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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
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00008config CONFIG_DMESG
9 bool "dmesg"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000012 dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
13 Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
14 the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
15 buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
16 ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
17 are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
18 wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000019
20config CONFIG_FBSET
21 bool "fbset"
22 default n
23 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000024 fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
25 device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000026 interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
27 if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000028
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000029config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
30 bool " Turn on extra fbset options"
31 default n
32 depends on CONFIG_FBSET
33 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000034 This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000035 framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000036 display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
37 options.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000038
39config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
40 bool " Turn on fbset readmode support"
41 default n
42 depends on CONFIG_FBSET
43 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000044 This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by
45 default as /etc/fb.modes, which can be used to set frame buffer
46 device to pre-defined video modes.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000047
48config CONFIG_FDFLUSH
49 bool "fdflush"
50 default n
51 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000052 fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000053 removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
54 hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
55 forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
56 such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
57 you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000058 leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000059
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +000060config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
61 bool "fdformat"
62 default n
63 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000064 fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +000065
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000066config CONFIG_FDISK
67 bool "fdisk"
68 default n
69 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000070 The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
71 logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000072 can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000073 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000074
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +000075config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
76 bool " support over 4GB disks"
77 default y
78 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +000079 help
80 Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
81
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000082config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000083 bool " Write support"
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000084 default y
85 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
86 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000087 Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
88 and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
89 disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000090
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000091config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
92 bool " Support AIX disklabels"
93 default n
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000094 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000095 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000096 Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
97 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000098
99config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
100 bool " Support SGI disklabels"
101 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000102 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000103 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000104 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
105 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000106
107config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
108 bool " Support SUN disklabels"
109 default n
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000110 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000111 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000112 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
113 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000114
115config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
116 bool " Support BSD disklabels"
117 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000118 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000119 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000120 Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
121 and define and edit BSD disk slices.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000122
123config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
124 bool " Support expert mode"
125 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000126 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000127 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000128 Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
129 define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
130 partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
131 reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000132
133config CONFIG_FREERAMDISK
134 bool "freeramdisk"
135 default n
136 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000137 Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
138 delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
139 ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
140 pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
141 ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
142 this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000143
144config CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
145 bool "fsck_minix"
146 default n
147 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000148 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
149 with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000150 can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000151 power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
152 check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
153 filesystem.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000154
155config CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
156 bool "mkfs_minix"
157 default n
158 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000159 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
160 with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
161 this utility will do the job for you.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000162
163comment "Minix filesystem support"
164 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
165
166config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
167 bool " Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
168 default y
169 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
170 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000171 If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
172 If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
173 version 2 filesystem support.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000174
175config CONFIG_GETOPT
176 bool "getopt"
177 default n
178 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000179 The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
180 lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
181 for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
182 complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
183 written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
184 wisely leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000185
186config CONFIG_HEXDUMP
187 bool "hexdump"
188 default n
189 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000190 The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
191 way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000192
193config CONFIG_HWCLOCK
194 bool "hwclock"
195 default n
196 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000197 The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000198 on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
199 shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
200 correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000201
202config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
203 bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
204 default n
205 depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
206 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000207 By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000208 are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000209 then enable this option.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000210
211config CONFIG_LOSETUP
212 bool "losetup"
213 default n
214 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000215 losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
216 file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
217 version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000218
219config CONFIG_MKSWAP
220 bool "mkswap"
221 default n
222 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000223 The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
224 Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
225 partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
226 the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
227 much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000228 applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
229 Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
230 the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000231
232config CONFIG_MORE
233 bool "more"
234 default n
235 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000236 more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000237 sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
238 the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
239 you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
240 any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000241
242config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
243 bool " Use termios to manipulate the screen"
244 default y
245 depends on CONFIG_MORE
246 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000247 This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
248 the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000249 that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000250 will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
251 unable to move the cursor.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000252
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000253config CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
254 bool "pivot_root"
255 default n
256 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000257 The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
258 with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
259 of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
260 powerful than 'chroot'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000261
262config CONFIG_RDATE
263 bool "rdate"
264 default n
265 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000266 The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000267 system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
268 the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
269 systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000270
271config CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
272 bool "swaponoff"
273 default n
274 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000275 This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
276 Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
277 to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
278 utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
279 space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
280 option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000281
282config CONFIG_MOUNT
283 bool "mount"
284 default n
285 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000286 All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
287 tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
288 particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
289 device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
290 NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
291 the 'mount' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000292
293config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000294 bool " Support mounting NFS file systems"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000295 default n
296 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
297 help
Eric Andersene5920a22003-07-03 10:00:15 +0000298 Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000299
300config CONFIG_UMOUNT
301 bool "umount"
302 default n
303 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000304 When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
305 for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
306 the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
307 also want to enable 'umount'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000308
309config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
310 bool " Support forced filesystem unmounting"
311 default n
312 depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
313 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000314 This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted. This is generally
315 only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000316
317comment "Common options for mount/umount"
318 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
319
320config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
321 bool " Support for loop devices"
322 default n
323 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
324 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000325 Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
326 which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and
327 free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000328 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really
329 only useful if you plan to loop mount files.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000330
331config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
332 bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"
333 default n
334 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
335 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000336 If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
337 utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
338 mounted then you should enable this option. Most people that use
339 BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
340 option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.
341
342config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME
343 string " mtab file location"
344 default "/etc/mtab"
345 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
346 help
347 Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to
348 have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems
349 which have been mounted. This option allows you to specify an alternative
350 location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab. The default
351 value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop
352 Linux systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000353
354endmenu
355