Steven J. Hill wrote: > 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_CONSOLE > CONFIG_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. > CONFIG_EVB_PCI1 > CONFIG_FORWARD_KEYBOARD > CONFIG_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. > CONFIG_IT8172_SCR0 > CONFIG_IT8172_SCR1 On the IT8172 system controller, Smart Card Reader 0 and 1. > CONFIG_SYSCLK_100 > CONFIG_SYSCLK_75 > CONFIG_SYSCLK_83 Let me know if you need additional information. Thanks, Pete