Generic "hypervisor virtual console" infrastructure for various hypervisors (pSeries, iSeries, Xen, lguest). It will automatically be selected if one of the back-end console drivers is selected.
pSeries machines when partitioned support a hypervisor virtual console. This driver allows each pSeries partition to have a console which is accessed via the HMC.
iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
IBM Console device driver which makes use of RTAS
Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
This driver provides a Hypervisor console (HVC) back-end to access a Linux (console) terminal via a z/VM IUCV communication path.
Xen virtual console device driver
This console uses the JTAG DCC on ARM to create a console under the HVC driver. This console is used through a JTAG only on ARM. If you don't have a JTAG then you probably don't want this option.
This console uses the Blackfin JTAG to create a console under the the HVC driver. If you don't have JTAG, then you probably don't want this option.
Partitionable IBM Power5 ppc64 machines allow hosting of firmware virtual consoles from one Linux partition by another Linux partition. This driver allows console data from Linux partitions to be accessed through TTY device interfaces in the device tree of a Linux partition running this driver. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called hvcs. Additionally, this module will depend on arch specific APIs exported from hvcserver.ko which will also be compiled when this driver is built as a module.