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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	default SERIAL_8250
153	help
154	  This builds support for XR17C1xx, XR17V3xx and some Commtech
155	  422x PCIe serial cards that are not covered by the more generic
156	  SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
157
158config SERIAL_8250_HP300
159	tristate
160	depends on SERIAL_8250 && HP300
161	default SERIAL_8250
162
163config SERIAL_8250_CS
164	tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
165	depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250
166	help
167	  Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices,
168	  including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of
169	  multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are
170	  credit-card size devices often used with laptops.)
171
172	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
173	  module will be called serial_cs.
174
175	  If unsure, say N.
176
177config SERIAL_8250_MEN_MCB
178	tristate "MEN MCB UART device support"
179	depends on MCB && SERIAL_8250
180	help
181	  This enables support for FPGA based UARTs found on many MEN
182	  boards. This driver enables support for the 16z025, 16z057
183	  and 16z125 UARTs.
184
185	  To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the
186	  module will be called 8250_men_mcb.
187
188
189config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
190	int "Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports"
191	depends on SERIAL_8250
192	default "4"
193	help
194	  Set this to the number of serial ports you want the driver
195	  to support.  This includes any ports discovered via ACPI or
196	  PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
197	  via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
198
199config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
200	int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
201	depends on SERIAL_8250
202	range 0 SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
203	default "4"
204	help
205	  Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
206	  the kernel to register at boot time.  This can be overridden
207	  with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
208	  8250.nr_uarts
209
210config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
211	bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
212	depends on SERIAL_8250
213	help
214	  If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb"
215	  driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial
216	  interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the
217	  four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.
218
219	  Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
220	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
221	  the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.
222
223config SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
224	bool "Support more than 4 legacy serial ports"
225	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED && !IA64
226	help
227	  Say Y here if you have dumb serial boards other than the four
228	  standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports. This may happen if you have an AST
229	  FourPort, Accent Async, Boca (read the Boca mini-HOWTO, available
230	  from <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), or other custom
231	  serial port hardware which acts similar to standard serial port
232	  hardware. If you only use the standard COM 1/2/3/4 ports, you can
233	  say N here to save some memory. You can also say Y if you have an
234	  "intelligent" multiport card such as Digiboards, etc.
235
236#
237# Multi-port serial cards
238#
239
240config SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT
241	tristate "Support Fourport cards"
242	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
243	help
244	  Say Y here if you have an AST FourPort serial board.
245
246	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
247	  will be called 8250_fourport.
248
249config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT
250	tristate "Support Accent cards"
251	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
252	help
253	  Say Y here if you have an Accent Async serial board.
254
255	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
256	  will be called 8250_accent.
257
258config SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART
259	tristate "Aspeed Virtual UART"
260	depends on SERIAL_8250
261	depends on OF
262	depends on MFD_SYSCON
263	depends on ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST
264	select REGMAP
265	help
266	  If you want to use the virtual UART (VUART) device on Aspeed
267	  BMC platforms, enable this option. This enables the 16550A-
268	  compatible device on the local LPC bus, giving a UART device
269	  with no physical RS232 connections.
270
271config SERIAL_8250_BOCA
272	tristate "Support Boca cards"
273	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
274	help
275	  Say Y here if you have a Boca serial board.  Please read the Boca
276	  mini-HOWTO, available from <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>
277
278	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
279	  will be called 8250_boca.
280
281config SERIAL_8250_EXAR_ST16C554
282	tristate "Support Exar ST16C554/554D Quad UART"
283	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
284	help
285	  The Uplogix Envoy TU301 uses this Exar Quad UART.  If you are
286	  tinkering with your Envoy TU301, or have a machine with this UART,
287	  say Y here.
288
289	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
290	  will be called 8250_exar_st16c554.
291
292config SERIAL_8250_HUB6
293	tristate "Support Hub6 cards"
294	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
295	help
296	  Say Y here if you have a HUB6 serial board.
297
298	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
299	  will be called 8250_hub6.
300
301config SERIAL_8250_PCI1XXXX
302	tristate "Microchip 8250 based serial port"
303	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
304	select SERIAL_8250_PCILIB
305	help
306	 Select this option if you have a setup with Microchip PCIe
307	 Switch with serial port enabled and wish to enable 8250
308	 serial driver for the serial interface. This driver support
309	 will ensure to support baud rates upto 1.5Mpbs.
310
311#
312# Misc. options/drivers.
313#
314
315config SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
316	bool "Support for sharing serial interrupts"
317	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
318	help
319	  Some serial boards have hardware support which allows multiple dumb
320	  serial ports on the same board to share a single IRQ. To enable
321	  support for this in the serial driver, say Y here.
322
323config SERIAL_8250_DETECT_IRQ
324	bool "Autodetect IRQ on standard ports (unsafe)"
325	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
326	help
327	  Say Y here if you want the kernel to try to guess which IRQ
328	  to use for your serial port.
329
330	  This is considered unsafe; it is far better to configure the IRQ in
331	  a boot script using the setserial command.
332
333	  If unsure, say N.
334
335config SERIAL_8250_RSA
336	bool "Support RSA serial ports"
337	depends on SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
338	help
339	  Say Y here if you have a IODATA RSA-DV II/S ISA card and
340	  would like to use its >115kbps speeds.
341	  You will need to provide module parameter "probe_rsa", or boot-time
342	  parameter 8250.probe_rsa with I/O addresses of this card then.
343
344	  If you don't have such card, or if unsure, say N.
345
346config SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
347	bool
348
349config SERIAL_8250_ACORN
350	tristate "Acorn expansion card serial port support"
351	depends on ARCH_ACORN && SERIAL_8250
352	help
353	  If you have an Atomwide Serial card or Serial Port card for an Acorn
354	  system, say Y to this option.  The driver can handle 1, 2, or 3 port
355	  cards.  If unsure, say N.
356
357config SERIAL_8250_BCM2835AUX
358	tristate "BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART support"
359	depends on ARCH_BCM2835 || COMPILE_TEST
360	depends on SERIAL_8250 && SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
361	help
362	  Support for the BCM2835 auxiliar mini UART.
363
364	  Features and limitations of the UART are
365	    Registers are similar to 16650 registers,
366	      set bits in the control registers that are unsupported
367	      are ignored and read back as 0
368	    7/8 bit operation with 1 start and 1 stop bit
369	    8 symbols deep fifo for rx and tx
370	    SW controlled RTS and SW readable CTS
371	    Clock rate derived from system clock
372	    Uses 8 times oversampling (compared to 16 times for 16650)
373	    Missing break detection (but break generation)
374	    Missing framing error detection
375	    Missing parity bit
376	    Missing receive time-out interrupt
377	    Missing DCD, DSR, DTR and RI signals
378
379	  If unsure, say N.
380
381config SERIAL_8250_FSL
382	tristate "Freescale 16550 UART support" if COMPILE_TEST && !(PPC || ARM || ARM64)
383	depends on SERIAL_8250
384	default SERIAL_8250 if PPC || ARM || ARM64
385	help
386	  Selecting this option enables a workaround for a break-detection
387	  erratum for Freescale 16550 UARTs in the 8250 driver. It also
388	  enables support for ACPI enumeration.
389
390config SERIAL_8250_DFL
391	tristate "DFL bus driver for Altera 16550 UART"
392	depends on SERIAL_8250 && FPGA_DFL
393	help
394	  This option enables support for a Device Feature List (DFL) bus
395	  driver for the Altera 16550 UART. One or more Altera 16550 UARTs
396	  can be instantiated in a FPGA and then be discovered during
397	  enumeration of the DFL bus.
398
399	  To compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the
400	  module will be called 8250_dfl.
401
402config SERIAL_8250_DW
403	tristate "Support for Synopsys DesignWare 8250 quirks"
404	depends on SERIAL_8250
405	select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
406	help
407	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the extra features
408	  present in the Synopsys DesignWare APB UART.
409
410config SERIAL_8250_EM
411	tristate "Support for Emma Mobile integrated serial port"
412	depends on SERIAL_8250 && HAVE_CLK
413	depends on ARCH_RENESAS || COMPILE_TEST
414	help
415	  Selecting this option will add support for the integrated serial
416	  port hardware found on the Emma Mobile line of processors.
417	  If unsure, say N.
418
419config SERIAL_8250_IOC3
420	tristate "SGI IOC3 8250 UART support"
421	depends on SERIAL_8250
422	depends on SGI_MFD_IOC3 || COMPILE_TEST
423	select SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
424	select SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
425	help
426	  Enable this if you have a SGI Origin or Octane machine. This module
427	  provides basic serial support by directly driving the UART chip
428	  behind the IOC3 device on those systems.  Maximum baud speed is
429	  38400bps using this driver.
430
431config SERIAL_8250_RT288X
432	bool "Ralink RT288x/RT305x/RT3662/RT3883 serial port support"
433	depends on SERIAL_8250
434	default y if MIPS_ALCHEMY || SOC_RT288X || SOC_RT305X || SOC_RT3883 || SOC_MT7620
435	help
436	  Selecting this option will add support for the alternate register
437	  layout used by Ralink RT288x/RT305x, Alchemy Au1xxx, and some others.
438	  If unsure, say N.
439
440config SERIAL_8250_OMAP
441	tristate "Support for OMAP internal UART (8250 based driver)"
442	depends on SERIAL_8250
443	depends on ARCH_OMAP2PLUS || ARCH_K3 || COMPILE_TEST
444	help
445	  If you have a machine based on an Texas Instruments OMAP CPU you
446	  can enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option.
447
448	  This driver uses ttyS instead of ttyO.
449
450config SERIAL_8250_OMAP_TTYO_FIXUP
451	bool "Replace ttyO with ttyS"
452	depends on SERIAL_8250_OMAP=y && SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
453	default y
454	help
455	  This option replaces the "console=ttyO" argument with the matching
456	  ttyS argument if the user did not specified it on the command line.
457	  This ensures that the user can see the kernel output during boot
458	  which he wouldn't see otherwise. The getty has still to be configured
459	  for ttyS instead of ttyO regardless of this option.
460	  This option is intended for people who "automatically" enable this
461	  driver without knowing that this driver requires a different console=
462	  argument. If you read this, please keep this option disabled and
463	  instead update your kernel command line. If you prepare a kernel for a
464	  distribution or other kind of larger user base then you probably want
465	  to keep this option enabled. Otherwise people might complain about a
466	  not booting kernel because the serial console remains silent in case
467	  they forgot to update the command line.
468
469config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
470	tristate "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
471	depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF && (ARCH_LPC18XX || COMPILE_TEST)
472	default ARCH_LPC18XX
473	help
474	  If you have a LPC18xx/43xx based board and want to use the
475	  serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say Y.
476
477config SERIAL_8250_MT6577
478	tristate "Mediatek serial port support"
479	depends on SERIAL_8250
480	depends on ARCH_MEDIATEK || COMPILE_TEST
481	help
482	  If you have a Mediatek based board and want to use the
483	  serial port, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
484
485config SERIAL_8250_UNIPHIER
486	tristate "Support for UniPhier on-chip UART"
487	depends on SERIAL_8250
488	depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER || COMPILE_TEST
489	help
490	  If you have a UniPhier based board and want to use the on-chip
491	  serial ports, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
492
493config SERIAL_8250_INGENIC
494	tristate "Support for Ingenic SoC serial ports"
495	depends on SERIAL_8250
496	depends on OF_FLATTREE
497	depends on MIPS || COMPILE_TEST
498	help
499	  If you have a system using an Ingenic SoC and wish to make use of
500	  its UARTs, say Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
501
502config SERIAL_8250_LPSS
503	tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel LPSS platforms"
504	default SERIAL_8250
505	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
506	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
507	select SERIAL_8250_DWLIB
508	select DW_DMAC_CORE if SERIAL_8250_DMA
509	select DW_DMAC_PCI if (SERIAL_8250_DMA && X86_INTEL_LPSS)
510	select RATIONAL
511	help
512	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the UART found on
513	  various Intel platforms such as:
514	    - Intel Baytrail SoC
515	    - Intel Braswell SoC
516	    - Intel Quark X1000 SoC
517	  that are not covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
518
519config SERIAL_8250_MID
520	tristate "Support for serial ports on Intel MID platforms"
521	default SERIAL_8250
522	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
523	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
524	select HSU_DMA if SERIAL_8250_DMA
525	select HSU_DMA_PCI if (HSU_DMA && X86_INTEL_MID)
526	select RATIONAL
527	help
528	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the UART found on
529	  Intel Medfield SOC and various other Intel platforms that is not
530	  covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
531
532config SERIAL_8250_PERICOM
533	tristate "Support for Pericom and Acces I/O serial ports"
534	default SERIAL_8250
535	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
536	help
537	  Selecting this option will enable handling of the Pericom and Acces
538	  I/O UARTs that are not covered by the more generic SERIAL_8250_PCI
539	  option.
540
541config SERIAL_8250_PXA
542	tristate "PXA serial port support"
543	depends on SERIAL_8250
544	depends on ARCH_PXA || ARCH_MMP || COMPILE_TEST
545	help
546	  If you have a machine based on an Intel XScale PXA2xx CPU you can
547	  enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option. The option is
548	  applicable to both devicetree and legacy boards, and early console is
549	  part of its support.
550
551config SERIAL_8250_TEGRA
552	tristate "8250 support for Tegra serial ports"
553	depends on SERIAL_8250
554	depends on ARCH_TEGRA || COMPILE_TEST
555	help
556	  Select this option if you have machine with an NVIDIA Tegra SoC and
557	  wish to enable 8250 serial driver for the Tegra serial interfaces.
558
559config SERIAL_8250_BCM7271
560	tristate "Broadcom 8250 based serial port"
561	depends on SERIAL_8250 && (ARCH_BRCMSTB || COMPILE_TEST)
562	default ARCH_BRCMSTB
563	help
564	  If you have a Broadcom STB based board and want to use the
565	  enhanced features of the Broadcom 8250 based serial port,
566	  including DMA support and high accuracy BAUD rates, say
567	  Y to this option. If unsure, say N.
568
569config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM
570	tristate "Devicetree based probing for 8250 ports"
571	depends on SERIAL_8250 && OF
572	help
573	  This option is used for all 8250 compatible serial ports that
574	  are probed through devicetree, including Open Firmware based
575	  PowerPC systems and embedded systems on architectures using the
576	  flattened device tree format.
577