patch-2.3.35 linux/Documentation/Configure.help

• Lines: 196
• Date: Mon Dec 27 14:01:53 1999
• Orig file: v2.3.34/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
• Orig date: Mon Dec 20 18:48:21 1999

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.34/linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
@@ -7852,18 +7852,18 @@
 Support for USB (EXPERIMENTAL)
 CONFIG_USB
   Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a specification for a serial bus
-  system which offers higher speeds and more features than the
+  subsystem which offers higher speeds and more features than the
   traditional PC serial port. The bus supplies power to peripherals
   and allows for hot swapping. Up to 127 USB peripherals can be
-  connected to a single USB port in a tree structure; the USB port is
-  the root of the tree, the peripherals are the leafs and the inner
-  nodes are special USB devices called hubs. Many newer PC's have USB
+  connected to a single USB port in a tree structure. The USB port is
+  the root of the tree, the peripherals are the leaves, and the inner
+  nodes are special USB devices called hubs. Many newer PCs have USB
   ports and newer peripherals such as scanners, keyboards, mice,
-  modems and printers support the USB protocol and can be connected to
-  the PC via those ports.
+  modems, and printers support the USB protocol and can be connected
+  to the PC via those ports.
 
   Say Y here if your computer has a USB port and you want to
-  experiment with USB devices. You then need to say Y to at least one
+  use USB devices. You then need to say Y to at least one
   of "UHCI support" or "OHCI support" below (the type of interface
   that the USB hardware in your computer provides) and then choose
   from among the drivers for USB peripherals.
@@ -7873,7 +7873,7 @@
   The module will be called usbcore.o. If you want to compile it as a
   module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
-UHCI (intel PIIX4 and others) support?
+UHCI (intel PIIX4, VIA, and others) support?
 CONFIG_USB_UHCI
   The Universal Host Controller Interface is a standard by Intel for
   accessing the USB hardware in the PC (which is also called the USB
@@ -7886,20 +7886,17 @@
   The module will be called usb-uhci.o. If you want to compile it as a
   module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
   
-OHCI-HCD (compaq and some others) support?
+OHCI-HCD (Compaq, iMacs, OPTi, SiS, and others) support?
 CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD
-  The Open Host Controller Interface is a standard by Compaq for
-  accessing the USB PC hardware (also called USB host controller). If
-  your USB host controller conforms to this standard, say Y. The USB
-  host controllers on most non-Intel architectures and on several x86
-  compatibles with non-Intel chipsets conform to this standard.
+  The Open Host Controller Interface is a standard by
+  Compaq/Microsoft/National for accessing the USB PC hardware (also
+  called USB host controller). If your USB host controller conforms
+  to this standard, say Y. The USB host controllers on most
+  non-Intel architectures and on several x86 compatibles with
+  non-Intel chipsets conform to this standard.
 
   You may want to read the file drivers/usb/README.ohci_hcd.
 
-  There are currently two OHCI drivers in development. You should
-  compile at most one. The other one is "OHCI (compaq and some others)
-  support?", above.
-
   This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
   The module will be called usb-ohci-hcd.o. If you want to compile it
@@ -7915,11 +7912,11 @@
   The module will be called mouse.o. If you want to compile it as a
   module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
-USB HP scanner support
-CONFIG_USB_HP_SCANNER
-  Say Y here if you want to connect a USB HP scanner to your
-  computer's USB port. Please read drivers/usb/README.hp_scanner
-  for more information.
+USB scanner support
+CONFIG_USB_SCANNER
+  Say Y here if you want to connect a USB scanner to your
+  computer's USB port. Please read drivers/usb/README.scanner
+  and drivers/usb/README.scanner_hp_sane for more information.
 
   This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
@@ -7938,7 +7935,7 @@
 
 USB audio parsing support
 CONFIG_USB_AUDIO
-  Say Y here if you want to connect audio equipment such as USB
+  Say Y here if you want to connect USB audio equipment such as
   speakers to your computer's USB port.
 
   This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
@@ -7957,9 +7954,10 @@
   The module will be called acm.o. If you want to compile it as a
   module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
-USB Belkin and Peracom serial support
+USB serial converter support
 CONFIG_USB_SERIAL
-  Say Y here if you want to connect a Belkin, Peracom, or eTek
+  Say Y here if you want to connect a Connect Tech WhiteHEAT 
+  multi-port USB to serial converter, or a Belkin, Peracom, or eTek
   single port USB to serial converter.
   
   This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
@@ -7969,7 +7967,7 @@
 
 USB Printer support
 CONFIG_USB_PRINTER
-  Say Y here if you want to connect a printer to your computer's USB
+  Say Y here if you want to connect a USB printer to your computer's USB
   port.
 
   This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
@@ -8001,8 +7999,13 @@
 
 USB SCSI Support
 CONFIG_USB_SCSI
-  Say Y here if you want to connect SCSI devices to your computer's
-  USB port.
+  Say Y here if you want to connect USB mass storage devices to your
+  computer's USB port.
+
+  This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
+  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
+  The module will be called usb-scsi.o. If you want to compile it as a
+  module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
 
 USB SCSI verbose debug
 CONFIG_USB_SCSI_DEBUG
@@ -8027,7 +8030,7 @@
 
   Manual mode is not limited to printers, any parallel port
   device should work. This driver utilizes manual mode.
-  Note however that some operations are three orders of a magnitude
+  Note however that some operations are three orders of magnitude
   slower than on a PCI/ISA Parallel Port, so timing critical
   applications might not work.
 
@@ -8039,22 +8042,27 @@
   The module will be called uss720.o. If you want to compile it as a
   module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
   
-USB /proc filesystem entry support (Preliminary)
+USB /proc filesystem support
 CONFIG_USB_PROC
   This reports USB drivers and devices in the /proc filesystem.
   Entries are located in /proc/bus/usb. The entries are described in
   the file Documentation/proc_usb_info.txt.
 
-  Note that you must say Y to "/proc filesystem support" below for
-  this to work.
+  Note that you must say Y to global "/proc filesystem support" under
+  Filesystems for this to work.
 
 DABUSB driver
 CONFIG_USB_DABUSB
-  A Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Receiver for USB and Linux brought to
-  you by the DAB-Team (http://dab.in.tum.de). 
+  A Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Receiver for USB and Linux brought
+  to you by the DAB-Team (http://dab.in.tum.de). 
   This driver can be taken as an example for URB-based bulk, control, and
   isochronous transactions.
 
+  This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
+  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
+  The module will be called dabusb.o. If you want to compile it as a
+  module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
+  
 ACPI support
 CONFIG_ACPI
   Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an interface
@@ -8834,10 +8842,9 @@
 Lowercase DOS filenames on LONG namespace volume
 CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS
   If you say Y here, every filename on a NetWare server volume using
-  the OS2/LONG namespace will be converted to lowercase characters.
-  (For regular NetWare file server volumes with DOS namespace, this is
-  done automatically, even if you say N here.) Saying N here will give
-  you these filenames in uppercase.
+  the OS2/LONG namespace and created under DOS or on a volume using
+  DOS namespace will be converted to lowercase characters.
+  Saying N here will give you these filenames in uppercase.
   
   This is only a cosmetic option since the OS2/LONG namespace is case
   insensitive. The only major reason for this option is backward
@@ -11171,6 +11178,12 @@
   engine.
 
   See Documentation/sound/NM256 for further information.
+
+ESS Maestro sound chipsets
+CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO
+  Say Y or M if you have a sound system driven by ESS's Maestro line
+  of PCI sound chips.  These include the Maestro 1, Maestro 2, and
+  Maestro 2E.  See Documentation/sound/Maestro for more details.
 
 Are you using a crosscompiler
 CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE