Common kernel configs - Revision history

Nighthawk at 17:01, 11 February 2014

2014-02-11T17:01:15Z

2013-09-05T23:36:08Z

‎input devices

2013-08-30T20:16:22Z

‎cameras and video 4 linux

2013-08-30T16:32:33Z

2013-08-14T17:05:20Z

‎USB to Serial

2013-08-14T17:03:57Z

‎cameras and video 4 linux

2013-08-14T16:42:04Z

2013-04-30T16:18:43Z

‎Android USB Tethering

2013-04-30T16:18:00Z

‎Android USB Tethering

2013-04-30T16:17:50Z

‎Android USB Tethering

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:01, 11 February 2014
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	│ (1) -> USB Serial Converter support (USB_SERIAL [=y])		│ (1) -> USB Serial Converter support (USB_SERIAL [=y])

		+
		+	== TUN/TAP ==
		+
		+	CONFIG_TUN

		+	TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
		+	programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
		+	device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
		+	receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
		+	via physical media writes them to the user space program.
		+
		+	When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
		+	corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
		+	devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
		+	all routes corresponding to it.
		+
		+	Required for openvpn.
		+
		+	Symbol: TUN [=m]
		+	│ Type : tristate
		+	│ Prompt: Universal TUN/TAP device driver support
		+	│ Defined at drivers/net/Kconfig:206
		+	│ Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && NET_CORE [=y]
		+	│ Location:
		+	│ -> Device Drivers
		+	│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
		+	│ (1) -> Network core driver support (NET_CORE [=y])
		+	│ Selects: CRC32 [=y]

	[[category:kernel]]		[[category:kernel]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:36, 5 September 2013
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	'''uinput'''		'''uinput'''
−	~~-> Device Drivers~~
−	~~-> Input device support~~
−	~~-> Generic input layer~~
−	~~-> Miscellaneous devices~~
−	~~<M> User level driver support~~

		+	Symbol: INPUT_UINPUT [=m] │
		+	│ Type : tristate │
		+	│ Prompt: User level driver support │
		+	│ Defined at drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:418 │
		+	│ Depends on: !UML && INPUT [=y] && INPUT_MISC [=y] │
		+	│ Location: │
		+	│ -> Device Drivers │
		+	│ -> Input device support │
		+	│ -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) (INPUT [=y]) │
		+	│ (1) -> Miscellaneous devices (INPUT_MISC [=y])
		+
		+	'''Griffin PowerMate'''
		+
		+	Symbol: INPUT_POWERMATE [=m] │
		+	│ Type : tristate │
		+	│ Prompt: Griffin PowerMate and Contour Jog support │
		+	│ Defined at drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:334 │
		+	│ Depends on: !UML && INPUT [=y] && INPUT_MISC [=y] && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD [=y] │
		+	│ Location: │
		+	│ -> Device Drivers │
		+	│ -> Input device support │
		+	│ -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) (INPUT [=y]) │
		+	│ (1) -> Miscellaneous devices (INPUT_MISC [=y]) │
		+	│ Selects: USB [=y]

	== cameras and video 4 linux==		== cameras and video 4 linux==

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:16, 30 August 2013
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	above not tested		above not tested
		+
		+	DYNEX usb webcam
		+
		+	Symbol: USB_GSPCA_OV519 [=n] │
		+	│ Type : tristate │
		+	│ Prompt: OV51x / OVFX2 / W996xCF USB Camera Driver │
		+	│ Defined at drivers/media/usb/gspca/Kconfig:135 │
		+	│ Depends on: MEDIA_SUPPORT [=m] && MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT [=y] && MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT [=y] && VIDEO_V4L2 [=m] && USB_GSPCA [=m] │
		+	│ Location: │
		+	│ -> Device Drivers │
		+	│ -> Multimedia support (MEDIA_SUPPORT [=m]) │
		+	│ -> Media USB Adapters (MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT [=y]) │
		+	│ (1) -> GSPCA based webcams (USB_GSPCA [=m])

	== crypto / dev mapper stuff==		== crypto / dev mapper stuff==

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 == USB to Serial==
 for usb2serial device as listed by lsusb:  ATEN International Co., Ltd UC-232A Serial Port [pl2303]
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+  Symbol: USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO [=m]                                                                                            │
 [[category:kernel]]

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	== USB to Serial==		== USB to Serial==

		+	for usb2serial device as listed by lsusb: ATEN International Co., Ltd UC-232A Serial Port [pl2303]

	Symbol: USB_SERIAL_PL2303 [=m] │		Symbol: USB_SERIAL_PL2303 [=m] │

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 == cameras and video 4 linux==
- Device Drivers >
-   --- Multimedia support --->
+Symbol: '''MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT''' [=y]                                                                                           │
-           <*> Video For Linux
+  │ Type  : boolean                                                                                                             │
-           [*]   Cameras/video grabbers support
+   │ Prompt: Cameras/video grabbers support                                                                                      │
-           [*]   V4L platform devices  --->
+  │   Defined at drivers/media/Kconfig:21                                                                                       │
-           [*]   Media USB Adapters  --->
+  │   Depends on: MEDIA_SUPPORT [=y]                                                                                            │
 == crypto / dev mapper stuff==

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	CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y		CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y

		+
		+	== USB to Serial==
		+
		+
		+	Symbol: USB_SERIAL_PL2303 [=m] │
		+	│ Type : tristate │
		+	│ Prompt: USB Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver │
		+	│ Defined at drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig:480 │
		+	│ Depends on: USB_SUPPORT [=y] && USB_SERIAL [=y] │
		+	│ Location: │
		+	│ -> Device Drivers │
		+	│ -> USB support (USB_SUPPORT [=y]) │
		+	│ (1) -> USB Serial Converter support (USB_SERIAL [=y])
		+
		+
		+
		+

	[[category:kernel]]		[[category:kernel]]

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   CONFIG_USB_ARMLINUX=y
-'''check config command'''
+'''check config command''' run against your kernel config file to verify settings
   cat .config | grep -E "NETDEVICES|USB_USBNET|USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET|USB_NET_CDCETHER|USB_NET_CDC_EEM|NET_RNDIS_HOST|USB_ARMLINUX"

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 The prompts above frequently change from one kernel version to the next.  The above settings were noted as of kernel version 3.8.3-gentoo-r1.
-corresponding .config parameters spawned from above settings:
+'''corresponding .config parameters spawned from above settings:'''
   CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y