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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
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menu "Linux System Utilities"


config 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 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 graphic display.  Enable this option if you wish
	  to enable the 'fbset' utility.


config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
	bool "  Turn on extra fbset options"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_FBSET
	help
	  This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
	  framebuffer size, color depth, etc.  interface to access a graphic
	  display.  Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
	  options.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
	bool "  Turn on fbset readmode support"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_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 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
	  say leave this disabled.

config CONFIG_FDFORMAT
	bool "fdformat"
	default n
	help
	  Fdformat is used to low-level format a floppy disk.

config 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
	bool "  Write support" 
	default y
	depends on 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
	  disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
	bool "  Support AIX disklabels"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE  
	help
	  Enabling this option allows you to create or change AIX disklabels.
	  Most people can safely leave this option disabled.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL
	bool "  Support SGI disklabels"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
	help
	  Enabling this option allows you to create or change SGI disklabels.
	  Most people can safely leave this option disabled.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL
	bool "  Support SUN disklabels"
	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE	
	help
	  Enabling this option allows you to create or change SUN disklabels.
	  Most people can safely leave this option disabled.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL
	bool "  Support BSD disklabels"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
	help
	  Enabling this option allows you to create or change BSD disklabels
	  and define and edit BSD disk slices.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
	bool "  Support expert mode"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_FDISK && CONFIG_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 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 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 encounted 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 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 CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX

config CONFIG_FEATURE_MINIX2
	bool "  Support Minix fs v2 (fsck_minix/mkfs_minix)"
	default y
	depends on CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX || 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.

config 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 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 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 correct time in
	  the hardware close, so the hardware will keep the correct time 
	  when Linux is _not_ running.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONGOPTIONS
	bool "  Support long options (--hctosys,...)"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_HWCLOCK
	help
	  By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options.  If you
	  are overly fond of the long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
	  then enable this option.

config 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 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 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
	bool "  Use termios to manipulate the screen"
	default y
	depends on CONFIG_MORE
	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 with be especially primitive and
	  will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
	  unable to move the cursor.

comment "Common options for ls and more"
	depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE

config CONFIG_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
	bool "  Calculate terminal & column widths"
	default y
	depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE
	help
	  This option allows utilities such as 'ls' and 'more' to determine the
	  width of the screen, which can allow them to display additional text
	  or avoid wrapping text onto the next line.  If you leave this
	  disabled, your utilities will be especially primitive and will be
	  unable to determine the current screen width.

config 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'.

config CONFIG_RDATE
	bool "rdate"
	default n
	help
	  The rdate utility allows you to syncronize 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 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 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 CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
	bool "  Support mounting nfs file systems"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
	help
	 Enable mounting of NFS file systems.

config 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 CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
	bool "  Support forced filesystem unmounting"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_UMOUNT
	help
	  This allows you to _force_ a filesystem to be umounted.  This is generally
	  only useful when you want to get rid of an unreachable NFS system.

comment "Common options for mount/umount"
	depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT

config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
	bool "  Support for loop devices"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
	help
	  Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options,
	  which lets you loop mount files.  Mount will automagically setup and
	  free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the
	  'losetup' utility unless you really want to.  This is really only useful
	  if you plan to loop mount files.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
	bool "  Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)"
	default n
	depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT
	help
	  If your root filesystem is writable and you wish to have the 'mount'
	  utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems which have been
	  mounted then you should enable this option.  Most people that use
	  BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this
	  option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file.

config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME
	string "  mtab file location"
	default "/etc/mtab"
	depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
	help
	  Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to
	  have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems
	  which have been mounted.  This option allows you to specify an alternative
	  location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab.  The default
	  value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop
	  Linux systems.

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