2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 menu "Process Utilities"
12 free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap
13 memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel.
14 The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.
20 The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified
21 process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
27 depends on CONFIG_KILL
29 killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the
30 specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
37 Pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints
38 those id's on the standard output.
44 ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.
50 Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
57 The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running
60 config FEATURE_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
61 bool " Support showing CPU usage percentage (add 2k bytes)"
65 Make top display CPU usage.
71 uptime gives a one line display of the current time, how long
72 the system has been running, how many users are currently logged
73 on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
79 sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime