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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2#
3# The 8250/16550 serial drivers.  You shouldn't be in this list unless
4# you somehow have an implicit or explicit dependency on SERIAL_8250.
5#
6
7config SERIAL_8250
8	tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support"
9	depends on !S390
10	select SERIAL_CORE
11	select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB
12	help
13	  This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
14	  serial ports.  The standard answer is Y.  People who might say N
15	  here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP
16	  servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a
17	  serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial
18	  port for anything.
19
20	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
21	  module will be called 8250.
22	  [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using
23	  non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will
24	  be lost when the driver is unloaded.  This limitation may be lifted
25	  in the future.]
26
27	  BTW1: If you have a mouseman serial mouse which is not recognized by
28	  the X window system, try running gpm first.
29
30	  BTW2: If you intend to use a software modem (also called Winmodem)
31	  under Linux, forget it.  These modems are crippled and require
32	  proprietary drivers which are only available under Windows.
33
34	  Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice,
35	  modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports.
36
37config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS
38	bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)"
39	depends on SERIAL_8250
40	default y
41	help
42	  In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to
43	  accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and
44	  8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if
45	  anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to
46	  keep the 8250_core.* options around until they revert the changes
47	  they already did.
48
49	  If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead.
50
51	  If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it
52	  is safe (and recommended) to say N here.
53
54config SERIAL_8250_PNP
55	bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT
56	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
57	default y
58	help
59	  This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to
60	  disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
61
62config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
63	bool "Support for variants of the 16550A serial port"
64	depends on SERIAL_8250
65	default !X86
66	help
67	  The 8250 driver can probe for many variants of the venerable 16550A
68	  serial port. Doing so takes additional time at boot.
69
70	  On modern systems, especially those using serial only for a simple
71	  console, you can say N here.
72
73config SERIAL_8250_FINTEK
74	bool "Support for Fintek variants"
75	depends on SERIAL_8250
76	help
77	  Selecting this option will add support for the RS232 and RS485
78	  capabilities of the Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART as well similar
79	  variants.
80
81	  If this option is not selected the device will be configured as a
82	  standard 16550A serial port, however the device may not function
83	  correctly without this option enabled.
84
85	  If unsure, say N.
86
87config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
88	bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port"
89	depends on SERIAL_8250=y
90	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
91	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
92	help
93	  If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
94	  system console (the system console is the device which receives all
95	  kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
96	  mode). This could be useful if some terminal or printer is connected
97	  to that serial port.
98
99	  Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
100	  (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
101	  you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
102	  "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
103	  your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options
104	  to the kernel at boot time.)
105
106	  If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
107	  kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
108	  system console.
109
110	  You can set that using a kernel command line option such as
111	  "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
112	  "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
113	  and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding
114	  port is ready.
115	  "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
116	  "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
117	  it will not only setup early console.
118
119	  If unsure, say N.
120
121config SERIAL_8250_PARISC
122	tristate
123	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PARISC
124	default SERIAL_8250
125
126config SERIAL_8250_DMA
127	bool "DMA support for 16550 compatible UART controllers" if EXPERT
128	depends on SERIAL_8250 && DMADEVICES=y
129	default SERIAL_8250
130	help
131	  This builds DMA support that can be used with 8250/16650
132	  compatible UART controllers that support DMA signaling.
133
134config SERIAL_8250_PCILIB
135	bool
136
137config SERIAL_8250_PCI
138	tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support"
139	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
140	select SERIAL_8250_PCILIB
141	default SERIAL_8250
142	help
143	  This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to
144	  disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
145	  Saves about 9K.
146	  Note that serial ports on NetMos 9835 Multi-I/O cards are handled
147	  by the parport_serial driver, enabled with CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL.
148
149config SERIAL_8250_EXAR
150	tristate "8250/16550 Exar/Commtech PCI/PCIe device support"
151	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
152	select SERIAL_8250_PCILIB
153	default SERIAL_8250
154	help
155	  This builds support for XR17C1xx, XR17V3xx and some Commtech
156	  422x PCIe serial cards that are not covered by the more generic
157	  SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
158
159config SERIAL_8250_HP300
160	tristate
161	depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300
162	default SERIAL_8250
163
164config SERIAL_8250_CS
165	tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
166	depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250
167	help
168	  Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices,
169	  including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of
170	  multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are
171	  credit-card size devices often used with laptops.)
172
173	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
174	  module will be called serial_cs.
175
176	  If unsure, say N.
177
178config SERIAL_8250_MEN_MCB
179	tristate "MEN MCB UART device support"
180	depends on MCB && SERIAL_8250
181	help
182	  This enables support for FPGA based UARTs found on many MEN
183	  boards. This driver enables support for the 16z025, 16z057
184	  and 16z125 UARTs.
185
186	  To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the
187	  module will be called 8250_men_mcb.
188
189
190config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
191	int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports"
192	depends on SERIAL_8250
193	default "4"
194	help
195	  Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver
196	  to support.  This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or
197	  PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
198	  via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
199
200config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
201	int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
202	depends on SERIAL_8250
203	range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
204	default "4"
205	help
206	  Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
207	  the kernel to register at boot time.  This can be overridden
208	  with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
209	  8250.nr_uarts
210
211config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
212	bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
213	depends on SERIAL_8250
214	help
215	  If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb"
216	  driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial
217	  interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the
218	  four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.
219
220	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
221	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
222	  the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.
223
224config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
225	bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports"
226	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
227	help
228	  Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four
229	  standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST
230	  FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available
231	  from <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom
232	  serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port
233	  hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can
234	  say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an
235	  "intelligent" multiport card such as Digiboards, etc.
236
237#
238# Multi-port serial cards
239#
240
241config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT
242	tristate "Support Fourport cards"
243	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
244	help
245	  Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board.
246
247	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
248	  will be called 8250_fourport.
249
250config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT
251	tristate "Support Accent cards"
252	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
253	help
254	  Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board.
255
256	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
257	  will be called 8250_accent.
258
259config SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART
260	tristate "Aspeed Virtual UART"
261	depends on SERIAL_8250
262	depends on OF
263	depends on MFD_SYSCON
264	depends on ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST
265	select REGMAP
266	help
267	  If you want to use the virtual UART (VUART) device on Aspeed
268	  BMC platforms, enable this option. This enables the 16550A-
269	  compatible device on the local LPC bus, giving a UART device
270	  with no physical RS232 connections.
271
272config SERIAL_8250_BOCA
273	tristate "Support Boca cards"
274	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
275	help
276	  Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board.  Please read the Boca
277	  mini-HOWTO, available from <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>
278
279	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
280	  will be called 8250_boca.
281
282config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554
283	tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART"
284	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
285	help
286	  The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART.  If you are
287	  tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART,
288	  say Y here.
289
290	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
291	  will be called 8250_exar_st16c554.
292
293config SERIAL_8250_HUB6
294	tristate "Support Hub6 cards"
295	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
296	help
297	  Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board.
298
299	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
300	  will be called 8250_hub6.
301
302config SERIAL_8250_PCI1XXXX
303	tristate "Microchip 8250 based serial port"
304	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
305	select SERIAL_8250_PCILIB
306	help
307	 Select this option if you have a setup with Microchip PCIe
308	 Switch with serial port enabled and wish to enable 8250
309	 serial driver for the serial interface. This driver support
310	 will ensure to support baud rates upto 1.5Mpbs.
311
312#
313# Misc. options/drivers.
314#
315
316config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
317	bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts"
318	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
319	help
320	  Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb
321	  serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable
322	  support for this in the serial driver, say Y here.
323
324config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ
325	bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)"
326	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
327	help
328	  Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ
329	  to use for your serial port.
330
331	  This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in
332	  a boot script using the setserial command.
333
334	  If unsure, say N.
335
336config SERIAL_8250_RSA
337	bool "Support RSA serial ports"
338	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
339	help
340	  Say Y here if you have a IODATA RSA-DV II/S ISA card and
341	  would like to use its >115kbps speeds.
342	  You will need to provide module parameter "probe_rsa", or boot-time
343	  parameter 8250.probe_rsa with I/O addresses of this card then.
344
345	  If you don't have such card, or if unsure, say N.
346
347config SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
348	bool
349
350config SERIAL_8250_ACORN
351	tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support"
352	depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250
353	help
354	  If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn
355	  system, say Y to this option.  The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port
356	  cards.  If unsure, say N.
357
358config SERIAL_8250_BCM2835AUX
359	tristate "BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART support"
360	depends on ARCH_BCM2835 || COMPILE_TEST
361	depends on SERIAL_8250 && SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
362	help
363	  Support for the BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART.
364
365	  Features and limitations of the UART are
366	    Registers are similar to 16650 registers,
367	      set bits in the control registers that are unsupported
368	      are ignored and read back as 0
369	    7/8 bit operation with 1 start and 1 stop bit
370	    8 symbols deep fifo for rx and tx
371	    SW controlled RTS and SW readable CTS
372	    Clock rate derived from system clock
373	    Uses 8 times oversampling (compared to 16 times for 16650)
374	    Missing break detection (but break generation)
375	    Missing framing error detection
376	    Missing parity bit
377	    Missing receive time-out interrupt
378	    Missing DCD, DSR, DTR and RI signals
379
380	  If unsure, say N.
381
382config SERIAL_8250_FSL
383	tristate "Freescale 16550 UART support" if COMPILE_TEST && !(PPC || ARM || ARM64)
384	depends on SERIAL_8250
385	default SERIAL_8250 if PPC || ARM || ARM64
386	help
387	  Selecting this option enables a workaround for a break-detection
388	  erratum for Freescale 16550 UARTs in the 8250 driver. It also
389	  enables support for ACPI enumeration.
390
391config SERIAL_8250_DFL
392	tristate "DFL bus driver for Altera 16550 UART"
393	depends on SERIAL_8250 && FPGA_DFL
394	help
395	  This option enables support for a Device Feature List (DFL) bus
396	  driver for the Altera 16550 UART. One or more Altera 16550 UARTs
397	  can be instantiated in a FPGA and then be discovered during
398	  enumeration of the DFL bus.
399
400	  To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the
401	  module will be called 8250_dfl.
402
403config SERIAL_8250_DW
404	tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks"
405	depends on SERIAL_8250
406	select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
407	help
408	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
409	  present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.
410
411config SERIAL_8250_EM
412	tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port"
413	depends on SERIAL_8250 && HAVE_CLK
414	depends on ARCH_RENESAS || COMPILE_TEST
415	help
416	  Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
417	  port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors.
418	  If unsure, say N.
419
420config SERIAL_8250_IOC3
421	tristate "SGI IOC3 8250 UART support"
422	depends on SERIAL_8250
423	depends on SGI_MFD_IOC3 || COMPILE_TEST
424	select SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
425	select SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
426	help
427	  Enable this if you have a SGI Origin or Octane machine. This module
428	  provides basic serial support by directly driving the UART chip
429	  behind the IOC3 device on those systems.  Maximum baud speed is
430	  38400bps using this driver.
431
432config SERIAL_8250_RT288X
433	bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support"
434	depends on SERIAL_8250
435	default y if MIPS_ALCHEMY || SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883 || SOC_MT7620
436	help
437	  Selecting this option will add support for the alternate register
438	  layout used by Ralink RT288x/RT305x, Alchemy Au1xxx, and some others.
439	  If unsure, say N.
440
441config SERIAL_8250_OMAP
442	tristate "Support for OMAP internal UART (8250 based driver)"
443	depends on SERIAL_8250
444	depends on ARCH_OMAP2PLUS || ARCH_K3 || COMPILE_TEST
445	help
446	  If you have a machine based on an Texas Instruments OMAP CPU you
447	  can enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option.
448
449	  This driver uses ttyS instead of ttyO.
450
451config SERIAL_8250_OMAP_TTYO_FIXUP
452	bool "Replace ttyO with ttyS"
453	depends on SERIAL_8250_OMAP=y && SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
454	default y
455	help
456	  This option replaces the "console=ttyO" argument with the matching
457	  ttyS argument if the user did not specified it on the command line.
458	  This ensures that the user can see the kernel output during boot
459	  which he wouldn't see otherwise. The getty has still to be configured
460	  for ttyS instead of ttyO regardless of this option.
461	  This option is intended for people who "automatically" enable this
462	  driver without knowing that this driver requires a different console=
463	  argument. If you read this, please keep this option disabled and
464	  instead update your kernel command line. If you prepare a kernel for a
465	  distribution or other kind of larger user base then you probably want
466	  to keep this option enabled. Otherwise people might complain about a
467	  not booting kernel because the serial console remains silent in case
468	  they forgot to update the command line.
469
470config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
471	tristate "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
472	depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF && (ARCH_LPC18XX || COMPILE_TEST)
473	default ARCH_LPC18XX
474	help
475	  If you have a LPC18xx/43xx based board and want to use the
476	  serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say Y.
477
478config SERIAL_8250_MT6577
479	tristate "Mediatek serial port support"
480	depends on SERIAL_8250
481	depends on ARCH_MEDIATEK || COMPILE_TEST
482	help
483	  If you have a Mediatek based board and want to use the
484	  serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
485
486config SERIAL_8250_UNIPHIER
487	tristate "Support for UniPhier on-chip UART"
488	depends on SERIAL_8250
489	depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER || COMPILE_TEST
490	help
491	  If you have a UniPhier based board and want to use the on-chip
492	  serial ports, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
493
494config SERIAL_8250_INGENIC
495	tristate "Support for Ingenic SoC serial ports"
496	depends on SERIAL_8250
497	depends on OF_FLATTREE
498	depends on MIPS || COMPILE_TEST
499	help
500	  If you have a system using an Ingenic SoC and wish to make use of
501	  its UARTs, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
502
503config SERIAL_8250_LPSS
504	tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel LPSS platforms"
505	default SERIAL_8250
506	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
507	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
508	select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
509	select DW_DMAC_CORE if SERIAL_8250_DMA
510	select DW_DMAC_PCI if (SERIAL_8250_DMA && X86_INTEL_LPSS)
511	select RATIONAL
512	help
513	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the UART found on
514	  various Intel platforms such as:
515	    - Intel Baytrail SoC
516	    - Intel Braswell SoC
517	    - Intel Quark X1000 SoC
518	  that are not covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
519
520config SERIAL_8250_MID
521	tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel MID platforms"
522	default SERIAL_8250
523	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
524	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
525	select HSU_DMA if SERIAL_8250_DMA
526	select HSU_DMA_PCI if (HSU_DMA && X86_INTEL_MID)
527	select RATIONAL
528	help
529	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the UART found on
530	  Intel Medfield SOC and various other Intel platforms that is not
531	  covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
532
533config SERIAL_8250_PERICOM
534	tristate "Support for Pericom and Acces I/O serial ports"
535	default SERIAL_8250
536	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
537	help
538	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the Pericom and Acces
539	  I/O UARTs that are not covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI
540	  option.
541
542config SERIAL_8250_PXA
543	tristate "PXA serial port support"
544	depends on SERIAL_8250
545	depends on ARCH_PXA || ARCH_MMP || COMPILE_TEST
546	help
547	  If you have a machine based on an Intel XScale PXA2xx CPU you can
548	  enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option. The option is
549	  applicable to both devicetree and legacy boards, and early console is
550	  part of its support.
551
552config SERIAL_8250_TEGRA
553	tristate "8250 support for Tegra serial ports"
554	default SERIAL_8250
555	depends on SERIAL_8250
556	depends on ARCH_TEGRA || COMPILE_TEST
557	help
558	  Select this option if you have machine with an NVIDIA Tegra SoC and
559	  wish to enable 8250 serial driver for the Tegra serial interfaces.
560
561config SERIAL_8250_BCM7271
562	tristate "Broadcom 8250 based serial port"
563	depends on SERIAL_8250 && (ARCH_BRCMSTB || COMPILE_TEST)
564	default ARCH_BRCMSTB
565	help
566	  If you have a Broadcom STB based board and want to use the
567	  enhanced features of the Broadcom 8250 based serial port,
568	  including DMA support and high accuracy BAUD rates, say
569	  Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
570
571config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM
572	tristate "Devicetree based probing for 8250 ports"
573	depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF
574	help
575	  This option is used for all 8250 compatible serial ports that
576	  are probed through devicetree, including Open Firmware based
577	  PowerPC systems and embedded systems on architectures using the
578	  flattened device tree format.
579