menu "Linux Module Utilities"
-config CONFIG_INSMOD
+config INSMOD
bool "insmod"
default n
help
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+ insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
- bool " Support older (pre 2.1) Linux kernels"
+config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
+ bool "Module version checking"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
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+ Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
+ ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
-if CONFIG_INSMOD && !CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
- config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
- default y
- comment " Support new (post 2.1) Linux kernels (Forced enabled)"
-endif
-
-if CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
- bool " Support new (post 2.1) Linux kernels"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
- help
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-endif
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
- bool " Module version checking"
+config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
+ bool "Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
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-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
- bool " Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
- help
- By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
+ By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
- this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
+ this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
- bool " In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
+config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
+ bool "In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
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+ This is a special uClinux only memory optimization that lets insmod
+ load the specified kernel module directly into kernel space, reducing
+ memory usage by preventing the need for two copies of the module
+ being loaded into memory.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
- bool " Enable load map (-m) option"
+config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
+ bool "Enable load map (-m) option"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on INSMOD && ( FEATURE_2_4_MODULES || FEATURE_2_6_MODULES )
help
Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map
output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging
If you don't plan to debug kernel modules, you
don't need this option.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
- bool " Symbols in load map"
+config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
+ bool "Symbols in load map"
default y
- depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
+ depends on FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
help
Without this option, -m will only output section
- load map.
- With this option, -m will also output symbols
- load map.
+ load map. With this option, -m will also output
+ symbols load map.
+
+config RMMOD
+ bool "rmmod"
+ default n
+ help
+ rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
-config CONFIG_LSMOD
+config LSMOD
bool "lsmod"
default n
help
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+ lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
- bool " Support lsmod query_module interface (add 638 bytes)"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_LSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
+config FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
+ bool "lsmod pretty output for 2.6.x Linux kernels "
+ default n
+ depends on LSMOD
help
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+ This option makes output format of lsmod adjusted to
+ the format of module-init-tools for Linux kernel 2.6.
-config CONFIG_MODPROBE
+config MODPROBE
bool "modprobe"
default n
help
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+ Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high
+ level.
-config CONFIG_RMMOD
- bool "rmmod"
- default n
+ Note that in the state, modprobe does not understand multiple
+ module options from the configuration file. See option below.
+
+config FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
+ bool
+ prompt "Multiple options parsing" if NITPICK
+ default y
+ depends on MODPROBE
+ help
+ Allow modprobe to understand more than one option to pass to
+ modules.
+
+ This is a WIP, while waiting for a common argument parsing
+ common amongst all BB applets (shell, modprobe, etc...) and
+ adds around 600 bytes on x86, 700 bytes on ARM. The code is
+ biggish and uggly, but just works.
+
+ Saying Y here is not a bad idea if you're not that short
+ on storage capacity.
+
+config FEATURE_MODPROBE_FANCY_ALIAS
+ bool
+ prompt "Fancy alias parsing" if NITPICK
+ default y
+ depends on MODPROBE && FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
help
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+ Say 'y' here to enable parsing of aliases with underscore/dash
+ mismatch between module name and file name, along with bus-specific
+ aliases (such as pci:... or usb:... aliases).
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
+comment "Options common to multiple modutils"
+ depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || LSMOD
+
+config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
+ # Simulate indentation
bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
default y
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
+ depends on INSMOD || LSMOD
help
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+ Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
+ only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
+ support request.
+ This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
+
+config FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
+ # Simulate indentation
+ bool "Support version 2.2.x to 2.4.x Linux kernels"
+ default y
+ depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE
+ help
+ Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels.
+
+config FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
+ # Simulate indentation
+ bool "Support version 2.6.x Linux kernels"
+ default y
+ depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE
+ help
+ Support module loading for newer 2.6.x Linux kernels.
+
+
+config FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && !FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
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