| # |
| # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, |
| # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt. |
| # |
| |
| menu "Miscellaneous Utilities" |
| |
| INSERT |
| |
| config ADJTIMEX |
| bool "adjtimex" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for |
| the Linux clock adjustment algorithm. |
| |
| config BBCONFIG |
| bool "bbconfig" |
| default n |
| help |
| The bbconfig applet will print the config file with which |
| busybox was built. |
| |
| config FEATURE_COMPRESS_BBCONFIG |
| bool "Compress bbconfig data" |
| default y |
| depends on BBCONFIG |
| help |
| Store bbconfig data in compressed form, uncompress them on-the-fly |
| before output. |
| |
| If you have a really tiny busybox with few applets enabled (and |
| bunzip2 isn't one of them), the overhead of the decompressor might |
| be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM |
| and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise, |
| you probably want this. |
| |
| config BEEP |
| bool "beep" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| The beep applets beeps in a given freq/Hz. |
| |
| config FEATURE_BEEP_FREQ |
| int "default frequency" |
| range 0 2147483647 |
| default 4000 |
| depends on BEEP |
| help |
| Frequency for default beep. |
| |
| config FEATURE_BEEP_LENGTH_MS |
| int "default length" |
| range 0 2147483647 |
| default 30 |
| depends on BEEP |
| help |
| Length in ms for default beep. |
| |
| config CHAT |
| bool "chat" |
| default y |
| help |
| Simple chat utility. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_NOFAIL |
| bool "Enable NOFAIL expect strings" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| When enabled expect strings which are started with a dash trigger |
| no-fail mode. That is when expectation is not met within timeout |
| the script is not terminated but sends next SEND string and waits |
| for next EXPECT string. This allows to compose far more flexible |
| scripts. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_TTY_HIFI |
| bool "Force STDIN to be a TTY" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default n |
| help |
| Original chat always treats STDIN as a TTY device and sets for it |
| so-called raw mode. This option turns on such behaviour. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_IMPLICIT_CR |
| bool "Enable implicit Carriage Return" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| When enabled make chat to terminate all SEND strings with a "\r" |
| unless "\c" is met anywhere in the string. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_SWALLOW_OPTS |
| bool "Swallow options" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| Busybox chat require no options. To make it not fail when used |
| in place of original chat (which has a bunch of options) turn |
| this on. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_SEND_ESCAPES |
| bool "Support weird SEND escapes" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| Original chat uses some escape sequences in SEND arguments which |
| are not sent to device but rather performs special actions. |
| E.g. "\K" means to send a break sequence to device. |
| "\d" delays execution for a second, "\p" -- for a 1/100 of second. |
| Before turning this option on think twice: do you really need them? |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_VAR_ABORT_LEN |
| bool "Support variable-length ABORT conditions" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| Original chat uses fixed 50-bytes length ABORT conditions. Say N here. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CHAT_CLR_ABORT |
| bool "Support revoking of ABORT conditions" |
| depends on CHAT |
| default y |
| help |
| Support CLR_ABORT directive. |
| |
| config CHRT |
| bool "chrt" |
| default y |
| help |
| manipulate real-time attributes of a process. |
| This requires sched_{g,s}etparam support in your libc. |
| |
| config CROND |
| bool "crond" |
| default y |
| select FEATURE_SYSLOG |
| help |
| Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab |
| files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question. |
| This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the |
| format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example: |
| $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root |
| # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day: |
| 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1 |
| |
| config FEATURE_CROND_D |
| bool "Support option -d to redirect output to stderr" |
| depends on CROND |
| default y |
| help |
| -d sets loglevel to 0 (most verbose) and directs all output to stderr. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL |
| bool "Report command output via email (using sendmail)" |
| default y |
| depends on CROND |
| help |
| Command output will be sent to corresponding user via email. |
| |
| config FEATURE_CROND_DIR |
| string "crond spool directory" |
| default "/var/spool/cron" |
| depends on CROND || CRONTAB |
| help |
| Location of crond spool. |
| |
| config CRONTAB |
| bool "crontab" |
| default y |
| select FEATURE_SUID |
| help |
| Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only |
| the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory. |
| Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to |
| work properly. |
| |
| config DC |
| bool "dc" |
| default y |
| help |
| Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited |
| precision arithmetic. |
| |
| config FEATURE_DC_LIBM |
| bool "Enable power and exp functions (requires libm)" |
| default y |
| depends on DC |
| help |
| Enable power and exp functions. |
| NOTE: This will require libm to be present for linking. |
| |
| config DEVFSD |
| bool "devfsd (obsolete)" |
| default n |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| select FEATURE_SYSLOG |
| help |
| This is deprecated and should NOT be used anymore. |
| Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead! |
| See docs/mdev.txt for detailed instructions on how to use mdev |
| instead. |
| |
| Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems. |
| You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled. |
| The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported: |
| "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE", |
| "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE", |
| "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT". |
| |
| But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!! |
| |
| config DEVFSD_MODLOAD |
| bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf" |
| default y |
| depends on DEVFSD |
| help |
| This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs |
| the external modutils. |
| |
| config DEVFSD_FG_NP |
| bool "Enables the -fg and -np options" |
| default y |
| depends on DEVFSD |
| help |
| -fg Run the daemon in the foreground. |
| -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. |
| Do not poll for events. |
| |
| config DEVFSD_VERBOSE |
| bool "Increases logging (and size)" |
| default y |
| depends on DEVFSD |
| help |
| Increases logging to stderr or syslog. |
| |
| config FEATURE_DEVFS |
| bool "Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)" |
| default n |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| This is obsolete and should NOT be used anymore. |
| Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead! |
| |
| For legacy systems -- if there is no way around devfsd -- this |
| tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of |
| /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of |
| devfs names, you don't want this. |
| |
| config DEVMEM |
| bool "devmem" |
| default y |
| help |
| devmem is a small program that reads and writes from physical |
| memory using /dev/mem. |
| |
| config EJECT |
| bool "eject" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom) |
| |
| config FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI |
| bool "SCSI support" |
| default y |
| depends on EJECT |
| help |
| Add the -s option to eject, this allows to eject SCSI-Devices and |
| usb-storage devices. |
| |
| config FBSPLASH |
| bool "fbsplash" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Shows splash image and progress bar on framebuffer device. |
| Can be used during boot phase of an embedded device. ~2kb. |
| Usage: |
| - use kernel option 'vga=xxx' or otherwise enable fb device. |
| - put somewhere fbsplash.cfg file and an image in .ppm format. |
| - $ setsid fbsplash [params] & |
| -c: hide cursor |
| -d /dev/fbN: framebuffer device (if not /dev/fb0) |
| -s path_to_image_file (can be "-" for stdin) |
| -i path_to_cfg_file (can be "-" for stdin) |
| -f path_to_fifo (can be "-" for stdin) |
| - if you want to run it only in presence of kernel parameter: |
| grep -q "fbsplash=on" </proc/cmdline && setsid fbsplash [params] & |
| - commands for fifo: |
| "NN" (ASCII decimal number) - percentage to show on progress bar |
| "exit" - well you guessed it |
| |
| config FLASHCP |
| bool "flashcp" |
| default n # doesn't build on Ubuntu 8.04 |
| help |
| The flashcp binary, inspired by mtd-utils as of git head 5eceb74f7. |
| This utility is used to copy images into a MTD device. |
| |
| config FLASH_LOCK |
| bool "flash_lock" |
| default n # doesn't build on Ubuntu 8.04 |
| help |
| The flash_lock binary from mtd-utils as of git head 5ec0c10d0. This |
| utility locks part or all of the flash device. |
| |
| config FLASH_UNLOCK |
| bool "flash_unlock" |
| default n # doesn't build on Ubuntu 8.04 |
| help |
| The flash_unlock binary from mtd-utils as of git head 5ec0c10d0. This |
| utility unlocks part or all of the flash device. |
| |
| config FLASH_ERASEALL |
| bool "flash_eraseall" |
| default n # doesn't build on Ubuntu 8.04 |
| help |
| The flash_eraseall binary from mtd-utils as of git head c4c6a59eb. |
| This utility is used to erase the whole MTD device. |
| |
| config IONICE |
| bool "ionice" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Set/set program io scheduling class and priority |
| Requires kernel >= 2.6.13 |
| |
| config INOTIFYD |
| bool "inotifyd" |
| default n # doesn't build on Knoppix 5 |
| help |
| Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires |
| kernel >= 2.6.13 |
| |
| config LAST |
| bool "last" |
| default y |
| depends on FEATURE_WTMP |
| help |
| 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system. |
| |
| choice |
| prompt "Choose last implementation" |
| depends on LAST |
| default FEATURE_LAST_FANCY |
| |
| config FEATURE_LAST_SMALL |
| bool "small" |
| help |
| This is a small version of last with just the basic set of |
| features. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LAST_FANCY |
| bool "huge" |
| help |
| 'last' displays detailed information about the last users that |
| logged into the system (mimics sysvinit last). +900 bytes. |
| endchoice |
| |
| config LESS |
| bool "less" |
| default y |
| help |
| 'less' is a pager, meaning that it displays text files. It possesses |
| a wide array of features, and is an improvement over 'more'. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_MAXLINES |
| int "Max number of input lines less will try to eat" |
| default 9999999 |
| depends on LESS |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_BRACKETS |
| bool "Enable bracket searching" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| This option adds the capability to search for matching left and right |
| brackets, facilitating programming. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS |
| bool "Enable extra flags" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| The extra flags provided do the following: |
| |
| The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line. |
| The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_MARKS |
| bool "Enable marks" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| Marks enable positions in a file to be stored for easy reference. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP |
| bool "Enable regular expressions" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_WINCH |
| bool "Enable automatic resizing on window size changes" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| Makes less track window size changes. |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_DASHCMD |
| bool "Enable flag changes ('-' command)" |
| default y |
| depends on LESS |
| help |
| This enables the ability to change command-line flags within |
| less itself ('-' keyboard command). |
| |
| config FEATURE_LESS_LINENUMS |
| bool "Enable dynamic switching of line numbers" |
| default y |
| depends on FEATURE_LESS_DASHCMD |
| help |
| Enables "-N" command. |
| |
| config HDPARM |
| bool "hdparm" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA |
| drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the |
| FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option).... |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY |
| bool "Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the -I and -i options to obtain detailed information |
| directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA |
| feature set. If no device name is specified, hdparm will read |
| identify data from stdin. Enabling this option will add about 16k... |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF |
| bool "Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface. |
| This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF |
| bool "Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface. |
| This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET |
| bool "Perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset. |
| This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF |
| bool "Tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap, |
| and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous |
| stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| |
| config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA |
| bool "Get/set using_dma flag" |
| default y |
| depends on HDPARM |
| help |
| Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag. |
| |
| config MAKEDEVS |
| bool "makedevs" |
| default y |
| help |
| 'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with |
| one command. |
| |
| There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface |
| as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file. |
| |
| 'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple |
| devices of a particluar type to be created per command. |
| e.g. /dev/hda[0-9] |
| Device properties are passed as command line arguments. |
| |
| 'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing |
| a batch of unrelated devices to be made with one command. |
| User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid. |
| |
| choice |
| prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour" |
| depends on MAKEDEVS |
| default FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE |
| |
| config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF |
| bool "leaf" |
| |
| config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE |
| bool "table" |
| |
| endchoice |
| |
| config MAN |
| bool "man" |
| default y |
| help |
| Format and display manual pages. |
| |
| config MICROCOM |
| bool "microcom" |
| default y |
| help |
| The poor man's minicom utility for chatting with serial port devices. |
| |
| config MOUNTPOINT |
| bool "mountpoint" |
| default y |
| help |
| mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint. |
| |
| config MT |
| bool "mt" |
| default y |
| help |
| mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility |
| to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive |
| files on the tape. |
| |
| config RAIDAUTORUN |
| bool "raidautorun" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| raidautorun tells the kernel md driver to |
| search and start RAID arrays. |
| |
| config READAHEAD |
| bool "readahead" |
| default y |
| depends on LFS && PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that |
| subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O. |
| |
| This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file. |
| It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files |
| or executables before they are used. When used at the right time |
| (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can |
| significantly speed up system startup. |
| |
| As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to |
| run this applet as a background job. |
| |
| config RFKILL |
| bool "rfkill" |
| default n # doesn't build on Ubuntu 9.04 |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Enable/disable wireless devices. |
| |
| rfkill list : list all wireless devices |
| rfkill list bluetooth : list all bluetooth devices |
| rfkill list 1 : list device corresponding to the given index |
| rfkill block|unblock wlan : block/unblock all wlan(wifi) devices |
| |
| config RUNLEVEL |
| bool "runlevel" |
| default y |
| help |
| find the current and previous system runlevel. |
| |
| This applet uses utmp but does not rely on busybox supporing |
| utmp on purpose. It is used by e.g. emdebian via /etc/init.d/rc. |
| |
| config RX |
| bool "rx" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| Receive files using the Xmodem protocol. |
| |
| config SETSID |
| bool "setsid" |
| default y |
| help |
| setsid runs a program in a new session |
| |
| config STRINGS |
| bool "strings" |
| default y |
| help |
| strings prints the printable character sequences for each file |
| specified. |
| |
| config TASKSET |
| bool "taskset" |
| default n # doesn't build on some non-x86 targets (m68k) |
| help |
| Retrieve or set a processes's CPU affinity. |
| This requires sched_{g,s}etaffinity support in your libc. |
| |
| config FEATURE_TASKSET_FANCY |
| bool "Fancy output" |
| default y |
| depends on TASKSET |
| help |
| Add code for fancy output. This merely silences a compiler-warning |
| and adds about 135 Bytes. May be needed for machines with alot |
| of CPUs. |
| |
| config TIME |
| bool "time" |
| default y |
| help |
| The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments. |
| When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output |
| giving timing statistics about this program run. |
| |
| config TIMEOUT |
| bool "timeout" |
| default y |
| help |
| Runs a program and watches it. If it does not terminate in |
| specified number of seconds, it is sent a signal. |
| |
| config TTYSIZE |
| bool "ttysize" |
| default y |
| help |
| A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width, |
| only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on |
| error, but returns default 80x24. |
| Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`. |
| |
| config VOLNAME |
| bool "volname" |
| default y |
| help |
| Prints a CD-ROM volume name. |
| |
| config WALL |
| bool "wall" |
| default y |
| help |
| Write a message to all users that are logged in. |
| |
| config WATCHDOG |
| bool "watchdog" |
| default y |
| depends on PLATFORM_LINUX |
| help |
| The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog |
| device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file |
| and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the |
| watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a |
| certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has |
| hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. |
| |
| endmenu |