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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 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
6menu "Miscellaneous Utilities"
7
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]8config ADJTIMEX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]9 bool "adjtimex"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]12 Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for
13 the Linux clock adjustment algorithm.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]14
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]15config BBCONFIG
Mike Frysinger9ed10942005-09-18 04:43:32 +0000[diff] [blame]16 bool "bbconfig"
17 default n
18 help
19 The bbconfig applet will print the config file with which
20 busybox was built.
21
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]22config CHAT
23 bool "chat"
24 default n
25 help
26 Simple chat utility.
27
28config FEATURE_CHAT_NOFAIL
29 bool "Enable NOFAIL expect strings"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]30 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]31 default y
32 help
33 When enabled expect strings which are started with a dash trigger
34 no-fail mode. That is when expectation is not met within timeout
35 the script is not terminated but sends next SEND string and waits
36 for next EXPECT string. This allows to compose far more flexible
37 scripts.
38
39config FEATURE_CHAT_TTY_HIFI
40 bool "Force STDIN to be a TTY"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]41 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]42 default n
43 help
44 Original chat always treats STDIN as a TTY device and sets for it
45 so-called raw mode. This option turns on such behaviour.
46
47config FEATURE_CHAT_IMPLICIT_CR
48 bool "Enable implicit Carriage Return"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]49 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]50 default y
51 help
52 When enabled make chat to terminate all SEND strings with a "\r"
53 unless "\c" is met anywhere in the string.
54
55config FEATURE_CHAT_SWALLOW_OPTS
56 bool "Swallow options"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]57 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]58 default n
59 help
60 Busybox chat require no options. To make it not fail when used
61 in place of original chat (which has a bunch of options) turn
62 this on.
63
64config FEATURE_CHAT_SEND_ESCAPES
65 bool "Support weird SEND escapes"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]66 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]67 default n
68 help
69 Original chat uses some escape sequences in SEND arguments which
70 are not sent to device but rather performs special actions.
71 E.g. "\K" means to send a break sequence to device.
72 "\d" delays execution for a second, "\p" -- for a 1/100 of second.
73 Before turning this option on think twice: do you really need them?
74
75config FEATURE_CHAT_VAR_ABORT_LEN
76 bool "Support variable-length ABORT conditions"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]77 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]78 default n
79 help
80 Original chat uses fixed 50-bytes length ABORT conditions. Say N here.
81
82config FEATURE_CHAT_CLR_ABORT
83 bool "Support revoking of ABORT conditions"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +0000[diff] [blame]84 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame]85 default n
86 help
87 Support CLR_ABORT directive.
88
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer71bc71a2007-03-09 16:56:38 +0000[diff] [blame]89config CHRT
90 bool "chrt"
91 default n
92 help
93 manipulate real-time attributes of a process.
94 This requires sched_{g,s}etparam support in your libc.
95
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]96config CROND
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]97 bool "crond"
98 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]99 select FEATURE_SUID
100 select FEATURE_SYSLOG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]101 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]102 Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
103 files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
Eric Andersen98e4eab2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000[diff] [blame]104 This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
105 format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
106 $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
107 # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
108 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
Eric Andersen13879102004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000[diff] [blame]109 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
110 work properly.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]111
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]112config DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000[diff] [blame]113 bool "Support debug option -d"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]114 depends on CROND
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000[diff] [blame]115 default n
116 help
117 Support option -d to enter debug mode.
118
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]119config FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]120 bool "Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?"
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]121 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]122 depends on CROND
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]123 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]124 Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs.
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]125
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]126config CRONTAB
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]127 bool "crontab"
128 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]129 select FEATURE_SUID
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]130 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]131 Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
132 the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]133
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]134config DC
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]135 bool "dc"
136 default n
137 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]138 Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
139 precision arithmetic.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]140
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]141config DEVFSD
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]142 bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]143 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]144 select FEATURE_SYSLOG
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]145 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000[diff] [blame]146 This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]147
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]148 Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
149 You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]150 The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
151 "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
152 "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
153 "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
154
155 But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]156
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]157config DEVFSD_MODLOAD
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]158 bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]159 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]160 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]161 help
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]162 This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs
163 the external modutils.
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]164
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]165config DEVFSD_FG_NP
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]166 bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]167 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]168 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]169 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]170 -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
171 -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]172
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]173config DEVFSD_VERBOSE
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]174 bool "Increases logging (and size)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]175 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]176 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]177 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]178 Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]179
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]180config FEATURE_DEVFS
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]181 bool " Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
182 default n
183 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000[diff] [blame]184 This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
185
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]186 This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
187 /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
188 devfs names, you don't want this.
189
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]190config EJECT
Mike Frysinger55e2cf62005-05-11 00:25:47 +0000[diff] [blame]191 bool "eject"
192 default n
193 help
194 Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
195
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerafdad652008-02-08 15:04:00 +0000[diff] [blame]196config FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI
197 bool "eject scsi support"
198 default n
199 depends on EJECT
200 help
201 Add the -s option to eject, this allows to eject SCSI-Devices and
202 usb-storage devices.
203
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]204config LAST
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]205 bool "last"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]206 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]207 select FEATURE_WTMP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]208 help
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]209 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]210
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]211config LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]212 bool "less"
213 default n
214 help
215 'less' is a pager, meaning that it displays text files. It possesses
216 a wide array of features, and is an improvement over 'more'.
217
Denis Vlasenko9a7cef92006-12-20 02:46:48 +0000[diff] [blame]218config FEATURE_LESS_MAXLINES
219 int "Max number of input lines less will try to eat"
220 default 9999999
221 depends on LESS
222
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]223config FEATURE_LESS_BRACKETS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]224 bool "Enable bracket searching"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]225 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]226 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]227 help
228 This option adds the capability to search for matching left and right
229 brackets, facilitating programming.
230
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]231config FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]232 bool "Enable extra flags"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]233 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]234 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]235 help
236 The extra flags provided do the following:
237
238 The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line.
239 The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage.
240
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]241config FEATURE_LESS_FLAGCS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]242 bool "Enable flag changes"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]243 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]244 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]245 help
246 This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
247 less itself.
248
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]249config FEATURE_LESS_MARKS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]250 bool "Enable marks"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]251 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]252 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]253 help
254 Marks enable positions in a file to be stored for easy reference.
255
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]256config FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]257 bool "Enable regular expressions"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]258 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]259 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]260 help
261 Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches.
262
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]263config HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]264 bool "hdparm"
265 default n
266 help
267 Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]268 drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]269 FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]270
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]271config FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]272 bool "Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]273 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]274 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]275 help
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]276 Enables the -I and -i options to obtain detailed information
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]277 directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]278 feature set. If no device name is specified, hdparm will read
279 identify data from stdin. Enabling this option will add about 16k...
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]280
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]281config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]282 bool "Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]283 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]284 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]285 help
286 Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface.
287 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
288
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]289config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]290 bool "Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]291 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]292 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]293 help
294 Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface.
295 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
296
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]297config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]298 bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]299 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]300 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]301 help
302 Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset.
303 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
304
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]305config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]306 bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]307 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]308 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]309 help
310 Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
311 and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
312 stuff, so you should probably say N.
313
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]314config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]315 bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]316 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]317 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]318 help
319 Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
320 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
321
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]322config MAKEDEVS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]323 bool "makedevs"
324 default n
325 help
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]326 'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
327 one command.
328 .
329 There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
330 as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000[diff] [blame]331 .
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]332 'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
333 devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
334 e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]335 Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]336 .
337 'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer771b1862006-03-24 14:30:05 +0000[diff] [blame]338 a batch of unrelated devices to be made with one command.
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]339 User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]340
341choice
342 prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
Mike Frysinger08e70972007-01-24 09:14:09 +0000[diff] [blame]343 depends on MAKEDEVS
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]344 default FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]345
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]346config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]347 bool "leaf"
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]348
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]349config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]350 bool "table"
351
352endchoice
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]353
Denis Vlasenko23856ab2007-09-22 20:51:41 +0000[diff] [blame]354config MICROCOM
355 bool "microcom"
356 default n
357 help
358 The poor man's minicom utility for chatting with serial port devices.
359
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]360config MOUNTPOINT
Rob Landleyd00b3a52005-08-20 05:07:08 +0000[diff] [blame]361 bool "mountpoint"
362 default n
363 help
364 mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint.
365
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]366config MT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]367 bool "mt"
368 default n
369 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]370 mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]371 to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
372 files on the tape.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]373
Denis Vlasenkoc108ed52006-10-20 19:39:48 +0000[diff] [blame]374config RAIDAUTORUN
375 bool "raidautorun"
376 default n
377 help
378 raidautorun tells the kernel md driver to
379 search and start RAID arrays.
380
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]381config READAHEAD
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]382 bool "readahead"
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000[diff] [blame]383 default n
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerf98d6372007-01-26 09:03:23 +0000[diff] [blame]384 depends on LFS
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000[diff] [blame]385 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]386 Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000[diff] [blame]387 subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O.
388
389 This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
390 It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
391 or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
392 (in particular when a CPU boundprocess is running) it can
393 significantly speed up system startup.
394
395 As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to
Denis Vlasenko9213a9e2006-09-17 16:28:10 +0000[diff] [blame]396 run this applet as a background job.
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000[diff] [blame]397
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]398config RUNLEVEL
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]399 bool "runlevel"
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000[diff] [blame]400 default n
401 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]402 find the current and previous system runlevel.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000[diff] [blame]403
404 This applet uses utmp but does not rely on busybox supporing
405 utmp on purpose. It is used by e.g. emdebian via /etc/init.d/rc.
406
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]407config RX
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]408 bool "rx"
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000[diff] [blame]409 default n
410 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000[diff] [blame]411 Receive files using the Xmodem protocol.
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000[diff] [blame]412
Denis Vlasenko5014dad2008-02-27 11:54:59 +0000[diff] [blame^]413config SCRIPT
414 bool "script"
415 default n
416 help
417 The script makes typescript of terminal session.
418
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]419config STRINGS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]420 bool "strings"
421 default n
422 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]423 strings prints the printable character sequences for each file
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]424 specified.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]425
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]426config SETSID
Paul Fox42403642005-08-01 22:52:09 +0000[diff] [blame]427 bool "setsid"
428 default n
429 help
430 setsid runs a program in a new session
431
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]432config TASKSET
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer16d3e4e2006-06-07 15:44:59 +0000[diff] [blame]433 bool "taskset"
434 default n
435 help
Mike Frysinger259472e2006-07-03 05:22:36 +0000[diff] [blame]436 Retrieve or set a processes's CPU affinity.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer32eddff2006-11-22 16:39:48 +0000[diff] [blame]437 This requires sched_{g,s}etaffinity support in your libc.
438
439config FEATURE_TASKSET_FANCY
440 bool "fancy output"
441 default y
442 depends on TASKSET
443 help
444 Add code for fancy output. This merely silences a compiler-warning
445 and adds about 135 Bytes. May be needed for machines with alot
446 of CPUs.
Rob Landley12d94192006-06-30 22:20:43 +0000[diff] [blame]447
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]448config TIME
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]449 bool "time"
450 default n
451 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]452 The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments.
453 When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
454 giving timing statistics about this program run.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]455
Denis Vlasenkoc01af952007-08-02 22:23:47 +0000[diff] [blame]456config TTYSIZE
457 bool "ttysize"
458 default n
459 help
460 A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width,
461 only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on error,
462 but returns default 80x24. Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
463
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]464config WATCHDOG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]465 bool "watchdog"
466 default n
467 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]468 The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
Eric Andersen795c4ba2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000[diff] [blame]469 device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
470 and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
471 watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
Eric Andersenac00aa72003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000[diff] [blame]472 certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
473 hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]474
475endmenu