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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
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer55e547e2008-05-26 12:01:49 +0000[diff] [blame]8config DEPMOD
9 bool "depmod"
10 default n
11 help
12 depmod generates modules.dep (FIXME: elaborate)
13
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]14config INSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]15 bool "insmod"
16 default n
17 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]18 insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]19
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]20config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]21 bool "Module version checking"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]22 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]23 depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]24 help
Eric Andersen9c3c38d2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000[diff] [blame]25 Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
26 ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]27
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]28config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]29 bool "Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]30 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]31 depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]32 help
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]33 By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]34 occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]35 this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
Eric Andersen889dd202003-01-23 04:48:34 +0000[diff] [blame]36 table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
37 Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
38
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]39config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]40 bool "In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]41 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]42 depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]43 help
Eric Andersenb24da332003-07-22 10:16:58 +0000[diff] [blame]44 This is a special uClinux only memory optimization that lets insmod
45 load the specified kernel module directly into kernel space, reducing
46 memory usage by preventing the need for two copies of the module
47 being loaded into memory.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]48
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]49config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]50 bool "Enable load map (-m) option"
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]51 default n
Denis Vlasenkocba9ef52006-10-10 21:00:47 +0000[diff] [blame]52 depends on INSMOD && ( FEATURE_2_4_MODULES || FEATURE_2_6_MODULES )
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]53 help
54 Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map
55 output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging
56 easier.
57 If you don't plan to debug kernel modules, you
58 don't need this option.
59
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]60config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]61 bool "Symbols in load map"
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]62 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]63 depends on FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]64 help
65 Without this option, -m will only output section
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]66 load map. With this option, -m will also output
Eric Andersene7047882003-12-11 01:42:13 +0000[diff] [blame]67 symbols load map.
Eric Andersenbe65c352003-01-23 04:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]68
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]69config RMMOD
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]70 bool "rmmod"
71 default n
72 help
73 rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
74
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]75config LSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]76 bool "lsmod"
77 default n
78 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +0000[diff] [blame]79 lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]80
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]81config FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000[diff] [blame]82 bool "Pretty output for 2.6.x Linux kernels"
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]83 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]84 depends on LSMOD
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]85 help
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000[diff] [blame]86 This option makes output format of lsmod adjusted to
Rob Landley4f653602005-05-04 23:55:06 +0000[diff] [blame]87 the format of module-init-tools for Linux kernel 2.6.
Rob Landley15d3f7f2005-05-04 00:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]88
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]89config MODPROBE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]90 bool "modprobe"
91 default n
92 help
Mike Frysingerfa6c4842006-05-26 01:48:17 +0000[diff] [blame]93 Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]94 level.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]95
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]96 Note that in the state, modprobe does not understand multiple
97 module options from the configuration file. See option below.
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame]98
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]99config FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
Mike Frysinger11353ae2007-01-24 14:34:35 +0000[diff] [blame]100 bool
Denis Vlasenko9305cdd2008-05-13 02:43:27 +0000[diff] [blame]101 prompt "Multiple options parsing"
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame]102 default y
Mike Frysinger11353ae2007-01-24 14:34:35 +0000[diff] [blame]103 depends on MODPROBE
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame]104 help
105 Allow modprobe to understand more than one option to pass to
106 modules.
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]107
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame]108 This is a WIP, while waiting for a common argument parsing
109 common amongst all BB applets (shell, modprobe, etc...) and
110 adds around 600 bytes on x86, 700 bytes on ARM. The code is
111 biggish and uggly, but just works.
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]112
Rob Landley79e1cab2005-11-15 00:08:29 +0000[diff] [blame]113 Saying Y here is not a bad idea if you're not that short
114 on storage capacity.
115
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]116config FEATURE_MODPROBE_FANCY_ALIAS
Mike Frysinger11353ae2007-01-24 14:34:35 +0000[diff] [blame]117 bool
Denis Vlasenko9305cdd2008-05-13 02:43:27 +0000[diff] [blame]118 prompt "Fancy alias parsing"
Rob Landleybf30c692006-07-20 17:36:18 +0000[diff] [blame]119 default y
Mike Frysinger11353ae2007-01-24 14:34:35 +0000[diff] [blame]120 depends on MODPROBE && FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
Rob Landleybf30c692006-07-20 17:36:18 +0000[diff] [blame]121 help
122 Say 'y' here to enable parsing of aliases with underscore/dash
123 mismatch between module name and file name, along with bus-specific
124 aliases (such as pci:... or usb:... aliases).
125
Denis Vlasenko9ddc8d52008-05-18 14:39:43 +0000[diff] [blame]126config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
127 bool
128 prompt "Blacklist support"
129 default n
130 depends on MODPROBE && FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
131 help
132 Say 'y' here to enable support for the 'blacklist' command in
133 modprobe.conf. This prevents the alias resolver to resolve
134 blacklisted modules. This is useful if you want to prevent your
135 hardware autodetection scripts to load modules like evdev, frame
136 buffer drivers etc.
137
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]138comment "Options common to multiple modutils"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]139 depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || LSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]140
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]141config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]142 # Simulate indentation
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]143 bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]144 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]145 depends on INSMOD || LSMOD
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]146 help
Eric Andersen9c3c38d2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000[diff] [blame]147 Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
148 only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
149 support request.
Glenn L McGrath759d7ec2003-09-03 00:42:58 +0000[diff] [blame]150 This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]151
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]152config FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]153 # Simulate indentation
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]154 bool "Support version 2.2.x to 2.4.x Linux kernels"
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]155 default y
Denis Vlasenko997aa112006-10-14 11:12:20 +0000[diff] [blame]156 depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]157 help
158 Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels.
159
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer94748302008-05-27 08:41:32 +0000[diff] [blame]160 Note:
161 This is automatically enabled if 2.6 modules are not enabled.
162
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]163config FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]164 # Simulate indentation
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]165 bool "Support version 2.6.x Linux kernels"
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]166 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]167 depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]168 help
169 Support module loading for newer 2.6.x Linux kernels.
170
171
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]172config FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]173 bool
174 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000[diff] [blame]175 depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && !FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
Rob Landley762bb622005-12-11 20:20:05 +0000[diff] [blame]176
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]177
178endmenu
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