1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 menu "Generic Driver Options"
5 bool "Support for uevent helper"
7 The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
9 Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
10 used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
11 usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug.
12 This should not be used today, because usual systems create
13 many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time
14 frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes
15 that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
16 it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
18 config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
19 string "path to uevent helper"
20 depends on UEVENT_HELPER
23 To disable user space helper program execution at by default
24 specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered
25 via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
29 bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
31 This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
32 In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
33 nodes with their default names and permissions for all
34 registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
35 Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
36 symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
37 It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
38 udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
40 In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
41 functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
42 rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
44 Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
45 file system will be used instead.
48 bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
51 This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
52 devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
53 mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
54 with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
55 This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
56 the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
57 after the rootfs is mounted.
58 With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
59 rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
60 on the rootfs is completely empty.
63 bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
66 Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
71 config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
72 bool "Disable drivers features which enable custom firmware building"
75 Say yes to disable driver features which enable building a custom
76 driver firmware at kernel build time. These drivers do not use the
77 kernel firmware API to load firmware (CONFIG_FW_LOADER), instead they
78 use their own custom loading mechanism. The required firmware is
79 usually shipped with the driver, building the driver firmware
80 should only be needed if you have an updated firmware source.
82 Firmware should not be being built as part of kernel, these days
83 you should always prevent this and say Y here. There are only two
84 old drivers which enable building of its firmware at kernel build
87 o CONFIG_WANXL through CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE
88 o CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX through CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE
90 source "drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig"
92 config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
95 Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
96 device coredump mechanism.
98 config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
99 bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
102 This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
103 not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that
104 can use it are enabled.
105 Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want
106 to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any
113 default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
114 depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
117 bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
118 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
120 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
121 debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
122 problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
125 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
128 bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
129 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
131 This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
132 non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
133 you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
134 resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
135 switched on and off from sysfs node.
137 If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
139 config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE
140 bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)"
141 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
143 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions
144 by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without
145 having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module.
147 This option is expected to find errors and may render your system
148 unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to
149 test this functionality.
151 config HMEM_REPORTING
156 Enable reporting for heterogenous memory access attributes under
157 their non-uniform memory nodes.
159 source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig"
161 config SYS_HYPERVISOR
165 config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
169 config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
172 config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
179 source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
181 config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
186 This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
187 multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
188 APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
191 config DMA_FENCE_TRACE
192 bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages"
193 depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
195 Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra
196 spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose
197 lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple
200 config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
203 Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
204 CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
205 appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for reading capacity values at