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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00001#
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
74 can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
75 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000076
Eric Andersend3652bf2003-08-06 09:07:37 +000077if !CONFIG_LFS
78config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000079 bool " support over 4GB disks"
Eric Andersend3652bf2003-08-06 09:07:37 +000080 default y
81 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
82 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000083 Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
Eric Andersend3652bf2003-08-06 09:07:37 +000084endif
85
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000086config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
87 bool " Write support"
88 default y
89 depends on CONFIG_FDISK
90 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +000091 Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
92 and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
93 disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000094
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000095config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
96 bool " Support AIX disklabels"
97 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +000098 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000099 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000100 Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
101 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000102
103config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
104 bool " Support SGI disklabels"
105 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000106 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000107 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000108 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
109 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000110
111config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
112 bool " Support SUN disklabels"
113 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000114 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000115 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000116 Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
117 Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000118
119config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
120 bool " Support BSD disklabels"
121 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000122 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000123 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000124 Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
125 and define and edit BSD disk slices.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000126
127config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
128 bool " Support expert mode"
129 default n
Glenn L McGrath4dcc2dd2003-01-04 11:56:06 +0000130 depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000131 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000132 Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
133 define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
134 partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
135 reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000136
137config CONFIG_FREERAMDISK
138 bool "freeramdisk"
139 default n
140 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000141 Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
142 delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
143 ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
144 pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
145 ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
146 this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000147
148config CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX
149 bool "fsck_minix"
150 default n
151 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000152 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
153 with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000154 can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000155 power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
156 check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
157 filesystem.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000158
159config CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
160 bool "mkfs_minix"
161 default n
162 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000163 The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
164 with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
165 this utility will do the job for you.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000166
167comment "Minix filesystem support"
168 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
169
170config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
171 bool " Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
172 default y
173 depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
174 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000175 If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
176 If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
177 version 2 filesystem support.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000178
179config CONFIG_GETOPT
180 bool "getopt"
181 default n
182 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000183 The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
184 lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
185 for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
186 complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
187 written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
188 wisely leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000189
190config CONFIG_HEXDUMP
191 bool "hexdump"
192 default n
193 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000194 The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
195 way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000196
197config CONFIG_HWCLOCK
198 bool "hwclock"
199 default n
200 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000201 The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000202 on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
203 shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
204 correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000205
206config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
207 bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
208 default n
209 depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
210 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000211 By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000212 are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000213 then enable this option.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000214
215config CONFIG_LOSETUP
216 bool "losetup"
217 default n
218 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000219 losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
220 file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
221 version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000222
223config CONFIG_MKSWAP
224 bool "mkswap"
225 default n
226 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000227 The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
228 Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
229 partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
230 the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
231 much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000232 applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
233 Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
234 the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000235
236config CONFIG_MORE
237 bool "more"
238 default n
239 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000240 more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000241 sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
242 the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
243 you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
244 any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000245
246config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
247 bool " Use termios to manipulate the screen"
248 default y
249 depends on CONFIG_MORE
250 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000251 This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
252 the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000253 that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000254 will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
255 unable to move the cursor.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000256
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000257config CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
258 bool "pivot_root"
259 default n
260 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000261 The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
262 with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
263 of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
264 powerful than 'chroot'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000265
266config CONFIG_RDATE
267 bool "rdate"
268 default n
269 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000270 The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000271 system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
272 the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
273 systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000274
275config CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
276 bool "swaponoff"
277 default n
278 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000279 This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
280 Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
281 to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
282 utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
283 space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
284 option disabled.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000285
286config CONFIG_MOUNT
287 bool "mount"
288 default n
289 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000290 All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
291 tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
292 particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
293 device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
294 NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
295 the 'mount' utility.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000296
297config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000298 bool " Support mounting NFS file systems"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000299 default n
300 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
301 help
Eric Andersene5920a22003-07-03 10:00:15 +0000302 Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000303
304config CONFIG_UMOUNT
305 bool "umount"
306 default n
307 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000308 When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
309 for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
310 the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
311 also want to enable 'umount'.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000312
313config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
314 bool " Support forced filesystem unmounting"
315 default n
316 depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
317 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000318 This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted. This is generally
319 only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000320
321comment "Common options for mount/umount"
322 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
323
324config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
325 bool " Support for loop devices"
326 default n
327 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
328 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000329 Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
330 which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and
331 free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000332 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really
333 only useful if you plan to loop mount files.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000334
335config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
336 bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"
337 default n
338 depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
339 help
Eric Andersena0ac4522003-02-27 03:14:04 +0000340 If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
341 utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
342 mounted then you should enable this option. Most people that use
343 BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
344 option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.
345
346config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME
347 string " mtab file location"
348 default "/etc/mtab"
349 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
350 help
351 Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to
352 have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems
353 which have been mounted. This option allows you to specify an alternative
354 location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab. The default
355 value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop
356 Linux systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000357
358endmenu
359