Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 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 | |
| 6 | menu "Miscellaneous Utilities" |
| 7 | |
| 8 | config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX |
| 9 | bool "adjtimex" |
| 10 | default n |
| 11 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for |
| 13 | the Linux clock adjustment algorithm. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | config CONFIG_CROND |
| 16 | bool "crond" |
| 17 | default n |
| 18 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab |
| 20 | files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
Eric Andersen | 35e643b | 2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL |
| 23 | bool " Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?" |
| 24 | default n |
| 25 | depends on CONFIG_CROND |
| 26 | help |
| 27 | Support call /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs. |
| 28 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | config CONFIG_CRONTAB |
| 30 | bool "crontab" |
| 31 | default n |
| 32 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only |
| 34 | the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | |
| 36 | config CONFIG_DC |
| 37 | bool "dc" |
| 38 | default n |
| 39 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited |
| 41 | precision arithmetic. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 43 | config CONFIG_LAST |
| 44 | bool "last" |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | default n |
| 46 | help |
Eric Andersen | 2e9c257 | 2003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 47 | 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
Eric Andersen | 3443bd7 | 2003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | config CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 50 | bool "hdparm" |
| 51 | default n |
| 52 | help |
| 53 | Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA |
| 54 | drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the |
| 55 | CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option).... |
| 56 | |
| 57 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY |
| 58 | bool " Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives" |
| 59 | default y |
| 60 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 61 | help |
| 62 | Enables the -I and -Istdin options to obtain detailed information |
| 63 | directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA |
| 64 | feature set. Enabling this option will add about 16k... |
| 65 | |
| 66 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF |
| 67 | bool " Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
| 68 | default n |
| 69 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 70 | help |
| 71 | Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface. |
| 72 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF |
| 75 | bool " Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)" |
| 76 | default n |
| 77 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 78 | help |
| 79 | Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface. |
| 80 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET |
| 83 | bool " perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" |
| 84 | default n |
| 85 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 86 | help |
| 87 | Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset. |
| 88 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF |
| 91 | bool " tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" |
| 92 | default n |
| 93 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 94 | help |
| 95 | Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap, |
| 96 | and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous |
| 97 | stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 98 | |
Eric Andersen | 0a57a79 | 2003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA |
| 100 | bool " get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)" |
| 101 | default n |
| 102 | depends on CONFIG_HDPARM |
| 103 | help |
| 104 | Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag. |
| 105 | This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. |
| 106 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS |
| 108 | bool "makedevs" |
| 109 | default n |
| 110 | help |
Eric Andersen | 795c4ba | 2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | 'makedevs' is a utility used and created by the Linux Router Project. |
| 112 | It creates a large number of device special files (/dev devices) |
| 113 | rather quickly, and can be considerably faster then running mknod a |
| 114 | zillion times. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | |
| 116 | config CONFIG_MT |
| 117 | bool "mt" |
| 118 | default n |
| 119 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | Mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility |
| 121 | to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive |
| 122 | files on the tape. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | |
| 124 | config CONFIG_STRINGS |
| 125 | bool "strings" |
| 126 | default n |
| 127 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | Strings prints the printable character sequences for each file |
| 129 | specified. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | |
| 131 | config CONFIG_TIME |
| 132 | bool "time" |
| 133 | default n |
| 134 | help |
Eric Andersen | e564211 | 2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments. |
| 136 | When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output |
| 137 | giving timing statistics about this program run. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | config CONFIG_WATCHDOG |
| 140 | bool "watchdog" |
| 141 | default n |
| 142 | help |
Eric Andersen | 795c4ba | 2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | The watchdog utility is used with hardware or softwate watchdog |
| 144 | device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file |
| 145 | and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the |
| 146 | watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a |
Eric Andersen | ac00aa7 | 2003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has |
| 148 | hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. |
Eric Andersen | c9f20d9 | 2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | |
| 150 | endmenu |
| 151 | |