# # Plug and Play configuration # menu "Plug and Play support" config PNP bool "Plug and Play support" ---help--- Plug and Play (PnP) is a standard for peripherals which allows those peripherals to be configured by software, e.g. assign IRQ's or other parameters. No jumpers on the cards are needed, instead the values are provided to the cards from the BIOS, from the operating system, or using a user-space utility. Say Y here if you would like Linux to configure your Plug and Play devices. You should then also say Y to all of the protocols below. Alternatively, you can say N here and configure your PnP devices using user space utilities such as the isapnptools package. If unsure, say Y. config PNP_DEBUG bool "PnP Debug Messages" depends on PNP help Say Y if you want the Plug and Play Layer to print debug messages. This is useful if you are developing a PnP driver or troubleshooting. comment "Protocols" depends on PNP config ISAPNP bool "ISA Plug and Play support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PNP && EXPERIMENTAL help Say Y here if you would like support for ISA Plug and Play devices. Some information is in . If unsure, say Y. config PNPBIOS bool "Plug and Play BIOS support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PNP && EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- Linux uses the PNPBIOS as defined in "Plug and Play BIOS Specification Version 1.0A May 5, 1994" to autodetect built-in mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port resources). Some features (e.g. event notification, docking station information, ISAPNP services) are not used. Note: ACPI is expected to supersede PNPBIOS some day, currently it co-exists nicely. See latest pcmcia-cs (stand-alone package) for a nice "lspnp" tools, or have a look at /proc/bus/pnp. If unsure, say Y. endmenu