1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 # The 8250/16550 serial drivers. You shouldn't be in this list unless
4 # you somehow have an implicit or explicit dependency on SERIAL_8250.
8 tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support"
11 select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB
13 This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
14 serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N
15 here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP
16 servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a
17 serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial
18 port for anything. (Note that the Cyclades multi serial port driver
19 does not need this driver built in for it to work.)
21 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
22 module will be called 8250.
23 [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using
24 non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will
25 be lost when the driver is unloaded. This limitation may be lifted
28 BTW1: If you have a mouseman serial mouse which is not recognized by
29 the X window system, try running gpm first.
31 BTW2: If you intend to use a software modem (also called Winmodem)
32 under Linux, forget it. These modems are crippled and require
33 proprietary drivers which are only available under Windows.
35 Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice,
36 modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports.
38 config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS
39 bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)"
40 depends on SERIAL_8250
43 In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to
44 accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and
45 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if
46 anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to
47 keep the 8250_core.* options around until they revert the changes
50 If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead.
52 If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it
53 is safe (and recommended) to say N here.
55 config SERIAL_8250_PNP
56 bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT
57 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
60 This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to
61 disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
63 config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
64 bool "Support for variants of the 16550A serial port"
65 depends on SERIAL_8250
67 The 8250 driver can probe for many variants of the venerable 16550A
68 serial port. Doing so takes additional time at boot.
70 On modern systems, especially those using serial only for a simple
71 console, you can say N here.
73 config SERIAL_8250_FINTEK
74 bool "Support for Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART RS485 API"
75 depends on SERIAL_8250
77 Selecting this option will add support for the RS485 capabilities
78 of the Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART.
80 If this option is not selected the device will be configured as a
81 standard 16550A serial port.
85 config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
86 bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port"
87 depends on SERIAL_8250=y
88 select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
89 select SERIAL_EARLYCON
91 If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
92 system console (the system console is the device which receives all
93 kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
94 mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected
97 Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
98 (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
99 you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
100 "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
101 your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options
102 to the kernel at boot time.)
104 If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
105 kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
108 You can set that using a kernel command line option such as
109 "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
110 "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
111 and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding
113 "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
114 "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
115 it will not only setup early console.
119 config SERIAL_8250_GSC
121 depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC
124 config SERIAL_8250_DMA
125 bool "DMA support for 16550 compatible UART controllers" if EXPERT
126 depends on SERIAL_8250 && DMADEVICES=y
129 This builds DMA support that can be used with 8250/16650
130 compatible UART controllers that support DMA signaling.
132 config SERIAL_8250_PCI
133 tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support"
134 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
137 This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to
138 disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
140 Note that serial ports on NetMos 9835 Multi-I/O cards are handled
141 by the parport_serial driver, enabled with CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL.
143 config SERIAL_8250_EXAR
144 tristate "8250/16550 Exar/Commtech PCI/PCIe device support"
145 depends on SERIAL_8250_PCI
148 This builds support for XR17C1xx, XR17V3xx and some Commtech
149 422x PCIe serial cards that are not covered by the more generic
150 SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
152 config SERIAL_8250_HP300
154 depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300
157 config SERIAL_8250_CS
158 tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
159 depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250
161 Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices,
162 including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of
163 multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are
164 credit-card size devices often used with laptops.)
166 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
167 module will be called serial_cs.
171 config SERIAL_8250_MEN_MCB
172 tristate "MEN MCB UART device support"
173 depends on MCB && SERIAL_8250
175 This enables support for FPGA based UARTs found on many MEN
176 boards. This driver enables support for the 16z025, 16z057
179 To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the
180 module will be called 8250_men_mcb.
183 config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
184 int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports"
185 depends on SERIAL_8250
188 Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver
189 to support. This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or
190 PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
191 via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
193 config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
194 int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
195 depends on SERIAL_8250
196 range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
199 Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
200 the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overridden
201 with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
204 config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
205 bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
206 depends on SERIAL_8250
208 If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb"
209 driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial
210 interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the
211 four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.
213 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
214 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
215 the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.
217 config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
218 bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports"
219 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64
221 Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four
222 standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST
223 FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available
224 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom
225 serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port
226 hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can
227 say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an
228 "intelligent" multiport card such as Cyclades, Digiboards, etc.
231 # Multi-port serial cards
234 config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT
235 tristate "Support Fourport cards"
236 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
238 Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board.
240 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
241 will be called 8250_fourport.
243 config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT
244 tristate "Support Accent cards"
245 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
247 Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board.
249 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
250 will be called 8250_accent.
252 config SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART
253 tristate "Aspeed Virtual UART"
254 depends on SERIAL_8250
256 depends on REGMAP && MFD_SYSCON
258 If you want to use the virtual UART (VUART) device on Aspeed
259 BMC platforms, enable this option. This enables the 16550A-
260 compatible device on the local LPC bus, giving a UART device
261 with no physical RS232 connections.
263 config SERIAL_8250_BOCA
264 tristate "Support Boca cards"
265 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
267 Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board. Please read the Boca
268 mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>
270 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
271 will be called 8250_boca.
273 config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554
274 tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART"
275 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
277 The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART. If you are
278 tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART,
281 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
282 will be called 8250_exar_st16c554.
284 config SERIAL_8250_HUB6
285 tristate "Support Hub6 cards"
286 depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
288 Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board.
290 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
291 will be called 8250_hub6.
294 # Misc. options/drivers.
297 config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
298 bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts"
299 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
301 Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb
302 serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable
303 support for this in the serial driver, say Y here.
305 config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ
306 bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)"
307 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
309 Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ
310 to use for your serial port.
312 This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in
313 a boot script using the setserial command.
317 config SERIAL_8250_RSA
318 bool "Support RSA serial ports"
319 depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
321 Say Y here if you have a IODATA RSA-DV II/S ISA card and
322 would like to use its >115kbps speeds.
323 You will need to provide module parameter "probe_rsa", or boot-time
324 parameter 8250.probe_rsa with I/O addresses of this card then.
326 If you don't have such card, or if unsure, say N.
328 config SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
331 config SERIAL_8250_ACORN
332 tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support"
333 depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250
335 If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn
336 system, say Y to this option. The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port
337 cards. If unsure, say N.
339 config SERIAL_8250_BCM2835AUX
340 tristate "BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART support"
341 depends on ARCH_BCM2835 || COMPILE_TEST
342 depends on SERIAL_8250 && SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
344 Support for the BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART.
346 Features and limitations of the UART are
347 Registers are similar to 16650 registers,
348 set bits in the control registers that are unsupported
349 are ignored and read back as 0
350 7/8 bit operation with 1 start and 1 stop bit
351 8 symbols deep fifo for rx and tx
352 SW controlled RTS and SW readable CTS
353 Clock rate derived from system clock
354 Uses 8 times oversampling (compared to 16 times for 16650)
355 Missing break detection (but break generation)
356 Missing framing error detection
358 Missing receive time-out interrupt
359 Missing DCD, DSR, DTR and RI signals
363 config SERIAL_8250_FSL
365 depends on SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
366 default PPC || ARM || ARM64
368 config SERIAL_8250_DW
369 tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks"
370 depends on SERIAL_8250
371 select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
373 Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
374 present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.
376 config SERIAL_8250_EM
377 tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port"
378 depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARM && HAVE_CLK
380 Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
381 port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors.
384 config SERIAL_8250_IOC3
385 tristate "SGI IOC3 8250 UART support"
386 depends on SGI_MFD_IOC3 && SERIAL_8250
387 select SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
388 select SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
390 Enable this if you have a SGI Origin or Octane machine. This module
391 provides basic serial support by directly driving the UART chip
392 behind the IOC3 device on those systems. Maximum baud speed is
393 38400bps using this driver.
395 config SERIAL_8250_RT288X
396 bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support"
397 depends on SERIAL_8250
398 default y if MIPS_ALCHEMY || SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883 || SOC_MT7620
400 Selecting this option will add support for the alternate register
401 layout used by Ralink RT288x/RT305x, Alchemy Au1xxx, and some others.
404 config SERIAL_8250_OMAP
405 tristate "Support for OMAP internal UART (8250 based driver)"
406 depends on SERIAL_8250 && (ARCH_OMAP2PLUS || ARCH_K3)
408 If you have a machine based on an Texas Instruments OMAP CPU you
409 can enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option.
411 This driver uses ttyS instead of ttyO.
413 config SERIAL_8250_OMAP_TTYO_FIXUP
414 bool "Replace ttyO with ttyS"
415 depends on SERIAL_8250_OMAP=y && SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
418 This option replaces the "console=ttyO" argument with the matching
419 ttyS argument if the user did not specified it on the command line.
420 This ensures that the user can see the kernel output during boot
421 which he wouldn't see otherwise. The getty has still to be configured
422 for ttyS instead of ttyO regardless of this option.
423 This option is intended for people who "automatically" enable this
424 driver without knowing that this driver requires a different console=
425 argument. If you read this, please keep this option disabled and
426 instead update your kernel command line. If you prepare a kernel for a
427 distribution or other kind of larger user base then you probably want
428 to keep this option enabled. Otherwise people might complain about a
429 not booting kernel because the serial console remains silent in case
430 they forgot to update the command line.
432 config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
433 tristate "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
434 depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF && (ARCH_LPC18XX || COMPILE_TEST)
437 If you have a LPC18xx/43xx based board and want to use the
438 serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say Y.
440 config SERIAL_8250_MT6577
441 tristate "Mediatek serial port support"
442 depends on SERIAL_8250 && ARCH_MEDIATEK
444 If you have a Mediatek based board and want to use the
445 serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
447 config SERIAL_8250_UNIPHIER
448 tristate "Support for UniPhier on-chip UART"
449 depends on SERIAL_8250
450 depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER || COMPILE_TEST
452 If you have a UniPhier based board and want to use the on-chip
453 serial ports, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
455 config SERIAL_8250_INGENIC
456 tristate "Support for Ingenic SoC serial ports"
457 depends on SERIAL_8250
458 depends on OF_FLATTREE
459 depends on MIPS || COMPILE_TEST
461 If you have a system using an Ingenic SoC and wish to make use of
462 its UARTs, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
464 config SERIAL_8250_LPSS
465 tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel LPSS platforms"
467 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
468 depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
469 select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
470 select DW_DMAC_CORE if SERIAL_8250_DMA
471 select DW_DMAC_PCI if (SERIAL_8250_DMA && X86_INTEL_LPSS)
474 Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
475 present on the UART found on various Intel platforms such as:
478 - Intel Quark X1000 SoC
480 config SERIAL_8250_MID
481 tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel MID platforms"
483 depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
484 depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
485 select HSU_DMA if SERIAL_8250_DMA
486 select HSU_DMA_PCI if (HSU_DMA && X86_INTEL_MID)
489 Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
490 present on the UART found on Intel Medfield SOC and various other
493 config SERIAL_8250_PXA
494 tristate "PXA serial port support"
495 depends on SERIAL_8250
496 depends on ARCH_PXA || ARCH_MMP
498 If you have a machine based on an Intel XScale PXA2xx CPU you can
499 enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option. The option is
500 applicable to both devicetree and legacy boards, and early console is
503 config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM
504 tristate "Devicetree based probing for 8250 ports"
505 depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF
507 This option is used for all 8250 compatible serial ports that
508 are probed through devicetree, including Open Firmware based
509 PowerPC systems and embedded systems on architectures using the
510 flattened device tree format.