Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:54:49 -0400 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 2 |
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This patch supplies sixteen more missing entries for the Configure.help file. It changes one more entry that hadn't caught up to a rename of the relevant symbol. It should be applied after my previous patch 1 under the same title. More to come...
--- /home/esr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help 2001/04/17 21:18:38 1.2 +++ /home/esr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help 2001/04/18 00:49:13 @@ -1596,6 +1596,11 @@ more details about the Baget see the Linux/MIPS FAQ on http://oss.sgi.com/mips . +Baget AMD LANCE support +CONFIG_BAGETLANCE + Say Y to enable kernel support for Lance ethernet cards on the + MIPS-32-based Baget embedded system. + Support for DECstations CONFIG_DECSTATION This enables support for DEC's MIPS based workstations. For details @@ -2565,6 +2570,14 @@ the GLX component for XFree86 3.3.6, which can be downloaded from http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/ . +Support for ISA-bus hardware +CONFIG_ISA + Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the + name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff + inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, Microchannel (MCA) or + VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI; newer boards. + don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N. + PCI support CONFIG_PCI Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a @@ -2946,6 +2959,13 @@ because some crucial programs on your system might still be in A.OUT format. +Kernel support for JAVA binaries +CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA + If you answer Y here, the kernel's program loader will know how to + directly execute Java J-code. This option is semi-obsolescent; you + should probably use CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC and read Documentation/java.txt + for information about how to include Java support. + Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86 Say Y here if you want to be able to execute Linux/Intel ELF @@ -9010,6 +9030,15 @@ documentation in Documentation/networking/arcnet.txt for more information about using arc0e and arc0s. +Enable standard ARCNet packet format (RFC 1201) +CONFIG_ARCNET_1201 + This allows you to use RFC1201 with your ARCnet card via the virtual + arc0 device. You need to say Y here to communicate with + industry-standard RFC1201 implementations, like the arcether.com + packet driver or most DOS/Windows ODI drivers. Please read the ARCnet + documentation in Documentation/networking/arcnet.txt for more + information about using arc0. + ARCnet COM90xx (normal) chipset driver CONFIG_ARCNET_COM90xx This is the chipset driver for the standard COM90xx cards. If you @@ -11911,6 +11940,11 @@ of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. +ICS partition support +CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_ICS + Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which + were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. + Alpha OSF partition support CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which @@ -11926,6 +11960,16 @@ Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned on an x86 PC (not necessarily by DOS). +Amiga partition table support +CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION + Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which + were partitioned under AmigaOS. + +Atari partition table support +CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION + Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which + were partitioned under the Atari OS. + BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It @@ -11975,6 +12019,12 @@ partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. Otherwise, say N. +IBM disk label and partition support +CONFIG_IBM_PARTITION + Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk + partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. + Otherwise, say N. + ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_ADFS_FS The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the @@ -12649,6 +12699,13 @@ If you use an ADB keyboard (4 pin connector), say Y here. If you use a PS/2 keyboard (6 pin connector), say N here. +Include IOP (IIfx/Quadra 9x0) ADB driver +CONFIG_ADB_IOP + The I/O Processor (IOP) is an Apple custom IC designed to provide + intelligent support for I/O controllers. It is described at + http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/dev68k/iopdesc.html; to enable direct + support for it, say 'Y' here. + Standard/generic serial support CONFIG_SERIAL This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard @@ -13977,8 +14034,14 @@ module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. Most people will say N. +Advantech SBC Watchdog Timer +CONFIG_ADVANTECH_WDT + If you are configuring a Linux kernel for the Advantech single-board + computer, say `Y' here to support its built-in watchdog timer feature. + See the help for CONFIG_WATCHDOG for discussion. + Mixcom Watchdog -CONFIG_MIXCOMWD +CONFIG_MIXCOMWD This is a driver for the Mixcom hardware watchdog cards. This watchdog simply watches your kernel to make sure it doesn't freeze, and if it does, it reboots your computer after a certain amount of @@ -15519,7 +15582,7 @@ Documentation/isdn/README.eicon for more information. Eicon driver type standalone -CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_EICON_STANDALONE +CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_EICON_DIVAS Enable this option if you want the eicon driver as standalone version with no interface to the ISDN4Linux isdn module. If you say Y here, the eicon module only supports the Diva Server PCI @@ -15814,6 +15877,12 @@ If you don't want to compile a kernel for a Sun 3x, say N. +Sun3x builtin serial support +SUN3X_ZS + ZS refers to a type of asynchronous serial port built in to the Sun3 + and Sun3x workstations; if you have a Sun 3, you probably have these. + Say 'Y' to support ZS ports directly. + 68020 support CONFIG_M68020 If you anticipate running this kernel on a computer with a MC68020 @@ -16059,6 +16128,12 @@ use a Toshiba CD-ROM drive; otherwise, the option is not needed and would impact performance a bit, so say N. +Reset SCSI-devices at boottime +CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI_RESET_BOOT + Reset the devices on your Atari whenever it boots. This makes the boot + process fractionally longer but may assist recovery from errors that + leave the devices with SCSI operations partway completed. + Hades SCSI DMA emulator CONFIG_TT_DMA_EMUL This option enables code which emulates the TT SCSI DMA chip on the @@ -16905,7 +16980,7 @@ Support for console on 3215 line mode terminal CONFIG_3215_CONSOLE - Include support for using an IBM 3215 line-mode terminal as the + Include support for using an IBM 3215 line-mode terminal as the Linux system console. Can't be used if 3270 support is compiled in statically. Support for 3270 line mode terminal @@ -16914,9 +16989,18 @@ Support for console on 3270 line mode terminal CONFIG_3270_CONSOLE - Include support for using an IBM 3270 line-mode terminal as the + Include support for using an IBM 3270 line-mode terminal as the Linux system console. Excludes using 3215s. +Support for HWC line mode terminal +CONFIG_HWC + Include support for IBM HWC line-mode terminals. + +Support for console on HWC line mode terminal +CONFIG_HWC_CONSOLE + Include support for using an IBM HWC line-mode terminal as the Linux + system console. + SAB3036 tuner support CONFIG_TUNER_3036 Say Y here to include support for Philips SAB3036 compatible tuners. @@ -17302,6 +17386,11 @@ want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. +Ultra (connectionless) protocol +CONFIG_IRDA_ULTRA + Say Y here to support the connectionless Ultra IRDA protocol, also + called IrOBEX. + IrDA protocol options CONFIG_IRDA_OPTIONS Say Y here if you want to configure any of the following IrDA options. @@ -17730,6 +17819,14 @@ To use this option, you have to check that the "/proc file system support" (CONFIG_PROC_FS) is enabled, too. + +Directly Connected Compact Flash support +CONFIG_CF_ENABLER + Compact Flash is a small, removable mass storage device introduced + in 1994 originally as a PCMCIA device. If you say `Y' here, you + compile in support for Compact Flash devices directly connected to + a SuperH processor. A Compact Flash FAQ is available at + http://www.compactflash.org/faqs/faq.htm. # # A couple of things I keep forgetting: -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> "If I must write the truth, I am disposed to avoid every assembly of bishops; for of no synod have I seen a profitable end, but rather an addition to than a diminution of evils; for the love of strife and the thirst for superiority are beyond the power of words to express." -- Father Gregory Nazianzen, 381 AD - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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