Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, |
| 3 | # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt. |
| 4 | # |
| 5 | |
| 6 | menu "Miscellaneous Utilities" |
| 7 | |
| 8 | config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX |
| 9 | bool "adjtimex" |
| 10 | default n |
| 11 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for |
| 13 | the Linux clock adjustment algorithm. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | config CONFIG_CROND |
| 16 | bool "crond" |
| 17 | default n |
Eric Andersen | 1387910 | 2004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab |
| 21 | files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question. |
Eric Andersen | 98e4eab | 2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the |
| 23 | format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example: |
| 24 | $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root |
| 25 | # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day: |
| 26 | 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1 |
Eric Andersen | 1387910 | 2004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to |
| 28 | work properly. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | |
Eric Andersen | 35e643b | 2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL |
| 31 | bool " Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?" |
| 32 | default n |
| 33 | depends on CONFIG_CROND |
| 34 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs. |
Eric Andersen | 35e643b | 2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | config CONFIG_CRONTAB |
| 38 | bool "crontab" |
| 39 | default n |
| 40 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only |
| 42 | the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
| 44 | config CONFIG_DC |
| 45 | bool "dc" |
| 46 | default n |
| 47 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited |
| 49 | precision arithmetic. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 52 | bool "devfsd" |
| 53 | default n |
| 54 | help |
| 55 | Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems. |
| 56 | You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled. |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported: |
| 58 | "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE", |
| 59 | "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE", |
| 60 | "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT". |
| 61 | |
| 62 | But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!! |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 3860b2e | 2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf" |
Glenn L McGrath | 3860b2e | 2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | default n |
| 67 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 68 | help |
| 69 | This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs the real modutils. |
| 70 | |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP |
| 72 | bool "Enables the -fg and -np options" |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | default n |
| 74 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 75 | help |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | -fg Run the daemon in the foreground. |
| 77 | -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events. |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE |
| 80 | bool "Increases logging (and size)" |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | default n |
| 82 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 83 | help |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | Increases logging to stderr or syslog. |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | config CONFIG_LAST |
| 87 | bool "last" |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | default n |
Eric Andersen | aad29b3 | 2004-07-30 17:24:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | select CONFIG_FEATURE_U_W_TMP |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | help |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | config CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 94 | bool "hdparm" |
| 95 | default n |
| 96 | help |
| 97 | Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option).... |
| 100 | |
| 101 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | bool " Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | default y |
| 104 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 105 | help |
| 106 | Enables the -I and -Istdin options to obtain detailed information |
| 107 | directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA |
| 108 | feature set. Enabling this option will add about 16k... |
| 109 | |
| 110 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | bool " Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | default n |
| 113 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 114 | help |
| 115 | Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface. |
| 116 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 117 | |
| 118 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | bool " Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | default n |
| 121 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 122 | help |
| 123 | Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface. |
| 124 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | bool " perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | default n |
| 129 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 130 | help |
| 131 | Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset. |
| 132 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | bool " tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | default n |
| 137 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 138 | help |
| 139 | Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap, |
| 140 | and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous |
| 141 | stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 142 | |
Eric Andersen | 0a57a79 | 2003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA |
| 144 | bool " get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)" |
| 145 | default n |
| 146 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 147 | help |
| 148 | Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag. |
| 149 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 150 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS |
| 152 | bool "makedevs" |
| 153 | default n |
| 154 | help |
Glenn L McGrath | 07e1ccd | 2004-06-05 07:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | 'makedevs' is a utility used and created by the Linux Router Project. |
| 156 | It creates a large number of device special files (/dev devices) |
| 157 | rather quickly, and can be considerably faster then running mknod a |
| 158 | zillion times. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | |
| 160 | config CONFIG_MT |
| 161 | bool "mt" |
| 162 | default n |
| 163 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive |
| 166 | files on the tape. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 167 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 8f3bc4c | 2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | config CONFIG_RX |
| 169 | bool "rx" |
| 170 | default n |
| 171 | help |
| 172 | Receive files using the Xmodem protocol. |
| 173 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | config CONFIG_STRINGS |
| 175 | bool "strings" |
| 176 | default n |
| 177 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | strings prints the printable character sequences for each file |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | specified. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | |
| 181 | config CONFIG_TIME |
| 182 | bool "time" |
| 183 | default n |
| 184 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments. |
| 186 | When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output |
| 187 | giving timing statistics about this program run. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | config CONFIG_WATCHDOG |
| 190 | bool "watchdog" |
| 191 | default n |
| 192 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog |
Eric Andersen | 795c4ba | 2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file |
| 195 | and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the |
| 196 | watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a |
Eric Andersen | ac00aa7 | 2003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has |
| 198 | hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 199 | |
| 200 | endmenu |
| 201 | |