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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]1#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
6menu "Miscellaneous Utilities"
7
8config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX
9 bool "adjtimex"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]12 Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for
13 the Linux clock adjustment algorithm.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]14
Mike Frysinger9ed10942005-09-18 04:43:32 +0000[diff] [blame]15config CONFIG_BBCONFIG
16 bool "bbconfig"
17 default n
18 help
19 The bbconfig applet will print the config file with which
20 busybox was built.
21
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]22config CONFIG_CROND
23 bool "crond"
24 default n
Eric Andersen13879102004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000[diff] [blame]25 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
Denis Vlasenko049d6b82006-09-07 06:02:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]26 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]27 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]28 Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
29 files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
Eric Andersen98e4eab2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000[diff] [blame]30 This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
31 format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
32 $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
33 # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
34 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
Eric Andersen13879102004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000[diff] [blame]35 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
36 work properly.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]37
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000[diff] [blame]38config CONFIG_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
39 bool "Support debug option -d"
40 depends on CONFIG_CROND
41 default n
42 help
43 Support option -d to enter debug mode.
44
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]45config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]46 bool "Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?"
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]47 default n
48 depends on CONFIG_CROND
49 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]50 Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs.
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]51
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]52config CONFIG_CRONTAB
53 bool "crontab"
54 default n
Eric Andersen576db482005-06-23 18:58:57 +0000[diff] [blame]55 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]56 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]57 Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
58 the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]59
60config CONFIG_DC
61 bool "dc"
62 default n
63 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]64 Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
65 precision arithmetic.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]66
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]67config CONFIG_DEVFSD
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]68 bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]69 default n
Denis Vlasenko049d6b82006-09-07 06:02:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]70 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]71 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000[diff] [blame]72 This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]73
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]74 Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
75 You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]76 The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
77 "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
78 "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
79 "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
80
81 But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]82
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]83config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]84 bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]85 default n
86 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
87 help
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]88 This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs
89 the external modutils.
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]90
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]91config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
92 bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]93 default n
94 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
95 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]96 -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
97 -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]98
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]99config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
100 bool "Increases logging (and size)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]101 default n
102 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
103 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]104 Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]105
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]106config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
107 bool " Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
108 default n
109 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000[diff] [blame]110 This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
111
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]112 This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
113 /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
114 devfs names, you don't want this.
115
Mike Frysinger55e2cf62005-05-11 00:25:47 +0000[diff] [blame]116config CONFIG_EJECT
117 bool "eject"
118 default n
119 help
120 Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
121
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]122config CONFIG_LAST
123 bool "last"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]124 default n
Mike Frysinger8deb6862005-07-01 01:04:32 +0000[diff] [blame]125 select CONFIG_FEATURE_WTMP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]126 help
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]127 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]128
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]129config CONFIG_LESS
130 bool "less"
131 default n
132 help
133 'less' is a pager, meaning that it displays text files. It possesses
134 a wide array of features, and is an improvement over 'more'.
135
136config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_BRACKETS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]137 bool "Enable bracket searching"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]138 default y
139 depends on CONFIG_LESS
140 help
141 This option adds the capability to search for matching left and right
142 brackets, facilitating programming.
143
144config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]145 bool "Enable extra flags"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]146 default y
147 depends on CONFIG_LESS
148 help
149 The extra flags provided do the following:
150
151 The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line.
152 The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage.
153
154config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_FLAGCS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]155 bool "Enable flag changes"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]156 default n
157 depends on CONFIG_LESS
158 help
159 This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
160 less itself.
161
162config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_MARKS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]163 bool "Enable marks"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]164 default n
165 depends on CONFIG_LESS
166 help
167 Marks enable positions in a file to be stored for easy reference.
168
169config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]170 bool "Enable regular expressions"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]171 default n
172 depends on CONFIG_LESS
173 help
174 Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches.
175
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]176config CONFIG_HDPARM
177 bool "hdparm"
178 default n
179 help
180 Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]181 drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]182 CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
183
184config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]185 bool "Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]186 default y
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]187 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]188 help
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]189 Enables the -I and -i options to obtain detailed information
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]190 directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]191 feature set. If no device name is specified, hdparm will read
192 identify data from stdin. Enabling this option will add about 16k...
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]193
194config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]195 bool "Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]196 default n
197 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
198 help
199 Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface.
200 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
201
202config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]203 bool "Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]204 default n
205 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
206 help
207 Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface.
208 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
209
210config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]211 bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]212 default n
213 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
214 help
215 Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset.
216 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
217
218config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]219 bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]220 default n
221 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
222 help
223 Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
224 and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
225 stuff, so you should probably say N.
226
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]227config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]228 bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]229 default n
230 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
231 help
232 Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
233 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
234
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]235config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
236 bool "makedevs"
237 default n
238 help
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]239 'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
240 one command.
241 .
242 There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
243 as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000[diff] [blame]244 .
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]245 'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
246 devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
247 e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
248 Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
249 .
250 'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer771b1862006-03-24 14:30:05 +0000[diff] [blame]251 a batch of unrelated devices to be made with one command.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]252 User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
253
254choice
255 prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
Eric Andersen1b7058c2005-07-18 09:36:49 +0000[diff] [blame]256 depends CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
257 default CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]258
259config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
260 bool "leaf"
261
262config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
263 bool "table"
264
265endchoice
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]266
Rob Landleyd00b3a52005-08-20 05:07:08 +0000[diff] [blame]267config CONFIG_MOUNTPOINT
268 bool "mountpoint"
269 default n
270 help
271 mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint.
272
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]273config CONFIG_MT
274 bool "mt"
275 default n
276 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]277 mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]278 to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
279 files on the tape.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]280
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000[diff] [blame]281config CONFIG_READAHEAD
282 bool "readahead"
283 default n
284 help
285 Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that
286 subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O.
287
288 This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
289 It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
290 or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
291 (in particular when a CPU boundprocess is running) it can
292 significantly speed up system startup.
293
294 As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to
295 run this applet as a background job.
296
Rob Landley51be57e2006-02-23 00:42:25 +0000[diff] [blame]297config CONFIG_RUNLEVEL
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000[diff] [blame]298 bool "runlevel"
299 default n
300 help
301 find the current and previous system runlevel.
302
303 This applet uses utmp but does not rely on busybox supporing
304 utmp on purpose. It is used by e.g. emdebian via /etc/init.d/rc.
305
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000[diff] [blame]306config CONFIG_RX
307 bool "rx"
308 default n
309 help
310 Receive files using the Xmodem protocol.
311
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]312config CONFIG_STRINGS
313 bool "strings"
314 default n
315 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]316 strings prints the printable character sequences for each file
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]317 specified.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]318
Paul Fox42403642005-08-01 22:52:09 +0000[diff] [blame]319config CONFIG_SETSID
320 bool "setsid"
321 default n
322 help
323 setsid runs a program in a new session
324
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer16d3e4e2006-06-07 15:44:59 +0000[diff] [blame]325config CONFIG_TASKSET
326 bool "taskset"
327 default n
328 help
Mike Frysinger259472e2006-07-03 05:22:36 +0000[diff] [blame]329 Retrieve or set a processes's CPU affinity.
Rob Landley12d94192006-06-30 22:20:43 +0000[diff] [blame]330
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]331config CONFIG_TIME
332 bool "time"
333 default n
334 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]335 The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments.
336 When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
337 giving timing statistics about this program run.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]338
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]339config CONFIG_WATCHDOG
340 bool "watchdog"
341 default n
342 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]343 The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
Eric Andersen795c4ba2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000[diff] [blame]344 device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
345 and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
346 watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
Eric Andersenac00aa72003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000[diff] [blame]347 certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
348 hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]349
350endmenu
351