init is the first program run when the system boots.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
- bool " Support reading an inittab file?"
+ bool "Support reading an inittab file"
default y
depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
Allow init to read an inittab file when the system boot.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
- bool " Support running init from within an initrd?"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_INIT
- help
- Allow init to be called from an initrd as linuxrc.
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
- bool " Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)?"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_INIT
- help
- If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
- exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
- core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
- will not generate any core files.
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON
- bool " Should init run swapon if short on memory?"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_INIT
- help
- If the system has less than one megabyte of total memory, init
- will run '/sbin/swapon -a' to add swap memory.
-
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
- bool " Support running commands with a controlling-tty?"
+ bool "Support running commands with a controlling-tty"
default n
depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
the console is only accessed during development or for maintenance.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
- bool " Should init be _extra_ quiet on boot?"
+ bool "Be _extra_ quiet on boot"
default y
depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
- Prevent init from logging some messages to the console
- during boot.
+ Prevent init from logging some messages to the console during boot.
-config CONFIG_HALT
- bool "halt"
- default y
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
+ bool "Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
- Stop all processes and halt the system.
+ If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
+ exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
+ core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
+ will not generate any core files.
+
-config CONFIG_POWEROFF
- bool "poweroff"
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
+ bool "Support running init from within an initrd (not initramfs)"
default y
+ depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
- Stop all processes and (try to) power off the system.
+ Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows
+ the name linuxrc to act as init, and it doesn't assume init is PID 1.
+
+ This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
+ requires no special support.
-config CONFIG_REBOOT
- bool "reboot"
+config CONFIG_HALT
+ bool "poweroff, halt, and reboot"
default y
help
- Stop all processes and reboot the system.
+ Stop all processes and either halt, reboot, or power off the system.
config CONFIG_MESG
bool "mesg"
used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal
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