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author | nico <nico@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73> | 2009-05-25 13:52:31 +0000 |
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committer | nico <nico@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73> | 2009-05-25 13:52:31 +0000 |
commit | 396dbf68b1cfdce2e6f455b5ec646b4c5b65c55e (patch) | |
tree | 961a48c9e27d27fd96ca6b76e567c7c5c7d5b4ea /package/busybox/config | |
parent | 3e0df3b274bd2793ce089f9bd8c40c7ed4b56de6 (diff) |
[package] busybox: update to v1.12.4 (partially closes: #4279)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@16053 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
Diffstat (limited to 'package/busybox/config')
19 files changed, 416 insertions, 337 deletions
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/Config.in index 62b80d6e3..73e879255 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/Config.in @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DESKTOP Select this only if you plan to use busybox on full-blown desktop machine with common Linux distro, not on an embedded box. +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXTRA_COMPAT + bool "Provide compatible behavior for rare corner cases (bigger code)" + default n + help + This option makes grep, sed etc handle rare corner cases + (embedded NUL bytes and such). This makes code bigger and uses + some GNU extensions in libc. You probably only need this option + if you plan to run busybox on desktop. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ASSUME_UNICODE bool "Assume that 1:1 char/glyph correspondence is not true" default n @@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ choice There are 3 ways BusyBox can handle buffer allocations: - Use malloc. This costs code size for the call to xmalloc. - Put them on stack. For some very small machines with limited stack - space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine. + space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine. - Put them in BSS. This works beautifully for computers with a real MMU (and OS support), but wastes runtime RAM for uCLinux. This behavior was the only one available for BusyBox versions 0.48 and @@ -71,8 +80,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE help All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when - busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the - busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about + busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the + busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about 13k, but it can add much more depending on your configuration. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE @@ -85,15 +94,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE If you have a really tiny busybox with few applets enabled (and bunzip2 isn't one of them), the overhead of the decompressor might - be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM - and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise, + be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM + and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise, you probably want this. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime" default n help - Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use + Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the applets that are compiled into busybox. @@ -117,7 +126,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS help Enable if you want BusyBox to use Unix98 PTY support. If enabled, busybox will use /dev/ptmx for the master side of the pseudoterminal - and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style + and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style /dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have devpts mounted. @@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP default n help As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly - freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves + freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks. @@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID If you're really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two busybox binaries with different applets in them (and the appropriate symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the - one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit + one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit are login, passwd, su, ping, traceroute, crontab, dnsd, ipcrm, ipcs, and vlock. @@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID help Allow the SUID / SGID state of an applet to be determined at runtime - by checking /etc/busybox.conf. (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.) + by checking /etc/busybox.conf. (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.) The format of this file is as follows: <applet> = [Ssx-][Ssx-][x-] (<username>|<uid>).(<groupname>|<gid>) @@ -169,11 +178,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG An example might help: [SUID] - su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with euid=0/egid=0 + su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with + # euid=0/egid=0 su = ssx # exactly the same - mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members of group disk - # and runs with euid=0 + mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members + # of group disk and runs with euid=0 cp = --- # disable applet cp for everyone @@ -192,14 +202,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG_QUIET default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG help - /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID, check - this option to avoid users to be notified about missing permissions. + /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID, + check this option to avoid users to be notified about missing + permissions. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SELINUX bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux" default n help - Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide + Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide the option of compiling in SELinux applets. If you do not have a complete SELinux userland installed, this stuff @@ -234,9 +245,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH default "/proc/self/exe" help When Busybox applets need to run other busybox applets, BusyBox - sometimes needs to exec() itself. When the /proc filesystem is + sometimes needs to exec() itself. When the /proc filesystem is mounted, /proc/self/exe always points to the currently running - executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you + executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you want to run BusyBox from. # These are auto-selected by other options @@ -303,7 +314,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX busybox code. This feature allows every applet to be built as a tiny - separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary" + separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary" approach serves no purpose and increases code size. You should almost certainly say "no" to this. @@ -320,7 +331,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX ### standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'. ### ### Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that -### might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the +### might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the ### exported function set between releases (even minor version number ### changes), and happily break out-of-tree features. ### @@ -329,7 +340,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL bool "Produce a binary for each applet, linked against libbusybox" default n - depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX help If your CPU architecture doesn't allow for sharing text/rodata sections of running binaries, but allows for runtime dynamic @@ -347,7 +358,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX bool "Produce additional busybox binary linked against libbusybox" default n - depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STATIC && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX help Build busybox, dynamically linked against libbusybox.so.N.N.N. @@ -378,11 +389,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LFS select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS help If you want to build BusyBox with large file support, then enable - this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C - library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the + this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C + library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the programs that can benefit from large file support include dd, gzip, - cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger - than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'. + cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger + than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX string "Cross Compiler prefix" @@ -403,20 +414,20 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG default n help Say Y here if you wish to examine BusyBox internals while applets are - running. This increases the size of the binary considerably, and - should only be used when doing development. If you are doing + running. This increases the size of the binary considerably, and + should only be used when doing development. If you are doing development and want to debug BusyBox, answer Y. Most people should answer N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_PESSIMIZE - bool "Disable compiler optimizations." + bool "Disable compiler optimizations" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG help The compiler's optimization of source code can eliminate and reorder code, resulting in an executable that's hard to understand when - stepping through it with a debugger. This switches it off, resulting + stepping through it with a debugger. This switches it off, resulting in a much bigger executable that more closely matches the source code. @@ -433,27 +444,28 @@ choice default BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NO_DEBUG_LIB help Using an additional debugging library will make BusyBox become - considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You + considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You should always leave this option disabled for production use. dmalloc support: ---------------- This enables compiling with dmalloc ( http://dmalloc.com/ ) which is an excellent public domain mem leak and malloc problem - detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will + detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will want to properly set your environment, for example: export DMALLOC_OPTIONS=debug=0x34f47d83,inter=100,log=logfile The 'debug=' value is generated using the following command - dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space -p log-elapsed-time \ - -p check-fence -p check-heap -p check-lists -p check-blank \ - -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy -p allow-free-null + dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space \ + -p log-elapsed-time -p check-fence -p check-heap \ + -p check-lists -p check-blank -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy \ + -p allow-free-null Electric-fence support: ----------------------- - This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric + This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric fence is another very useful malloc debugging library which uses your computer's virtual memory hardware to detect illegal memory - accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger + accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger and run slower, so you should leave this option disabled unless you are hunting a hard to find memory problem. @@ -475,9 +487,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INCLUDE_SUSv2 help This option will enable backwards compatibility with SuSv2, specifically, old-style numeric options ('command -1 <file>') - will be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should + will be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should affect renice too.) +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PARSE + bool "Uniform config file parser debugging applet: parse" + endmenu menu 'Installation Options' @@ -505,8 +520,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_HARDLINKS bool "as hard-links" help - Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might count - on a filesystem with few inodes. + Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might + count on a filesystem with few inodes. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS bool "as script wrappers" @@ -542,7 +557,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER bool "as script wrapper" help - Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox binary. + Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox + binary. endchoice diff --git a/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in index d6120b7b2..3fd0fb96b 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/archival/Config.in @@ -5,12 +5,36 @@ menu "Archival Utilities" +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA + bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data" + default n + help + Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 + bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data" + default y + help + Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ + bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data" + default y + help + Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z + bool "Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data" + default n + help + Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR bool "ar" default n help ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and - extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding + extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called archive members). The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner, @@ -33,8 +57,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR help - By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of the - filename, this option removes that limitation. + By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of + the filename, this option removes that limitation. It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry. @@ -43,7 +67,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2 default y help bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block - sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression + sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. @@ -53,10 +77,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BZIP2 bool "bzip2" - default n + default y help bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block - sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression + sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. @@ -68,15 +92,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO bool "cpio" default n help - cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and extract - contents from archives. + cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and + extract contents from archives. cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file. This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them. - Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should - probably say N here. + Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you + should probably say N here. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O bool "Support for archive creation" @@ -90,30 +114,33 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG bool "dpkg" default n help - dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages. + dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage + Debian packages. - This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations, you should use the - official dpkg if possible. + This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations, + you should use the official dpkg if possible. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB bool "dpkg_deb" default n help - dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives. + dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian + archives. This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives. - Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb, you should - probably say N here. + Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb, + say N here. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY bool "Extract only (-x)" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB help - This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". - However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are - needed, they are linked to internally. + This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of + "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none + of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked + to internally. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP bool "gunzip" @@ -123,15 +150,6 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of an archive, without decompressing it. -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS - bool "Uncompress support" - default y - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP - help - Enable if you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress - archives created by the program compress (not much - used anymore). - config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GZIP bool "gzip" default y @@ -151,13 +169,6 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM help Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts RPM packages. -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_RPM_BZ2 - bool "Enable handling of rpms with bzip2-compressed data inside" - default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM - help - Enable handling of rpms with bzip2-compressed data inside. - config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR bool "tar" default y @@ -166,6 +177,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used UNIX archive program. +if TAR + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE bool "Enable archive creation" default y @@ -174,45 +187,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE If you enable this option you'll be able to create tar archives using the `-c' option. -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP - bool "Enable -z option" - default y - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR - help - If you enable this option tar will be able to call gzip, - when creating or extracting tar gziped archives. - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2 - bool "Enable -j option to handle .tar.bz2 files" - default y - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR - help - If you enable this option you'll be able to extract - archives compressed with bzip2. - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LZMA - bool "Enable -a option to handle .tar.lzma files" - default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR - help - If you enable this option you'll be able to extract - archives compressed with lzma. - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS - bool "Enable -Z option" - default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR - help - If you enable this option tar will be able to call uncompress, - when extracting .tar.Z archives. - config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT - bool "Let tar autodetect gz/bz2 compresses tarballs" + bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs" default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2 + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA help With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed - tarballs. Currently it works only on seekable streams. + tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc). config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM bool "Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)" @@ -237,8 +218,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR help This option is required to unpack archives created by some old - version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed arithmetic). - It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" tarballs still exist. + version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed + arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" + tarballs still exist. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)" @@ -264,6 +246,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME listings (-t) and preserving permissions when unpacking (-p). +200 bytes. +endif #tar + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS bool "uncompress" default n @@ -276,7 +260,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA default n help unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain - compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression + compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2 compressors. @@ -304,41 +288,4 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNZIP current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a directory of your choice. -comment "Common options for cpio and tar" - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR - -comment "Common options for dpkg and dpkg_deb" - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ - bool "gzip debian packages (normal)" - default n if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB - help - This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file. - - If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here. - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2 - bool "bzip2 debian packages" - default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB - help - This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally - with bzip2 instead of gzip. - - You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that - use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2. - -config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA - bool "lzma debian packages" - default n - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB - help - This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed - internally with lzma instead of gzip. - - You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian - packages that use an internal control.tar.lzma or data.tar.lzma. - endmenu diff --git a/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in index 7f0764fbf..02fcef49f 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/console-tools/Config.in @@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SETCONSOLE_LONG_OPTIONS help Support long options for the setconsole applet. +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETFONT + bool "setfont" + default n + help + Allows to load console screen map. Useful for i18n. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETKEYCODES bool "setkeycodes" default n @@ -108,4 +114,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SETLOGCONS help This program redirects the output console of kernel messages. +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHOWKEY + bool "showkey" + default n + help + Shows keys pressed. + endmenu diff --git a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in index 53fb74a79..93f10e38b 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BASENAME default y help basename is used to strip the directory and suffix from filenames, - leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish + leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'basename' utility. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CAL @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CAT default y help cat is used to concatenate files and print them to the standard - output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility. + output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CATV bool "catv" @@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING print to standard error the number of records read and written so far, then to resume copying. - $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null& pid=$! $ kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid + $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null& + $ pid=$! kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid 10899206+0 records in 10899206+0 records out config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS @@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64 default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR help - Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make + Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make the applet slightly larger, but will allow computation with very large numbers. @@ -509,18 +510,33 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHA1SUM Compute and check SHA1 message digest config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLEEP - bool "sleep (single integer arg with no suffix)" + bool "sleep" default y help - sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds, + sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds. + It comes in 3 versions: + - small: takes one integer parameter + - fancy: takes multiple integer arguments with suffixes: + sleep 1d 2h 3m 15s + - fancy with fractional numbers: + sleep 2.3s 4.5h sleeps for 16202.3 seconds + Last one is "the most compatible" with coreutils sleep, + but it adds around 1k of code. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP - bool "Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes" + bool "Enable multiple arguments and s/m/h/d suffixes" default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLEEP help Allow sleep to pause for specified minutes, hours, and days. +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FLOAT_SLEEP + bool "Enable fractional arguments" + default n + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP + help + Allow for fractional numeric parameters. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SORT bool "sort" default y @@ -532,9 +548,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_BIG default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SORT help - Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version - of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and - more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86. + Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version + of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and + more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86. The SuSv3 sort standard is available at: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/sort.html @@ -566,7 +582,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STAT help Without this, stat will not support the '-c format' option where - users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about + users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about 7k to a nonstatic build on amd64. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STTY @@ -627,7 +643,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST default y help test is used to check file types and compare values, - returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell + returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell has test built in, ash can build it in optionally. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TEST_64 @@ -738,7 +754,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WC_LARGE default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WC help - Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables + Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WHO bool "who" diff --git a/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in index bc37c15fb..b2118c863 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/debianutils/Config.in @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RUN_PARTS It is useful to set up a directory like cron.daily, where you need to execute all the scripts in that directory. - In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report mode) - are not implemented. + In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report + mode) are not implemented. Unless you know that run-parts is used in some of your scripts you can safely say N here. diff --git a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in index 50a073e12..e0e2c1ec3 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/Config.in @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSATTR ### bool "mke2fs" ### default n ### help -### mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat +### mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat ### symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided. ### config TUNE2FS diff --git a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in index e9ef3dc04..0b7ce4d10 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKE2FS bool "mke2fs" default n help - mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat + mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TUNE2FS diff --git a/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in index 4f69381a9..fd1da4b37 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/editors/Config.in @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AWK bool "awk" default y help - Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language. This is + Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language. This is the BusyBox implementation of that programming language. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_MATH @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ED default n help The original 1970's Unix text editor, from the days of teletypes. - Small, simple, evil. Part of SUSv3. If you're not already using + Small, simple, evil. Part of SUSv3. If you're not already using this, you don't need it. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PATCH @@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI bool "vi" default y help - 'vi' is a text editor. More specifically, it is the One True - text editor <grin>. It does, however, have a rather steep - learning curve. If you are not already comfortable with 'vi' + 'vi' is a text editor. More specifically, it is the One True + text editor <grin>. It does, however, have a rather steep + learning curve. If you are not already comfortable with 'vi' you may wish to use something else. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI help - Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not + Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not provide an "ex" mode. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VI help - Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will + Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms. diff --git a/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in index 047755526..54ef44e17 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/findutils/Config.in @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FIND help Causes output names to be separated by a null character - rather than a newline. This allows names that contain + rather than a newline. This allows names that contain newlines and other whitespace to be more easily interpreted by other programs. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GREP help - Enabled support for extended regular expressions. Extended + Enabled support for extended regular expressions. Extended regular expressions allow for alternation (foo|bar), grouping, and various repetition operators. diff --git a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in index 6e3bf9ddd..07f6fae78 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS help If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited - core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes + core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes will not generate any core files. @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT help - Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows + Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows the name linuxrc to act as init, and it doesn't assume init is PID 1. This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MESG bool "mesg" default y help - Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically + Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal endmenu diff --git a/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in index 879abf0f6..e456dd8e7 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/libbb/Config.in @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_VI default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING help - Enable vi-style line editing. In shells, this mode can be + Enable vi-style line editing. In shells, this mode can be turned on and off with "set -o vi" and "set +o vi". config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_HISTORY diff --git a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in index a0f1ca95e..fa9f65e1c 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS bool "Support for shadow passwords" default n help - Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only + Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer publicly readable. @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP default n help If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password - and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the password and group functions to work. This generally + order for the password and group functions to work. This generally makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS - works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use - PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you + works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use + PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the /lib/libnss_* libraries. @@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS help If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow - password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally + order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the - system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This + system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about - how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be + how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT standard C library functions. If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's - crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) + crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) static buffers there, and also combine them with more general DES encryption/decryption. @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP Utility for deleting a group account. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP - bool "Support for removing users from groups." + bool "Support for removing users from groups" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP help @@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PASSWD select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG help - passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user + passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user - may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group + may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group may change the password for the group. Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to diff --git a/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in index 236d5d678..df5f28cfd 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/miscutils/Config.in @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CROND help Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question. - This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the + This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example: $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day: @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CRONTAB default y select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID help - Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only + Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory. Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to work properly. @@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD help - -fg Run the daemon in the foreground. - -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events. + -fg Run the daemon in the foreground. + -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. + Do not poll for events. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE bool "Increases logging (and size)" @@ -184,14 +185,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008.. This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of - /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of + /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of devfs names, you don't want this. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EJECT bool "eject" default n help - Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom) + Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom) config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI bool "SCSI support" @@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INOTIFYD bool "inotifyd" default n help - Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires kernel >= 2.6.13 + Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires + kernel >= 2.6.13 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LAST bool "last" @@ -309,8 +311,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM bool "hdparm" default n help - Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA - drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the + Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA + drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option).... config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY @@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET - bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" + bool "Perform device reset (DANGEROUS)" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM help @@ -348,16 +350,16 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF - bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" + bool "Tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM help Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap, - and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous + and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA - bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)" + bool "Get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HDPARM help @@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MT bool "mt" default n help - mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility + mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive files on the tape. @@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_READAHEAD This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file. It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files - or executables before they are used. When used at the right time + or executables before they are used. When used at the right time (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can significantly speed up system startup. @@ -509,16 +511,17 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TTYSIZE default n help A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width, - only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on error, - but returns default 80x24. Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`. + only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on + error, but returns default 80x24. + Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WATCHDOG bool "watchdog" default y help The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog - device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file - and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the + device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file + and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. diff --git a/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in index 63a3f71fb..be141d91c 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/modutils/Config.in @@ -5,14 +5,64 @@ menu "Linux Module Utilities" +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL + bool "Simplified modutils" + default n + help + Simplified modutils. + + With this option modprobe does not require modules.dep file + and does not use /etc/modules.conf file. + It scans module files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and + determines dependencies and module alias names on the fly. + This may make module loading slower, most notably + when one needs to load module by alias (this requires + scanning through module _bodies_). + + At the first attempt to load a module by alias modprobe + will try to generate modules.dep.bb file in order to speed up + future loads by alias. Failure to do so (read-only /lib/modules, + etc) is not reported, and future modprobes will be slow too. + + NB: modules.dep.bb file format is not compatible + with modules.dep file as created/used by standard module tools. + + Additional module parameters can be stored in + /etc/modules/$module_name files. + + Apart from modprobe, other utilities are also provided: + - insmod is an alias to modprobe + - rmmod is an alias to modprobe -r + - depmod generates modules.dep.bb + + As of 2008-07, this code is experimental. It is 14kb smaller + than "non-small" modutils. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE + bool "Accept module options on modprobe command line" + default n + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line. + N.B. Very bloaty. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED + bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules" + default n + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Check if the module is already loaded. + N.B. It's racy. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD bool "depmod" default n + depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL help depmod generates modules.dep (FIXME: elaborate) config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY - bool "fancy dependency pruning" + bool "Fancy dependency pruning" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD help @@ -26,7 +76,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY If unsure, say N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS - bool "alias support" + bool "Alias support" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD help @@ -38,6 +88,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD bool "insmod" default y + depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL help insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel. @@ -46,7 +97,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES help - Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to + Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS @@ -55,9 +106,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES help By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages - occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling + occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol - table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in + table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in Oops messages from kernel modules, say N. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM @@ -87,18 +138,20 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP help Without this option, -m will only output section - load map. With this option, -m will also output + load map. With this option, -m will also output symbols load map. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD bool "rmmod" default y + depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL help rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSMOD bool "lsmod" default y + depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL help lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules. @@ -113,6 +166,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE bool "modprobe" default n + depends on !BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL help Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high level. @@ -168,7 +222,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LSMOD help - Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary + Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your support request. This option is required to support GPLONLY modules. @@ -196,7 +250,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR # Simulate indentation string "Default directory containing modules" default "/lib/modules" - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD help Directory that contains kernel modules. Defaults to "/lib/modules" @@ -205,7 +259,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE # Simulate indentation string "Default name of modules.dep" default "modules.dep" - depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RMMOD || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MODPROBE_SMALL || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEPMOD help Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies. Defaults to "modules.dep" diff --git a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in index 0a79cdd8f..76630852b 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/networking/Config.in @@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY This adds about 600 bytes. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_SHOW - bool "Support show" + bool "Support show, showmac and showstp" default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY help Add support for option which prints the current config: - show + showmacs, showstp, show config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DNSD bool "dnsd" @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD help This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display - by the browser. Output goes to stdout. + by the browser. Output goes to stdout. For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces "<Hello World>". @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG help - Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not + Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG help Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver - supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether' + supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether' class. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS @@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN bool "ifupdown" default n help - Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes + Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually - configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want + configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want to enable either IFCONFIG and ROUTE, or enable - FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of + FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to - enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either + enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either "ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either via busybox or via standalone utilities. @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IP default n help The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing - utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with + utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with TCP/IP. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS @@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCALC help - Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of "ipcalc". + Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of + "ipcalc". config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS bool "Enable long options" @@ -638,6 +639,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_WIDE Add support for wide columns. Useful when displaying IPv6 addresses (-W option). +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_PRG + bool "Enable PID/Program name output" + default n + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETSTAT + help + Add support for -p flag to print out PID and program name. + +700 bytes of code. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NSLOOKUP bool "nslookup" default y @@ -694,7 +703,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLATTACH bool "slattach" default n help - slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines. + slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial + lines. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET bool "telnet" @@ -709,7 +719,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET help Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the - remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that + remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN @@ -728,9 +738,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNETD select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG help A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log onto the host - running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol - sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an - SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a + running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol + sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an + SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a more secure alternative, you should seriously consider installing the very small Dropbear SSH daemon instead: http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html @@ -756,7 +766,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNETD mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and - FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make + FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root: chown root.root /bin/busybox @@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP bool "tftp" default n help - This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP + This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image for a network-enabled bootloader. @@ -795,7 +805,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD help - Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows + Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server. Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected. @@ -804,7 +814,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD help - Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows + Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server. Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected. @@ -821,7 +831,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_TFTP default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP help - Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running + Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when you run into problems. @@ -836,7 +846,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRACEROUTE help - Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things + Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things hostnames and ICMP response types. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE @@ -906,12 +916,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TCPSVD bool "tcpsvd" default n help - tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection + tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new + connection. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDPSVD bool "udpsvd" default n help - udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection + udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new + connection. endmenu diff --git a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in index f650f5220..ac9316399 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/procps/Config.in @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FUSER default n help fuser lists all PIDs (Process IDs) that currently have a given - file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network + file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network (TCP or UDP) port open. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL default y help The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified - process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM + process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM signal is sent. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILL help killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the - specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is + specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is sent. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KILLALL5 diff --git a/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in index 141a1d315..4107e127d 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/shell/Config.in @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH help Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with - busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash' + busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash' shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell (written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH help - Enable bash-conpatible extensions. + Enable bash-compatible extensions. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL bool "Job control" @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_NCHARS 'read -s' will read without echoing the user's input. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT - bool "'read -t S' support." + bool "'read -t S' support" default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH help @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT_64 default y depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT help - Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make + Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very large numbers. @@ -176,11 +176,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH default n help hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete - Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control + Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops, - etc. + case/esac. - It does not handle case/esac, select, function, here documents ( << + It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems. + + It does not handle select, functions, here documents ( << word ), arithmetic expansion, aliases, brace expansion, tilde expansion, &> and >& redirection of stdout+stderr, etc. @@ -232,6 +234,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_LOOPS depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH help Enable for, while and until loops in hush. + As of 2008-07, break and continue statements are not supported. + +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_CASE + bool "Support case ... esac statement" + default n + depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH + help + Enable case ... esac statement in hush. +400 bytes. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH bool "lash" @@ -246,10 +256,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH help The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne - shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne + shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases" on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well. - It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems. + It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems. comment "Bourne Shell Options" depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH @@ -267,11 +277,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE depends on (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH) && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS help This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets - in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For + in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause - busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully + busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still - execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option + execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system. @@ -285,12 +295,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE started this way). # untrue? # Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence -# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will +# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will # eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo" # and "test" commands in ash. # untrue? # Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly -# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in +# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in # that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at # all. diff --git a/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in index c4ce8e6c7..b9e0db2fa 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/sysklogd/Config.in @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD default y help The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the - significant events that occur on a system. Every + significant events that occur on a system. Every message that is logged records the date and time of the event, and will generally also record the name of the - application that generated the message. When used in + application that generated the message. When used in conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel - can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, + can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, especially for finding what happened when something goes - wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if + wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if you wait long enough.... config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG help When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can be used to send system log messages to another system - connected via a network. This allows the remote + connected via a network. This allows the remote machine to log all the system messages, which can be terribly useful for reducing the number of serial - cables you use. It can also be a very good security + cables you use. It can also be a very good security measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with by an intruder. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will use a circular buffer to record system log messages. When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite - the oldest messages. This can be very useful for + the oldest messages. This can be very useful for systems with little or no permanent storage, since otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your entire filesystem, which may cause your system to @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGREAD depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG help If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost - certainly want to enable this feature as well. This + certainly want to enable this feature as well. This utility will allow you to read the messages that are stored in the syslogd circular buffer. @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KLOGD help klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages - out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If + out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel, you should enable this option. @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGGER help The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so - they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate + they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate problems that occur within programs and scripts. endmenu diff --git a/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in index 5c5af20e5..6e3fc39b4 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/util-linux/Config.in @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DMESG bool "dmesg" default y help - dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the + 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 - the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring + the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages - are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you + are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DMESG help If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here. - The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>". + The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form + "<#>". With this option you will see: # dmesg @@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FBSET 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 graphics display. Enable this option + device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique + interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY @@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FBSET help This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the - framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics - display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset + framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics + display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset options. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE @@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDFLUSH default n help fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken - removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a + 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 + 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 + you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely leave this disabled. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDFORMAT @@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK default n help The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more - logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility + logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive. @@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FDISK help Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table - and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option + and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL @@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED help Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a - partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good + partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good reason you would be wise to leave this disabled. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FINDFS @@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FINDFS select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VOLUMEID help This is similar to the findfs program that is part of the e2fsprogs - package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This + package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This version supports those in addition to FAT, swap, and ReiserFS. WARNING: With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox. @@ -165,11 +166,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FREERAMDISK bool "freeramdisk" default n help - Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to + Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the - ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later + ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the - ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave + ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave this disabled. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX @@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX default n help The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem - with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and + with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and 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 + 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. @@ -188,8 +189,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX default n 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. + 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 BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX @@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2 default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX help - If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this. - If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the - version 2 filesystem support. + If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable + this. If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to + be using the version 2 filesystem support. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT bool "getopt" @@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT 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 - for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly + for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script - written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will + written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will wisely leave this disabled. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HEXDUMP @@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HWCLOCK default y 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 + 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. @@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HWCLOCK && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG help - By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you + By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc) then enable this option. @@ -262,11 +263,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS depends on BUSYBOX_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 + 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 + pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPCRM bool "ipcrm" @@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOSETUP default n 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 + file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This version does not currently support enabling data encryption. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MDEV @@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME help - Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming device. + Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming + device. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal" @@ -354,9 +356,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKSWAP default n 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 + Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase - the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is + 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 @@ -377,9 +379,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE default n 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 + 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 + 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 BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS @@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_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 + 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. @@ -608,10 +610,10 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MOUNT default y 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 + 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 + NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable the 'mount' utility. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE @@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VOLUMEID help This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by - name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs. + name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS bool "Support mounting NFS file systems" @@ -672,7 +674,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount" default y help - Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it + Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it supports nosuid, suid, dev, nodev, exec, noexec, sync, async, atime, noatime, diratime, nodiratime, loud, bind, move, shared, slave, private, unbindable, rshared, rslave, rprivate, and runbindable. @@ -689,11 +691,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT default y 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 + with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts 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 + Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDATE @@ -705,6 +707,12 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDATE the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most systems. +config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RDEV + bool "rdev" + default n + help + Print the device node associated with the filesystem mounted at '/'. + config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_READPROFILE bool "readprofile" default n @@ -728,7 +736,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_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 + 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...). @@ -738,9 +746,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SWAPONOFF help This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities. Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need - to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff' + to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff' utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap - space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this + space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this option disabled. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI @@ -755,28 +763,28 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT default y help 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.) + root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of + pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.) 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, + (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. + list of active mount points. That's why. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UMOUNT bool "umount" default y help - When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point, - for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is - the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly - also want to enable 'umount'. + When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount + point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the + 'umount' utility is the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' + utility, you almost certainly also want to enable 'umount'. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL bool "Support option -a" @@ -794,10 +802,11 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MOUNT || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UMOUNT help 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. + 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 @@ -811,9 +820,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE help Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted - partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports + 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 + 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 @@ -823,7 +832,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires that your /etc directory be writeable, 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.) + 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. |