Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 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 | |
| 6 | menu "Miscellaneous Utilities" |
| 7 | |
| 8 | config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX |
| 9 | bool "adjtimex" |
| 10 | default n |
| 11 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for |
| 13 | the Linux clock adjustment algorithm. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | config CONFIG_CROND |
| 16 | bool "crond" |
| 17 | default n |
| 18 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab |
| 20 | files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question. |
Eric Andersen | 98e4eab | 2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the |
| 22 | format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example: |
| 23 | $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root |
| 24 | # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day: |
| 25 | 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1 |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
Eric Andersen | 35e643b | 2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL |
| 28 | bool " Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?" |
| 29 | default n |
| 30 | depends on CONFIG_CROND |
| 31 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs. |
Eric Andersen | 35e643b | 2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | config CONFIG_CRONTAB |
| 35 | bool "crontab" |
| 36 | default n |
| 37 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only |
| 39 | the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
| 41 | config CONFIG_DC |
| 42 | bool "dc" |
| 43 | default n |
| 44 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited |
| 46 | precision arithmetic. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 49 | bool "devfsd" |
| 50 | default n |
| 51 | help |
| 52 | Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems. |
| 53 | You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled. |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported: |
| 55 | "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE", |
| 56 | "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE", |
| 57 | "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT". |
| 58 | |
| 59 | But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!! |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 3860b2e | 2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf" |
Glenn L McGrath | 3860b2e | 2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | default n |
| 64 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 65 | help |
| 66 | This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs the real modutils. |
| 67 | |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP |
| 69 | bool "Enables the -fg and -np options" |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | default n |
| 71 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 72 | help |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | -fg Run the daemon in the foreground. |
| 74 | -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events. |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE |
| 77 | bool "Increases logging (and size)" |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | default n |
| 79 | depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD |
| 80 | help |
Eric Andersen | f18bd89 | 2003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | Increases logging to stderr or syslog. |
Glenn L McGrath | 17d21fa | 2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | config CONFIG_LAST |
| 84 | bool "last" |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | default n |
Eric Andersen | aad29b3 | 2004-07-30 17:24:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | select CONFIG_FEATURE_U_W_TMP |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | help |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | config CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 91 | bool "hdparm" |
| 92 | default n |
| 93 | help |
| 94 | Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option).... |
| 97 | |
| 98 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | bool " Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | default y |
| 101 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 102 | help |
| 103 | Enables the -I and -Istdin options to obtain detailed information |
| 104 | directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA |
| 105 | feature set. Enabling this option will add about 16k... |
| 106 | |
| 107 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | bool " Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | default n |
| 110 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 111 | help |
| 112 | Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface. |
| 113 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | bool " Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | default n |
| 118 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 119 | help |
| 120 | Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface. |
| 121 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | bool " perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | default n |
| 126 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 127 | help |
| 128 | Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset. |
| 129 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | bool " tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | default n |
| 134 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 135 | help |
| 136 | Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap, |
| 137 | and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous |
| 138 | stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 139 | |
Eric Andersen | 0a57a79 | 2003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA |
| 141 | bool " get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)" |
| 142 | default n |
| 143 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 144 | help |
| 145 | Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag. |
| 146 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 147 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS |
| 149 | bool "makedevs" |
| 150 | default n |
| 151 | help |
Glenn L McGrath | 07e1ccd | 2004-06-05 07:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | 'makedevs' is a utility used and created by the Linux Router Project. |
| 153 | It creates a large number of device special files (/dev devices) |
| 154 | rather quickly, and can be considerably faster then running mknod a |
| 155 | zillion times. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | |
| 157 | config CONFIG_MT |
| 158 | bool "mt" |
| 159 | default n |
| 160 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive |
| 163 | files on the tape. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | |
Glenn L McGrath | 8f3bc4c | 2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | config CONFIG_RX |
| 166 | bool "rx" |
| 167 | default n |
| 168 | help |
| 169 | Receive files using the Xmodem protocol. |
| 170 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | config CONFIG_STRINGS |
| 172 | bool "strings" |
| 173 | default n |
| 174 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | strings prints the printable character sequences for each file |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | specified. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | |
| 178 | config CONFIG_TIME |
| 179 | bool "time" |
| 180 | default n |
| 181 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments. |
| 183 | When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output |
| 184 | giving timing statistics about this program run. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | config CONFIG_WATCHDOG |
| 187 | bool "watchdog" |
| 188 | default n |
| 189 | help |
Eric Andersen | 88c916b | 2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog |
Eric Andersen | 795c4ba | 2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file |
| 192 | and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the |
| 193 | watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a |
Eric Andersen | ac00aa7 | 2003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has |
| 195 | hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | |
| 197 | endmenu |
| 198 | |