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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 "Init Utilities"
7
8config CONFIG_INIT
9 bool "init"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +000012 init is the first program run when the system boots.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000013
14config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
15 bool " Support reading an inittab file?"
16 default y
17 depends on CONFIG_INIT
18 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +000019 Allow init to read an inittab file when the system boot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000020
21config CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
22 bool " Support running init from within an initrd?"
23 default y
24 depends on CONFIG_INIT
25 help
Eric Andersen65e20a32003-07-05 07:52:35 +000026 Allow init to be called from an initrd as linuxrc.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000027
28config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
29 bool " Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)?"
30 default y
31 depends on CONFIG_INIT
32 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000033 If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
34 exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
35 core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
36 will not generate any core files.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000037
38config CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
39 bool " Should init be _extra_ quiet on boot?"
40 default y
41 depends on CONFIG_INIT
42 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000043 Prevent init from logging some messages to the console
44 during boot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000045
46# Some apps that are meaningless without BusyBox running as init
47config CONFIG_HALT
48 bool "halt"
49 default y
50 depends on CONFIG_INIT
51 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000052 Stop all processes.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000053
54config CONFIG_POWEROFF
55 bool "poweroff"
56 default y
57 depends on CONFIG_INIT
58 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000059 Stop all processes and (try to) power off the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000060
61config CONFIG_REBOOT
62 bool "reboot"
63 default y
64 depends on CONFIG_INIT
65 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000066 Stop all processes and reboot the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000067
Glenn L McGrath1e11c342003-05-11 14:52:39 +000068config CONFIG_MINIT
69 bool "minit"
70 default n
71 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000072 Minimal init, based on minit v0.9.1. This is a simple
73 init replacement that handles starting/stopping services,
74 and service dependencies. See http://www.fefe.de/minit/
75 for additional information.
Glenn L McGrath1e11c342003-05-11 14:52:39 +000076
77config CONFIG_PIDFILEHACK
78 bool "pidfilehack"
79 default y
80 depends on CONFIG_MINIT
81 help
82 pidfilehack is used by minit to run servers.
83
84config CONFIG_MSVC
85 bool "msvc"
86 default y
87 depends on CONFIG_MINIT
88 help
89 msvc is used to start and stop processes controlled by minit
90
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000091# Should start-stop-daemon be moved under debianutils?
92config CONFIG_START_STOP_DAEMON
93 bool "start-stop-daemon"
94 default y
95 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +000096 start-stop-daemon is used to control the creation and
97 termination of system-level processes, usually the ones
98 started during the startup of the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000099
100config CONFIG_MESG
101 bool "mesg"
102 default y
103 help
Eric Andersenfb0c6af2003-07-14 19:18:43 +0000104 Mesg controls the access to your terminal by others. It
105 is typically used to allow or disallow other users to write
106 to your terminal
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000107
108endmenu
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