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diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 597bf5f04..1e371a510 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ config EDD
 	  Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk
 	  BIOS tries boot from.  This information is then exported via sysfs.
 
-	  This option is experimental, but believed to be safe,
-	  and most disk controller BIOS vendors do not yet implement this feature.
+	  This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some
+          obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do
+          not yet implement this feature.
 
 config EFI_VARS
 	tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
@@ -29,9 +30,59 @@ config EFI_VARS
 	  Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires
 	  at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is
 	  available from Matt Domsch's website located at:
-	  http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz
+	  <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz>
 
 	  Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at:
-	  http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr
+	  <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr>
+
+config EFI_PCDP
+	bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table"
+	depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64
+	default y if IA64
+	help
+	  If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to
+	  automatically use the primary console device it describes
+	  as the Linux console, say Y here.
+
+	  If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to
+	  use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console,
+	  say Y here.  If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART
+	  device, it will become the console automatically.  Otherwise,
+	  you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument.
+
+	  Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices,
+	  so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending
+	  on how the driver discovers devices.
+
+	  You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.)
+
+	  See <http://www.dig64.org/specifications/DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf>
+
+config DELL_RBU
+	tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs"
+	depends on X86
+	select FW_LOADER
+	help
+	 Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your
+	 DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP)
+	 supporting application to comunicate with the BIOS regarding the new
+	 image for the image update to take effect.
+	 See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver.
+
+config DCDBAS
+	tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver"
+	depends on X86
+	help
+	  The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface
+	  for systems management software to perform System Management
+	  Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or
+	  power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems.
+
+	  See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver
+	  and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes
+	  use of this driver.
+
+	  Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems
+	  management software such as Dell OpenManage.
 
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