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diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ebb9e51 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +# +# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, +# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt. +# + +menu "Firmware Drivers" + +config EDD + tristate "BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive calls determine boot disk" + depends on !IA64 + help + Say Y or M here if you want to enable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive + Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk + BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs. + + This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some + obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do + not yet implement this feature. + +config EDD_OFF + bool "Sets default behavior for EDD detection to off" + depends on EDD + default n + help + Say Y if you want EDD disabled by default, even though it is compiled into the + kernel. Say N if you want EDD enabled by default. EDD can be dynamically set + using the kernel parameter 'edd={on|skipmbr|off}'. + +config FIRMWARE_MEMMAP + bool "Add firmware-provided memory map to sysfs" if EMBEDDED + default (X86_64 || X86_32) + help + Add the firmware-provided (unmodified) memory map to /sys/firmware/memmap. + That memory map is used for example by kexec to set up parameter area + for the next kernel, but can also be used for debugging purposes. + + See also Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap. + +config EFI_VARS + tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs" + depends on EFI + default n + help + If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware + Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read, + write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface. + + Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires + at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is + available from Matt Domsch's website located at: + <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz> + + Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at: + <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr> + +config EFI_PCDP + bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table" + depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64 + default y if IA64 + help + If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to + automatically use the primary console device it describes + as the Linux console, say Y here. + + If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to + use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console, + say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART + device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise, + you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument. + + Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices, + so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending + on how the driver discovers devices. + + You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.) + + See <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf> + +config DELL_RBU + tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs" + depends on X86 + select FW_LOADER + help + Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your + DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP) + supporting application to communicate with the BIOS regarding the new + image for the image update to take effect. + See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver. + +config DCDBAS + tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver" + depends on X86 + help + The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface + for systems management software to perform System Management + Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or + power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems. + + See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver + and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes + use of this driver. + + Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems + management software such as Dell OpenManage. + +config DMIID + bool "Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace" + depends on DMI + default y + help + Say Y here if you want to query SMBIOS/DMI system identification + information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want + DMI-based module auto-loading. + +config ISCSI_IBFT_FIND + bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes" + depends on X86 + default n + help + This option enables the kernel to find the region of memory + in which the ISCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) resides. This + is necessary for iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module to work + properly. + +config ISCSI_IBFT + tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module" + depends on ISCSI_IBFT_FIND + default n + help + This option enables support for detection and exposing of iSCSI + Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to + detect iSCSI boot parameters dynamically during system boot, say Y. + Otherwise, say N. + +endmenu |
