bool "init"
default n
help
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+ init is the first program run when the system boots.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
- bool " Support reading an inittab file?"
- default y
+config CONFIG_DEBUG_INIT
+ bool "debugging aid"
+ default n
depends on CONFIG_INIT
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+ Turn this on to disable all the dangerous
+ rebooting stuff when debugging.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
- bool " Support running init from within an initrd?"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
+ bool "Support reading an inittab file"
default y
depends on CONFIG_INIT
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+ Allow init to read an inittab file when the system boot.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
- bool " Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)?"
- default y
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
+ bool "Support running commands with a controlling-tty"
+ default n
depends on CONFIG_INIT
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+ If this option is enabled a command starting with hyphen (-)
+ is run in its own session (setsid(2)) and possibly with a
+ controlling tty (TIOCSCTTY). This is not the traditional init
+ behavour, but is often what you want in an embedded system where
+ 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
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+ Prevent init from logging some messages to the console during boot.
-# Some apps that are meaningless without BusyBox running as init
-config CONFIG_HALT
- bool "halt"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_INIT
- help
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-
-config CONFIG_POWEROFF
- bool "poweroff"
- default y
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
+ bool "Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)"
+ default n
depends on CONFIG_INIT
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+ 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_REBOOT
- bool "reboot"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_INIT
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-config CONFIG_MINIT
- bool "minit"
- default n
- help
- Minimal init, based on minit v0.9.1
-config CONFIG_PIDFILEHACK
- bool "pidfilehack"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
+ bool "Support running init from within an initrd (not initramfs)"
default y
- depends on CONFIG_MINIT
+ depends on CONFIG_INIT
help
- pidfilehack is used by minit to run servers.
+ 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.
-config CONFIG_MSVC
- bool "msvc"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_MINIT
- help
- msvc is used to start and stop processes controlled by minit
+ This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
+ requires no special support.
-# Should start-stop-daemon be moved under debianutils?
-config CONFIG_START_STOP_DAEMON
- bool "start-stop-daemon"
+config CONFIG_HALT
+ bool "poweroff, halt, and reboot"
default y
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+ Stop all processes and either halt, reboot, or power off the system.
config CONFIG_MESG
bool "mesg"
default y
help
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+ Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically
+ used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal
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