Documentation on MIPS kernel options...
Greetings.
I have been having some correspondance with Eric Raymond (ESR) concerning MIPS configuration options. I have already sent him a fairly good sized list of descriptions for some MIPS options that will be utilized in the CML2 build system for the 2.5.x and 2.6.x series kernels. He sent me another list of items and I decided to ask those of you on the list to provide the descriptions. Please send me the descriptions and at the end of next week I will compile the results and send them off to Eric. Thanks.
-Steve
CONFIG_ARC_CONSOLECONFIG_AU1000_UARTCONFIG_EVB_PCI1CONFIG_FORWARD_KEYBOARDCONFIG_GDB_CONSOLECONFIG_IT8172_REVCCONFIG_IT8172_SCR0CONFIG_IT8172_SCR1CONFIG_SYSCLK_100CONFIG_SYSCLK_75CONFIG_SYSCLK_83
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Steven J. Hill - Embedded SW Engineer
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CONFIG_ARC_CONSOLE
This arguably belongs to the Kernel Hacking section (or its CML2 equivalent). It isn't useful (and in fact will be highly frustrating) for anyone else.
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The ARC console is a low-level console device using the ARC firmware for output. This is useful for debugging, especially if there is no driver for the serial ports. You cannot use the ARC console as a general serial device. Unless you have a specific requirement for this functionality, you should not select this option.
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Keith M Wesolowski <[email protected]> http://foobazco.org/~wesolows ------(( Project Foobazco Coordinator and Network Administrator ))------ "There is no such song as 'Acid Acid Acid' by 'The Acid Heads' but there might as well be." --jwz
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Greetings.
I have been having some correspondance with Eric Raymond (ESR) concerning MIPS configuration options. I have already sent him a fairly good sized list of descriptions for some MIPS options that will be utilized in the CML2 build system for the 2.5.x and 2.6.x series kernels. He sent me another list of items and I decided to ask those of you on the list to provide the descriptions. Please send me the descriptions and at the end of next week I will compile the results and send them off to Eric. Thanks.
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-Steve
CONFIG_ARC_CONSOLECONFIG_AU1000_UART
The uart on the Alchemy Au1000 is almost a 16550 but not quite. I've added support for that uart in the non-standard uart section in drivers/char/Config.in. This option is needed if you want uart support for debug and/or serial console.
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CONFIG_EVB_PCI1CONFIG_FORWARD_KEYBOARDCONFIG_GDB_CONSOLE
CONFIG_IT8172_REVC
An older version of the IT8172 system controller what has slightly different pci mem windows. However, I don't think we need to support this anymore so I plan on dumping this asap.
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CONFIG_IT8172_SCR0CONFIG_IT8172_SCR1
On the IT8172 system controller, Smart Card Reader 0 and 1.
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CONFIG_SYSCLK_100CONFIG_SYSCLK_75CONFIG_SYSCLK_83
Let me know if you need additional information.
Thanks,
Pete