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- #
- # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
- # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
- #
- menu "Linux System Utilities"
- config CONFIG_DMESG
- bool "dmesg"
- default n
- help
- dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
- Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
- the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
- buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
- ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
- are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
- wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
- config CONFIG_FBSET
- bool "fbset"
- default n
- help
- fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
- device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
- interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
- if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
- bool " Turn on extra fbset options"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FBSET
- help
- This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
- framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
- display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
- options.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
- bool " Turn on fbset readmode support"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FBSET
- help
- This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by
- default as /etc/fb.modes, which can be used to set frame buffer
- device to pre-defined video modes.
- config CONFIG_FDFLUSH
- bool "fdflush"
- default n
- help
- fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
- removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
- hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
- forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
- such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
- you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
- leave this disabled.
- config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
- bool "fdformat"
- default n
- help
- fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
- config CONFIG_FDISK
- bool "fdisk"
- default n
- help
- The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
- logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
- can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
- 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
- config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
- bool " support over 4GB disks"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK
- help
- Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- bool " Write support"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
- and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
- disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
- bool " Support AIX disklabels"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
- Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
- bool " Support SGI disklabels"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
- Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
- bool " Support SUN disklabels"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
- Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
- bool " Support BSD disklabels"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
- and define and edit BSD disk slices.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
- bool " Support expert mode"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- help
- Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
- define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
- partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
- reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
- config CONFIG_FREERAMDISK
- bool "freeramdisk"
- default n
- help
- Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
- delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
- ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
- pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
- ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
- this disabled.
- config CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
- bool "fsck_minix"
- default n
- help
- The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
- with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
- can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
- power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
- check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
- filesystem.
- config CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
- bool "mkfs_minix"
- default n
- help
- The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
- with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
- this utility will do the job for you.
- comment "Minix filesystem support"
- depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
- bool " Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
- help
- If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
- If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
- version 2 filesystem support.
- config CONFIG_GETOPT
- bool "getopt"
- default n
- help
- The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
- lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
- for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
- complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
- written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
- wisely leave this disabled.
- config CONFIG_HEXDUMP
- bool "hexdump"
- default n
- help
- The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
- way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
- config CONFIG_HWCLOCK
- bool "hwclock"
- default n
- help
- The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
- on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
- shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
- correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
- bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
- help
- By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
- are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
- then enable this option.
- config CONFIG_LOSETUP
- bool "losetup"
- default n
- help
- losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
- file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
- version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
- config CONFIG_IPCRM
- bool "ipcrm"
- default n
- select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
- help
- The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess
- communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures
- from the system.
- config CONFIG_IPCS
- bool "ipcs"
- default n
- select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
- help
- The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently
- allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system.
- config CONFIG_MKSWAP
- bool "mkswap"
- default n
- help
- The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
- Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
- partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
- the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
- much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
- applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
- Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
- the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
- config CONFIG_MORE
- bool "more"
- default n
- help
- more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
- sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
- the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
- you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
- any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
- bool " Use termios to manipulate the screen"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_MORE
- help
- This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
- the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
- that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
- will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
- unable to move the cursor.
- config CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
- bool "pivot_root"
- default n
- help
- The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
- with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
- of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
- powerful than 'chroot'.
- config CONFIG_RDATE
- bool "rdate"
- default n
- help
- The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
- system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
- the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
- systems.
- config CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
- bool "swaponoff"
- default n
- help
- This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
- Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
- to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
- utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
- space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
- option disabled.
- config CONFIG_MOUNT
- bool "mount"
- default n
- help
- All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
- tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
- particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
- device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
- NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
- the 'mount' utility.
- config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
- bool " Support mounting NFS file systems"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
- help
- Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
- config CONFIG_UMOUNT
- bool "umount"
- default n
- help
- When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
- for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
- the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
- also want to enable 'umount'.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
- bool " Support forced filesystem unmounting"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
- help
- This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted. This is generally
- only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.
- comment "Common options for mount/umount"
- depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
- bool " Support for loop devices"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
- help
- Enabling this feature allows automatic loopback mounts, meaning you can mount
- filesystems contained in normal files as well as in block devices. The mount
- and umount commands will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a
- block device, and transparently associate it with a loopback device (and free
- the loopback device on unmount) for you.
-
- You can still use the 'losetup' utility and mount the loopback device yourself
- if you need to do something advanced, such as specify an offset or cryptographic
- options to the loopback device.
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
- bool " Support for a /etc/mtab file (instead of symlink to /proc/mounts)"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
- help
- If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
- utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
- mounted then you should enable this option. Most people that use
- BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
- option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.
- Note that even non-embedded developers probably want to have /etc/mtab
- be a symlink to /proc/mounts, since otherwise mtab can get out of sync
- with the real kernel mount state in numerous ways.
- config CONFIG_READPROFILE
- bool "readprofile"
- default n
- help
- This allows you to parse /proc/profile for basic profiling.
- endmenu
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