firmware: Restore support for built-in firmware
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1menu "Generic Driver Options"
2
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3config UEVENT_HELPER
4 bool "Support for uevent helper"
5 default y
6a8d8abb 6 help
86d56134 7 The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
6a8d8abb 8 every uevent.
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9 Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
10 used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
11 usually pointed to a shell script at /sbin/hotplug.
12 This should not be used today, because usual systems create
13 many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time
14 frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes
15 that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
16 it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
6a8d8abb 17
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18config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
19 string "path to uevent helper"
20 depends on UEVENT_HELPER
21 default ""
22 help
23 To disable user space helper program execution at by default
24 specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered
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25 via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
26 later at runtime.
27
2b2af54a 28config DEVTMPFS
4237e5fd 29 bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
2b2af54a 30 help
da5e4ef7 31 This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
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32 In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
33 nodes with their default names and permissions for all
34 registered devices with an assigned major/minor number.
35 Userspace can modify the filesystem content as needed, add
36 symlinks, and apply needed permissions.
37 It provides a fully functional /dev directory, where usually
38 udev runs on top, managing permissions and adding meaningful
39 symlinks.
40 In very limited environments, it may provide a sufficient
41 functional /dev without any further help. It also allows simple
42 rescue systems, and reliably handles dynamic major/minor numbers.
2b2af54a 43
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44 Notice: if CONFIG_TMPFS isn't enabled, the simpler ramfs
45 file system will be used instead.
46
2b2af54a 47config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
4237e5fd 48 bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs"
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49 depends on DEVTMPFS
50 help
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51 This will instruct the kernel to automatically mount the
52 devtmpfs filesystem at /dev, directly after the kernel has
53 mounted the root filesystem. The behavior can be overridden
54 with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
55 This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
56 the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
0feb03af 57 after the rootfs is mounted.
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58 With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
59 rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
60 on the rootfs is completely empty.
2b2af54a 61
1da177e4 62config STANDALONE
967857df 63 bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
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64 default y
65 help
66 Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
67 need it.
68
69 If unsure, say Y.
70
71config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
72 bool "Prevent firmware from being built"
73 default y
74 help
75 Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped
113647a2 76 with the driver and only when updating the firmware should a
77 rebuild be made.
78 If unsure, say Y here.
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79
80config FW_LOADER
6a108a14 81 tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EXPERT
d9b19199 82 default y
1da177e4 83 ---help---
113647a2 84 This option is provided for the case where none of the in-tree modules
85 require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built
86 out-of-tree does.
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88config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
89 bool "Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary"
90 depends on FW_LOADER
91 default y
92 help
93 The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs'
113647a2 94 that are used by various drivers. The recommended way to
156faf90 95 use these is to run "make firmware_install", which, after
96 converting ihex files to binary, copies all of the needed
97 binary files in firmware/ to /lib/firmware/ on your system so
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98 that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request.
99
100 Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob
101 into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find
102 them without having to call out to userspace. This may be
113647a2 103 useful if your root file system requires a device that uses
104 such firmware and do not wish to use an initrd.
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105
106 This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
113647a2 107 every driver that uses request_firmware() and ships its
108 firmware in the kernel source tree, which avoids a
109 proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
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111 Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace.
112
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113config EXTRA_FIRMWARE
114 string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary"
115 depends on FW_LOADER
116 help
113647a2 117 This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel for the case
118 where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from
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119 userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is
120 required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to
121 use an initrd).
122
113647a2 123 This option is a string and takes the (space-separated) names of the
124 firmware files -- the same names that appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE()
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125 and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under
126 the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is
113647a2 127 by default the firmware subdirectory of the kernel source tree.
4d2acfbf 128
113647a2 129 For example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", copy
130 the usb8388.bin file into the firmware directory, and build the kernel.
131 Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be satisfied internally
132 without needing to call out to userspace.
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133
134 WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary
113647a2 135 kernel image that are not available under the terms of the GPL,
4d2acfbf 136 then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting
113647a2 137 image since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should
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138 consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image.
139
140config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
141 string "Firmware blobs root directory"
142 depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != ""
df85b2d7 143 default "/lib/firmware"
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144 help
145 This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system
146 looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option.
4d2acfbf 147
7b1269f7 148config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
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149 bool
150
151config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK
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152 bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading"
153 depends on FW_LOADER
5a1379e8 154 select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
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155 help
156 This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper
157 (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the
158 direct file loading in kernel fails. The user-mode helper is
159 no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that
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160 resides in a non-standard path. Moreover, the udev support has
161 been deprecated upstream.
162
163 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
7b1269f7 164
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165config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
166 bool
167 help
168 Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
169 device coredump mechanism.
170
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171config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
172 bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
9c602699 173 default y
833c9545 174 help
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175 This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
176 not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that
177 can use it are enabled.
178 Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want
179 to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any
180 data.
833c9545 181
9c602699 182 If unsure, say Y.
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183
184config DEV_COREDUMP
185 bool
186 default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
cd3d9ea1 187 depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
833c9545 188
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189config DEBUG_DRIVER
190 bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
191 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
192 help
193 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
194 debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
195 problem with the driver core and want to see more of what is
196 going on.
197
198 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
199
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200config DEBUG_DEVRES
201 bool "Managed device resources verbose debug messages"
202 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
203 help
204 This option enables kernel parameter devres.log. If set to
205 non-zero, devres debug messages are printed. Select this if
206 you are having a problem with devres or want to debug
207 resource management for a managed device. devres.log can be
208 switched on and off from sysfs node.
209
210 If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
211
bea5b158 212config DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE
248ff021 213 bool "Test driver remove calls during probe (UNSTABLE)"
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214 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
215 help
216 Say Y here if you want the Driver core to test driver remove functions
217 by calling probe, remove, probe. This tests the remove path without
218 having to unbind the driver or unload the driver module.
219
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220 This option is expected to find errors and may render your system
221 unusable. You should say N here unless you are explicitly looking to
222 test this functionality.
bea5b158 223
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224source "drivers/base/test/Kconfig"
225
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226config SYS_HYPERVISOR
227 bool
228 default n
eba6cd67 229
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230config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
231 bool
232 default n
233
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234config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
235 bool
67bad2fd 236
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237config SOC_BUS
238 bool
c97db7cc 239 select GLOB
74d1d82c 240
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241source "drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig"
242
d15bd7ee 243config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
3b32a592 244 bool
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245 default n
246 select ANON_INODES
247 help
248 This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
249 multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
250 APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
251 driver.
252
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253config DMA_FENCE_TRACE
254 bool "Enable verbose DMA_FENCE_TRACE messages"
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255 depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
256 help
f54d1867 257 Enable the DMA_FENCE_TRACE printks. This will add extra
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258 spam to the console log, but will make it easier to diagnose
259 lockup related problems for dma-buffers shared across multiple
260 devices.
261
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262config DMA_CMA
263 bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator"
264 depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && CMA
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265 help
266 This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
267 to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
268 hardware components that do not support I/O map nor scatter-gather.
269
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270 You can disable CMA by specifying "cma=0" on the kernel's command
271 line.
272
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273 For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
274 If unsure, say "n".
275
f825c736 276if DMA_CMA
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277comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
278
279config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
280 int "Size in Mega Bytes"
281 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
d7be003a 282 default 0 if X86
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283 default 16
284 help
285 Defines the size (in MiB) of the default memory area for Contiguous
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286 Memory Allocator. If the size of 0 is selected, CMA is disabled by
287 default, but it can be enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel.
288
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290config CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
291 int "Percentage of total memory"
292 depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
d7be003a 293 default 0 if X86
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294 default 10
295 help
296 Defines the size of the default memory area for Contiguous Memory
297 Allocator as a percentage of the total memory in the system.
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298 If 0 percent is selected, CMA is disabled by default, but it can be
299 enabled by passing cma=size[MG] to the kernel.
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300
301choice
302 prompt "Selected region size"
5e97f3f9 303 default CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
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305config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
306 bool "Use mega bytes value only"
307
308config CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
309 bool "Use percentage value only"
310
311config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN
312 bool "Use lower value (minimum)"
313
314config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX
315 bool "Use higher value (maximum)"
316
317endchoice
318
319config CMA_ALIGNMENT
320 int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers"
fe54b1fd 321 range 4 12
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322 default 8
323 help
324 DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest
325 PAGE_SIZE order which is greater than or equal to the requested buffer
326 size. This works well for buffers up to a few hundreds kilobytes, but
327 for larger buffers it just a memory waste. With this parameter you can
328 specify the maximum PAGE_SIZE order for contiguous buffers. Larger
329 buffers will be aligned only to this specified order. The order is
330 expressed as a power of two multiplied by the PAGE_SIZE.
331
332 For example, if your system defaults to 4KiB pages, the order value
333 of 8 means that the buffers will be aligned up to 1MiB only.
334
335 If unsure, leave the default value "8".
336
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337endif
338
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339config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
340 bool
341 help
342 Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
343 CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
344 appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for changing capacity values at
345 runtime.
346
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