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 "Prevent firmware from being built"
76 Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped
77 with the driver and only when updating the firmware should a
79 If unsure, say Y here.
82 tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EXPERT
85 This option is provided for the case where none of the in-tree modules
86 require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built
89 config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
90 bool "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary"
94 The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs'
95 that are used by various drivers. The recommended way to
96 use these is to run "make firmware_install", which, after
97 converting ihex files to binary, copies all of the needed
98 binary files in firmware/ to /lib/firmware/ on your system so
99 that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request.
101 Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob
102 into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find
103 them without having to call out to userspace. This may be
104 useful if your root file system requires a device that uses
105 such firmware and do not wish to use an initrd.
107 This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
108 every driver that uses request_firmware() and ships its
109 firmware in the kernel source tree, which avoids a
110 proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
112 Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace.
114 config EXTRA_FIRMWARE
115 string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary"
118 This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel for the case
119 where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from
120 userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is
121 required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to
124 This option is a string and takes the (space-separated) names of the
125 firmware files -- the same names that appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE()
126 and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under
127 the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is
128 by default the firmware subdirectory of the kernel source tree.
130 For example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", copy
131 the usb8388.bin file into the firmware directory, and build the kernel.
132 Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be satisfied internally
133 without needing to call out to userspace.
135 WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary
136 kernel image that are not available under the terms of the GPL,
137 then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting
138 image since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should
139 consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image.
141 config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
142 string "Firmware blobs root directory"
143 depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != ""
144 default "/lib/firmware"
146 This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system
147 looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option.
149 config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
152 config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK
153 bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading"
155 select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
157 This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper
158 (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the
159 direct file loading in kernel fails. The user-mode helper is
160 no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that
161 resides in a non-standard path. Moreover, the udev support has
162 been deprecated upstream.
164 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
166 config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
169 Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
170 device coredump mechanism.
172 config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
173 bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
176 This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
177 not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that
178 can use it are enabled.
179 Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want
180 to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any
187 default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
188 depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
191 bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
192 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
194 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
195 debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
196 problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
199 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
202 bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
203 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
205 This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
206 non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
207 you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
208 resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
209 switched on and off from sysfs node.
211 If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
213 config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE
214 bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)"
215 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
217 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions
218 by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without
219 having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module.
221 This option is expected to find errors and may render your system
222 unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to
223 test this functionality.
225 source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig"
227 config SYS_HYPERVISOR
231 config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
235 config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
242 source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
244 config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
249 This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
250 multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
251 APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
254 config DMA_FENCE_TRACE
255 bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages"
256 depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
258 Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra
259 spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose
260 lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple
264 bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator"
265 depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && CMA
267 This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
268 to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
269 hardware components that do not support I/O map nor scatter-gather.
271 You can disable CMA by specifying "cma=0" on the kernel's command
274 For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
278 comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
280 config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
281 int "Size in Mega Bytes"
282 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
286 Defines the size (in MiB) of the default memory area for Contiguous
287 Memory Allocator. If the size of 0 is selected, CMA is disabled by
288 default, but it can be enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel.
291 config CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
292 int "Percentage of total memory"
293 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
297 Defines the size of the default memory area for Contiguous Memory
298 Allocator as a percentage of the total memory in the system.
299 If 0 percent is selected, CMA is disabled by default, but it can be
300 enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel.
303 prompt "Selected region size"
304 default CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
306 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
307 bool "Use mega bytes value only"
309 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
310 bool "Use percentage value only"
312 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN
313 bool "Use lower value (minimum)"
315 config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX
316 bool "Use higher value (maximum)"
321 int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers"
325 DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest
326 PAGE_SIZE order which is greater than or equal to the requested buffer
327 size. This works well for buffers up to a few hundreds kilobytes, but
328 for larger buffers it just a memory waste. With this parameter you can
329 specify the maximum PAGE_SIZE order for contiguous buffers. Larger
330 buffers will be aligned only to this specified order. The order is
331 expressed as a power of two multiplied by the PAGE_SIZE.
333 For example, if your system defaults to 4KiB pages, the order value
334 of 8 means that the buffers will be aligned up to 1MiB only.
336 If unsure, leave the default value "8".
340 config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
343 Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
344 CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
345 appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for changing capacity values at