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diff --git a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
index 087d836bf..88dcaca2d 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/init/Config.in
@@ -12,21 +12,32 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
init is the first program run when the system boots.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB
- bool " Support reading an inittab file?"
+ bool " Support reading an inittab file"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
help
Allow init to read an inittab file when the system boot.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
- bool " Support running init from within an initrd?"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY
+ bool " Support running commands with a controlling-tty"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
+ help
+ If this option is enabled a command starting with hyphen (-)
+ is run in its own session (setsid(2)) and possibly with a
+ controlling tty (TIOCSCTTY). This is not the traditional init
+ behavour, but is often what you want in an embedded system where
+ the console is only accessed during development or for maintenance.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
+ bool " Be _extra_ quiet on boot"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
help
- Allow init to be called from an initrd as linuxrc.
+ Prevent init from logging some messages to the console during boot.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
- bool " Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)?"
+ bool " Support dumping core for child processes (debugging only)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
help
@@ -35,31 +46,24 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
will not generate any core files.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
- bool " Should init be _extra_ quiet on boot?"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
- help
- Prevent init from logging some messages to the console
- during boot.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HALT
- bool "halt"
- default n
- help
- Stop all processes and halt the system.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_POWEROFF
- bool "poweroff"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
+ bool " Support running init from within an initrd (not initramfs)"
default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INIT
help
- Stop all processes and (try to) power off the system.
+ 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
+ requires no special support.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_REBOOT
- bool "reboot"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HALT
+ bool "poweroff, halt, and reboot"
default y
help
- Stop all processes and reboot the system.
+ Stop all processes and either halt, reboot, or power off the system.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MESG
bool "mesg"
@@ -68,5 +72,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MESG
Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically
used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal
+ default y
+ help
+ Stop all processes and (try to) power off the system.
+
endmenu