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author | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2010-06-04 20:10:51 +0200 |
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committer | Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2010-06-04 20:10:51 +0200 |
commit | da929a95aace0e79fbc621af2ab03c76d74d5fcb (patch) | |
tree | 2b7dd63658eef78fde7604772d9815283c2c1cdf /util-linux/Config.in | |
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mass renaming Kbuild -> Kbuild.src, Config.in -> Config.src
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in deleted file mode 100644 index a59cc1ddf..000000000 --- a/util-linux/Config.in +++ /dev/null @@ -1,940 +0,0 @@ -# -# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, -# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt. -# - -menu "Linux System Utilities" - -config ACPID - bool "acpid" - default n - help - acpid listens to ACPI events coming either in textual form from - /proc/acpi/event (though it is marked deprecated it is still widely - used and _is_ a standard) or in binary form from specified evdevs - (just use /dev/input/event*). - - It parses the event to retrieve ACTION and a possible PARAMETER. - It then spawns /etc/acpi/<ACTION>[/<PARAMETER>] either via run-parts - (if the resulting path is a directory) or directly as an executable. - - N.B. acpid relies on run-parts so have the latter installed. - -config FEATURE_ACPID_COMPAT - bool "Accept and ignore redundant options" - default n - depends on ACPID - help - Accept and ignore compatibility options -g -m -s -S -v. - -config BLKID - bool "blkid" - default n - select VOLUMEID - help - Lists labels and UUIDs of all filesystems. - WARNING: - With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox. - -config DMESG - bool "dmesg" - default n - help - 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 - 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 - wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility. - -config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY - bool "Pretty dmesg output" - default y - depends on 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 - "<#>". - - With this option you will see: - # dmesg - Linux version 2.6.17.4 ..... - BIOS-provided physical RAM map: - BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable) - - Without this option you will see: - # dmesg - <5>Linux version 2.6.17.4 ..... - <6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map: - <6> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable) - -config FBSET - bool "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 - if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility. - -config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY - bool "Turn on extra fbset options" - default n - depends on 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 - options. - -config FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE - bool "Turn on fbset readmode support" - default n - depends on FBSET - help - This option allows fbset to read the video mode database stored by - default as /etc/fb.modes, which can be used to set frame buffer - device to pre-defined video modes. - -config FDFLUSH - bool "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 - hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to - 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 - leave this disabled. - -config FDFORMAT - bool "fdformat" - default n - help - fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk. - -config FDISK - bool "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 - can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style - 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive. - -config FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS - bool "Support over 4GB disks" - default y - depends on FDISK - help - Enable this option to support large disks > 4GB. - -config FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - bool "Write support" - default y - depends on 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 - disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table. - -config FEATURE_AIX_LABEL - bool "Support AIX disklabels" - default n - depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - help - Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels. - Most people can safely leave this option disabled. - -config FEATURE_SGI_LABEL - bool "Support SGI disklabels" - default n - depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - help - Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels. - Most people can safely leave this option disabled. - -config FEATURE_SUN_LABEL - bool "Support SUN disklabels" - default n - depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - help - Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels. - Most people can safely leave this option disabled. - -config FEATURE_OSF_LABEL - bool "Support BSD disklabels" - default n - depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - help - Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels - and define and edit BSD disk slices. - -config FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED - bool "Support expert mode" - default n - depends on FDISK && FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE - 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 - reason you would be wise to leave this disabled. - -config FINDFS - bool "findfs" - default n - select VOLUMEID - help - Prints the name of a filesystem with given label or UUID. - WARNING: - With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox. - -config FLOCK - bool "flock" - default n - help - Manage locks from shell scripts - -config FREERAMDISK - bool "freeramdisk" - default n - help - 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 - 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 - this disabled. - -config FSCK_MINIX - bool "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 - 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 - check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix - filesystem. - -config MKFS_EXT2 - bool "mkfs_ext2" - default n - help - Utility to create EXT2 filesystems. - -config MKFS_MINIX - bool "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. - -comment "Minix filesystem support" - depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX - -config FEATURE_MINIX2 - bool "Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)" - default y - depends on FSCK_MINIX || 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. - -config MKFS_REISER - bool "mkfs_reiser" - default n - help - Utility to create ReiserFS filesystems. - -config MKFS_VFAT - bool "mkfs_vfat" - default n - help - Utility to create FAT32 filesystems. - -config GETOPT - bool "getopt" - default n - 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 - complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script - written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will - wisely leave this disabled. - -config FEATURE_GETOPT_LONG - bool "Support option -l" - default y if LONG_OPTS - depends on GETOPT - help - Enable support for long options (option -l). - -config HEXDUMP - bool "hexdump" - default n - help - The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in a readable - way that is comparable to the output from most hex editors. - -config FEATURE_HEXDUMP_REVERSE - bool "Support -R, reverse of 'hexdump -Cv'" - default n - depends on HEXDUMP - help - The hexdump utility is used to display binary data in an ascii - readable way. This option creates binary data from an ascii input. - NB: this option is non-standard. It's unwise to use it in scripts - aimed to be portable. - -config HD - bool "hd" - default n - select HEXDUMP - help - hd is an alias to hexdump -C. - -config HWCLOCK - bool "hwclock" - default n - 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 - shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the - correct time when Linux is _not_ running. - -config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS - bool "Support long options (--hctosys,...)" - default n - depends on HWCLOCK && LONG_OPTS - help - 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. - -config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS - bool "Use FHS /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime" - default y - depends on 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 - to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the - classic /etc/adjtime path. - - pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBHWCLOCKSTATEDIRECTORYFORHWCLO - -config IPCRM - bool "ipcrm" - default n - select FEATURE_SUID - help - The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess - communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures - from the system. - -config IPCS - bool "ipcs" - default n - select FEATURE_SUID - help - The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently - allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system. - -config LOSETUP - bool "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 - version does not currently support enabling data encryption. - -config LSPCI - bool "lspci" - default n - help - lspci is a utility for displaying information about PCI buses in the - system and devices connected to them. - - This version uses sysfs (/sys/bus/pci/devices) only. - -config LSUSB - bool "lsusb" - default n - help - lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the - system and devices connected to them. - - This version uses sysfs (/sys/bus/usb/devices) only. - -config MDEV - bool "mdev" - default n - help - mdev is a mini-udev implementation for dynamically creating device - nodes in the /dev directory. - - For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt - -config FEATURE_MDEV_CONF - bool "Support /etc/mdev.conf" - default n - depends on MDEV - help - Add support for the mdev config file to control ownership and - permissions of the device nodes. - - For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt - -config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME - bool "Support subdirs/symlinks" - default n - depends on FEATURE_MDEV_CONF - help - Add support for renaming devices and creating symlinks. - - For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt - -config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP - bool "Support regular expressions substitutions when renaming device" - default n - depends on FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME - help - Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming - device. - -config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC - bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal" - default n - depends on FEATURE_MDEV_CONF - help - This adds support for an optional field to /etc/mdev.conf for - executing commands when devices are created/removed. - - For more information, please see docs/mdev.txt - -config FEATURE_MDEV_LOAD_FIRMWARE - bool "Support loading of firmwares" - default n - depends on MDEV - help - Some devices need to load firmware before they can be usable. - - These devices will request userspace look up the files in - /lib/firmware/ and if it exists, send it to the kernel for - loading into the hardware. - -config MKSWAP - bool "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 - partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase - 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 - the swap space using the 'swapon' utility. - -config FEATURE_MKSWAP_UUID - bool "UUID support" - default n - depends on MKSWAP - help - Generate swap spaces with universally unique identifiers. - -config MORE - bool "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 - 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 - any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled. - -config FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS - bool "Use termios to manipulate the screen" - default y - depends on MORE || 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 - 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. - -config VOLUMEID - bool #No description makes it a hidden option - default n - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_EXT - bool "Ext filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_BTRFS - bool "btrfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_REISERFS - bool "Reiser filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_FAT - bool "fat filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HFS - bool "hfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_JFS - bool "jfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_UFS -### bool "ufs filesystem" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_XFS - bool "xfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_NTFS - bool "ntfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ISO9660 - bool "iso9660 filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_UDF - bool "udf filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LUKS - bool "luks filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LINUXSWAP - bool "linux swap filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LVM -### bool "lvm" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_CRAMFS - bool "cramfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HPFS -### bool "hpfs filesystem" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ROMFS - bool "romfs filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_SYSV - bool "sysv filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MINIX -### bool "minix filesystem" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### These only detect partition tables - not used (yet?) -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MAC -### bool "mac filesystem" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO -### -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_MSDOS -### bool "msdos filesystem" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_OCFS2 - bool "ocfs2 filesystem" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_HIGHPOINTRAID -### bool "highpoint raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_ISWRAID -### bool "intel raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LSIRAID -### bool "lsi raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_VIARAID -### bool "via raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_SILICONRAID -### bool "silicon raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_NVIDIARAID -### bool "nvidia raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -### config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_PROMISERAID -### bool "promise raid" -### default n -### depends on VOLUMEID -### help -### TODO - -config FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LINUXRAID - bool "linuxraid" - default n - depends on VOLUMEID - help - TODO - -config MOUNT - bool "mount" - default n - 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 - 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 - the 'mount' utility. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE - bool "Support option -f" - default n - depends on MOUNT - help - Enable support for faking a file system mount. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_VERBOSE - bool "Support option -v" - default n - depends on MOUNT - help - Enable multi-level -v[vv...] verbose messages. Useful if you - debug mount problems and want to see what is exactly passed - to the kernel. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_HELPERS - bool "Support mount helpers" - default n - depends on MOUNT - help - Enable mounting of virtual file systems via external helpers. - E.g. "mount obexfs#-b00.11.22.33.44.55 /mnt" will in effect call - "obexfs -b00.11.22.33.44.55 /mnt" - Also "mount -t sometype [-o opts] fs /mnt" will try - "sometype [-o opts] fs /mnt" if simple mount syscall fails. - The idea is to use such virtual filesystems in /etc/fstab. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL - bool "Support specifiying devices by label or UUID" - default n - depends on MOUNT - select VOLUMEID - help - This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by - name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as blkid/findfs. - This also enables label or uuid support for swapon. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS - bool "Support mounting NFS file systems" - default n - depends on MOUNT - select FEATURE_HAVE_RPC - select FEATURE_SYSLOG - help - Enable mounting of NFS file systems. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_CIFS - bool "Support mounting CIFS/SMB file systems" - default n - depends on MOUNT - help - Enable support for samba mounts. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS - depends on MOUNT - bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount" - default y - help - 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. - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_FSTAB - depends on MOUNT - bool "Support /etc/fstab and -a" - default y - help - Support mount all and looking for files in /etc/fstab. - -config PIVOT_ROOT - bool "pivot_root" - default n - 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 - 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 - in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead. - -config RDATE - bool "rdate" - default n - help - The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your - system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using - the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most - systems. - -config RDEV - bool "rdev" - default n - help - Print the device node associated with the filesystem mounted at '/'. - -config READPROFILE - bool "readprofile" - default n - help - This allows you to parse /proc/profile for basic profiling. - -config RTCWAKE - bool "rtcwake" - default n - help - Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time. - -config SCRIPT - bool "script" - default n - help - The script makes typescript of terminal session. - -config SCRIPTREPLAY - bool "scriptreplay" - default n - help - This program replays a typescript, using timing information - given by script -t. - -config SETARCH - bool "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 - this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland - (like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...). - -config SWAPONOFF - bool "swaponoff" - default n - 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' - utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap - space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this - option disabled. - -config FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI - bool "Support priority option -p" - default n - depends on SWAPONOFF - help - Enable support for setting swap device priority in swapon. - -config SWITCH_ROOT - bool "switch_root" - default n - 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.) - - 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, - 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. - -config UMOUNT - bool "umount" - default n - 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'. - -config FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL - bool "Support option -a" - default n - depends on UMOUNT - help - Support -a option to unmount all currently mounted filesystems. - -comment "Common options for mount/umount" - depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP - bool "Support loopback mounts" - default n - depends on MOUNT || 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. - - You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files - with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as - specify an offset or cryptographic options to the loopback device. - (If you don't want umount to free the loop device, use "umount -D".) - -config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE - bool "Create new loopback devices if needed" - default n - depends on FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP - help - Linux kernels >= 2.6.24 support unlimited loopback devices. They are - allocated for use when trying to use a loop device. The loop device - must however exist. - - This feature lets mount to try to create next /dev/loopN device - if it does not find a free one. - -config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT - bool "Support for the old /etc/mtab file" - default n - depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT - select FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE - help - Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted - 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 - a symlink to /proc/mounts.) - - The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if - your stripped-down embedded system does not have a /proc directory. - If you must use this, keep in mind it's inherently brittle (for - example a mount under chroot won't update it), can't handle modern - 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.) - - About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from - your kernel. - -endmenu |