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14 The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.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.
40 config CONFIG_FEATURE_PIDOF_SINGLE
41 bool " Enable argument for single shot (-s)"
43 depends on CONFIG_PIDOF
45 Support argument '-s' for returning only the first pid found.
47 config CONFIG_FEATURE_PIDOF_OMIT
48 bool " Enable argument for omitting pids (-o)"
50 depends on CONFIG_PIDOF
52 Support argument '-o' for omitting the given pids in output.
53 The special pid %PPID can be used to name the parent process
54 of the pidof, in other words the calling shell or shell script.
60 ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.
62 config CONFIG_FEATURE_PS_WIDE
63 bool " Enable argument for wide output (-w)"
67 Support argument 'w' for wide output.
68 If given once, 132 chars are printed and given more than
69 one, the length is unlimited.
75 Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
78 config CONFIG_BB_SYSCTL
82 Configure kernel parameters at runtime.
88 The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running
91 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TOP_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
92 bool " Support showing CPU usage percentage (add 2k bytes)"
96 Make top display CPU usage.
102 uptime gives a one line display of the current time, how long
103 the system has been running, how many users are currently logged
104 on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.