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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
8
9config CONFIG_DMESG
10 bool "dmesg"
11 default n
12 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000013 dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
14 Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
15 the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
16 buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
17 ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
18 are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
19 wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000020
21config CONFIG_FBSET
22 bool "fbset"
23 default n
24 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000025 fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
26 device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000027 interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
28 if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000029
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000030
31config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
32 bool " Turn on extra fbset options"
33 default n
34 depends on CONFIG_FBSET
35 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000036 This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000037 framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000038 display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
39 options.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000040
41config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
42 bool " Turn on fbset readmode support"
43 default n
44 depends on CONFIG_FBSET
45 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000046 This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by
47 default as /etc/fb.modes, which can be used to set frame buffer
48 device to pre-defined video modes.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000049
50config CONFIG_FDFLUSH
51 bool "fdflush"
52 default n
53 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000054 fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000055 removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
56 hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
57 forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
58 such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
59 you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000060 leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000061
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +000062config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
63 bool "fdformat"
64 default n
65 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000066 fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
Eric Andersen01c3d402003-07-05 07:51:31 +000067
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000068config CONFIG_FDISK
69 bool "fdisk"
70 default n
71 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000072 The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
73 logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000074 can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000075 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000076
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +000077config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
78 bool " support over 4GB disks"
79 default y
80 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
Eric Andersen84bdea82004-05-19 10:49:17 +000081 help
82 Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
83
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000084config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000085 bool " Write support"
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000086 default y
87 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
88 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000089 Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
90 and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
91 disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000092
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000093config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
94 bool " Support AIX disklabels"
95 default n
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000096 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000097 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000098 Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
99 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000100
101config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
102 bool " Support SGI disklabels"
103 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000104 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000105 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000106 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
107 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000108
109config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
110 bool " Support SUN disklabels"
111 default n
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000112 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000113 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000114 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
115 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000116
117config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
118 bool " Support BSD disklabels"
119 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000120 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000121 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000122 Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
123 and define and edit BSD disk slices.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000124
125config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
126 bool " Support expert mode"
127 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000128 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000129 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000130 Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
131 define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
132 partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
133 reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000134
135config CONFIG_FREERAMDISK
136 bool "freeramdisk"
137 default n
138 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000139 Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
140 delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
141 ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
142 pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
143 ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
144 this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000145
146config CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
147 bool "fsck_minix"
148 default n
149 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000150 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
151 with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000152 can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000153 power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
154 check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
155 filesystem.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000156
157config CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
158 bool "mkfs_minix"
159 default n
160 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000161 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
162 with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
163 this utility will do the job for you.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000164
165comment "Minix filesystem support"
166 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
167
168config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
169 bool " Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
170 default y
171 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
172 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000173 If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
174 If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
175 version 2 filesystem support.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000176
177config CONFIG_GETOPT
178 bool "getopt"
179 default n
180 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000181 The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
182 lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
183 for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
184 complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
185 written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
186 wisely leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000187
188config CONFIG_HEXDUMP
189 bool "hexdump"
190 default n
191 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000192 The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
193 way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000194
195config CONFIG_HWCLOCK
196 bool "hwclock"
197 default n
198 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000199 The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000200 on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
201 shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
202 correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000203
204config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
205 bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
206 default n
207 depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
208 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000209 By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000210 are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000211 then enable this option.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000212
213config CONFIG_LOSETUP
214 bool "losetup"
215 default n
216 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000217 losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
218 file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
219 version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000220
221config CONFIG_MKSWAP
222 bool "mkswap"
223 default n
224 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000225 The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
226 Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
227 partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
228 the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
229 much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000230 applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
231 Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
232 the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000233
234config CONFIG_MORE
235 bool "more"
236 default n
237 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000238 more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000239 sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
240 the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
241 you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
242 any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000243
244config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
245 bool " Use termios to manipulate the screen"
246 default y
247 depends on CONFIG_MORE
248 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000249 This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
250 the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000251 that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000252 will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
253 unable to move the cursor.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000254
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000255config CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
256 bool "pivot_root"
257 default n
258 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000259 The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
260 with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
261 of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
262 powerful than 'chroot'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000263
264config CONFIG_RDATE
265 bool "rdate"
266 default n
267 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000268 The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000269 system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
270 the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
271 systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000272
273config CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
274 bool "swaponoff"
275 default n
276 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000277 This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
278 Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
279 to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
280 utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
281 space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
282 option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000283
284config CONFIG_MOUNT
285 bool "mount"
286 default n
287 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000288 All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
289 tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
290 particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
291 device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
292 NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
293 the 'mount' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000294
295config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000296 bool " Support mounting NFS file systems"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000297 default n
298 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
299 help
Eric Andersene5920a22003-07-03 10:00:15 +0000300 Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000301
302config CONFIG_UMOUNT
303 bool "umount"
304 default n
305 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000306 When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
307 for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
308 the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
309 also want to enable 'umount'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000310
311config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
312 bool " Support forced filesystem unmounting"
313 default n
314 depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
315 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000316 This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted. This is generally
317 only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000318
319comment "Common options for mount/umount"
320 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
321
322config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
323 bool " Support for loop devices"
324 default n
325 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
326 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000327 Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
328 which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and
329 free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000330 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really
331 only useful if you plan to loop mount files.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000332
333config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
334 bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"
335 default n
336 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
337 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000338 If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
339 utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
340 mounted then you should enable this option. Most people that use
341 BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
342 option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.
343
344config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME
345 string " mtab file location"
346 default "/etc/mtab"
347 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
348 help
349 Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to
350 have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems
351 which have been mounted. This option allows you to specify an alternative
352 location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab. The default
353 value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop
354 Linux systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000355
356endmenu
357