ISDN subsystem Options to support Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) protocols and devices. ISDN is a method of
connection to a large area network digitally over
conditioned telephone lines, largely found to connect
users to ISPs.
Telephony support Support for devices that enable the use of regular
telephone lines to support Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) applications. This section does not handle the
configuration of modems.
Input device support Options for configuring Universal Serial Bus (USB)
human interface devices (HID) such as keyboards,
mice, and joysticks.
Character devices Configuration options for devices that communicate to
the server in sequential characters. This is a large
subsection containing the drivers for several
motherboard chipsets.
Multimedia devices Drivers for hardware implementations of video and
sound devices such as video capture boards, TV cards,
and AM/FM radio adapter cards.
Graphics support Configuration options for VGA text console, video
mode selection, and support for frame buffer cards.
Sound Large subsection to configure supported sound card
drivers and chipset support for the kernel.
USB support USB configuration options. Includes configuration for
USB devices and vendor-specific versions of USB.
File system Configuration options for supported file system types.
Additional device
driver support
A section for third-party patches.Profiling support Profiling kernel behavior to aid in debugging and
development.