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped
 73	  with the driver and only when updating the firmware should a
 74	  rebuild be made.
 75	  If unsure, say Y here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 76
 77config FW_LOADER
 78	tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EXPERT
 79	default y
 80	---help---
 81	  This option is provided for the case where none of the in-tree modules
 82	  require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built
 83	  out-of-tree does.
 84
 85config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
 86	bool "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary"
 87	depends on FW_LOADER
 88	default y
 89	help
 90	  The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs'
 91	  that are used by various drivers. The recommended way to
 92	  use these is to run "make firmware_install", which, after
 93	  converting ihex files to binary, copies all of the needed
 94	  binary files in firmware/ to /lib/firmware/ on your system so
 95	  that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request.
 96
 97	  Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob
 98	  into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find
 99	  them without having to call out to userspace. This may be
100	  useful if your root file system requires a device that uses
101	  such firmware and do not wish to use an initrd.
102
103	  This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
104	  every driver that uses request_firmware() and ships its
105	  firmware in the kernel source tree, which avoids a
106	  proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
107
108	  Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace.
109
110config EXTRA_FIRMWARE
111	string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary"
112	depends on FW_LOADER
113	help
114	  This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel for the case
115	  where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from
116	  userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is
117	  required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to
118	  use an initrd).
119
120	  This option is a string and takes the (space-separated) names of the
121	  firmware files -- the same names that appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE()
122	  and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under
123	  the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is
124	  by default the firmware subdirectory of the kernel source tree.
125
126	  For example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", copy
127	  the usb8388.bin file into the firmware directory, and build the kernel.
128	  Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be satisfied internally
129	  without needing to call out to userspace.
130
131	  WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary
132	  kernel image that are not available under the terms of the GPL,
133	  then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting
134	  image since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should
135	  consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image.
136
137config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
138	string "Firmware blobs root directory"
139	depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != ""
140	default "firmware"
141	help
142	  This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system
143	  looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option.
144	  The default is firmware/ in the kernel source tree, but by changing
145	  this option you can point it elsewhere, such as /lib/firmware/ or
146	  some other directory containing the firmware files.
147
148config DEBUG_DRIVER
149	bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
150	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
151	help
152	  Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
153	  debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
154	  problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
155	  going on.
156
157	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
158
159config DEBUG_DEVRES
160	bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
161	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
162	help
163	  This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
164	  non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
165	  you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
166	  resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
167	  switched on and off from sysfs node.
168
169	  If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
170
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
171config SYS_HYPERVISOR
172	bool
173	default n
174
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
175source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
176
177endmenu