menu "Linux System Utilities"
-
config CONFIG_DMESG
bool "dmesg"
default n
help
fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
- interface to access a graphic display. Enable this option if you wish
- to enable the 'fbset' utility.
-
+ interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
+ if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
- bool " Turn on extra fbset options"
+ bool "Turn on extra fbset options"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FBSET
help
This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
- framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphic
+ framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
options.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
- bool " Turn on fbset readmode support"
+ bool "Turn on fbset readmode support"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FBSET
help
bool "fdflush"
default n
help
- Fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
+ fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
- say leave this disabled.
+ leave this disabled.
+
+config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
+ bool "fdformat"
+ default n
+ help
+ fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
config CONFIG_FDISK
bool "fdisk"
help
The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
- can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
+ can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
+config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
+ bool "support over 4GB disks"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_FDISK
+ help
+ Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
+
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
- bool " Write support"
+ bool "Write support"
default y
depends on CONFIG_FDISK
help
disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
- bool " Support AIX disklabels"
+ bool "Support AIX disklabels"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
+ depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
- bool " Support SGI disklabels"
+ bool "Support SGI disklabels"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
- bool " Support SUN disklabels"
+ bool "Support SUN disklabels"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
+ depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
Most people can safely leave this option disabled.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
- bool " Support BSD disklabels"
+ bool "Support BSD disklabels"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
and define and edit BSD disk slices.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
- bool " Support expert mode"
+ bool "Support expert mode"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
- can encounted corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
+ can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
filesystem.
depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
- bool " Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
+ bool "Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
default y
depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX
help
default n
help
The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
- on a system. This is primarily used to set the correct time in
- the hardware close, so the hardware will keep the correct time
- when Linux is _not_ running.
+ on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
+ shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
+ correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
- bool " Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
+ bool "Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
default n
depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
help
By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
- are overly fond of the long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
+ are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
then enable this option.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS
+ bool "Use FHS /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
+ help
+ Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist
+ at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish
+ to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the
+ classic /etc/adjtime path.
+
+ http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO
+
+config CONFIG_IPCRM
+ bool "ipcrm"
+ default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
+ help
+ The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess
+ communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures
+ from the system.
+
+config CONFIG_IPCS
+ bool "ipcs"
+ default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
+ help
+ The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently
+ allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system.
+
config CONFIG_LOSETUP
bool "losetup"
default n
file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
+config CONFIG_MDEV
+ bool "mdev"
+ default n
+ help
+ mdev is a mini-udev implementation: call it with -s to populate
+ /dev from /sys, then "echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" to
+ have it handle hotplug events afterwards. Device names are taken
+ from sysfs.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
+ bool "Support /etc/mdev.conf"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_MDEV
+ help
+ The mdev config file contains lines that look like:
+
+ hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660
+
+ That's device name (with regex match), uid:gid, and permissions.
+
+ Optionally, that can be followed (on the same line) by an asterisk
+ and a command line to run after creating the corresponding device(s),
+ ala:
+
+ hdc root:cdrom 660 *ln -s hdc cdrom
+
+ Config file parsing stops on the first matching line. If no config
+ entry is matched, devices are created with default 0:0 660. (Make
+ the last line match .* to override this.)
+
config CONFIG_MKSWAP
bool "mkswap"
default n
partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
- applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer. Once
- you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable the swap
- space using the 'swapon' utility.
+ applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
+ Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
+ the swap space using the 'swapon' utility.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MKSWAP_V0
+ bool "version 0 support"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_MKSWAP
+# depends on CONFIG_MKSWAP && CONFIG_DEPRECATED
+ help
+ Enable support for the old v0 style.
+ If your kernel is older than 2.1.117, then v0 support is the
+ only option.
config CONFIG_MORE
bool "more"
default n
help
- More is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
+ more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
- bool " Use termios to manipulate the screen"
+ bool "Use termios to manipulate the screen"
default y
depends on CONFIG_MORE
help
This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
- that display things on the screen with be especially primitive and
+ that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
unable to move the cursor.
-comment "Common options for ls and more"
- depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE
+config CONFIG_MOUNT
+ bool "mount"
+ default n
+ help
+ All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
+ tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
+ particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
+ device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
+ NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
+ the 'mount' utility.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
- bool " Calculate terminal & column widths"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS
+ bool "Support mounting NFS file systems"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
help
- This option allows utilities such as 'ls' and 'more' to determine the
- width of the screen, which can allow them to display additional text
- or avoid wrapping text onto the next line. If you leave this
- disabled, your utilities will be especially primitive and will be
- unable to determine the current screen width.
+ Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
config CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT
bool "pivot_root"
of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
powerful than 'chroot'.
+ Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
+ in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead.
+
config CONFIG_RDATE
bool "rdate"
default n
help
- The rdate utility allows you to syncronize the date and time of your
+ The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
systems.
+config CONFIG_READPROFILE
+ bool "readprofile"
+ default n
+ help
+ This allows you to parse /proc/profile for basic profiling.
+
+config CONFIG_SETARCH
+ bool "setarch"
+ default n
+ help
+ The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the
+ specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
+ this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland
+ (like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...).
+
config CONFIG_SWAPONOFF
bool "swaponoff"
default n
space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
option disabled.
-config CONFIG_MOUNT
- bool "mount"
+config CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT
+ bool "switch_root"
default n
help
- All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
- tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
- particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
- device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
- NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
- the 'mount' utility.
+ The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new
+ root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
+ pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
-config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
- bool " Support mounting nfs file systems"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
- help
- Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
+ Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs
+ (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved
+ or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead,
+ switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself),
+ does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and
+ then execs the specified init program.
+
+ * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting
+ and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked
+ list of active mount points. That's why.
config CONFIG_UMOUNT
bool "umount"
the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
also want to enable 'umount'.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
- bool " Support forced filesystem unmounting"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL
+ bool "umount -a option"
default n
depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
help
- This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted. This is generally
- only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.
+ Support -a option to unmount all currently mounted filesystems.
comment "Common options for mount/umount"
depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
- bool " Support for loop devices"
+ bool "Support loopback mounts"
default n
depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
help
- Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
- which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and
- free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
- 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really only useful
- if you plan to loop mount files.
+ Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
+ filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices. The mount
+ command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a block
+ device, and transparently associate the file with a loopback device.
+ The umount command will also free that loopback device.
+
+ You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files
+ with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as
+ specify an offset or cryptographic options to the loopback device.
+ (If you don't want umount to free the loop device, use "umount -D".)
config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
- bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"
+ bool "Support for the old /etc/mtab file"
default n
depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
help
- If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
- utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
- mounted then you should enable this option. Most people that use
- BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
- option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME
- string " mtab file location"
- default "/etc/mtab"
- depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
- help
- Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to
- have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems
- which have been mounted. This option allows you to specify an alternative
- location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab. The default
- value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop
- Linux systems.
+ Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted
+ partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
+ the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering
+ the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
+ a symlink to /proc/mounts.)
+
+ The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if
+ your stripped-down embedded system does not have a /proc directory.
+ If you must use this, keep in mind it's inherently brittle (for
+ example a mount under chroot won't update it), can't handle modern
+ features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires
+ that your /etc directory be writeable, tends to get easily confused
+ by --bind or --move mounts, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
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