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author | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530 |
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committer | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530 |
commit | 871480933a1c28f8a9fed4c4d34d06c439a7a422 (patch) | |
tree | 8718f573808810c2a1e8cb8fb6ac469093ca2784 /drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig | |
parent | 9d40ac5867b9aefe0722bc1f110b965ff294d30d (diff) | |
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The original directory structure was scattered and unorganized.
Changes are basically to make it look like kernel structure.
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diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b986d9fa --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# +# Plug and Play BIOS configuration +# +config PNPBIOS + bool "Plug and Play BIOS support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on ISA && X86 && EXPERIMENTAL + default n + ---help--- + Linux uses the PNPBIOS as defined in "Plug and Play BIOS + Specification Version 1.0A May 5, 1994" to autodetect built-in + mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port resources). + + Some features (e.g. event notification, docking station information, + ISAPNP services) are not currently implemented. + + If you would like the kernel to detect and allocate resources to + your mainboard devices (on some systems they are disabled by the + BIOS) say Y here. Also the PNPBIOS can help prevent resource + conflicts between mainboard devices and other bus devices. + + Note: ACPI is expected to supersede PNPBIOS some day, currently it + co-exists nicely. If you have a non-ISA system that supports ACPI, + you probably don't need PNPBIOS support. + +config PNPBIOS_PROC_FS + bool "Plug and Play BIOS /proc interface" + depends on PNPBIOS && PROC_FS + ---help--- + If you say Y here and to "/proc file system support", you will be + able to directly access the PNPBIOS. This includes resource + allocation, ESCD, and other PNPBIOS services. Using this + interface is potentially dangerous because the PNPBIOS driver will + not be notified of any resource changes made by writing directly. + Also some buggy systems will fault when accessing certain features + in the PNPBIOS /proc interface (e.g. "boot" configs). + + See the latest pcmcia-cs (stand-alone package) for a nice set of + PNPBIOS /proc interface tools (lspnp and setpnp). + + Unless you are debugging or have other specific reasons, it is + recommended that you say N here. + |