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Config Option

Value

Description

Remarks

CGROUP_FREEZER

N/y

control group freezer subsystem

XEN_DEBUG_FS

N/y

Enable Xen debug and tuning parameters in debugfs

X86_PTRACE_BTS

Y/n

Branch Trace Store

MICROCODE_INTEL

Y/n

Intel microcode patch loading support

MICROCODE_AMD

N/y

AMD microcode patch loading support

UNEVICTABLE_LRU

Y/n

Add LRU list to track non-evictable pages

X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION

N/y

Check for low memory corruption

CMDLINE_BOOL

N/y

Built-in kernel command line

I7300_IDLE

N/m/y

Intel chipset idle memory power saving driver

CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS

N/y

Write ELF core dumps with partial segments

NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RECENT

N/m

"recent" match support

IP_VS_IPV6

N/y

IPv6 support for IPVS

NET_DSA

N/y

Distributed Switch Architecture support

NET_SCH_MULTIQ

N/m/y

Hardware Multiqueue-aware Multi Band Queuing (MULTIQ)

NET_ACT_SKBEDIT

N/m/y

SKB Editing

PHONET

N/m/y

Phonet protocols family

WIRELESS

Y/n

Wireless

WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY

Y/n

Old wireless static regulatory definitions

MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL

N/y

Minstrel

NET_9P_RDMA

N/m

9P RDMA Transport (Experimental)

MTD_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY

N/y

Verify DataFlash page writes

MTD_DATAFLASH_OTP

N/y

DataFlash OTP support (Security Register)

PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES

Y/n

PNP debugging messages

ICS932S401

N/m

Integrated Circuits ICS932S401

PANASONIC_LAPTOP

N/m/y

Panasonic Laptop Extras

IGB_DCA

Y/n

Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support

JME

N/m/y

JMicron(R) PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support

ENIC

N/m/y

Cisco 10G Ethernet NIC support

IXGBE_DCA

Y/n

Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support

MYRI10GE_DCA

Y/n

Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support

MLX4_EN

N/m/y

Mellanox Technologies 10Gbit Ethernet support

QLGE

N/m/y

QLogic QLGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver Support

LIBERTAS_THINFIRM

N/m

Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support with thin firmware

USB_NET_SMSC95XX

N/m

SMSC LAN95XX based USB 2.0 10/100 ethernet devices

PCMCIA_IBMTR

N/m

IBM PCMCIA tokenring adapter support

MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH

N/y

Elantech PS/2 protocol extension

INPUT_CM109

N/m/y

C-Media CM109 USB I/O Controller

STALLION

N/m/y

Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support

ISTALLION

N/m/y

Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support

W1_SLAVE_BQ27000

N/m

BQ27000 slave support

BATTERY_BQ27x00

N/m

BQ27200 battery driver

SENSORS_ADT7462

N/m

Analog Devices ADT7462

SENSORS_MAX1111

N/m/y

Maxim MAX1111 Multichannel, Serial 8-bit ADC chip

SENSORS_LIS3LV02D

N/m/y

STMicroeletronics LIS3LV02Dx three-axis digital accelerometer

IT87_WDT

N/m/y

IT87 Watchdog Timer

W83697UG_WDT

N/m/y

W83697UG/W83697UF Watchdog Timer

UCB1400_CORE

N/m

Philips UCB1400 Core driver

MFD_WM8400

N/m

Support Wolfson Microelectronics WM8400

MFD_WM8350_I2C

N/m

Support Wolfson Microelectronics WM8350 with I2C

REGULATOR

N/y

Voltage and Current Regulator Support

VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES

N/y

Enable old-style fixed minor ranges for video devices

SOC_CAMERA_MT9M111

N/m

mt9m111 support

USB_M5602

N/m

ALi USB m5602 Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_CONEX

N/m

Conexant Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_ETOMS

N/m

Etoms USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_FINEPIX

N/m

Fujifilm FinePix USB V4L2 driver

USB_GSPCA_MARS

N/m

Mars USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_OV519

N/m

OV519 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_PAC207

N/m

Pixart PAC207 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_PAC7311

N/m

Pixart PAC7311 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SONIXB

N/m

SN9C102 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SONIXJ

N/m

SONIX JPEG USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA500

N/m

SPCA500 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA501

N/m

SPCA501 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA505

N/m

SPCA505 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA506

N/m

SPCA506 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA508

N/m

SPCA508 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SPCA561

N/m

SPCA561 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_STK014

N/m

Syntek DV4000 (STK014) USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_SUNPLUS

N/m

SUNPLUS USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_T613

N/m

T613 (JPEG Compliance) USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_TV8532

N/m

TV8532 USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_VC032X

N/m

VC032X USB Camera Driver

USB_GSPCA_ZC3XX

N/m

ZC3XX USB Camera Driver

USB_MR800

N/m

AverMedia MR 800 USB FM radio support

DVB_USB_CINERGY_T2

N/m

Terratec CinergyT2/qanu USB 2.0 DVB-T receiver

DVB_USB_DTV5100

N/m

AME DTV-5100 USB2.0 DVB-T support

DVB_USB_AF9015

N/m

Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 support

DVB_DM1105

N/m

SDMC DM1105 based PCI cards

DVB_STV0288

M

ST STV0288 based

DVB_STB6000

M

ST STB6000 silicon tuner

DVB_CX24116

M

Conexant CX24116 based

DVB_SI21XX

M

Silicon Labs SI21XX based

DVB_LGS8GL5

N/m

Silicon Legend LGS-8GL5 demodulator (OFDM)

DVB_DUMMY_FE

N/m

Dummy frontend driver

DVB_AF9013

N/m

Afatech AF9013 demodulator

FB_VIA

N/m/y

VIA UniChrome (Pro) and Chrome9 display support

FB_METRONOME

N/m/y

E-Ink Metronome/8track controller support

FB_MB862XX

N/m/y

Fujitsu MB862xx GDC support

LCD_TDO24M

N/m

Toppoly TDO24M LCD Panels support

BACKLIGHT_SAHARA

N/m/y

Tabletkiosk Sahara Touch-iT Backlight Driver

SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP

N/y

Support digital beep via input layer

SND_HDA_CODEC_NVHDMI

Y/n

Build NVIDIA HDMI HD-audio codec support

SND_USB_US122L

N/m

Tascam US-122L USB driver

SND_SOC_ALL_CODECS

N/m

Build all ASoC CODEC drivers

HID_PID

N/y

PID device support

HID_COMPAT

Y/n

Load all HID drivers on hid core load

HID_LOGITECH

M

Logitech

LOGITECH_FF

N/y

Logitech force feedback

LOGIRUMBLEPAD2_FF

N/y

Logitech Rumblepad 2 force feedback

HID_PANTHERLORD

M

Pantherlord devices support

PANTHERLORD_FF

N/y

Pantherlord force feedback support

THRUSTMASTER_FF

N/m

ThrustMaster devices support

ZEROPLUS_FF

N/m

Zeroplus based game controller support

USB_WUSB_CBAF

N/m

Support WUSB Cable Based Association (CBA)

USB_TMC

N/m

USB Test and Measurement Class support

USB_SEVSEG

N/m

USB 7-Segment LED Display

USB_VST

N/m

USB VST driver

USB_GADGET_VBUS_DRAW

2

Maximum VBUS Power usage (2-500 mA)

LEDS_HP_DISK

N/m

LED Support for disk protection LED on HP notebooks

LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT

N/m/y

LED backlight Trigger

EDAC_X38

N/m

Intel X38

RTC_DRV_RX8581

N/m

Epson RX-8581

RTC_DRV_DS1390

N/m/y

Dallas/Maxim DS1390/93/94

RTC_DRV_DS3234

N/m/y

Maxim/Dallas DS3234

RTC_DRV_DS1286

N/m/y

Dallas DS1286

RTC_DRV_M48T35

N/m/y

ST M48T35

RTC_DRV_BQ4802

N/m/y

TI BQ4802

UIO_SERCOS3

N/m

Automata Sercos III PCI card driver

STAGING

N/y

Staging drivers

EXT4_FS

N/m/y

The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem

OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD

N/y

Use JBD for compatibility

DEBUG_VIRTUAL

N/y

Debug VM translations

RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR

N/y

Check for stalled CPUs delaying RCU grace periods

DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT

N/y

Force extended block device numbers and spread them

FUNCTION_TRACER

N/y

Kernel Function Tracer

BOOT_TRACER

N/y

Trace boot initcalls

STACK_TRACER

N/y

Trace max stack

DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG

N/y

Enable dynamic printk() call support

EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP

N/y

Early printk via EHCI debug port

CRYPTO_FIPS

N/y

FIPS 200 compliance

CRYPTO_CRC32C_INTEL

N/m/y

CRC32c INTEL hardware acceleration

CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG

N/m/y

Pseudo Random Number Generation for Cryptographic modules