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