bool "insmod"
default n
help
- 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"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
- help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-
-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
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-endif
+ insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
- bool " Module version checking"
+ bool "Module version checking"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
+ ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
- bool " Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
+ bool "Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
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)"
+ bool "In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ 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"
+ bool "Enable load map (-m) option"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
help
Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map
output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging
don't need this option.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
- bool " Symbols in load map"
+ bool "Symbols in load map"
default y
depends on CONFIG_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 CONFIG_RMMOD
+ bool "rmmod"
+ default n
+ help
+ rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
config CONFIG_LSMOD
bool "lsmod"
help
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 CONFIG_FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT
+ bool "lsmod pretty output for 2.6.x Linux kernels "
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_LSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This option makes output format of lsmod adjusted to
+ the format of module-init-tools for Linux kernel 2.6.
config CONFIG_MODPROBE
bool "modprobe"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Handle the loading of modules, and their dependancies 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
+ bool "Multiple options parsing"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_MODPROBE
help
- rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel.
+ 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.
+
+comment "Options common to multiple modutils"
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_RMMOD || CONFIG_MODPROBE || CONFIG_LSMOD
config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
- bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
+ # Simulate indentation
+ bool " Support tainted module checking with new kernels"
default y
depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
+ # Simulate indentation
+ bool " Support version 2.2.x to 2.4.x Linux kernels"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_RMMOD
+ help
+ Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
+ # Simulate indentation
+ bool " Support version 2.6.x Linux kernels"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_RMMOD || CONFIG_MODPROBE
+ help
+ Support module loading for newer 2.6.x Linux kernels.
+
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && !CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
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