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| 1 | +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
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| 1 | 2 | # |
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| 2 | 3 | # EISA configuration |
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| 3 | 4 | # |
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| 5 | + |
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| 6 | +config HAVE_EISA |
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| 7 | + bool |
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| 8 | + |
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| 9 | +menuconfig EISA |
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| 10 | + bool "EISA support" |
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| 11 | + depends on HAVE_EISA |
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| 12 | + help |
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| 13 | + The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was |
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| 14 | + developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus. |
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| 15 | + |
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| 16 | + The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel |
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| 17 | + bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for |
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| 18 | + the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and |
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| 19 | + 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus. |
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| 20 | + |
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| 21 | + Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine. |
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| 22 | + |
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| 23 | + Otherwise, say N. |
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| 24 | + |
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| 4 | 25 | config EISA_VLB_PRIMING |
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| 5 | 26 | bool "Vesa Local Bus priming" |
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| 6 | 27 | depends on X86 && EISA |
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| 7 | 28 | default n |
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| 8 | | - ---help--- |
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| 29 | + help |
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| 9 | 30 | Activate this option if your system contains a Vesa Local |
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| 10 | 31 | Bus (VLB) card that identify itself as an EISA card (such as |
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| 11 | 32 | the Adaptec AHA-284x). |
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| 16 | 37 | bool "Generic PCI/EISA bridge" |
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| 17 | 38 | depends on !PARISC && PCI && EISA |
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| 18 | 39 | default y |
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| 19 | | - ---help--- |
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| 40 | + help |
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| 20 | 41 | Activate this option if your system contains a PCI to EISA |
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| 21 | 42 | bridge. If your system have both PCI and EISA slots, you |
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| 22 | 43 | certainly need this option. |
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| 30 | 51 | bool "EISA virtual root device" |
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| 31 | 52 | depends on EISA && (ALPHA || X86) |
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| 32 | 53 | default y |
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| 33 | | - ---help--- |
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| 54 | + help |
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| 34 | 55 | Activate this option if your system only have EISA bus |
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| 35 | 56 | (no PCI slots). The Alpha Jensen is an example of such |
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| 36 | 57 | a system. |
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| 41 | 62 | bool "EISA device name database" |
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| 42 | 63 | depends on EISA |
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| 43 | 64 | default y |
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| 44 | | - ---help--- |
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| 65 | + help |
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| 45 | 66 | By default, the kernel contains a database of all known EISA |
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| 46 | 67 | device names to make the information in sysfs comprehensible |
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| 47 | 68 | to the user. This database increases size of the kernel |
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| 53 | 74 | names. |
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| 54 | 75 | |
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| 55 | 76 | When in doubt, say Y. |
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| 56 | | - |
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