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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/Kconfig | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 24 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/Kconfig index 2dff93d7a501..93fd984eb2f5 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/Kconfig @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config TTY bool "Enable TTY" if EXPERT default y - ---help--- + help Allows you to remove TTY support which can save space, and blocks features that require TTY from inclusion in the kernel. TTY is required for any text terminals or serial port @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config VT depends on !UML select INPUT default y - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you can run several virtual terminals (also called virtual consoles) on @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS depends on VT default y bool "Enable character translations in console" if EXPERT - ---help--- + help This enables support for font mapping and Unicode translation on virtual consoles. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config VT_CONSOLE bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EXPERT depends on VT default y - ---help--- + help The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you answer Y here, a virtual terminal (the device used to interact with @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ config HW_CONSOLE config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING bool "Support for binding and unbinding console drivers" depends on HW_CONSOLE - ---help--- + help The virtual terminal is the device that interacts with the physical terminal through console drivers. On these systems, at least one console driver is loaded. In other configurations, additional console @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING config UNIX98_PTYS bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT default y - ---help--- + help A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ config UNIX98_PTYS config LEGACY_PTYS bool "Legacy (BSD) PTY support" default y - ---help--- + help A pseudo terminal (PTY) is a software device consisting of two halves: a master and a slave. The slave device behaves identical to a physical terminal; the master device is used by a process to @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ config LEGACY_PTY_COUNT depends on LEGACY_PTYS range 0 256 default "256" - ---help--- + help The maximum number of legacy PTYs that can be used at any one time. The default is 256, and should be more than enough. Embedded systems may want to reduce this to save memory. @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ source "drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig" config SERIAL_NONSTANDARD bool "Non-standard serial port support" depends on HAS_IOMEM - ---help--- + help Say Y here if you have any non-standard serial boards -- boards which aren't supported using the standard "dumb" serial driver. This includes intelligent serial boards such as Cyclades, @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ config CYCLADES tristate "Cyclades async mux support" depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || ISA) select FW_LOADER - ---help--- + help This driver supports Cyclades Z and Y multiserial boards. You would need something like this to connect more than two modems to your Linux box, for instance in order to become a dial-in server. diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig index 8195a31519ea..d2ae033aea40 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250 depends on !S390 select SERIAL_CORE select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB - ---help--- + 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 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)" depends on SERIAL_8250 default y - ---help--- + help In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PNP bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP default y - ---help--- + help This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support. @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS config SERIAL_8250_FINTEK bool "Support for Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART RS485 API" depends on SERIAL_8250 - ---help--- + help Selecting this option will add support for the RS485 capabilities of the Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_8250=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE select SERIAL_EARLYCON - ---help--- + 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 @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_HP300 config SERIAL_8250_CS tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support" depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250 - ---help--- + 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 diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig index 0282ad9cdaa7..780908d43557 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config SERIAL_AMBA_PL010_CONSOLE bool "Support for console on AMBA serial port" depends on SERIAL_AMBA_PL010=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE - ---help--- + help Say Y here if you wish to use an AMBA PrimeCell UART 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). @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ config SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE select SERIAL_EARLYCON - ---help--- + help Say Y here if you wish to use an AMBA PrimeCell UART 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). @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config SERIAL_SB1250_DUART depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC=y select SERIAL_CORE default y - ---help--- + help Support for the asynchronous serial interface (DUART) included in the BCM1250 and derived System-On-a-Chip (SOC) devices. Note that the letter D in DUART stands for "dual", which is how the device @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ config SERIAL_SB1250_DUART_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_SB1250_DUART=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE default y - ---help--- + 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 @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ config SERIAL_TEGRA_TCU_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_TEGRA_TCU=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE default y - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a the Tegra TCU as the system console (the system console is the device which receives all kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ config SERIAL_DZ depends on MACH_DECSTATION && 32BIT select SERIAL_CORE default y - ---help--- + help DZ11-family serial controllers for DECstations and VAXstations, including the DC7085, M7814, and M7819. @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ config SERIAL_DZ_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_DZ=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE default y - ---help--- + 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 @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ config SERIAL_ZS depends on MACH_DECSTATION select SERIAL_CORE default y - ---help--- + help Support for the Zilog 85C350 serial communications controller used for serial ports in newer DECstation systems. These include the DECsystem 5900 and all models of the DECstation and DECsystem 5000 @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ config SERIAL_ZS_CONSOLE depends on SERIAL_ZS=y select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE default y - ---help--- + 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 @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ config SERIAL_MUX depends on GSC select SERIAL_CORE default y - ---help--- + help Saying Y here will enable the hardware MUX serial driver for the Nova, K class systems and D class with a 'remote control card'. The hardware MUX is not 8250/16550 compatible therefore the @@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ config SERIAL_TIMBERDALE tristate "Support for timberdale UART" select SERIAL_CORE depends on X86_32 || COMPILE_TEST - ---help--- + help Add support for UART controller on timberdale. config SERIAL_BCM63XX @@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ config SERIAL_GRLIB_GAISLER_APBUART tristate "GRLIB APBUART serial support" depends on OF && SPARC select SERIAL_CORE - ---help--- + help Add support for the GRLIB APBUART serial port. config SERIAL_GRLIB_GAISLER_APBUART_CONSOLE |