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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
Glenn L McGrath1b6dfa72003-03-30 13:57:26 +0000[diff] [blame]6menu "Linux Module Utilities"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]7
8config CONFIG_INSMOD
9 bool "insmod"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]12 insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]13
Eric Andersene7047882003-12-11 01:42:13 +0000[diff] [blame]14config CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]15 bool " Support version 2.2.x to 2.4.x Linux kernels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]16 default y
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]17 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]18 help
Eric Andersend9438372004-06-22 10:43:09 +0000[diff] [blame]19 Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels.
Eric Andersene7047882003-12-11 01:42:13 +0000[diff] [blame]20
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +0000[diff] [blame]21config CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
22 bool " Support version 2.6.x Linux kernels"
23 default n
24 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
25 help
26 Support module loading for newer 2.6.x Linux kernels.
27
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]28config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
29 bool " Module version checking"
30 default n
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]31 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]32 help
Eric Andersen9c3c38d2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000[diff] [blame]33 Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
34 ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]35
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]36config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
37 bool " Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
38 default n
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]39 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]40 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]41 By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]42 occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]43 this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]44 table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
45 Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
46
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]47config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
48 bool " In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
49 default n
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]50 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]51 help
Eric Andersenb24da332003-07-22 10:16:58 +0000[diff] [blame]52 This is a special uClinux only memory optimization that lets insmod
53 load the specified kernel module directly into kernel space, reducing
54 memory usage by preventing the need for two copies of the module
55 being loaded into memory.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]56
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]57config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]58 bool " Enable load map (-m) option"
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]59 default n
Eric Andersencb3b9b12004-06-22 11:50:52 +0000[diff] [blame]60 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]61 help
62 Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map
63 output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging
64 easier.
65 If you don't plan to debug kernel modules, you
66 don't need this option.
67
68config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
69 bool " Symbols in load map"
70 default y
71 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
72 help
73 Without this option, -m will only output section
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]74 load map. With this option, -m will also output
Eric Andersene7047882003-12-11 01:42:13 +0000[diff] [blame]75 symbols load map.
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]76
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]77config CONFIG_LSMOD
78 bool "lsmod"
79 default n
80 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +0000[diff] [blame]81 lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]82
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +0000[diff] [blame]83config CONFIG_FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
84 bool " lsmod pretty output for 2.6.x Linux kernels "
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]85 default n
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +0000[diff] [blame]86 depends on CONFIG_LSMOD
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]87 help
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +0000[diff] [blame]88 This option makes output format of lsmod adjusted to
89 the format of module-init-tools for Linux kernel 2.6.
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]90
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]91config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
Eric Andersen65659be2004-07-20 06:09:14 +0000[diff] [blame]92 bool
93 default y
Eric Andersene8521f12004-07-13 00:09:34 +0000[diff] [blame]94 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && !CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]95
96config CONFIG_MODPROBE
97 bool "modprobe"
98 default n
99 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]100 Handle the loading of modules, and their dependancies on a high
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]101 level.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]102
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame^]103 Note that, in the state it is, modprobe can pass only one option
104 to the modules it loads. See option below.
105
106config CONFIG_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
107 bool "Multiple options parsing"
108 default y
109 depends on CONFIG_MODPROBE
110 help
111 Allow modprobe to understand more than one option to pass to
112 modules.
113
114 This is a WIP, while waiting for a common argument parsing
115 common amongst all BB applets (shell, modprobe, etc...) and
116 adds around 600 bytes on x86, 700 bytes on ARM. The code is
117 biggish and uggly, but just works.
118
119 Saying Y here is not a bad idea if you're not that short
120 on storage capacity.
121
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]122config CONFIG_RMMOD
123 bool "rmmod"
124 default n
125 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +0000[diff] [blame]126 rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]127
128config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
129 bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
130 default y
131 depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
132 help
Eric Andersen9c3c38d2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000[diff] [blame]133 Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
134 only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
135 support request.
Glenn L McGrath759d7ec2003-09-03 00:42:58 +0000[diff] [blame]136 This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]137
138
139endmenu
140