menu "Generic Driver Options" config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH string "path to uevent helper" depends on HOTPLUG default "/sbin/hotplug" help Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for every uevent. config STANDALONE bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL 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 "Prevent firmware from being built" default y help Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped with the driver, and only when updating the firmware a rebuild should be made. If unsure say Y here. config FW_LOADER tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EMBEDDED depends on HOTPLUG default y ---help--- This option is provided for the case where no in-kernel-tree modules require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built outside the kernel tree does. config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL bool "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary" depends on FW_LOADER default y help The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs' which are used by various drivers. The recommended way to use these is to run "make firmware_install" and to copy the resulting binary files created in usr/lib/firmware directory of the kernel tree to the /lib/firmware on your system so that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request. Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find them without having to call out to userspace. This may be useful if your root file system requires a device which uses such firmware, and do not wish to use an initrd. This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for every driver which uses request_firmare() and ships its firmware in the kernel source tree, to avoid a proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options. Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace. config EXTRA_FIRMWARE string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary" depends on FW_LOADER help This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel, for the cases where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to use an initrd). This option is a string, and takes the (space-separated) names of the firmware files -- the same names which appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE() and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is by default the firmware/ subdirectory of the kernel source tree. So, for example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", copy the usb8388.bin file into the firmware/ directory, and build the kernel. Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be satisfied internally without needing to call out to userspace. WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary kernel image which are not available under the terms of the GPL, then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting image -- since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image. config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR string "Firmware blobs root directory" depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != "" default "firmware" help This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option. The default is the firmware/ directory in the kernel source tree, but by changing this option you can point it elsewhere, such as the /lib/firmware/ directory or another separate directory containing firmware files. 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 SYS_HYPERVISOR bool default n endmenu