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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00001#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
6menu "Miscellaneous Utilities"
7
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +00008config ADJTIMEX
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00009 bool "adjtimex"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000012 Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for
13 the Linux clock adjustment algorithm.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000014
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000015config BBCONFIG
Mike Frysinger9ed10942005-09-18 04:43:32 +000016 bool "bbconfig"
17 default n
18 help
19 The bbconfig applet will print the config file with which
20 busybox was built.
21
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000022config CHAT
23 bool "chat"
24 default n
25 help
26 Simple chat utility.
27
28config FEATURE_CHAT_NOFAIL
29 bool "Enable NOFAIL expect strings"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000030 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000031 default y
32 help
33 When enabled expect strings which are started with a dash trigger
34 no-fail mode. That is when expectation is not met within timeout
35 the script is not terminated but sends next SEND string and waits
36 for next EXPECT string. This allows to compose far more flexible
37 scripts.
38
39config FEATURE_CHAT_TTY_HIFI
40 bool "Force STDIN to be a TTY"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000041 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000042 default n
43 help
44 Original chat always treats STDIN as a TTY device and sets for it
45 so-called raw mode. This option turns on such behaviour.
46
47config FEATURE_CHAT_IMPLICIT_CR
48 bool "Enable implicit Carriage Return"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000049 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000050 default y
51 help
52 When enabled make chat to terminate all SEND strings with a "\r"
53 unless "\c" is met anywhere in the string.
54
55config FEATURE_CHAT_SWALLOW_OPTS
56 bool "Swallow options"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000057 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000058 default n
59 help
60 Busybox chat require no options. To make it not fail when used
61 in place of original chat (which has a bunch of options) turn
62 this on.
63
64config FEATURE_CHAT_SEND_ESCAPES
65 bool "Support weird SEND escapes"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000066 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000067 default n
68 help
69 Original chat uses some escape sequences in SEND arguments which
70 are not sent to device but rather performs special actions.
71 E.g. "\K" means to send a break sequence to device.
72 "\d" delays execution for a second, "\p" -- for a 1/100 of second.
73 Before turning this option on think twice: do you really need them?
74
75config FEATURE_CHAT_VAR_ABORT_LEN
76 bool "Support variable-length ABORT conditions"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000077 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000078 default n
79 help
80 Original chat uses fixed 50-bytes length ABORT conditions. Say N here.
81
82config FEATURE_CHAT_CLR_ABORT
83 bool "Support revoking of ABORT conditions"
Denis Vlasenko86174542008-02-19 11:36:22 +000084 depends on CHAT
Denis Vlasenko5233cd32008-02-18 23:24:46 +000085 default n
86 help
87 Support CLR_ABORT directive.
88
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer71bc71a2007-03-09 16:56:38 +000089config CHRT
90 bool "chrt"
91 default n
92 help
93 manipulate real-time attributes of a process.
94 This requires sched_{g,s}etparam support in your libc.
95
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000096config CROND
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000097 bool "crond"
98 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000099 select FEATURE_SUID
100 select FEATURE_SYSLOG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000101 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000102 Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
103 files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000104 This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
Eric Andersen98e4eab2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000105 format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
106 $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
107 # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
108 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000109
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000110config DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
Denis Vlasenko4e6c8122008-03-12 22:10:25 +0000111 bool "Support option -d to redirect output to stderr"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000112 depends on CROND
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000113 default n
114 help
Denis Vlasenko4e6c8122008-03-12 22:10:25 +0000115 -d sets loglevel to 0 (most verbose) and directs all output to stderr.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000116
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000117config FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000118 bool "Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?"
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000119 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000120 depends on CROND
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000121 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000122 Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs.
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000123
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000124config CRONTAB
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000125 bool "crontab"
126 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000127 select FEATURE_SUID
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000128 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000129 Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000130 the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Denis Vlasenko4e6c8122008-03-12 22:10:25 +0000131 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
132 work properly.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000133
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000134config DC
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000135 bool "dc"
136 default n
137 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000138 Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
139 precision arithmetic.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000140
Denis Vlasenko07832302008-10-20 08:43:10 +0000141config FEATURE_DC_LIBM
142 bool "Enable power and exp functions (requires libm)"
143 default n
144 depends on DC
145 help
146 Enable power and exp functions.
147 NOTE: This will require libm to be present for linking.
148
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000149config DEVFSD
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000150 bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000151 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000152 select FEATURE_SYSLOG
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000153 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000154 This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000155
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000156 Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
157 You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000158 The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
159 "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
160 "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
161 "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
162
163 But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000164
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000165config DEVFSD_MODLOAD
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000166 bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000167 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000168 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000169 help
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000170 This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs
171 the external modutils.
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000172
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000173config DEVFSD_FG_NP
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000174 bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000175 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000176 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000177 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerb1119172008-07-01 12:20:20 +0000178 -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
179 -np Exit after parsing the configuration file.
180 Do not poll for events.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000181
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000182config DEVFSD_VERBOSE
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000183 bool "Increases logging (and size)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000184 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000185 depends on DEVFSD
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000186 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000187 Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000188
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000189config FEATURE_DEVFS
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000190 bool "Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000191 default n
192 help
Rob Landley1f9145c2006-07-12 21:31:16 +0000193 This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
194
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000195 This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000196 /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000197 devfs names, you don't want this.
198
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000199config EJECT
Mike Frysinger55e2cf62005-05-11 00:25:47 +0000200 bool "eject"
201 default n
202 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000203 Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
Mike Frysinger55e2cf62005-05-11 00:25:47 +0000204
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerafdad652008-02-08 15:04:00 +0000205config FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI
Denis Vlasenko08ec67b2008-03-26 13:32:30 +0000206 bool "SCSI support"
207 default n
208 depends on EJECT
209 help
210 Add the -s option to eject, this allows to eject SCSI-Devices and
211 usb-storage devices.
212
213config FBSPLASH
214 bool "fbsplash"
215 default n
216 help
217 Shows splash image and progress bar on framebuffer device.
218 Can be used during boot phase of an embedded device. ~2kb.
219 Usage:
220 - use kernel option 'vga=xxx' or otherwise enable fb device.
Denis Vlasenko25a9c172008-03-26 15:12:11 +0000221 - put somewhere fbsplash.cfg file and an image in .ppm format.
Denis Vlasenko08ec67b2008-03-26 13:32:30 +0000222 - $ setsid fbsplash [params] &
Denis Vlasenko25a9c172008-03-26 15:12:11 +0000223 -c: hide cursor
224 -d /dev/fbN: framebuffer device (if not /dev/fb0)
225 -s path_to_image_file (can be "-" for stdin)
Denis Vlasenko72b34422008-03-27 13:14:29 +0000226 -i path_to_cfg_file (can be "-" for stdin)
Denis Vlasenko25a9c172008-03-26 15:12:11 +0000227 -f path_to_fifo (can be "-" for stdin)
228 - if you want to run it only in presence of kernel parameter:
Denis Vlasenko08ec67b2008-03-26 13:32:30 +0000229 grep -q "fbsplash=on" </proc/cmdline && setsid fbsplash [params] &
230 - commands for fifo:
231 "NN" (ASCII decimal number) - percentage to show on progress bar
Denis Vlasenko72b34422008-03-27 13:14:29 +0000232 "exit" - well you guessed it
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerafdad652008-02-08 15:04:00 +0000233
Denis Vlasenko8e2c9e12008-05-24 20:47:18 +0000234config INOTIFYD
235 bool "inotifyd"
236 default n
237 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerb1119172008-07-01 12:20:20 +0000238 Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires
239 kernel >= 2.6.13
Denis Vlasenko8e2c9e12008-05-24 20:47:18 +0000240
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000241config LAST
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000242 bool "last"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000243 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000244 select FEATURE_WTMP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000245 help
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000246 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000247
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer69d5ba22008-05-22 21:56:26 +0000248choice
249 prompt "Choose last implementation"
Denis Vlasenko869d3d32008-05-22 02:07:58 +0000250 depends on LAST
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer69d5ba22008-05-22 21:56:26 +0000251 default FEATURE_LAST_SMALL
252
253config FEATURE_LAST_SMALL
254 bool "small"
255 help
256 This is a small version of last with just the basic set of
257 features.
258
259config FEATURE_LAST_FANCY
260 bool "huge"
Denis Vlasenko869d3d32008-05-22 02:07:58 +0000261 help
262 'last' displays detailed information about the last users that
263 logged into the system (mimics sysvinit last). +900 bytes.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer69d5ba22008-05-22 21:56:26 +0000264endchoice
Denis Vlasenko869d3d32008-05-22 02:07:58 +0000265
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000266config LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000267 bool "less"
268 default n
269 help
270 'less' is a pager, meaning that it displays text files. It possesses
271 a wide array of features, and is an improvement over 'more'.
272
Denis Vlasenko9a7cef92006-12-20 02:46:48 +0000273config FEATURE_LESS_MAXLINES
274 int "Max number of input lines less will try to eat"
275 default 9999999
276 depends on LESS
277
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000278config FEATURE_LESS_BRACKETS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000279 bool "Enable bracket searching"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000280 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000281 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000282 help
283 This option adds the capability to search for matching left and right
284 brackets, facilitating programming.
285
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000286config FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000287 bool "Enable extra flags"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000288 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000289 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000290 help
291 The extra flags provided do the following:
292
293 The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line.
294 The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage.
295
Denis Vlasenko53c80f02008-10-24 22:43:27 +0000296config FEATURE_LESS_DASHCMD
297 bool "Enable flag changes ('-' command)"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000298 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000299 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000300 help
301 This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
Denis Vlasenko53c80f02008-10-24 22:43:27 +0000302 less itself ('-' keyboard command).
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000303
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000304config FEATURE_LESS_MARKS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000305 bool "Enable marks"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000306 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000307 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000308 help
309 Marks enable positions in a file to be stored for easy reference.
310
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000311config FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000312 bool "Enable regular expressions"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000313 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000314 depends on LESS
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000315 help
316 Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches.
317
Denis Vlasenko53c80f02008-10-24 22:43:27 +0000318config FEATURE_LESS_LINENUMS
319 bool "Enable dynamic switching of line numbers"
320 default n
321 depends on LESS
322 help
323 Enable "-N" command.
324
325config FEATURE_LESS_WINCH
326 bool "Enable automatic resizing on window size changes"
327 default n
328 depends on LESS
329 help
330 Makes less track window size changes.
331
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000332config HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000333 bool "hdparm"
334 default n
335 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000336 Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
337 drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000338 FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000339
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000340config FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000341 bool "Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000342 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000343 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000344 help
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000345 Enables the -I and -i options to obtain detailed information
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000346 directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000347 feature set. If no device name is specified, hdparm will read
348 identify data from stdin. Enabling this option will add about 16k...
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000349
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000350config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000351 bool "Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000352 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000353 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000354 help
355 Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface.
356 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
357
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000358config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000359 bool "Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000360 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000361 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000362 help
363 Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface.
364 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
365
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000366config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
Denis Vlasenko97faf532008-07-15 22:01:49 +0000367 bool "Perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000368 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000369 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000370 help
371 Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset.
372 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
373
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000374config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
Denis Vlasenko97faf532008-07-15 22:01:49 +0000375 bool "Tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000376 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000377 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000378 help
379 Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000380 and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000381 stuff, so you should probably say N.
382
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000383config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
Denis Vlasenko97faf532008-07-15 22:01:49 +0000384 bool "Get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000385 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000386 depends on HDPARM
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000387 help
388 Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
389 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
390
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000391config MAKEDEVS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000392 bool "makedevs"
393 default n
394 help
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000395 'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
396 one command.
397 .
398 There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
399 as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000400 .
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000401 'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
402 devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
403 e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000404 Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000405 .
406 'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer771b1862006-03-24 14:30:05 +0000407 a batch of unrelated devices to be made with one command.
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000408 User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000409
410choice
411 prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
Mike Frysinger08e70972007-01-24 09:14:09 +0000412 depends on MAKEDEVS
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000413 default FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000414
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000415config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000416 bool "leaf"
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000417
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000418config FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000419 bool "table"
420
421endchoice
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000422
Denis Vlasenkoffa44992008-04-13 08:20:00 +0000423config MAN
424 bool "man"
425 default n
426 help
427 Format and display manual pages.
428
Denis Vlasenko23856ab2007-09-22 20:51:41 +0000429config MICROCOM
430 bool "microcom"
431 default n
432 help
433 The poor man's minicom utility for chatting with serial port devices.
434
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000435config MOUNTPOINT
Rob Landleyd00b3a52005-08-20 05:07:08 +0000436 bool "mountpoint"
437 default n
438 help
439 mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint.
440
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000441config MT
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000442 bool "mt"
443 default n
444 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000445 mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000446 to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
447 files on the tape.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000448
Denis Vlasenkoc108ed52006-10-20 19:39:48 +0000449config RAIDAUTORUN
450 bool "raidautorun"
451 default n
452 help
453 raidautorun tells the kernel md driver to
454 search and start RAID arrays.
455
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000456config READAHEAD
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000457 bool "readahead"
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000458 default n
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerf98d6372007-01-26 09:03:23 +0000459 depends on LFS
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000460 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000461 Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000462 subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O.
463
464 This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
465 It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000466 or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
Denis Vlasenkob15ebe42008-04-13 22:41:27 +0000467 (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000468 significantly speed up system startup.
469
470 As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to
Denis Vlasenko9213a9e2006-09-17 16:28:10 +0000471 run this applet as a background job.
Rob Landley0e4690d2006-08-20 22:12:18 +0000472
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000473config RUNLEVEL
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000474 bool "runlevel"
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000475 default n
476 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000477 find the current and previous system runlevel.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000478
479 This applet uses utmp but does not rely on busybox supporing
480 utmp on purpose. It is used by e.g. emdebian via /etc/init.d/rc.
481
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000482config RX
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000483 bool "rx"
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000484 default n
485 help
Mike Frysinger71a6a4e2007-01-24 08:24:43 +0000486 Receive files using the Xmodem protocol.
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000487
Denis Vlasenko376003b2008-04-21 05:05:17 +0000488config SETSID
489 bool "setsid"
Denis Vlasenko5014dad2008-02-27 11:54:59 +0000490 default n
491 help
Denis Vlasenko376003b2008-04-21 05:05:17 +0000492 setsid runs a program in a new session
Denis Vlasenko5014dad2008-02-27 11:54:59 +0000493
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000494config STRINGS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000495 bool "strings"
496 default n
497 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000498 strings prints the printable character sequences for each file
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000499 specified.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000500
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000501config TASKSET
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer16d3e4e2006-06-07 15:44:59 +0000502 bool "taskset"
503 default n
504 help
Mike Frysinger259472e2006-07-03 05:22:36 +0000505 Retrieve or set a processes's CPU affinity.
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer32eddff2006-11-22 16:39:48 +0000506 This requires sched_{g,s}etaffinity support in your libc.
507
508config FEATURE_TASKSET_FANCY
Denis Vlasenko4ee7cd42008-03-17 09:13:22 +0000509 bool "Fancy output"
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer32eddff2006-11-22 16:39:48 +0000510 default y
511 depends on TASKSET
512 help
513 Add code for fancy output. This merely silences a compiler-warning
514 and adds about 135 Bytes. May be needed for machines with alot
515 of CPUs.
Rob Landley12d94192006-06-30 22:20:43 +0000516
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000517config TIME
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000518 bool "time"
519 default n
520 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000521 The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments.
522 When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
523 giving timing statistics about this program run.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000524
Denis Vlasenkoc01af952007-08-02 22:23:47 +0000525config TTYSIZE
526 bool "ttysize"
527 default n
528 help
529 A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width,
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerb1119172008-07-01 12:20:20 +0000530 only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on
531 error, but returns default 80x24.
532 Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
Denis Vlasenkoc01af952007-08-02 22:23:47 +0000533
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000534config WATCHDOG
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000535 bool "watchdog"
536 default n
537 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000538 The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer3e8669f2008-07-22 18:27:53 +0000539 device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
540 and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
Eric Andersen795c4ba2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000541 watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
Eric Andersenac00aa72003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000542 certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
543 hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000544
545endmenu