1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 menu "Generic Driver Options"
8 bool "Support for uevent helper"
10 The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
12 Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
13 used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
14 usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug.
15 This should not be used today, because usual systems create
16 many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time
17 frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes
18 that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
19 it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
21 config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
22 string "path to uevent helper"
23 depends on UEVENT_HELPER
26 To disable user space helper program execution at by default
27 specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered
28 via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
32 bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
34 This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
35 In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
36 nodes with their default names and permissions for all
37 registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
38 Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
39 symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
40 It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
41 udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
43 In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
44 functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
45 rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
47 Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
48 file system will be used instead.
51 bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
54 This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
55 devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
56 mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
57 with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
58 This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
59 the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
60 after the rootfs is mounted.
61 With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
62 rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
63 on the rootfs is completely empty.
66 bool "Use nosuid,noexec mount options on devtmpfs"
69 This instructs the kernel to include the MS_NOEXEC and MS_NOSUID mount
70 flags when mounting devtmpfs.
72 Notice: If enabled, things like /dev/mem cannot be mmapped
73 with the PROT_EXEC flag. This can break, for example, non-KMS
77 bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
80 Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
85 config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
86 bool "Disable drivers features which enable custom firmware building"
89 Say yes to disable driver features which enable building a custom
90 driver firmware at kernel build time. These drivers do not use the
91 kernel firmware API to load firmware (CONFIG_FW_LOADER), instead they
92 use their own custom loading mechanism. The required firmware is
93 usually shipped with the driver, building the driver firmware
94 should only be needed if you have an updated firmware source.
96 Firmware should not be being built as part of kernel, these days
97 you should always prevent this and say Y here. There are only two
98 old drivers which enable building of its firmware at kernel build
101 o CONFIG_WANXL through CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE
102 o CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX through CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE
104 source "drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig"
106 config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
109 Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
110 device coredump mechanism.
112 config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
113 bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
116 This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
117 not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that
118 can use it are enabled.
119 Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want
120 to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any
127 default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
128 depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
131 bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
132 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
134 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
135 debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
136 problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
139 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
142 bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
143 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
145 This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
146 non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
147 you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
148 resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
149 switched on and off from sysfs node.
151 If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
153 config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE
154 bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)"
155 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
157 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions
158 by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without
159 having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module.
161 This option is expected to find errors and may render your system
162 unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to
163 test this functionality.
165 config PM_QOS_KUNIT_TEST
166 bool "KUnit Test for PM QoS features" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
168 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
170 config HMEM_REPORTING
175 Enable reporting for heterogeneous memory access attributes under
176 their non-uniform memory nodes.
178 source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig"
180 config SYS_HYPERVISOR
184 config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
188 config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
191 config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
198 source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
200 config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
205 This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
206 multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
207 APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
210 config DMA_FENCE_TRACE
211 bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages"
212 depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
214 Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra
215 spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose
216 lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple
219 config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
222 Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
223 CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
224 appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for reading capacity values at
227 config GENERIC_ARCH_NUMA
230 Enable support for generic NUMA implementation. Currently, RISC-V