Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

[Eric S. Raymond]

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+  Obsolete drivers have usually been replaced by more recent software that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_SBPCD4
+  Say Y here only if you have four CDROM controller cards of this type
+  (usually only if you have more than eight 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.
+
 Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes/TXC/CyDROM CDROM support
 CONFIG_AZTCD
   This is your driver if you have an Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid
@@ -12521,6 +12585,17 @@
   only, not to the file contents. You can include several codepages;
   say Y here if you want to include the DOS codepage for Thai.
 
+Windows CP1251 (Bulgarian, Belarussian)
+CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251
+  The Microsoft FAT file system family can deal with filenames in
+  native language character sets. These character sets are stored in
+  so-called DOS codepages. You need to include the appropriate
+  codepage if you want to be able to read/write these filenames on
+  DOS/Windows partitions correctly. This does apply to the filenames
+  only, not to the file contents. You can include several codepages;
+  say Y here if you want to include the DOS codepage Bulgarian and
+  Belorussian.
+
 nls codepage 932
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932
   The Microsoft FAT file system family can deal with filenames in
@@ -12657,6 +12732,14 @@
   letters that were missing in Latin 4 to cover the entire Nordic
   area.
 
+NLS ISO 8859-13 (Latin 7; Baltic)
+CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13
+  If you want to display filenames with native language characters
+  from the Microsoft FAT file system family or from JOLIET CDROMs
+  correctly on the screen, you need to include the appropriate
+  input/output character sets. Say Y here for the Latin 7 character
+  set, which supports modern Baltic languages including Latvian.
+
 NLS ISO 8859-14 (Latin 8; Celtic)
 CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14
   If you want to display filenames with native language characters
@@ -12690,6 +12773,14 @@
   input/output character sets. Say Y here for the preferred Russian
   character set.
 
+NLS UTF8
+CONFIG_NLS_UTF8
+  If you want to display filenames with native language characters
+  from the Microsoft FAT file system family or from JOLIET CDROMs
+  correctly on the screen, you need to include the appropriate
+  input/output character sets. Say Y here for the UTF-8 encoding of
+  the Unicode/ISO9646 universal character set.
+
 Virtual terminal
 CONFIG_VT
   If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with
@@ -13688,6 +13779,13 @@
   is selected, the module will be called r128.o.  AGP support for
   this card is strongly suggested (unless you have a PCI version).
 
+ATI Radeon
+CONFIG_DRM_RADEON
+  Choose this option if you have an ATI Radeon graphics card.  There
+  are both PCI and AGP versions.  You don't need to choose this to
+  run the Radeon in plain VGA mode.  There is a product page at
+  http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products/pc/radeon32/index.html .
+
 Intel I810
 CONFIG_DRM_I810
   Choose this option if you have an Intel I810 graphics card.  If M is
@@ -13700,6 +13798,12 @@
   is selected, the module will be called mga.o.  AGP support is required
   for this driver to work.
 
+Creator/Creator3D/Elite3D
+CONFIG_DRM_FFB
+  Choose this option if you have one of Sun's Creator3D-based graphics 
+  and frame buffer cards.  Product page at 
+  http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/Graphics/creator3d.html .
+
 MTRR control and configuration
 CONFIG_MTRR
   On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
@@ -15949,7 +16053,7 @@
   If you don't want to compile a kernel for a Sun 3x, say N.
 
 Sun3x builtin serial support
-SUN3X_ZS
+CONFIG_SUN3X_ZS
   ZS refers to a type of asynchronous serial port built in to the Sun3
   and Sun3x workstations; if you have a Sun 3, you probably have these.
   Say 'Y' to support ZS ports directly.
@@ -16179,6 +16283,12 @@
   If you have the Phase5 Fastlane Z3 SCSI controller, or plan to use
   one in the near future, say Y to this question. Otherwise, say N.
 
+BSC Oktagon SCSI support
+OKTAGON_SCSI
+  If you have the BSC Oktagon SCSI disk controller for the Amiga, say Y to
+  this question.  If you're in doubt about whether you have one, see the
+  picture at http://amiga.multigraph.com/photos/oktagon.html . 
+
 Atari native SCSI support
 CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI
   If you have an Atari with built-in NCR5380 SCSI controller (TT,
@@ -16373,7 +16483,7 @@
   GVP IO-Extender card, N otherwise
 
 GVP IO-Extender PLIP support
-GVPIOEXT_PLIP
+CONFIG_GVPIOEXT_PLIP
   Say Y to enable doing IP over the parallel port on your  GVP IO-Extender
   card, N otherwise
 
@@ -16915,6 +17025,22 @@
   whenever you want). If you want to compile it as a module, say M
   here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
+Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 video driver
+CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS
+  Say Y here to enable support for the Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 video driver
+  for PCI.  There is a product page at http://www.stradis.com/decoder.html .
+
+Zoran ZR36057/36060 Video For Linux
+CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN
+  Say Y here to include support for video cards based on the the Zoran 
+  ZR36057/36060 encoder/decoder chip (including the Iomega Buz and the
+  Miro DC10 and DC30 video capture cards).
+
+Include support for Iomega Buz
+CONFIG_VIDEO_BUZ
+  Say Y here to include support for the Iomega Buz video card.  There is
+  a Buz/Linux homepage at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gz/buz/ .
+
 ZR36120/36125 Video for Linux
 CONFIG_VIDEO_ZR36120
   Support for ZR36120/ZR36125 based frame grabber/overlay boards.
@@ -17321,6 +17447,14 @@
   experimental; if this sounds frightening, say N and sleep in peace.
   You can also say M here to compile this support as a module (which
   will be called arthur.o).
+
+RTAS (RunTime Abstraction Services) in /proc
+CONFIG_RTAS
+  Certain hardware devices, such as custom I/O controllers, differ from
+  Macintosh to Macintosh, but provide similar functions. RTAS communicates
+  with the underlying hardware to provide services such as accessing the
+  real-time clock, nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM), restart, shutdown, and PCI
+  configuration cycles.
 
 Initial kernel command line
 CONFIG_CMDLINE
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Re: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

[Philip Blundell]

>+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

Aren't those machines MIPS based?

p.

Re: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

[Dmitry A. Fedorov]

> From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
> To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, torvalds@transmeta.com,
     axel@uni-paderborn.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
     kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 01:26:48 -0400
> Subject: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4
> 
> 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

> +Windows CP1251 (Bulgarian, Belarussian)

And Russian !!!


> +CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251
> +  The Microsoft FAT file system family can deal with filenames in
> +  native language character sets. These character sets are stored in
> +  so-called DOS codepages. You need to include the appropriate
> +  codepage if you want to be able to read/write these filenames on
> +  DOS/Windows partitions correctly. This does apply to the filenames
> +  only, not to the file contents. You can include several codepages;
> +  say Y here if you want to include the DOS codepage Bulgarian and
> +  Belorussian.

Re: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

[Alan Cox]

> >+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
> 
> Aren't those machines MIPS based?

They are mips based and support for them was also removed from the kernel so
the entry doesnt want to go in. I'd rather have missing than wrong entries

Re: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help, part 4

[Eric S. Raymond]

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> They are mips based and support for them was also removed from the kernel so
> the entry doesnt want to go in. I'd rather have missing than wrong entries

I'll post a 5th patch of corrections shortly.
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