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2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
Glenn L McGrath1b6dfa72003-03-30 13:57:26 +00006menu "Linux Module Utilities"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00007
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +00008config DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR
9 string "Default directory containing modules"
10 default "/lib/modules"
11 help
12 Directory that contains kernel modules.
13 Defaults to "/lib/modules"
14
15config DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE
16 string "Default name of modules.dep"
17 default "modules.dep"
18 help
19 Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies.
20 Defaults to "modules.dep"
21
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000022config MODPROBE_SMALL
23 bool "Simplified modutils"
24 default n
25 help
26 Simplified modutils.
27
Denis Vlasenko0e2c93f2008-07-10 14:16:11 +000028 With this option modprobe does not require modules.dep file
29 and does not use /etc/modules.conf file.
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000030 It scans module files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and
31 determines dependencies and module alias names on the fly.
32 This may make module loading slower, most notably
33 when one needs to load module by alias (this requires
34 scanning through module _bodies_).
35
Denis Vlasenko0e2c93f2008-07-10 14:16:11 +000036 At the first attempt to load a module by alias modprobe
37 will try to generate modules.dep.bb file in order to speed up
38 future loads by alias. Failure to do so (read-only /lib/modules,
39 etc) is not reported, and future modprobes will be slow too.
40
41 NB: modules.dep.bb file format is not compatible
42 with modules.dep file as created/used by standard module tools.
43
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000044 Additional module parameters can be stored in
45 /etc/modules/$module_name files.
46
47 Apart from modprobe, other utilities are also provided:
48 - insmod is an alias to modprobe
49 - rmmod is an alias to modprobe -r
Denis Vlasenko0e2c93f2008-07-10 14:16:11 +000050 - depmod generates modules.dep.bb
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000051
Denis Vlasenko3e8fd182008-07-10 23:42:36 +000052 As of 2008-07, this code is experimental. It is 14kb smaller
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000053 than "non-small" modutils.
54
55config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE
Denis Vlasenkof62ab2d2008-07-09 09:50:33 +000056 bool "Accept module options on modprobe command line"
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000057 default n
58 depends on MODPROBE_SMALL
59 help
60 Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line.
61 N.B. Very bloaty.
62
63config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED
64 bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules"
65 default n
66 depends on MODPROBE_SMALL
67 help
68 Check if the module is already loaded.
69 N.B. It's racy.
70
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000071config INSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000072 bool "insmod"
73 default n
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000074 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000075 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000076 insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000077
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000078config RMMOD
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +000079 bool "rmmod"
80 default n
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000081 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +000082 help
83 rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
84
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000085config LSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000086 bool "lsmod"
87 default n
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +000088 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000089 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +000090 lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000091
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000092config FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +000093 bool "Pretty output"
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +000094 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000095 depends on LSMOD
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +000096 help
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +000097 This option makes output format of lsmod adjusted to
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +000098 the format of module-init-tools for Linux kernel 2.6.
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +000099 Increases size somewhat.
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000100
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000101config MODPROBE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000102 bool "modprobe"
103 default n
Denis Vlasenko671691c2008-07-04 10:25:44 +0000104 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000105 help
Mike Frysingerfa6c4842006-05-26 01:48:17 +0000106 Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000107 level.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000108
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000109 Note that in the state, modprobe does not understand multiple
110 module options from the configuration file. See option below.
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000111
Denis Vlasenko9ddc8d52008-05-18 14:39:43 +0000112config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
113 bool
114 prompt "Blacklist support"
115 default n
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000116 depends on MODPROBE
Denis Vlasenko9ddc8d52008-05-18 14:39:43 +0000117 help
Denis Vlasenkof45c4f42008-06-16 04:09:25 +0000118 Say 'y' here to enable support for the 'blacklist' command in
119 modprobe.conf. This prevents the alias resolver to resolve
120 blacklisted modules. This is useful if you want to prevent your
121 hardware autodetection scripts to load modules like evdev, frame
Denis Vlasenko9ddc8d52008-05-18 14:39:43 +0000122 buffer drivers etc.
123
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000124config DEPMOD
125 bool "depmod"
126 default n
127 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
128 help
129 depmod generates modules.dep (and potentially modules.alias
130 and modules.symbols) that contain dependency information
131 for modprobe.
132
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000133comment "Options common to multiple modutils"
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000134
135config FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
136 bool "Support version 2.2/2.4 Linux kernels"
137 default n
138 depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || LSMOD
139 help
140 Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels.
141 This increases size considerably. Say N unless you plan
142 to run ancient kernels.
143
144config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
145 bool "Enable module version checking"
146 default n
147 depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE)
148 help
149 Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
150 ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
151
152config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
153 bool "Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
154 default n
155 depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE)
156 help
157 By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
158 occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
159 this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
160 table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
161 Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
162
163config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
164 bool "In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
165 default n
166 depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE)
167 help
168 This is a special uClinux only memory optimization that lets insmod
169 load the specified kernel module directly into kernel space, reducing
170 memory usage by preventing the need for two copies of the module
171 being loaded into memory.
172
173config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
174 bool "Enable insmod load map (-m) option"
175 default n
176 depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && INSMOD
177 help
178 Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map
179 output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging
180 easier.
181 If you don't plan to debug kernel modules, you
182 don't need this option.
183
184config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
185 bool "Symbols in load map"
186 default y
187 depends on FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP && !MODPROBE_SMALL
188 help
189 Without this option, -m will only output section
190 load map. With this option, -m will also output
191 symbols load map.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000192
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000193config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000194 bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000195 default y
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000196 depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000197 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000198 Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
Eric Andersen9c3c38d2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000199 only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
200 support request.
Glenn L McGrath759d7ec2003-09-03 00:42:58 +0000201 This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000202
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000203config FEATURE_MODUTILS_ALIAS
204 bool "Support for module.aliases file"
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000205 default y
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000206 depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000207 help
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000208 Generate and parse modules.alias containing aliases for bus
209 identifiers:
210 alias pcmcia:m*c*f03fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd* parport_cs
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000211
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000212 and aliases for logical modules names e.g.:
213 alias padlock_aes aes
214 alias aes_i586 aes
215 alias aes_generic aes
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer94748302008-05-27 08:41:32 +0000216
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000217 Say Y if unsure.
218
219config FEATURE_MODUTILS_SYMBOLS
220 bool "Support for module.symbols file"
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000221 default y
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000222 depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000223 help
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000224 Generate and parse modules.symbols containing aliases for
225 symbol_request() kernel calls, such as:
226 alias symbol:usb_sg_init usbcore
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000227
Denis Vlasenkoba1315d2008-09-13 14:59:38 +0000228 Say Y if unsure.
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000229
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000230endmenu