menu "Linux System Utilities"
+INSERT
+
config ACPID
bool "acpid"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
acpid listens to ACPI events coming either in textual form from
/proc/acpi/event (though it is marked deprecated it is still widely
config FEATURE_ACPID_COMPAT
bool "Accept and ignore redundant options"
- default n
+ default y
depends on ACPID
help
Accept and ignore compatibility options -g -m -s -S -v.
config BLKID
bool "blkid"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
select VOLUMEID
help
Lists labels and UUIDs of all filesystems.
WARNING:
With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox.
+config FEATURE_BLKID_TYPE
+ bool "Print filesystem type"
+ default n
+ depends on BLKID
+ help
+ Show TYPE="filesystem type"
+
config DMESG
bool "dmesg"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
config FBSET
bool "fbset"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
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
config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
bool "Turn on extra fbset options"
- default n
+ default y
depends on FBSET
help
This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
config FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
bool "Turn on fbset readmode support"
- default n
+ default y
depends on FBSET
help
This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by
config FDFLUSH
bool "fdflush"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
config FDFORMAT
bool "fdformat"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.
config FDISK
bool "fdisk"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
bool "Support over 4GB disks"
default y
depends on FDISK
+ depends on !LFS # with LFS no special code is needed
help
Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB.
Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
and define and edit BSD disk slices.
+config FEATURE_GPT_LABEL
+ bool "Support GPT disklabels"
+ default n
+ depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
+ help
+ Enabling this option allows you to view GUID Partition Table
+ disklabels.
+
config FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
bool "Support expert mode"
- default n
+ default y
depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
help
Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
config FINDFS
bool "findfs"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
select VOLUMEID
help
Prints the name of a filesystem with given label or UUID.
config FLOCK
bool "flock"
- default n
+ default y
help
Manage locks from shell scripts
config FREERAMDISK
bool "freeramdisk"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
config FSCK_MINIX
bool "fsck_minix"
- default n
+ default y
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
config MKFS_EXT2
bool "mkfs_ext2"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
Utility to create EXT2 filesystems.
config MKFS_MINIX
bool "mkfs_minix"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix
filesystems this utility will do the job for you.
-comment "Minix filesystem support"
- depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX
-
config FEATURE_MINIX2
bool "Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
default y
config MKFS_REISER
bool "mkfs_reiser"
default n
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
Utility to create ReiserFS filesystems.
+ Note: this applet needs a lot of testing and polishing.
config MKFS_VFAT
bool "mkfs_vfat"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
Utility to create FAT32 filesystems.
config GETOPT
bool "getopt"
- default n
+ default y
help
The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
config HEXDUMP
bool "hexdump"
- default n
+ default y
help
The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable
way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors.
config FEATURE_HEXDUMP_REVERSE
bool "Support -R, reverse of 'hexdump -Cv'"
- default n
+ default y
depends on HEXDUMP
help
The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in an ascii
config HD
bool "hd"
- default n
- select HEXDUMP
+ default y
+ depends on HEXDUMP
help
hd is an alias to hexdump -C.
config HWCLOCK
bool "hwclock"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
- default n
+ default y
depends on HWCLOCK && LONG_OPTS
help
By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS
bool "Use FHS /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime"
- default y
+ default n # util-linux-ng in Fedora 13 still uses /etc/adjtime
depends on HWCLOCK
help
Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist
config IPCRM
bool "ipcrm"
- default n
- select FEATURE_SUID
+ default y
help
The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess
communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures
config IPCS
bool "ipcs"
- default n
- select FEATURE_SUID
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently
allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system.
config LOSETUP
bool "losetup"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
config LSPCI
bool "lspci"
- default n
+ default y
+ #select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
lspci is a utility for displaying information about PCI buses in the
system and devices connected to them.
config LSUSB
bool "lsusb"
- default n
+ default y
+ #select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the
system and devices connected to them.
This version uses sysfs (/sys/bus/usb/devices) only.
-config MDEV
- bool "mdev"
- default n
- help
- mdev is a mini-udev implementation for dynamically creating device
- nodes in the /dev directory.
-
- For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt
-
-config FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
- bool "Support /etc/mdev.conf"
- default n
- depends on MDEV
- help
- Add support for the mdev config file to control ownership and
- permissions of the device nodes.
-
- For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt
-
-config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME
- bool "Support subdirs/symlinks"
- default n
- depends on FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
- help
- Add support for renaming devices and creating symlinks.
-
- For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt
-
-config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP
- bool "Support regular expressions substitutions when renaming device"
- default n
- depends on FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME
- help
- Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming
- device.
-
-config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC
- bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal"
- default n
- depends on FEATURE_MDEV_CONF
- help
- This adds support for an optional field to /etc/mdev.conf for
- executing commands when devices are created/removed.
-
- For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt
-
-config FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE
- bool "Support loading of firmwares"
- default n
- depends on MDEV
- help
- Some devices need to load firmware before they can be usable.
-
- These devices will request userspace look up the files in
- /lib/firmware/ and if it exists, send it to the kernel for
- loading into the hardware.
-
config MKSWAP
bool "mkswap"
- default n
+ default y
help
The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
config FEATURE_MKSWAP_UUID
bool "UUID support"
- default n
+ default y
depends on MKSWAP
help
Generate swap spaces with universally unique identifiers.
config MORE
bool "more"
- default n
+ default y
help
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
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 FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
- bool "Use termios to manipulate the screen"
- default y
- depends on MORE || TOP
- 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 will be especially primitive and
- will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
- unable to move the cursor.
-
-config VOLUMEID
- bool #No description makes it a hidden option
- default n
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_EXT
- bool "Ext filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_BTRFS
- bool "btrfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_REISERFS
- bool "Reiser filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_FAT
- bool "fat filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HFS
- bool "hfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_JFS
- bool "jfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_UFS
-### bool "ufs filesystem"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_XFS
- bool "xfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_NTFS
- bool "ntfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ISO9660
- bool "iso9660 filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_UDF
- bool "udf filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LUKS
- bool "luks filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LINUXSWAP
- bool "linux swap filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LVM
-### bool "lvm"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_CRAMFS
- bool "cramfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HPFS
-### bool "hpfs filesystem"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ROMFS
- bool "romfs filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_SYSV
- bool "sysv filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MINIX
-### bool "minix filesystem"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### These only detect partition tables - not used (yet?)
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MAC
-### bool "mac filesystem"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-###
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MSDOS
-### bool "msdos filesystem"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_OCFS2
- bool "ocfs2 filesystem"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HIGHPOINTRAID
-### bool "highpoint raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ISWRAID
-### bool "intel raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LSIRAID
-### bool "lsi raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_VIARAID
-### bool "via raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_SILICONRAID
-### bool "silicon raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_NVIDIARAID
-### bool "nvidia raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_PROMISERAID
-### bool "promise raid"
-### default n
-### depends on VOLUMEID
-### help
-### TODO
-
-config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LINUXRAID
- bool "linuxraid"
- default n
- depends on VOLUMEID
- help
- TODO
-
config MOUNT
bool "mount"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
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
config FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
bool "Support option -f"
- default n
+ default y
depends on MOUNT
help
Enable support for faking a file system mount.
config FEATURE_MOUNT_VERBOSE
bool "Support option -v"
- default n
+ default y
depends on MOUNT
help
Enable multi-level -v[vv...] verbose messages. Useful if you
The idea is to use such virtual filesystems in /etc/fstab.
config FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL
- bool "Support specifiying devices by label or UUID"
- default n
+ bool "Support specifying devices by label or UUID"
+ default y
depends on MOUNT
select VOLUMEID
help
This also enables label or uuid support for swapon.
config FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS
- bool "Support mounting NFS file systems"
+ bool "Support mounting NFS file systems on Linux < 2.6.23"
default n
depends on MOUNT
select FEATURE_HAVE_RPC
select FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
- Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
+ Enable mounting of NFS file systems on Linux kernels prior
+ to version 2.6.23. Note that in this case mounting of NFS
+ over IPv6 will not be possible.
+
+ Note that this option links in RPC support from libc,
+ which is rather large (~10 kbytes on uclibc).
config FEATURE_MOUNT_CIFS
bool "Support mounting CIFS/SMB file systems"
- default n
+ default y
depends on MOUNT
help
Enable support for samba mounts.
config PIVOT_ROOT
bool "pivot_root"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
config RDATE
bool "rdate"
- default n
+ default y
help
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
config RDEV
bool "rdev"
- default n
+ default y
help
Print the device node associated with the filesystem mounted at '/'.
config READPROFILE
bool "readprofile"
- default n
+ default y
+ #select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
This allows you to parse /proc/profile for basic profiling.
config RTCWAKE
bool "rtcwake"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time.
config SCRIPT
bool "script"
- default n
+ default y
help
The script makes typescript of terminal session.
config SCRIPTREPLAY
bool "scriptreplay"
- default n
+ default y
help
This program replays a typescript, using timing information
given by script -t.
config SETARCH
bool "setarch"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the
specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
config SWAPONOFF
bool "swaponoff"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
config FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI
bool "Support priority option -p"
- default n
+ default y
depends on SWAPONOFF
help
Enable support for setting swap device priority in swapon.
config SWITCH_ROOT
bool "switch_root"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new
root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
config UMOUNT
bool "umount"
- default n
+ default y
+ select PLATFORM_LINUX
help
When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount
point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the
config FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL
bool "Support option -a"
- default n
+ default y
depends on UMOUNT
help
Support -a option to unmount all currently mounted filesystems.
config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
bool "Support loopback mounts"
- default n
+ default y
depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
help
Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE
bool "Create new loopback devices if needed"
- default n
+ default y
depends on FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
help
Linux kernels >= 2.6.24 support unlimited loopback devices. They are
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
+ that your /etc directory be writable, tends to get easily confused
by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory
that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from
your kernel.
+source util-linux/volume_id/Config.in
+
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