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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00001#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
6menu "Linux System Utilities"
7
Denys Vlasenkod70e0e92010-06-08 12:15:11 +02008INSERT
9
Denis Vlasenkod16950d2008-11-29 09:05:50 +000010config ACPID
11 bool "acpid"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020012 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +010013 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Denis Vlasenkod16950d2008-11-29 09:05:50 +000014 help
15 acpid listens to ACPI events coming either in textual form from
16 /proc/acpi/event (though it is marked deprecated it is still widely
17 used and _is_ a standard) or in binary form from specified evdevs
18 (just use /dev/input/event*).
19
20 It parses the event to retrieve ACTION and a possible PARAMETER.
21 It then spawns /etc/acpi/<ACTION>[/<PARAMETER>] either via run-parts
22 (if the resulting path is a directory) or directly as an executable.
23
24 N.B. acpid relies on run-parts so have the latter installed.
25
26config FEATURE_ACPID_COMPAT
27 bool "Accept and ignore redundant options"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020028 default y
Denis Vlasenkod16950d2008-11-29 09:05:50 +000029 depends on ACPID
30 help
31 Accept and ignore compatibility options -g -m -s -S -v.
32
Denis Vlasenko1e19afd2008-10-12 11:20:08 +000033config BLKID
34 bool "blkid"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020035 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +010036 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Denis Vlasenko1e19afd2008-10-12 11:20:08 +000037 select VOLUMEID
38 help
39 Lists labels and UUIDs of all filesystems.
40 WARNING:
41 With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox.
42
Denys Vlasenko90615a02010-12-30 00:40:11 +010043config FEATURE_BLKID_TYPE
44 bool "Print filesystem type"
45 default n
46 depends on BLKID
47 help
48 Show TYPE="filesystem type"
49
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000050config DMESG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000051 bool "dmesg"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020052 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +010053 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000054 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +000055 dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000056 Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +000057 the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000058 buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
59 ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +000060 are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000061 wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000062
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000063config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +000064 bool "Pretty dmesg output"
Rob Landley446129a2006-07-27 16:40:55 +000065 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000066 depends on DMESG
Rob Landley446129a2006-07-27 16:40:55 +000067 help
68 If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +000069 The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form
70 "<#>".
Rob Landley446129a2006-07-27 16:40:55 +000071
72 With this option you will see:
73 # dmesg
74 Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
75 BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
76 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
77
78 Without this option you will see:
79 # dmesg
80 <5>Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
81 <6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
82 <6> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
83
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000084config FBSET
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000085 bool "fbset"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020086 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +010087 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000088 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000089 fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +000090 device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
91 interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000092 if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000093
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000094config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +000095 bool "Turn on extra fbset options"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +020096 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000097 depends on FBSET
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000098 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000099 This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000100 framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
101 display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000102 options.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000103
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000104config FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000105 bool "Turn on fbset readmode support"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200106 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000107 depends on FBSET
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000108 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000109 This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by
110 default as /etc/fb.modes, which can be used to set frame buffer
111 device to pre-defined video modes.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000112
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000113config FDFLUSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000114 bool "fdflush"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200115 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100116 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000117 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000118 fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000119 removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000120 hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000121 forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000122 such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000123 you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000124 leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000125
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000126config FDFORMAT
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +0000127 bool "fdformat"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200128 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100129 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +0000130 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000131 fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +0000132
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000133config FDISK
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000134 bool "fdisk"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200135 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100136 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000137 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000138 The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000139 logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000140 can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000141 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000142
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +0000143config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000144 bool "Support over 4GB disks"
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +0000145 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000146 depends on FDISK
Denys Vlasenko8c498b62011-04-16 18:07:35 +0200147 depends on !LFS # with LFS no special code is needed
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +0000148 help
149 Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
150
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000151config FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000152 bool "Write support"
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000153 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000154 depends on FDISK
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000155 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000156 Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000157 and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000158 disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000159
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000160config FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000161 bool "Support AIX disklabels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000162 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000163 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000164 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000165 Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
166 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000167
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000168config FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000169 bool "Support SGI disklabels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000170 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000171 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000172 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000173 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
174 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000175
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000176config FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000177 bool "Support SUN disklabels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000178 default n
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000179 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000180 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000181 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
182 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000183
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000184config FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000185 bool "Support BSD disklabels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000186 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000187 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000188 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000189 Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
190 and define and edit BSD disk slices.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000191
Kevin Cernekeeccb07042010-10-25 02:00:24 +0200192config FEATURE_GPT_LABEL
193 bool "Support GPT disklabels"
194 default n
195 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
196 help
197 Enabling this option allows you to view GUID Partition Table
198 disklabels.
199
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000200config FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000201 bool "Support expert mode"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200202 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000203 depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000204 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000205 Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
206 define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000207 partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000208 reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000209
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000210config FINDFS
211 bool "findfs"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200212 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100213 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000214 select VOLUMEID
215 help
Denis Vlasenko22d10a02008-10-13 08:53:43 +0000216 Prints the name of a filesystem with given label or UUID.
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000217 WARNING:
Denis Vlasenkod25c33f2008-03-17 09:25:05 +0000218 With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox.
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000219
Timo Teras892d4b62010-03-18 22:45:35 +0100220config FLOCK
221 bool "flock"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200222 default y
Timo Teras892d4b62010-03-18 22:45:35 +0100223 help
224 Manage locks from shell scripts
225
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000226config FREERAMDISK
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000227 bool "freeramdisk"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200228 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100229 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000230 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000231 Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000232 delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000233 ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000234 pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000235 ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000236 this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000237
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000238config FSCK_MINIX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000239 bool "fsck_minix"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200240 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000241 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000242 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000243 with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000244 can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000245 power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000246 check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
247 filesystem.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000248
Malek Degachi1d39e332013-11-09 21:27:27 +0100249config FSTRIM
250 bool "fstrim"
251 default y
252 select PLATFORM_LINUX
253 help
254 Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem.
255
Vladimir Dronnikov0d8ea642009-11-02 10:41:46 +0100256config MKFS_EXT2
257 bool "mkfs_ext2"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200258 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100259 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Vladimir Dronnikov0d8ea642009-11-02 10:41:46 +0100260 help
261 Utility to create EXT2 filesystems.
262
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000263config MKFS_MINIX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000264 bool "mkfs_minix"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200265 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100266 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000267 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000268 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000269 with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix
270 filesystems this utility will do the job for you.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000271
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000272config FEATURE_MINIX2
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000273 bool "Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000274 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000275 depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000276 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000277 If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable
278 this. If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to
279 be using the version 2 filesystem support.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000280
Vladimir Dronnikov0d8ea642009-11-02 10:41:46 +0100281config MKFS_REISER
282 bool "mkfs_reiser"
283 default n
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100284 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Vladimir Dronnikov0d8ea642009-11-02 10:41:46 +0100285 help
286 Utility to create ReiserFS filesystems.
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200287 Note: this applet needs a lot of testing and polishing.
Vladimir Dronnikov0d8ea642009-11-02 10:41:46 +0100288
Denis Vlasenko9d04b6b2009-03-28 02:13:01 +0000289config MKFS_VFAT
290 bool "mkfs_vfat"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200291 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100292 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Denis Vlasenko9d04b6b2009-03-28 02:13:01 +0000293 help
294 Utility to create FAT32 filesystems.
295
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000296config GETOPT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000297 bool "getopt"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200298 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000299 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000300 The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
301 lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000302 for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000303 complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000304 written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000305 wisely leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000306
Denys Vlasenkof3b92d32009-06-19 12:10:38 +0200307config FEATURE_GETOPT_LONG
308 bool "Support option -l"
309 default y if LONG_OPTS
Denys Vlasenkob22bbff2009-07-04 16:50:43 +0200310 depends on GETOPT
Denys Vlasenkof3b92d32009-06-19 12:10:38 +0200311 help
Denys Vlasenkob22bbff2009-07-04 16:50:43 +0200312 Enable support for long options (option -l).
Denys Vlasenkof3b92d32009-06-19 12:10:38 +0200313
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000314config HEXDUMP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000315 bool "hexdump"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200316 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000317 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000318 The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
319 way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000320
Denis Vlasenkofbe5f392007-11-18 05:36:50 +0000321config FEATURE_HEXDUMP_REVERSE
322 bool "Support -R, reverse of 'hexdump -Cv'"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200323 default y
Denis Vlasenkofbe5f392007-11-18 05:36:50 +0000324 depends on HEXDUMP
325 help
326 The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in an ascii
327 readable way. This option creates binary data from an ascii input.
328 NB: this option is non-standard. It's unwise to use it in scripts
329 aimed to be portable.
330
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000331config HD
332 bool "hd"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200333 default y
Denys Vlasenko161bb8f2010-06-06 05:07:11 +0200334 depends on HEXDUMP
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000335 help
336 hd is an alias to hexdump -C.
337
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000338config HWCLOCK
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000339 bool "hwclock"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200340 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100341 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000342 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000343 The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000344 on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000345 shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
346 correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000347
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000348config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000349 bool "Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200350 default y
Denys Vlasenkof3b92d32009-06-19 12:10:38 +0200351 depends on HWCLOCK && LONG_OPTS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000352 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000353 By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000354 are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000355 then enable this option.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000356
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000357config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000358 bool "Use FHS /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime"
Denys Vlasenko81d9e602010-08-10 15:14:36 +0200359 default n # util-linux-ng in Fedora 13 still uses /etc/adjtime
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000360 depends on HWCLOCK
Mike Frysinger747fc5d2005-09-28 03:21:21 +0000361 help
362 Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000363 at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish
Mike Frysinger747fc5d2005-09-28 03:21:21 +0000364 to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the
365 classic /etc/adjtime path.
366
Bernhard Reutner-Fischere99a92d2008-07-22 18:32:06 +0000367 pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO
Mike Frysinger747fc5d2005-09-28 03:21:21 +0000368
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000369config IPCRM
Rob Landley6eb1e412005-06-20 04:30:36 +0000370 bool "ipcrm"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200371 default y
Rob Landley6eb1e412005-06-20 04:30:36 +0000372 help
373 The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess
374 communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures
375 from the system.
376
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000377config IPCS
Rob Landley6eb1e412005-06-20 04:30:36 +0000378 bool "ipcs"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200379 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100380 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Rob Landley6eb1e412005-06-20 04:30:36 +0000381 help
382 The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently
383 allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system.
384
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000385config LOSETUP
Mike Frysinger75aa1922005-09-24 23:12:38 +0000386 bool "losetup"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200387 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100388 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Mike Frysinger75aa1922005-09-24 23:12:38 +0000389 help
390 losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000391 file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
Mike Frysinger75aa1922005-09-24 23:12:38 +0000392 version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
393
Souf Oued982bc712009-12-05 17:56:25 +0100394config LSPCI
395 bool "lspci"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200396 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100397 #select PLATFORM_LINUX
Souf Oued982bc712009-12-05 17:56:25 +0100398 help
399 lspci is a utility for displaying information about PCI buses in the
400 system and devices connected to them.
401
402 This version uses sysfs (/sys/bus/pci/devices) only.
403
Souf Oued11a802a2009-12-07 01:37:34 +0100404config LSUSB
405 bool "lsusb"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200406 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100407 #select PLATFORM_LINUX
Souf Oued11a802a2009-12-07 01:37:34 +0100408 help
409 lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the
410 system and devices connected to them.
411
412 This version uses sysfs (/sys/bus/usb/devices) only.
413
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000414config MKSWAP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000415 bool "mkswap"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200416 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000417 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000418 The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000419 Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000420 partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000421 the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000422 much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000423 applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
424 Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
425 the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000426
Denys Vlasenkobeca96f2009-06-19 13:14:48 +0200427config FEATURE_MKSWAP_UUID
428 bool "UUID support"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200429 default y
Denys Vlasenkobeca96f2009-06-19 13:14:48 +0200430 depends on MKSWAP
431 help
432 Generate swap spaces with universally unique identifiers.
433
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000434config MORE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000435 bool "more"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200436 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000437 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000438 more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000439 sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000440 the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000441 you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000442 any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000443
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000444config MOUNT
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000445 bool "mount"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200446 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100447 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000448 help
449 All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000450 tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
451 particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000452 device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000453 NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000454 the 'mount' utility.
455
Denis Vlasenkob1d8e7d2008-02-16 23:28:42 +0000456config FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000457 bool "Support option -f"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200458 default y
Denis Vlasenkob1d8e7d2008-02-16 23:28:42 +0000459 depends on MOUNT
460 help
461 Enable support for faking a file system mount.
462
Denis Vlasenkof732e962008-02-18 12:07:49 +0000463config FEATURE_MOUNT_VERBOSE
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000464 bool "Support option -v"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200465 default y
Denis Vlasenkof732e962008-02-18 12:07:49 +0000466 depends on MOUNT
467 help
468 Enable multi-level -v[vv...] verbose messages. Useful if you
469 debug mount problems and want to see what is exactly passed
470 to the kernel.
471
Denis Vlasenko2535f122007-09-15 13:28:30 +0000472config FEATURE_MOUNT_HELPERS
473 bool "Support mount helpers"
474 default n
475 depends on MOUNT
476 help
477 Enable mounting of virtual file systems via external helpers.
Denis Vlasenko32d49bc2008-02-03 23:52:41 +0000478 E.g. "mount obexfs#-b00.11.22.33.44.55 /mnt" will in effect call
479 "obexfs -b00.11.22.33.44.55 /mnt"
480 Also "mount -t sometype [-o opts] fs /mnt" will try
481 "sometype [-o opts] fs /mnt" if simple mount syscall fails.
482 The idea is to use such virtual filesystems in /etc/fstab.
Denis Vlasenko2535f122007-09-15 13:28:30 +0000483
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000484config FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL
Dan Fandricheafc6952010-06-17 23:30:27 -0700485 bool "Support specifying devices by label or UUID"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200486 default y
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000487 depends on MOUNT
Denis Vlasenko4824cca2008-03-21 18:29:01 +0000488 select VOLUMEID
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000489 help
490 This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by
Denis Vlasenko1e19afd2008-10-12 11:20:08 +0000491 name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as blkid/findfs.
Natanael Copa9aff2992009-09-20 04:28:22 +0200492 This also enables label or uuid support for swapon.
Denis Vlasenkode7684a2008-02-18 21:08:49 +0000493
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000494config FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS
Denys Vlasenkoa86e0242011-11-10 16:53:35 +0100495 bool "Support mounting NFS file systems on Linux < 2.6.23"
496 default n
Denis Vlasenkoa7825f22007-06-16 13:56:51 +0000497 depends on MOUNT
498 select FEATURE_HAVE_RPC
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000499 select FEATURE_SYSLOG
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000500 help
Denys Vlasenkoa86e0242011-11-10 16:53:35 +0100501 Enable mounting of NFS file systems on Linux kernels prior
502 to version 2.6.23. Note that in this case mounting of NFS
503 over IPv6 will not be possible.
504
505 Note that this option links in RPC support from libc,
506 which is rather large (~10 kbytes on uclibc).
Rob Landleye3781b72006-08-08 01:39:49 +0000507
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000508config FEATURE_MOUNT_CIFS
Rob Landley89d9d4d2006-09-01 08:10:44 +0000509 bool "Support mounting CIFS/SMB file systems"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200510 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000511 depends on MOUNT
Rob Landley89d9d4d2006-09-01 08:10:44 +0000512 help
513 Enable support for samba mounts.
Denis Vlasenko39e93cc2006-09-10 18:38:17 +0000514
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000515config FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS
516 depends on MOUNT
Denis Vlasenko39e93cc2006-09-10 18:38:17 +0000517 bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount"
Rob Landleye3781b72006-08-08 01:39:49 +0000518 default y
519 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000520 Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it
Rob Landleye3781b72006-08-08 01:39:49 +0000521 supports nosuid, suid, dev, nodev, exec, noexec, sync, async, atime,
522 noatime, diratime, nodiratime, loud, bind, move, shared, slave,
523 private, unbindable, rshared, rslave, rprivate, and runbindable.
524
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000525config FEATURE_MOUNT_FSTAB
526 depends on MOUNT
Rob Landleye3781b72006-08-08 01:39:49 +0000527 bool "Support /etc/fstab and -a"
528 default y
529 help
530 Support mount all and looking for files in /etc/fstab.
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000531
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000532config PIVOT_ROOT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000533 bool "pivot_root"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200534 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100535 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000536 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000537 The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000538 with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000539 of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
540 powerful than 'chroot'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000541
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000542 Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
Rob Landley0f34a822005-10-27 22:55:50 +0000543 in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead.
544
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000545config RDATE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000546 bool "rdate"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200547 default y
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000548 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000549 The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000550 system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
551 the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
552 systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000553
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerc77e8432008-08-19 11:28:52 +0000554config RDEV
Denys Vlasenko345e0932010-03-31 16:03:56 +0200555 bool "rdev"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200556 default y
Denys Vlasenko345e0932010-03-31 16:03:56 +0200557 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerc77e8432008-08-19 11:28:52 +0000558 Print the device node associated with the filesystem mounted at '/'.
559
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000560config READPROFILE
Mike Frysinger75aa1922005-09-24 23:12:38 +0000561 bool "readprofile"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200562 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100563 #select PLATFORM_LINUX
Mike Frysinger75aa1922005-09-24 23:12:38 +0000564 help
565 This allows you to parse /proc/profile for basic profiling.
566
Mike Frysinger6b160e42008-02-15 02:27:19 +0000567config RTCWAKE
568 bool "rtcwake"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200569 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100570 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Mike Frysinger6b160e42008-02-15 02:27:19 +0000571 help
572 Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time.
573
Denis Vlasenko376003b2008-04-21 05:05:17 +0000574config SCRIPT
575 bool "script"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200576 default y
Denis Vlasenko376003b2008-04-21 05:05:17 +0000577 help
578 The script makes typescript of terminal session.
579
Denys Vlasenko5e611152009-05-19 17:36:16 +0200580config SCRIPTREPLAY
581 bool "scriptreplay"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200582 default y
Denys Vlasenko5e611152009-05-19 17:36:16 +0200583 help
584 This program replays a typescript, using timing information
585 given by script -t.
586
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000587config SETARCH
Mike Frysinger0a6b0bf2006-02-21 04:26:52 +0000588 bool "setarch"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200589 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100590 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Mike Frysinger0a6b0bf2006-02-21 04:26:52 +0000591 help
592 The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000593 specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
Mike Frysinger0a6b0bf2006-02-21 04:26:52 +0000594 this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland
595 (like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...).
596
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000597config SWAPONOFF
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000598 bool "swaponoff"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200599 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100600 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000601 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000602 This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
603 Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000604 to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000605 utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000606 space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000607 option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000608
Denis Vlasenkoee56e012008-05-18 23:05:34 +0000609config FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3576bed2008-05-19 08:25:23 +0000610 bool "Support priority option -p"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200611 default y
Denis Vlasenkoee56e012008-05-18 23:05:34 +0000612 depends on SWAPONOFF
613 help
614 Enable support for setting swap device priority in swapon.
615
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000616config SWITCH_ROOT
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000617 bool "switch_root"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200618 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100619 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000620 help
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000621 The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000622 root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
623 pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000624
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000625 Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000626 (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved
627 or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead,
Mike Frysinger55092282006-02-02 23:14:57 +0000628 switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself),
629 does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and
630 then execs the specified init program.
631
632 * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting
633 and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000634 list of active mount points. That's why.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000635
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000636config UMOUNT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000637 bool "umount"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200638 default y
Denys Vlasenkoe3b1a1f2011-02-26 22:24:08 +0100639 select PLATFORM_LINUX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000640 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000641 When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount
642 point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the
643 'umount' utility is the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount'
644 utility, you almost certainly also want to enable 'umount'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000645
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000646config FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000647 bool "Support option -a"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200648 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000649 depends on UMOUNT
Rob Landleycc6d8d32006-02-08 20:06:57 +0000650 help
651 Support -a option to unmount all currently mounted filesystems.
652
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000653comment "Common options for mount/umount"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000654 depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000655
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000656config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000657 bool "Support loopback mounts"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200658 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000659 depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000660 help
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000661 Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000662 filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices.
663 The mount command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead
664 of a block device, and transparently associate the file with a
665 loopback device. The umount command will also free that loopback
666 device.
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000667
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000668 You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000669 with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000670 specify an offset or cryptographic options to the loopback device.
671 (If you don't want umount to free the loop device, use "umount -D".)
Paul Fox3f6f3172005-07-19 20:55:37 +0000672
Lauri Kasanen375a8ef2010-04-14 12:31:26 -0700673config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE
674 bool "Create new loopback devices if needed"
Denys Vlasenko2f32bf82010-06-06 04:14:28 +0200675 default y
Lauri Kasanen375a8ef2010-04-14 12:31:26 -0700676 depends on FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
677 help
678 Linux kernels >= 2.6.24 support unlimited loopback devices. They are
679 allocated for use when trying to use a loop device. The loop device
680 must however exist.
681
682 This feature lets mount to try to create next /dev/loopN device
683 if it does not find a free one.
684
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000685config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000686 bool "Support for the old /etc/mtab file"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000687 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000688 depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
Denis Vlasenkob1d8e7d2008-02-16 23:28:42 +0000689 select FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000690 help
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000691 Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000692 partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000693 the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000694 the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000695 a symlink to /proc/mounts.)
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000696
Rob Landley6a6798b2005-08-10 20:35:54 +0000697 The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if
698 your stripped-down embedded system does not have a /proc directory.
699 If you must use this, keep in mind it's inherently brittle (for
700 example a mount under chroot won't update it), can't handle modern
701 features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires
Dan Fandricheafc6952010-06-17 23:30:27 -0700702 that your /etc directory be writable, tends to get easily confused
Rob Landley17507fa2006-05-08 02:22:24 +0000703 by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000704 that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
Rob Landley17507fa2006-05-08 02:22:24 +0000705
706 About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from
707 your kernel.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000708
Sven-Göran Bergh15d0a862013-07-31 15:57:59 +0200709source util-linux/volume_id/Config.in
Denys Vlasenko0e450662010-07-14 07:10:47 +0200710
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000711endmenu