# # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, # see docs/Kconfig-language.txt. # menu "Linux Module Utilities" config MODPROBE_SMALL bool "Simplified modutils" default y help Build smaller (~1.5 kbytes), simplified module tools. This option by itself does not enable any applets - you need to select applets individually below. 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. INSERT comment "Options common to multiple modutils" config FEATURE_CMDLINE_MODULE_OPTIONS bool "Accept module options on modprobe command line" default y depends on INSMOD || MODPROBE help Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from the applets' command line. config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules" default y depends on MODPROBE_SMALL && (DEPMOD || INSMOD || MODPROBE) help Check if the module is already loaded. config FEATURE_2_4_MODULES bool "Support version 2.2/2.4 Linux kernels" default n depends on (INSMOD || LSMOD || MODPROBE || RMMOD) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help Support module loading for 2.2.x and 2.4.x Linux kernels. This increases size considerably. Say N unless you plan to run ancient kernels. config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING bool "Enable module version checking" default n depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE) help Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other. config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS bool "Add module symbols to kernel symbol table" default n depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE) help By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages occurring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol table for proper debugging support. If you are not interested in Oops messages from kernel modules, say N. config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM bool "In kernel memory optimization (uClinux only)" default n depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && (INSMOD || MODPROBE) help This is a special uClinux only memory optimization that lets insmod load the specified kernel module directly into kernel space, reducing memory usage by preventing the need for two copies of the module being loaded into memory. config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP bool "Enable insmod load map (-m) option" default n depends on FEATURE_2_4_MODULES && INSMOD help Enabling this, one would be able to get a load map output on stdout. This makes kernel module debugging easier. If you don't plan to debug kernel modules, you don't need this option. config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL bool "Symbols in load map" default y depends on FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP help Without this option, -m will only output section load map. With this option, -m will also output symbols load map. config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels" default y depends on (LSMOD || FEATURE_2_4_MODULES) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help 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. config FEATURE_INSMOD_TRY_MMAP bool "Try to load module from a mmap'ed area" default n depends on (INSMOD || MODPROBE) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help This option causes module loading code to try to mmap module first. If it does not work (for example, it does not work for compressed modules), module will be read (and unpacked if needed) into a memory block allocated by malloc. The only case when mmap works but malloc does not is when you are trying to load a big module on a very memory-constrained machine. Malloc will momentarily need 2x as much memory as mmap. Choosing N saves about 250 bytes of code (on 32-bit x86). config FEATURE_MODUTILS_ALIAS bool "Support module.aliases file" default y depends on (DEPMOD || MODPROBE) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help Generate and parse modules.alias containing aliases for bus identifiers: alias pcmcia:m*c*f03fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd* parport_cs and aliases for logical modules names e.g.: alias padlock_aes aes alias aes_i586 aes alias aes_generic aes Say Y if unsure. config FEATURE_MODUTILS_SYMBOLS bool "Support module.symbols file" default y depends on (DEPMOD || MODPROBE) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help Generate and parse modules.symbols containing aliases for symbol_request() kernel calls, such as: alias symbol:usb_sg_init usbcore Say Y if unsure. config DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR string "Default directory containing modules" default "/lib/modules" depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE || MODINFO help Directory that contains kernel modules. Defaults to "/lib/modules" config DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE string "Default name of modules.dep" default "modules.dep" depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE || MODINFO help Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies. Defaults to "modules.dep". If you configured the "simplified modutils" (MODPROBE_SMALL), a ".bb" suffix will be added after this name. Do not specify ".bb" here unless you intend your depmod or modprobe to work on "modules.dep.bb.bb" or such. endmenu