2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 mainmenu "BusyBox Configuration"
12 menu "Busybox Settings"
14 menu "General Configuration"
17 prompt "Buffer allocation policy"
18 default CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC
20 There are 3 ways BusyBox can handle buffer allocations:
21 - Use malloc. This costs code size for the call to xmalloc.
22 - Put them on stack. For some very small machines with limited stack
23 space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine.
24 - Put them in BSS. This works beautifully for computers with a real
25 MMU (and OS support), but wastes runtime RAM for uCLinux. This
26 behavior was the only one available for BusyBox versions 0.48 and
29 config CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC
30 bool "Allocate with Malloc"
32 config CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_ON_STACK
33 bool "Allocate on the Stack"
35 config CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_IN_BSS
36 bool "Allocate in the .bss section"
40 config CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE
41 bool "Show terse applet usage messages"
44 All BusyBox applets will show help messages when invoked with
45 wrong arguments. You can turn off printing these terse usage
46 messages if you say no here.
47 This will save you up to 7k.
49 config CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
50 bool "Show verbose applet usage messages"
52 select CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE
54 All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when
55 busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the
56 busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about
57 13k, but it can add much more depending on your configuration.
59 config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
60 bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime"
63 Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use
64 busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the
65 applets that are compiled into busybox. This feature requires the
68 config CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT
69 bool "Enable locale support (system needs locale for this to work)"
72 Enable this if your system has locale support and you would like
73 busybox to support locale settings.
75 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
76 bool "Support for devfs"
79 Enable if you want BusyBox to work with devfs.
81 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS
82 bool "Use the devpts filesystem for Unix98 PTYs"
83 default y if CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
85 Enable if you want BusyBox to use Unix98 PTY support. If enabled,
86 busybox will use /dev/ptmx for the master side of the pseudoterminal
87 and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style
88 /dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
89 devpts or devfs mounted.
91 config CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
92 bool "Clean up all memory before exiting (usually not needed)"
95 As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly
96 freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves
97 space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers
98 like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks.
100 Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean
103 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
104 bool "Support for SUID/SGID handling"
107 Support SUID and SGID binaries.
109 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
110 bool "Runtime SUID/SGID configuration via /etc/busybox.conf"
111 default n if CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
112 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
114 Allow the SUID / SGID state of an applet to be determined runtime by
115 checking /etc/busybox.conf. The format of this file is as follows:
117 <applet> = [Ssx-][Ssx-][x-] (<username>|<uid>).(<groupname>|<gid>)
119 An example might help:
122 su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with euid=0/egid=0
123 su = ssx # exactly the same
125 mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members of group disk
126 # and runs with euid=0
128 cp = --- # disable applet cp for everyone
130 The file has to be owned by user root, group root and has to be
131 writeable only by root:
132 (chown 0.0 /etc/busybox.conf; chmod 600 /etc/busybox.conf)
133 The busybox executable has to be owned by user root, group
134 root and has to be setuid root for this to work:
135 (chown 0.0 /bin/busybox; chmod 4755 /bin/busybox)
137 Robert 'sandman' Griebl has more information here:
138 <url: http://www.softforge.de/bb/suid.html >.
140 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG_QUIET
141 bool "Suppress warning message if /etc/busybox.conf is not readable"
143 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
145 /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID, check
146 this option to avoid users to be notified about missing permissions.
148 config CONFIG_SELINUX
149 bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
152 Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide
153 the option of compiling in SELinux applets.
155 If you do not have a complete SELinux userland installed, this stuff
156 will not compile. Go visit
157 http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html
158 to download the necessary stuff to allow busybox to compile with
159 this option enabled. Specifially, libselinux 1.28 or better is
160 directly required by busybox. If the installation is located in a
161 non-standard directory, provide it by invoking make as follows:
162 CFLAGS=-I<libselinux-include-path> \
163 LDFLAGS=-L<libselinux-lib-path> \
166 Most people will leave this set to 'N'.
173 bool "Build BusyBox as a static binary (no shared libs)"
176 If you want to build a static BusyBox binary, which does not
177 use or require any shared libraries, then enable this option.
178 This can cause BusyBox to be considerably larger, so you should
179 leave this option false unless you have a good reason (i.e.
180 your target platform does not support shared libraries, or
181 you are building an initrd which doesn't need anything but
184 Most people will leave this set to 'N'.
186 config CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
187 bool "Build shared libbusybox"
190 Build a shared library libbusybox.so which contains all
191 libraries used inside busybox.
193 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FULL_LIBBUSYBOX
194 bool "Feature-complete libbusybox"
195 default n if !CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
196 depends on CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
198 Build a libbusybox with the complete feature-set, disregarding
199 the actually selected config.
201 Normally, libbusybox will only contain the features which are
202 used by busybox itself. If you plan to write a separate
203 standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
205 Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
206 might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
207 exported function set between releases (even minor version number
208 changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
212 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
213 bool "Use shared libbusybox for busybox"
214 default y if CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
215 depends on !CONFIG_STATIC && CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
217 Use libbusybox.so also for busybox itself.
218 You need to have a working dynamic linker to use this variant.
221 bool "Build with Large File Support (for accessing files > 2 GB)"
223 select FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
225 If you want to build BusyBox with large file support, then enable
226 this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C
227 library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the
228 programs that can benefit from large file support include dd, gzip,
229 cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
230 than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
232 config USING_CROSS_COMPILER
233 bool "Do you want to build BusyBox with a Cross Compiler?"
236 Do you want to build BusyBox with a Cross Compiler? If so,
237 then enable this option. Otherwise leave it set to 'N'.
239 config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
240 string "Cross Compiler prefix"
241 default "/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin/i386-uclibc-"
242 depends on USING_CROSS_COMPILER
244 If you want to build BusyBox with a cross compiler, then you
245 will need to set this to the cross-compiler prefix. For example,
246 if my cross-compiler is /usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin/i386-uclibc-gcc
247 then I would enter '/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin/i386-uclibc-' here,
248 which will ensure the correct compiler is used.
250 config EXTRA_CFLAGS_OPTIONS
251 string "Any extra CFLAGS options for the compiler?"
254 Do you want to pass any extra CFLAGS options to the compiler as
255 you build BusyBox? If so, this is the option for you... For example,
256 if you want to add some simple compiler switches (like -march=i686),
257 or check for warnings using -Werror, just those options here.
259 config CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
260 bool "Compile all sources at once"
263 Normally each source-file is compiled with one invocation of
265 If you set this option, all sources are compiled at once.
266 This gives the compiler more opportunities to optimize which can
267 result in smaller and/or faster binaries.
269 Setting this option will consume alot of memory, e.g. if you
270 enable all applets with all features, gcc uses more than 300MB
271 RAM during compilation of busybox.
273 This option is most likely only beneficial for newer compilers
274 such as gcc-4.1 and above.
276 Say 'N' unless you know what you are doing.
280 menu 'Debugging Options'
283 bool "Build BusyBox with Debugging symbols"
286 Say Y here if you wish to compile BusyBox with debugging symbols.
287 This will allow you to use a debugger to examine BusyBox internals
288 while applets are running. This increases the size of the binary
289 considerably and should only be used when doing development.
290 If you are doing development and want to debug BusyBox, answer Y.
292 Most people should answer N.
295 prompt "Additional debugging library"
296 default CONFIG_NO_DEBUG_LIB
297 depends on CONFIG_DEBUG
299 Using an additional debugging library will make BusyBox become
300 considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You
301 should always leave this option disabled for production use.
305 This enables compiling with dmalloc ( http://dmalloc.com/ )
306 which is an excellent public domain mem leak and malloc problem
307 detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will
308 want to properly set your environment, for example:
309 export DMALLOC_OPTIONS=debug=0x34f47d83,inter=100,log=logfile
310 The 'debug=' value is generated using the following command
311 dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space -p log-elapsed-time \
312 -p check-fence -p check-heap -p check-lists -p check-blank \
313 -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy -p allow-free-null
315 Electric-fence support:
316 -----------------------
317 This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric
318 fence is another very useful malloc debugging library which uses
319 your computer's virtual memory hardware to detect illegal memory
320 accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger
321 and run slower, so you should leave this option disabled unless
322 you are hunting a hard to find memory problem.
325 config CONFIG_NO_DEBUG_LIB
328 config CONFIG_DMALLOC
332 bool "Electric-fence"
336 config CONFIG_DEBUG_YANK_SUSv2
337 bool "Disable obsolete features removed before SUSv3?"
340 This option will disable backwards compatibility with SuSv2,
341 specifically, old-style numeric options ('command -1 <file>')
342 will not be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should
343 yank from renice too.)
347 menu 'Installation Options'
349 config CONFIG_INSTALL_NO_USR
350 bool "Don't use /usr"
353 Disable use of /usr. Don't activate this option if you don't know
354 that you really want this behaviour.
357 prompt "Applets links"
358 default CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
360 Choose how you install applets links.
362 config CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
365 Install applets as soft-links to the busybox binary. This needs some
366 free inodes on the filesystem, but might help with filesystem
367 generators that can't cope with hard-links.
369 config CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_HARDLINKS
372 Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might count
373 on a filesystem with few inodes.
375 config CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_DONT
377 prompt "not installed"
378 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER || CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE_SHELL
380 Do not install applets links. Usefull when using the -install feature
381 or a standalone shell for rescue pruposes.
386 string "BusyBox installation prefix"
389 Define your directory to install BusyBox files/subdirs in.
393 source libbb/Config.in
399 source archival/Config.in
400 source coreutils/Config.in
401 source console-tools/Config.in
402 source debianutils/Config.in
403 source editors/Config.in
404 source findutils/Config.in
405 source init/Config.in
406 source loginutils/Config.in
407 source e2fsprogs/Config.in
408 source modutils/Config.in
409 source util-linux/Config.in
410 source miscutils/Config.in
411 source networking/Config.in
412 source procps/Config.in
413 source shell/Config.in
414 source sysklogd/Config.in