This patch supplies seventeen more missing entries for the
Configure.help file, for a total of 65 so far. It also corrects some
places where I omitted a CONFIG_ prefix. It should be applied after my
previous patches 1, 2, and 3 under the same title.
--- Configure.help 2001/04/18 03:04:27 1.4
+++ Configure.help 2001/04/18 05:23:14
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or
drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.
+Prompt for drivers for obsolete features and hardware
+CONFIG_OBSOLETE
+ Obsolete drivers have usually been replaced by more recent software that
+ can talk to the same hardware. Obsolerte hardware is things like MGA
+ monitors that you are very unlikely to see on today's systems.
+
Symmetric Multi Processing
CONFIG_SMP
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
@@ -1598,8 +1604,9 @@
Baget AMD LANCE support
CONFIG_BAGETLANCE
- Say Y to enable kernel support for Lance ethernet cards on the
- MIPS-32-based Baget embedded system.
+ Say Y to enable kernel support for AMD Lance ethernet cards on the
+ MIPS-32-based Baget embedded system. This chipset is better known
+ via the NE2100 cards.
Support for DECstations
CONFIG_DECSTATION
@@ -1622,6 +1629,20 @@
This enables support for the VR5000-based NEC DDB Vrc-5074
evaluation board.
+Support for Cobalt Micro Server
+CONFIG_COBALT_MICRO_SERVER
+ Support for ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and
+ are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit") including the 2700 series
+ -- versions 1 of the Qube and Raq. To compile a Linux kernel for this
+ hardware, say Y here.
+
+Support for Cobalt 2800
+CONFIG_COBALT_28
+ Support for the second generation of ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have
+ been bought by Sun and are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit")
+ including the 2800 series -- versions 2 of the Qube and Raq. To compile
+ a Linux kernel for this hardware, say Y here.
+
Support for Mips Magnum 4000
CONFIG_MIPS_MAGNUM_4000
This is a machine with a R4000 100 MHz CPU. To compile a Linux
@@ -5473,6 +5494,20 @@
If you don't understand what's going on, go with the default.
+Extra SCSI Tapes
+CONFIG_ST_EXTRA_DEVS
+ This controls the amount of additional space allocated in tables for
+ drivers that are loaded as modules after the kernel is booted. In
+ the event that the SCSI core itself was loaded as a module, this
+ value is the number of additional tapes that can be loaded after the
+ first host driver is loaded.
+
+ Admittedly this isn't pretty, but there are tons of race conditions
+ involved with resizing the internal arrays on the fly. Someday this
+ flag will go away, and everything will work automatically.
+
+ If you don't understand what's going on, go with the default.
+
SCSI tape support
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST
If you want to use a SCSI tape drive under Linux, say Y and read the
@@ -6985,6 +7020,11 @@
say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. The module will be
called ohci1394.o.
+Video1394 support
+CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394
+ Say Y here if you want support for IEEE1394 FireWire interfacing
+ to digital cameras using the video1394 conventions.
+
Raw IEEE 1394 I/O support
CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO
Say Y here if you want support for the raw device. This is generally
@@ -9613,6 +9653,12 @@
More specific information and updates are available from
http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html
+DEC LANCE ethernet controller support
+CONFIG_DECLANCE
+ This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by
+ DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the
+ DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.)
+
SGI Seeq ethernet controller support
CONFIG_SGISEEQ
Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is
@@ -9850,7 +9896,9 @@
Sun Lance support
CONFIG_SUNLANCE
This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc
- systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option.
+ systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These
+ cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known
+ via the NE2100 cards.
This support is also available as a module called sunlance.o ( =
code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
@@ -10143,6 +10191,22 @@
include/linux/sbpcd.h before compiling the new kernel. Read
the file Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd.
+Matsushita/Panasonic, ... third CDROM controller support
+CONFIG_SBPCD3
+ Say Y here only if you have three CDROM controller cards of this type
+ (usually only if you have more than six drives). You should enter
+ the parameters for the second, third and fourth interface card into
+ include/linux/sbpcd.h before compiling the new kernel. Read
+ the file Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd.
+
+Matsushita/Panasonic, ... fourth CDROM controller support
+CONFIG_S
