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Diffstat (limited to 'modutils/Config.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | modutils/Config.in | 61 |
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in index 2b0bcdd6e..25841b8ff 100644 --- a/modutils/Config.in +++ b/modutils/Config.in @@ -5,14 +5,63 @@ menu "Linux Module Utilities" +config MODPROBE_SMALL + bool "Simplified modutils" + default n + help + Simplified modutils. + + With this option modprobe does not use or require + modules.dep or /etc/modules.conf files. + 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_). + + 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 is provided but does nothing + + As of 2008-07, this code is experimental. It it 15kb smaller + than "non-small" modutils. + +config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE + bool "module options on cmdline" + default n + depends on MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line. + N.B. Very bloaty. + +config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED + bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules" + default n + depends on MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Check if the module is already loaded. + N.B. It's racy. + +config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_ZIPPED + bool "Handle gzipped or bzipped modules" + default n + depends on MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Handle compressed modules. Bloaty. Sloooow. + config DEPMOD bool "depmod" default n + depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL help depmod generates modules.dep (FIXME: elaborate) config FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY - bool "fancy dependency pruning" + bool "Fancy dependency pruning" default n depends on DEPMOD help @@ -26,7 +75,7 @@ config FEATURE_DEPMOD_PRUNE_FANCY If unsure, say N. config FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS - bool "alias support" + bool "Alias support" default n depends on DEPMOD help @@ -38,6 +87,7 @@ config FEATURE_DEPMOD_ALIAS config INSMOD bool "insmod" default n + depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL help insmod is used to load specified modules in the running kernel. @@ -93,12 +143,14 @@ config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL config RMMOD bool "rmmod" default n + depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL help rmmod is used to unload specified modules from the kernel. config LSMOD bool "lsmod" default n + depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL help lsmod is used to display a list of loaded modules. @@ -113,6 +165,7 @@ config FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT config MODPROBE bool "modprobe" default n + depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL help Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high level. @@ -196,7 +249,7 @@ config DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR # Simulate indentation string "Default directory containing modules" default "/lib/modules" - depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || DEPMOD + depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || MODPROBE_SMALL || DEPMOD help Directory that contains kernel modules. Defaults to "/lib/modules" @@ -205,7 +258,7 @@ config DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE # Simulate indentation string "Default name of modules.dep" default "modules.dep" - depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || DEPMOD + depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || MODPROBE_SMALL || DEPMOD help Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies. Defaults to "modules.dep" |