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Add a kernel parameter option to 'edd' to enable/disable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services. CONFIG_EDD_OFF disables EDD while still compiling EDD into the kernel. Default behavior can be forced using 'edd=on' or 'edd=off' as a kernel parameter. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kernel-parameters.txt] Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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#
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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
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# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
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#
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menu "Firmware Drivers"
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config EDD
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tristate "BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive calls determine boot disk"
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depends on !IA64
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help
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Say Y or M here if you want to enable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive
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Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk
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BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs.
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This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some
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obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do
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not yet implement this feature.
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config EDD_OFF
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bool "Sets default behavior for EDD detection to off"
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depends on EDD
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default n
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help
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Say Y if you want EDD disabled by default, even though it is compiled into the
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kernel. Say N if you want EDD enabled by default. EDD can be dynamically set
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using the kernel parameter 'edd={on|skipmbr|off}'.
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config EFI_VARS
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tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
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depends on EFI
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default n
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help
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If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware
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Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read,
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write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface.
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Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires
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at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is
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available from Matt Domsch's website located at:
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<http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz>
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Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at:
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<http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr>
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config EFI_PCDP
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bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table"
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depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64
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default y if IA64
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help
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If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to
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automatically use the primary console device it describes
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as the Linux console, say Y here.
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If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to
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use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console,
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say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART
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device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise,
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you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument.
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Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices,
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so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending
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on how the driver discovers devices.
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You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.)
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See <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf>
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config DELL_RBU
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tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs"
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depends on X86
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select FW_LOADER
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help
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Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your
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DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP)
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supporting application to communicate with the BIOS regarding the new
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image for the image update to take effect.
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See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver.
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config DCDBAS
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tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver"
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depends on X86
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help
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The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface
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for systems management software to perform System Management
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Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or
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power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems.
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See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver
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and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes
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use of this driver.
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Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems
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management software such as Dell OpenManage.
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config DMIID
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bool "Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace"
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depends on DMI
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default y
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help
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Say Y here if you want to query SMBIOS/DMI system identification
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information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want
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DMI-based module auto-loading.
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config ISCSI_IBFT_FIND
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bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes"
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depends on X86
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default n
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help
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This option enables the kernel to find the region of memory
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in which the ISCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) resides. This
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is necessary for iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module to work
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properly.
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config ISCSI_IBFT
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tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes module"
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depends on ISCSI_IBFT_FIND
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default n
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help
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This option enables support for detection and exposing of iSCSI
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Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) via sysfs to userspace. If you wish to
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detect iSCSI boot parameters dynamically during system boot, say Y.
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Otherwise, say N.
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endmenu
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