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  1. #
  2. # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
  3. # see extra/config/Kconfig-language.txt
  4. #
  5. mainmenu "uClibc C Library Configuration"
  6. config DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH
  7. string
  8. option env="ARCH"
  9. choice
  10. prompt "Target Architecture"
  11. default TARGET_alpha if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "alpha"
  12. default TARGET_arm if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "arm"
  13. default TARGET_avr32 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "avr32"
  14. default TARGET_bfin if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "bfin"
  15. default TARGET_cris if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "cris"
  16. default TARGET_e1 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "e1"
  17. default TARGET_frv if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "frv"
  18. default TARGET_h8300 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "h8300"
  19. default TARGET_hppa if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "hppa"
  20. default TARGET_i386 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "i386"
  21. default TARGET_i960 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "i960"
  22. default TARGET_ia64 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "ia64"
  23. default TARGET_m68k if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "m68k"
  24. default TARGET_microblaze if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "microblaze"
  25. default TARGET_mips if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "mips"
  26. default TARGET_nios if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "nios"
  27. default TARGET_nios2 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "nios2"
  28. default TARGET_powerpc if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "powerpc"
  29. default TARGET_sh if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "sh"
  30. default TARGET_sh64 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "sh64"
  31. default TARGET_sparc if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "sparc"
  32. default TARGET_v850 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "v850"
  33. default TARGET_vax if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "vax"
  34. default TARGET_x86_64 if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64"
  35. default TARGET_xtensa if DESIRED_TARGET_ARCH = "xtensa"
  36. help
  37. The architecture of your target.
  38. config TARGET_alpha
  39. bool "alpha"
  40. config TARGET_arm
  41. bool "arm"
  42. config TARGET_avr32
  43. bool "avr32"
  44. config TARGET_bfin
  45. bool "bfin"
  46. config TARGET_cris
  47. bool "cris"
  48. config TARGET_e1
  49. bool "e1 (BROKEN)"
  50. config TARGET_frv
  51. bool "frv (BROKEN)"
  52. config TARGET_h8300
  53. bool "h8300 (BROKEN)"
  54. config TARGET_hppa
  55. bool "hppa"
  56. config TARGET_i386
  57. bool "i386"
  58. config TARGET_i960
  59. bool "i960 (BROKEN)"
  60. config TARGET_ia64
  61. bool "ia64"
  62. config TARGET_m68k
  63. bool "m68k"
  64. config TARGET_microblaze
  65. bool "microblaze (BROKEN)"
  66. config TARGET_mips
  67. bool "mips"
  68. config TARGET_nios
  69. bool "nios"
  70. config TARGET_nios2
  71. bool "nios2"
  72. config TARGET_powerpc
  73. bool "powerpc"
  74. config TARGET_sh
  75. bool "superh"
  76. config TARGET_sh64
  77. bool "sh64"
  78. config TARGET_sparc
  79. bool "sparc"
  80. config TARGET_v850
  81. bool "v850 (BROKEN)"
  82. config TARGET_vax
  83. bool "vax"
  84. config TARGET_x86_64
  85. bool "x86_64"
  86. config TARGET_xtensa
  87. bool "xtensa"
  88. endchoice
  89. menu "Target Architecture Features and Options"
  90. if TARGET_alpha
  91. source "extra/Configs/Config.alpha"
  92. endif
  93. if TARGET_arm
  94. source "extra/Configs/Config.arm"
  95. endif
  96. if TARGET_avr32
  97. source "extra/Configs/Config.avr32"
  98. endif
  99. if TARGET_bfin
  100. source "extra/Configs/Config.bfin"
  101. endif
  102. if TARGET_cris
  103. source "extra/Configs/Config.cris"
  104. endif
  105. if TARGET_e1
  106. source "extra/Configs/Config.e1"
  107. endif
  108. if TARGET_frv
  109. source "extra/Configs/Config.frv"
  110. endif
  111. if TARGET_h8300
  112. source "extra/Configs/Config.h8300"
  113. endif
  114. if TARGET_hppa
  115. source "extra/Configs/Config.hppa"
  116. endif
  117. if TARGET_i386
  118. source "extra/Configs/Config.i386"
  119. endif
  120. if TARGET_i960
  121. source "extra/Configs/Config.i960"
  122. endif
  123. if TARGET_ia64
  124. source "extra/Configs/Config.ia64"
  125. endif
  126. if TARGET_m68k
  127. source "extra/Configs/Config.m68k"
  128. endif
  129. if TARGET_nios
  130. source "extra/Configs/Config.nios"
  131. endif
  132. if TARGET_nios2
  133. source "extra/Configs/Config.nios2"
  134. endif
  135. if TARGET_microblaze
  136. source "extra/Configs/Config.microblaze"
  137. endif
  138. if TARGET_mips
  139. source "extra/Configs/Config.mips"
  140. endif
  141. if TARGET_powerpc
  142. source "extra/Configs/Config.powerpc"
  143. endif
  144. if TARGET_sh
  145. source "extra/Configs/Config.sh"
  146. endif
  147. if TARGET_sh64
  148. source "extra/Configs/Config.sh64"
  149. endif
  150. if TARGET_sparc
  151. source "extra/Configs/Config.sparc"
  152. endif
  153. if TARGET_v850
  154. source "extra/Configs/Config.v850"
  155. endif
  156. if TARGET_vax
  157. source "extra/Configs/Config.vax"
  158. endif
  159. if TARGET_x86_64
  160. source "extra/Configs/Config.x86_64"
  161. endif
  162. if TARGET_xtensa
  163. source "extra/Configs/Config.xtensa"
  164. endif
  165. config TARGET_SUBARCH
  166. string
  167. default "e500" if CONFIG_E500
  168. default "classic" if CONFIG_CLASSIC
  169. default "sh4" if CONFIG_SH4
  170. default ""
  171. source "extra/Configs/Config.in.arch"
  172. endmenu
  173. menu "General Library Settings"
  174. config HAVE_NO_PIC
  175. bool
  176. default n
  177. config DOPIC
  178. bool "Generate only Position Independent Code (PIC)"
  179. default y
  180. depends on !HAVE_NO_PIC
  181. help
  182. If you wish to build all of uClibc as PIC objects, then answer Y here.
  183. If you are unsure, then you should answer N.
  184. config ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  185. bool
  186. default n
  187. config ARCH_HAS_NO_LDSO
  188. bool
  189. select ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  190. default n
  191. config HAVE_SHARED
  192. bool "Enable support for shared libraries"
  193. depends on !ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  194. default y
  195. help
  196. If you wish to build uClibc with support for shared libraries then
  197. answer Y here. If you only want to build uClibc as a static library,
  198. then answer N.
  199. config FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  200. bool "Only load shared libraries which can share their text segment"
  201. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  202. select DOPIC
  203. default n
  204. help
  205. If you answer Y here, the uClibc native shared library loader will
  206. only load shared libraries, which do not need to modify any
  207. non-writable segments. These libraries haven't set the DT_TEXTREL
  208. tag in the dynamic section (==> objdump).
  209. All your libraries must be compiled with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  210. assembler function must be written as position independent code (PIC).
  211. Enabling this option will make uClibc's shared library loader a
  212. little bit smaller and guarantee that no memory will be wasted by
  213. badly coded shared libraries.
  214. config LDSO_LDD_SUPPORT
  215. bool "Native 'ldd' support"
  216. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  217. default y
  218. help
  219. Enable all the code needed to support traditional ldd,
  220. which executes the shared library loader to resolve all dependencies
  221. and then provide a list of shared libraries that are required for an
  222. application to function. Disabling this option will makes uClibc's
  223. shared library loader a little bit smaller.
  224. Most people will answer Y.
  225. config LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  226. bool "Enable library loader cache (ld.so.conf)"
  227. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  228. default y
  229. help
  230. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.conf, the shared library loader
  231. cache configuration file to support for non-standard library paths.
  232. After updating this file, it is necessary to run 'ldconfig' to update
  233. the /etc/ld.so.cache shared library loader cache file.
  234. config LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT
  235. bool "Enable library loader preload file (ld.so.preload)"
  236. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  237. default n
  238. help
  239. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.preload. This file contains a
  240. whitespace separated list of shared libraries to be loaded before
  241. the program.
  242. config LDSO_BASE_FILENAME
  243. string "Shared library loader naming prefix"
  244. depends on HAVE_SHARED && (LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT || LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT)
  245. default "ld.so"
  246. help
  247. If you wish to support both uClibc and glibc on the same system, it
  248. is necessary to set this to something other than "ld.so" to avoid
  249. conflicts with glibc, which also uses "ld.so". This prevents both
  250. libraries from using the same /etc/ld.so.* files. If you wish to
  251. support both uClibc and glibc on the same system then you should set
  252. this to "ld-uClibc.so".
  253. Most people will leave this set to the default of "ld.so".
  254. WARNING: Changing the default prefix could cause problems with
  255. binutils' ld !
  256. config UCLIBC_STATIC_LDCONFIG
  257. bool "Link ldconfig statically"
  258. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  259. default y
  260. help
  261. Enable this option to statically link the ldconfig binary.
  262. Making ldconfig static can be beneficial if you have a library
  263. problem and need to use ldconfig to recover. Sometimes it is
  264. preferable to instead keep the size of the system down, in which
  265. case you should disable this option.
  266. config LDSO_RUNPATH
  267. bool "Enable ELF RUNPATH tag support"
  268. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  269. default y if LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  270. default n if !LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  271. help
  272. ELF's may have dynamic RPATH/RUNPATH tags. These tags list paths
  273. which extend the library search paths. They are really only useful
  274. if a package installs libraries in non standard locations and
  275. ld.so.conf support is disabled.
  276. Usage of RUNPATH tags is not too common, so disabling this feature
  277. should be safe for most people.
  278. config LDSO_SEARCH_INTERP_PATH
  279. bool "Add ldso path to lib search path"
  280. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  281. default y
  282. help
  283. The ldso is told where it is being executed from and can use that
  284. path to find related core libraries. This is useful by default,
  285. but can be annoying in a mixed development environment.
  286. i.e. if the ldso is run from /foo/boo/ldso.so, it will start its
  287. library search with /foo/boo/
  288. If unsure, simply say Y here.
  289. config UCLIBC_CTOR_DTOR
  290. bool "Support global constructors and destructors"
  291. default y
  292. help
  293. If you wish to build uClibc with support for global constructor
  294. (ctor) and global destructor (dtor) support, then answer Y here.
  295. When ctor/dtor support is enabled, binaries linked with uClibc must
  296. also be linked with crtbegin.o and crtend.o which are provided by gcc
  297. (the "*startfile:" and "*endfile:" settings in your gcc specs file
  298. may need to be adjusted to include these files). This support will
  299. also add a small amount of additional size to each binary compiled vs
  300. uClibc. If you will be using uClibc with C++, or if you need the gcc
  301. __attribute__((constructor)) and __attribute__((destructor)) to work,
  302. then you definitely want to answer Y here. If you don't need ctors
  303. or dtors and want your binaries to be as small as possible, then
  304. answer N.
  305. config LDSO_GNU_HASH_SUPPORT
  306. bool "Enable GNU hash style support"
  307. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  308. default n
  309. help
  310. Newest binutils support a new hash style named GNU-hash. The dynamic
  311. linker will use the new GNU-hash section (.gnu.hash) for symbol lookup
  312. if present into the ELF binaries, otherwise it will use the old SysV
  313. hash style (.hash). This ensures that it is completely backward
  314. compatible.
  315. Further, being the hash table implementation self-contained into each
  316. executable and shared libraries, objects with mixed hash style can
  317. peacefully coexist in the same process.
  318. If you want to use this new feature, answer Y
  319. choice
  320. prompt "Thread support"
  321. #default UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE if (TARGET_alpha || TARGET_arm || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc || TARGET_sh || TARGET_sh64)
  322. default HAS_NO_THREADS
  323. help
  324. If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
  325. This will increase the size of uClibc by adding a bunch of locking
  326. to critical data structures, and adding extra code to ensure that
  327. functions are properly reentrant.
  328. config HAS_NO_THREADS
  329. bool "none"
  330. help
  331. Disable thread support.
  332. config LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  333. bool "older (stable) version of linuxthreads"
  334. # linuxthreads and linuxthreads.old need nanosleep()
  335. select UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  336. help
  337. There are two versions of linuxthreads. The older (stable) version
  338. has been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  339. updates other than bugfixes.
  340. config LINUXTHREADS_NEW
  341. bool "slightly newer version of linuxthreads"
  342. help
  343. The new version has not been tested much, and lacks ports for arches
  344. which glibc does not support (like bfin/frv/etc...), but is based on
  345. the latest code from glibc, so it may be the only choice for the
  346. newer ports (like alpha/amd64/64bit arches and hppa).
  347. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  348. bool "Native POSIX Threading (NPTL)"
  349. select UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  350. help
  351. If you want to compile uClibc with NPTL support, then answer Y.
  352. IMPORTANT NOTE! NPTL requires a Linux 2.6 kernel, binutils
  353. at least version 2.16 and GCC with at least version 4.1.0. NPTL
  354. will not work with older versions of any above sources. If you
  355. ignore any of these guidelines, you do so at your own risk. Do
  356. not ask for help on any of the development mailing lists.
  357. !!!! WARNING !!!! BIG FAT WARNING !!!! REALLY BIG FAT WARNING !!!!
  358. This is experimental code and at times it may not even build and
  359. even if it does it might decide to do random damage. This code is
  360. potentially hazardous to your health and sanity. It will remain
  361. that way until further notice at which point this notice will
  362. disappear. Thank you for your support and for not smoking.
  363. endchoice
  364. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  365. def_bool y if !HAS_NO_THREADS
  366. config UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  367. bool "Thread-Local Storage"
  368. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  369. default n
  370. help
  371. If you want to enable TLS support then answer Y.
  372. This is fast an efficient way to store per-thread local data
  373. which is not on stack. It needs __thread support enabled in
  374. gcc.
  375. config PTHREADS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
  376. bool "Build pthreads debugging support"
  377. default n
  378. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  379. help
  380. Say Y here if you wish to be able to debug applications that use
  381. uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
  382. named libthread_db will be built. This library will be dlopen()'d
  383. by gdb and will allow gdb to debug the threads in your application.
  384. IMPORTANT NOTE! Because gdb must dlopen() the libthread_db library,
  385. you must compile gdb with uClibc in order for pthread debugging to
  386. work properly.
  387. If you are doing development and want to debug applications using
  388. uClibc's pthread library, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  389. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYSLOG
  390. bool "Syslog support"
  391. default y
  392. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  393. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  394. help
  395. Support sending messages to the system logger.
  396. This requires socket-support.
  397. config UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  398. bool "Large File Support"
  399. default y
  400. help
  401. If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
  402. (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
  403. if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
  404. support. Enabling this option will increase the size of uClibc.
  405. choice
  406. prompt "Malloc Implementation"
  407. default MALLOC if ! ARCH_USE_MMU
  408. default MALLOC_STANDARD if ARCH_USE_MMU
  409. config MALLOC
  410. bool "malloc"
  411. help
  412. "malloc" use mmap for all allocations and so works very well on
  413. MMU-less systems that do not support the brk() system call. It is
  414. pretty smart about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing
  415. memory wastage.
  416. This is the default for uClinux MMU-less systems.
  417. config MALLOC_SIMPLE
  418. bool "malloc-simple"
  419. help
  420. "malloc-simple" is trivially simple and slow as molasses. It
  421. was written from scratch for uClibc, and is the simplest possible
  422. (and therefore smallest) malloc implementation.
  423. This uses only the mmap() system call to allocate and free memory,
  424. and does not use the brk() system call at all, making it a fine
  425. choice for MMU-less systems with very limited memory. It's 100%
  426. standards compliant, thread safe, very small, and releases freed
  427. memory back to the OS immediately rather than keeping it in the
  428. process's heap for reallocation. It is also VERY SLOW.
  429. config MALLOC_STANDARD
  430. bool "malloc-standard"
  431. depends on ARCH_USE_MMU
  432. help
  433. "malloc-standard" is derived from the public domain dlmalloc
  434. implementation by Doug Lea. It is quite fast, and is pretty smart
  435. about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory
  436. wastage. This uses brk() for small allocations, while using mmap()
  437. for larger allocations. This is the default malloc implementation
  438. for uClibc.
  439. If unsure, answer "malloc-standard".
  440. endchoice
  441. config MALLOC_GLIBC_COMPAT
  442. bool "Malloc returns live pointer for malloc(0)"
  443. default n
  444. help
  445. The behavior of malloc(0) is listed as implementation-defined by
  446. SuSv3. Glibc returns a valid pointer to something, while uClibc
  447. normally returns NULL. I personally feel glibc's behavior is
  448. not particularly safe, and allows buggy applications to hide very
  449. serious problems.
  450. When this option is enabled, uClibc will act just like glibc, and
  451. return a live pointer when someone calls malloc(0). This pointer
  452. provides a malloc'ed area with a size of 1 byte. This feature is
  453. mostly useful when dealing with applications using autoconf's broken
  454. AC_FUNC_MALLOC macro (which redefines malloc as rpl_malloc if it
  455. does not detect glibc style returning-a-valid-pointer-for-malloc(0)
  456. behavior). Most people can safely answer N.
  457. config UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT
  458. bool "Dynamic atexit() Support"
  459. default y
  460. help
  461. When this option is enabled, uClibc will support an infinite number,
  462. of atexit() and on_exit() functions, limited only by your available
  463. memory. This can be important when uClibc is used with C++, since
  464. global destructors are implemented via atexit(), and it is quite
  465. possible to exceed the default number when this option is disabled.
  466. Enabling this option adds a few bytes, and more significantly makes
  467. atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
  468. static executables.
  469. Unless you use uClibc with C++, you should probably answer N.
  470. config COMPAT_ATEXIT
  471. bool "Old (visible) atexit Support"
  472. default n
  473. help
  474. Enable this option if you want to update from 0.9.28 to git/0.9.29,
  475. else you will be missing atexit() until you rebuild all apps.
  476. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY
  477. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY functions"
  478. default n
  479. #vfork,
  480. # h_errno
  481. # gethostbyaddr
  482. # gethostbyname
  483. help
  484. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY functions
  485. in the library, else they are replaced by SuSv3 proposed macros.
  486. Currently applies to:
  487. bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index, rindex, ftime,
  488. bsd_signal, (ecvt), (fcvt), gcvt, (getcontext),
  489. (getwd), (makecontext),
  490. mktemp, (pthread_attr_getstackaddr), (pthread_attr_setstackaddr),
  491. scalb, (setcontext), (swapcontext), ualarm, usleep,
  492. wcswcs.
  493. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  494. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY_MACROS
  495. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY macros"
  496. default n
  497. help
  498. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY macros.
  499. Currently applies to bcopy/bzero/bcmp/index/rindex et al.
  500. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  501. config UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  502. bool "Enable SuSv4 LEGACY or obsolescent functions"
  503. default n
  504. help
  505. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv4 LEGACY functions
  506. and macros in the library.
  507. Currently applies to:
  508. - XSI functions:
  509. _longjmp, _setjmp, _tolower, _toupper, ftw, getitimer,
  510. gettimeofday, isascii, pthread_getconcurrency,
  511. pthread_setconcurrency, setitimer, setpgrp, sighold,
  512. sigignore, sigpause, sigrelse, sigset, siginterrupt,
  513. tempnam, toascii, ulimit.
  514. - Base functions:
  515. asctime, asctime_r, ctime, ctime_r, gets, rand_r,
  516. tmpnam, utime.
  517. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  518. config UCLIBC_HAS_STUBS
  519. bool "Provide stubs for unavailable functionality"
  520. default n
  521. help
  522. With this option uClibc provides non-functional stubs for
  523. functions which are impossible to implement on the target
  524. architecture. Otherwise, such functions are simply omitted.
  525. As of 2008-07, this option makes uClibc provide fork() stub
  526. on NOMMU targets. It always sets errno to ENOSYS and returns -1.
  527. This may be useful if you port a lot of software and cannot
  528. audit all of it and replace or disable fork() usage.
  529. With this option, a program which uses fork() will build
  530. successfully. Of course, it may be useless if fork()
  531. is essential for its operation.
  532. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHADOW
  533. bool "Shadow Password Support"
  534. default y
  535. help
  536. Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
  537. Most people will answer Y.
  538. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  539. bool "Support for program_invocation_name"
  540. default n
  541. help
  542. Support for the GNU-specific program_invocation_name and
  543. program_invocation_short_name strings. Some GNU packages
  544. (like tar and coreutils) utilize these for extra useful
  545. output, but in general are not required.
  546. At startup, these external strings are automatically set
  547. up based on the value of ARGV[0].
  548. If unsure, just answer N.
  549. config UCLIBC_HAS___PROGNAME
  550. bool "Support for __progname"
  551. default y
  552. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  553. help
  554. Some packages (like openssh) like to peek into internal libc
  555. symbols to make their output a bit more user friendly.
  556. At startup, __progname is automatically set up based on the
  557. value of ARGV[0].
  558. If unsure, just answer N.
  559. config UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  560. bool "Support for pseudo-terminals"
  561. default y
  562. help
  563. This enables support for pseudo-terminals (see man 4 pts
  564. and man 7 pty).
  565. If unsure, just answer Y.
  566. config ASSUME_DEVPTS
  567. bool "Assume that /dev/pts is a devpts or devfs file system"
  568. default y
  569. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  570. help
  571. Enable this if /dev/pts is on a devpts or devfs filesystem. Both
  572. these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
  573. devices. You may need to mount your devpts or devfs filesystem on
  574. /dev/pts for this to work.
  575. Most people should answer Y.
  576. config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  577. bool "Support only Unix 98 PTYs"
  578. default y
  579. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  580. help
  581. If you want to support only Unix 98 PTYs enable this. Some older
  582. applications may need this disabled and will thus use legacy BSD
  583. style PTY handling which is more complex and also bigger than
  584. Unix 98 PTY handling.
  585. For most current programs, you can generally answer Y.
  586. if UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  587. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  588. bool "Support getpt() (glibc-compat)"
  589. default n
  590. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  591. help
  592. Some packages may need getpt().
  593. All of those are non-standard and can be considered
  594. GNU/libc compatibility.
  595. Either use posix_openpt() or just open /dev/ptmx yourself.
  596. If unsure, just say N.
  597. endif
  598. if !UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  599. # Have to use __libc_ptyname{1,2}[] and related bloat
  600. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  601. def_bool y
  602. endif
  603. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBUTIL
  604. bool "Provide libutil library and functions"
  605. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  606. default n
  607. help
  608. Provide a libutil library.
  609. This non-standard conforming library provides the following
  610. utility functions:
  611. forkpty(): combines openpty(), fork(2), and login_tty() to
  612. create a new process operating in a pseudo-terminal.
  613. login(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  614. login_tty(): prepares for a login on the tty fd by creating a
  615. new session, making fd the controlling terminal for
  616. the calling process, setting fd to be the standard
  617. input, output, and error streams of the current
  618. process, and closing fd.
  619. logout(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  620. logwtmp(): constructs a utmp structure and calls updwtmp() to
  621. append the structure to the utmp file.
  622. openpty(): finds an available pseudo-terminal and returns
  623. file descriptors for the master and slave
  624. This library adds about 3k-4k to your system.
  625. config UCLIBC_HAS_TM_EXTENSIONS
  626. bool "Support 'struct tm' timezone extension fields"
  627. default y
  628. help
  629. Enabling this option adds fields to 'struct tm' in time.h for
  630. tracking the number of seconds east of UTC, and an abbreviation for
  631. the current timezone. These fields are not specified by the SuSv3
  632. standard, but they are commonly used in both GNU and BSD application
  633. code.
  634. To strictly follow the SuSv3 standard, leave this disabled.
  635. Most people will probably want to answer Y.
  636. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_CACHING
  637. bool "Enable caching of the last valid timezone 'TZ' string"
  638. default y
  639. help
  640. Answer Y to enable caching of the last valid 'TZ' string describing
  641. the timezone setting. This allows a quick string compare to avoid
  642. repeated parsing of unchanged 'TZ' strings when tzset() is called.
  643. Most people will answer Y.
  644. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  645. bool "Enable '/etc/TZ' file support to set a default timezone (uClibc-specific)"
  646. default y
  647. help
  648. Answer Y to enable the setting of a default timezone for uClibc.
  649. Ordinarily, uClibc gets the timezone information exclusively from the
  650. 'TZ' environment variable. In particular, there is no support for
  651. the zoneinfo directory tree or the /etc/timezone file used by glibc.
  652. With this option enabled, uClibc will use the value stored in the
  653. file '/etc/TZ' (default path) to obtain timezone information if the
  654. 'TZ' environment variable is missing or has an invalid value. The
  655. file consists of a single line (newline required) of text describing
  656. the timezone in the format specified for the TZ environment variable.
  657. Doing 'echo CST6CDT > /etc/TZ' is enough to create a valid file.
  658. See
  659. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
  660. for details on valid settings of 'TZ'.
  661. Most people will answer Y.
  662. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE_READ_MANY
  663. bool "Repeatedly read the '/etc/TZ' file"
  664. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  665. default y
  666. help
  667. Answer Y to enable repeated reading of the '/etc/TZ' file even after
  668. a valid value has been read. This incurs the overhead of an
  669. open/read/close for each tzset() call (explicit or implied). However,
  670. setting this will allow applications to update their timezone
  671. information if the contents of the file change.
  672. Most people will answer Y.
  673. config UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH
  674. string "Path to the 'TZ' file for setting the global timezone"
  675. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  676. default "/etc/TZ"
  677. help
  678. This is the path to the 'TZ' file.
  679. Most people will use the default of '/etc/TZ'.
  680. endmenu
  681. menu "Advanced Library Settings"
  682. config UCLIBC_PWD_BUFFER_SIZE
  683. int "Buffer size for getpwnam() and friends"
  684. default 256
  685. range 12 1024
  686. help
  687. This sets the value of the buffer size for getpwnam() and friends.
  688. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  689. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
  690. parameter.
  691. config UCLIBC_GRP_BUFFER_SIZE
  692. int "Buffer size for getgrnam() and friends"
  693. default 256
  694. range 12 1024
  695. help
  696. This sets the value of the buffer size for getgrnam() and friends.
  697. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  698. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX
  699. parameter.
  700. comment "Support various families of functions"
  701. config UCLIBC_LINUX_MODULE_24
  702. bool "Linux kernel module functions"
  703. default !(TARGET_bfin)
  704. help
  705. create_module, query_module
  706. are used in linux (prior to 2.6) for loadable kernel modules.
  707. Say N if you do not use kernel modules, or you only support
  708. Linux 2.6+.
  709. config UCLIBC_LINUX_SPECIFIC
  710. bool "Linux specific functions"
  711. default y
  712. help
  713. capget(), capset(), fstatfs(), inotify_*(), ioperm(), iopl(),
  714. madvise(), modify_ldt(), personality(), prctl()/arch_prctl(),
  715. ppoll(), readahead(), reboot(), remap_file_pages(),
  716. sched_getaffinity(), sched_setaffinity(), sendfile(),
  717. setfsgid(), setfsuid(), setresuid(),
  718. splice(), vmsplice(), tee(), signalfd(), swapoff(), swapon(),
  719. sync_file_range(), sysctl(), sysinfo(), vhangup()
  720. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_ERROR
  721. bool "Support GNU extensions for error-reporting"
  722. default y
  723. help
  724. Support for the GNU-specific error(), error_at_line(),
  725. void (* error_print_progname)(), error_message_count
  726. functions and variables. Some GNU packages
  727. utilize these for extra useful output, but in general
  728. are not required.
  729. If unsure, just answer N.
  730. config UCLIBC_BSD_SPECIFIC
  731. bool "BSD specific functions"
  732. default y
  733. help
  734. mincore(), getdomainname(), setdomainname()
  735. If unsure, say N.
  736. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_ERR
  737. bool "BSD err functions"
  738. default y
  739. help
  740. These functions are non-standard BSD extensions.
  741. err(), errx(), warn(), warnx(), verr(), verrx(), vwarn(), vwarnx()
  742. If unsure, say N.
  743. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_BSD_SIGNAL
  744. bool "BSD obsolete signal functions"
  745. default n
  746. help
  747. These functions are provided as a compatibility interface for
  748. programs that make use of the historical System V signal API.
  749. This API is obsolete:
  750. new applications should use the POSIX signal API (sigaction(2),
  751. sigprocmask(2), etc.).
  752. Affected functions:
  753. sigset(), sighold(), sigrelse(), sigignore()
  754. If unsure, say N.
  755. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_SYSV_SIGNAL
  756. bool "SYSV obsolete signal functions"
  757. default n
  758. help
  759. Use of sysv_signal() should be avoided; use sigaction(2) instead.
  760. If unsure, say N.
  761. config UCLIBC_NTP_LEGACY
  762. bool "ntp_*() aliases"
  763. default n
  764. help
  765. Provide legacy aliases for ntp functions:
  766. ntp_adjtime(), ntp_gettime()
  767. It is safe to say N here.
  768. config UCLIBC_SV4_DEPRECATED
  769. bool "Enable SVr4 deprecated functions"
  770. default n
  771. help
  772. These functions are DEPRECATED in System V release 4.
  773. Say N unless you desparately need one of the functions below:
  774. ustat() [use statfs(2) in your code instead]
  775. config UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  776. bool "Realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  777. default y
  778. help
  779. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  780. be available on all implementations.
  781. Includes AIO, message-queue, scheduler, semaphore functions:
  782. aio.h
  783. mqueue.h
  784. sched.h
  785. semaphore.h
  786. aio_cancel()
  787. aio_error()
  788. aio_fsync()
  789. aio_read()
  790. lio_listio()
  791. aio_return()
  792. aio_suspend()
  793. aio_write()
  794. clock_getres(), clock_gettime(), clock_settime()
  795. fdatasync()
  796. mlockall(), munlockall()
  797. mlock(), munlock()
  798. mq_close()
  799. mq_getattr()
  800. mq_notify()
  801. mq_open()
  802. mq_receive()
  803. mq_send()
  804. mq_setattr()
  805. mq_unlink()
  806. nanosleep()
  807. sched_getparam()
  808. sched_get_priority_max(), sched_get_priority_min()
  809. sched_getscheduler()
  810. sched_rr_get_interval()
  811. sched_setparam()
  812. sched_setscheduler()
  813. sem_close()
  814. sem_destroy()
  815. sem_getvalue()
  816. sem_init()
  817. sem_open()
  818. sem_post()
  819. sem_trywait(), sem_wait()
  820. sem_unlink()
  821. sigqueue()
  822. sigtimedwait(), sigwaitinfo()
  823. timer_create()
  824. timer_delete()
  825. timer_getoverrun(), timer_gettime(), timer_settime()
  826. config UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME
  827. bool "Advanced realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  828. default y
  829. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  830. help
  831. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  832. be available on all implementations.
  833. clock_getcpuclockid()
  834. clock_nanosleep()
  835. mq_timedreceive()
  836. mq_timedsend()
  837. posix_fadvise()
  838. posix_fallocate()
  839. posix_madvise()
  840. posix_memalign()
  841. posix_mem_offset()
  842. posix_spawnattr_destroy(), posix_spawnattr_init()
  843. posix_spawnattr_getflags(), posix_spawnattr_setflags()
  844. posix_spawnattr_getpgroup(), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup()
  845. posix_spawnattr_getschedparam(), posix_spawnattr_setschedparam()
  846. posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy(), posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy()
  847. posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault(), posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault()
  848. posix_spawnattr_getsigmask(), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask()
  849. posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose()
  850. posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()
  851. posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen()
  852. posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy()
  853. posix_spawn_file_actions_init()
  854. posix_spawn()
  855. posix_spawnp()
  856. posix_typed_mem_get_info()
  857. pthread_mutex_timedlock()
  858. sem_timedwait()
  859. #config UCLIBC_HAS_TERMIOS
  860. # bool "termios functions"
  861. # default y
  862. # help
  863. # Get and set terminal attributes, line control, get and set baud
  864. # rate.
  865. # termios(), tcgetattr(), tcsetattr(), tcsendbreak(), tcdrain(),
  866. # tcflush(), tcflow(), cfmakeraw(), cfgetospeed(), cfgetispeed(),
  867. # cfsetispeed(), cfsetospeed(), cfsetspeed()
  868. #
  869. # If unsure, say Y.
  870. config UCLIBC_HAS_EPOLL
  871. bool "epoll"
  872. default y
  873. help
  874. epoll_create(), epoll_ctl(), epoll_wait() functions.
  875. config UCLIBC_HAS_XATTR
  876. bool "Extended Attributes"
  877. default y
  878. help
  879. Extended Attributes support.
  880. setxattr()
  881. lsetxattr()
  882. fsetxattr()
  883. getxattr()
  884. lgetxattr()
  885. fgetxattr()
  886. listxattr()
  887. llistxattr()
  888. flistxattr()
  889. removexattr()
  890. lremovexattr()
  891. fremovexattr()
  892. Say N unless you need support for extended attributes and the
  893. filesystems do actually support them.
  894. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROFILING
  895. bool "Profiling support"
  896. default y
  897. help
  898. gcc's -finstrument-functions needs these.
  899. Most people can safely answer N.
  900. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  901. bool "libcrypt support"
  902. default y
  903. help
  904. libcrypt contains crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  905. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  906. bool "libcrypt stubs"
  907. default y
  908. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  909. help
  910. Standards mandate that crypt(3) provides a stub if it is unavailable.
  911. If you enable this option then stubs for
  912. crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  913. will be provided in a small libcrypt.
  914. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT
  915. def_bool y
  916. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL || UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  917. endmenu
  918. menuconfig UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  919. bool "Networking Support"
  920. default y
  921. help
  922. Say N here if you do not need network support.
  923. if UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  924. config UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  925. bool "Socket support"
  926. default y
  927. help
  928. If you want to include support for sockets then answer Y.
  929. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4
  930. bool "IP version 4 support"
  931. default y
  932. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  933. help
  934. If you want to include support for the Internet Protocol
  935. (IP version 4) then answer Y.
  936. Most people will say Y.
  937. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  938. bool "IP version 6 support"
  939. default n
  940. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  941. help
  942. If you want to include support for the next version of the Internet
  943. Protocol (IP version 6) then answer Y.
  944. Most people should answer N.
  945. config UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  946. bool "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support"
  947. default n
  948. # RPC+socket-ipvX doesn't currently work.
  949. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4 || UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  950. help
  951. If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
  952. for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use
  953. NFS, you can probably leave this set to N and save some space.
  954. If you need to use NFS then you should answer Y.
  955. config UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC
  956. bool "Full RPC support"
  957. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  958. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  959. help
  960. Normally we enable just enough RPC support for things like rshd and
  961. nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
  962. then enable this option. Most people can safely answer N.
  963. config UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC
  964. bool "Reentrant RPC support"
  965. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  966. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  967. help
  968. Most packages utilize the normal (non-reentrant) RPC functions, but
  969. some (like exportfs from nfs-utils) need these reentrant versions.
  970. Most people can safely answer N.
  971. config UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  972. bool "Use netlink to query interfaces"
  973. default n
  974. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  975. help
  976. In newer versions of Linux (2.4.17+), support was added for querying
  977. network device information via netlink rather than the old style
  978. ioctl's. Most of the time, the older ioctl style is sufficient (and
  979. it is smaller than netlink), but if you find that not all of your
  980. devices are being returned by the if_nameindex() function, you will
  981. have to use the netlink implementation.
  982. Most people can safely answer N.
  983. config UCLIBC_SUPPORT_AI_ADDRCONFIG
  984. bool "Support the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag"
  985. depends on UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  986. default n
  987. help
  988. The implementation of AI_ADDRCONFIG is aligned with the glibc
  989. implementation using netlink to query interfaces to find both
  990. ipv4 and ipv6 support. This is only needed if an application uses
  991. the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag.
  992. Most people can safely answer N.
  993. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_RES_CLOSE
  994. bool "Support res_close() (bsd-compat)"
  995. default n
  996. help
  997. Answer Y if you desperately want to support BSD compatibility in
  998. the network code.
  999. Most people will say N.
  1000. config UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1001. bool "Use compatible but bloated _res"
  1002. default y
  1003. help
  1004. Answer Y if you build network utilities and they muck with resolver
  1005. internals a lot (_res global structure). uclibc does not use most
  1006. of _res.XXX fields, and with this option OFF they won't even exist.
  1007. Which will make e.g. dig build fail.
  1008. Answering N saves around 400 bytes in bss.
  1009. config UCLIBC_HAS_EXTRA_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1010. bool "Use extra compatible but extra bloated _res"
  1011. default n
  1012. help
  1013. Answer Y if selecting UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE is not enough.
  1014. As far as I can say, this should never be needed.
  1015. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBRESOLV_STUB
  1016. bool "Provide libresolv stub"
  1017. default n
  1018. help
  1019. Provide a dummy resolv library.
  1020. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB
  1021. bool "Provide libnsl stub"
  1022. default n
  1023. help
  1024. Provide a dummy nsl library.
  1025. endif
  1026. menu "String and Stdio Support"
  1027. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT
  1028. bool "Use faster (but larger) generic string functions"
  1029. default y
  1030. help
  1031. Answer Y to use the (tweaked) glibc generic string functions.
  1032. In general, they are faster (but 3-5K larger) than the base
  1033. uClibc string functions which are optimized solely for size.
  1034. Many people will answer Y.
  1035. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT
  1036. bool "Use arch-specific assembly string functions (where available)"
  1037. default y
  1038. help
  1039. Answer Y to use any archtecture-specific assembly language string
  1040. functions available for this target plaform.
  1041. Note that assembly implementations are not available for all string
  1042. functions, so some generic (written in C) string functions may
  1043. still be used.
  1044. These are small and fast, the only reason _not_ to say Y here is
  1045. for debugging purposes.
  1046. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1047. bool "Use Table Versions Of 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1048. default y
  1049. help
  1050. Answer Y to use table versions of the 'ctype.h' functions.
  1051. While the non-table versions are often smaller when building
  1052. statically linked apps, they work only in stub locale mode.
  1053. Most people will answer Y.
  1054. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED
  1055. bool "Support Signed Characters In 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1056. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1057. default y
  1058. help
  1059. Answer Y to enable support for passing signed char values to
  1060. the 'ctype.h' functions. ANSI/ISO C99 and SUSv3 specify that
  1061. these functions are only defined for unsigned char values and
  1062. EOF. However, glibc allows negative signed char values as well
  1063. in order to support 'broken old programs'.
  1064. Most people will answer Y.
  1065. choice
  1066. prompt "ctype argument checking"
  1067. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1068. default UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1069. help
  1070. Please select the invalid arg behavior you want for the 'ctype'
  1071. functions.
  1072. The 'ctype' functions are now implemented using table lookups, with
  1073. the arg being the index. This can result in incorrect memory accesses
  1074. or even segfaults for args outside of the allowed range.
  1075. NOTE: This only affects the 'ctype' _functions_. It does not affect
  1076. the macro implementations.
  1077. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1078. bool "Do not check -- unsafe"
  1079. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_CHECKED
  1080. bool "Detect and handle appropriately"
  1081. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_ENFORCED
  1082. bool "Issue a diagnostic and abort()"
  1083. endchoice
  1084. config UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1085. bool "Wide Character Support"
  1086. default n
  1087. help
  1088. Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
  1089. much larger. It is also currently required for locale support.
  1090. Most people will answer N.
  1091. config UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1092. bool "Locale Support"
  1093. select UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1094. select UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1095. default n
  1096. help
  1097. uClibc now has full ANSI/ISO C99 locale support (except for
  1098. wcsftime() and collating items in regex). Be aware that enabling
  1099. this option will make uClibc much larger.
  1100. Enabling UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE with the default set of supported locales
  1101. (169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for other codesets) will enlarge
  1102. uClibc by around 300k. You can reduce this size by building your own
  1103. custom set of locate data (see extra/locale/LOCALES for details).
  1104. uClibc's locale support is still under development. For example,
  1105. codesets using shift states are not currently supported. Support is
  1106. planned in the next iteration of locale support.
  1107. Answer Y to enable locale support. Most people will answer N.
  1108. choice
  1109. prompt "Locale data"
  1110. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1111. default UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1112. config UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1113. bool "All locales"
  1114. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1115. help
  1116. This builds all the locales that are available on your
  1117. host-box.
  1118. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1119. bool "Only selected locales"
  1120. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1121. help
  1122. If you do not need all locales that are available on your
  1123. host-box, then set this to 'Y'.
  1124. config UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1125. bool "Use Pre-generated Locale Data"
  1126. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1127. help
  1128. Use pre-built locale data.
  1129. Note that these pregenerated locales are sensitive to your
  1130. target architecture (endianess, bitcount).
  1131. Saying N here is highly recommended.
  1132. endchoice
  1133. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALES
  1134. string "locales to use"
  1135. depends on UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1136. default "en_US"
  1137. help
  1138. Space separated list of locales to use.
  1139. E.g.:
  1140. en_US en_GB de_AT
  1141. default:
  1142. en_US
  1143. config UCLIBC_DOWNLOAD_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1144. bool "Automagically Download the Pre-generated Locale Data (if necessary)"
  1145. depends on UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1146. default n
  1147. help
  1148. If you would like the build process to use 'wget' to automatically
  1149. download the pregenerated locale data, enable this option. Otherwise
  1150. you will need to obtain the locale data yourself from:
  1151. http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-locale-*.tgz
  1152. and place the uClibc-locale-*.tgz tarball in the extra/locale/
  1153. directory.
  1154. Note that the use of pregenerated locale data is discouraged.
  1155. config UCLIBC_HAS_XLOCALE
  1156. bool "Extended Locale Support (experimental/incomplete)"
  1157. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1158. default n
  1159. help
  1160. Answer Y to enable extended locale support similar to that provided
  1161. by glibc. This is primarily intended to support libstd++
  1162. functionality.
  1163. However, it also allows thread-specific locale selection via
  1164. uselocale().
  1165. Most people will answer N.
  1166. config UCLIBC_HAS_HEXADECIMAL_FLOATS
  1167. bool "Support hexadecimal float notation"
  1168. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1169. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1170. default n
  1171. help
  1172. Answer Y to enable support for hexadecimal float notation in the
  1173. (wchar and) char string to floating point conversion functions, as
  1174. well as support for the %a and %A conversion specifiers in the
  1175. *printf() and *scanf() functions.
  1176. Most people will answer N.
  1177. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1178. bool "Support glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing locale-specific digit grouping"
  1179. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1180. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1181. default n
  1182. help
  1183. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing
  1184. locale-specific digit grouping in base 10 integer conversions and
  1185. appropriate floating point conversions in the *printf() and *scanf()
  1186. functions.
  1187. Most people will answer N.
  1188. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_LENIENT_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1189. bool "Do not require digit grouping when the \"'\" flag is specified"
  1190. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1191. default y
  1192. help
  1193. Answer Y to make digit grouping optional when the \"'\" flag is
  1194. specified.
  1195. This is the standard glibc behavior. If the initial string of digits
  1196. exceeds the maximum group number, the input will be treated as a
  1197. normal non-grouped number.
  1198. Most people will answer N.
  1199. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_PRINTF
  1200. bool "Support glibc's register_printf_function() (glibc-compat)"
  1201. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1202. default n
  1203. help
  1204. Answer Y to support glibc's register_printf_function() to allow an
  1205. application to add its own printf conversion specifiers.
  1206. NOTE: Limits the number or registered specifiers to 10.
  1207. NOTE: Requires new conversion specifiers to be ASCII
  1208. characters (0-0x7f). This is to avoid problems with processing
  1209. format strings in locales with different multibyte conversions.
  1210. Most people will answer N.
  1211. config USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1212. bool "Use the old vfprintf implementation"
  1213. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1214. default n
  1215. help
  1216. Set to true to use the old vfprintf instead of the new. This is
  1217. roughly C89 compliant with some extensions, and is much smaller.
  1218. However, it does not support wide chars, positional args, or glibc
  1219. custom printf specifiers.
  1220. Most people will answer N.
  1221. config UCLIBC_PRINTF_SCANF_POSITIONAL_ARGS
  1222. int "Maximum number of positional args. Either 0 or >= 9."
  1223. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1224. default 9
  1225. help
  1226. Set the maximum number of positional args supported by the
  1227. printf/scanf functions. The Single Unix Specification Version 3
  1228. requires a minimum value of 9. Setting this to a value lower than
  1229. 9 will disable positional arg support and cause the NL_ARGMAX macro
  1230. in limits.h to be #undef'd.
  1231. WARNING! The workspace to support positional args is currently
  1232. allocated on the stack. You probably don't want to set
  1233. this to too high a value.
  1234. Most people will answer 9.
  1235. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_GLIBC_A_FLAG
  1236. bool "Support glibc's 'a' flag for scanf string conversions (not implemented)"
  1237. default n
  1238. help
  1239. NOTE!!! Currently Not Implemented!!! Just A Place Holder!! NOTE!!!
  1240. NOTE!!! Conflicts with an ANSI/ISO C99 scanf flag!! NOTE!!!
  1241. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's 'a' flag for the scanf string
  1242. conversions '%s', '%[', '%ls', '%l[', and '%S'. This is used to
  1243. auto-allocate sufficient memory to hold the data retrieved.
  1244. Most people will answer N.
  1245. choice
  1246. prompt "Stdio buffer size"
  1247. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1248. help
  1249. Please select a value for BUFSIZ. This will be used by the
  1250. stdio subsystem as the default buffer size for a file, and
  1251. affects fopen(), setvbuf(), etc.
  1252. NOTE: Setting this to 'none' will disable buffering completely.
  1253. However, BUFSIZ will still be defined in stdio.h as 256 because
  1254. many applications use this value.
  1255. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1256. bool "none (WARNING - BUFSIZ will be 256 in stdio.h)"
  1257. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1258. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_256
  1259. bool "256 (minimum ANSI/ISO C99 value)"
  1260. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_512
  1261. bool "512"
  1262. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_1024
  1263. bool "1024"
  1264. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_2048
  1265. bool "2048"
  1266. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1267. bool "4096"
  1268. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_8192
  1269. bool "8192"
  1270. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1271. endchoice
  1272. choice
  1273. prompt "Stdio builtin buffer size (uClibc-specific)"
  1274. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1275. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1276. help
  1277. When a FILE is created with fopen(), an attempt is made to allocate
  1278. a BUFSIZ buffer for it. If the allocation fails, fopen() will still
  1279. succeed but the FILE will be unbuffered.
  1280. This option adds a small amount of space to each FILE to act as an
  1281. emergency buffer in the event of a buffer allocation failure.
  1282. Most people will answer None.
  1283. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1284. bool "None"
  1285. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_4
  1286. bool "4"
  1287. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_8
  1288. bool "8"
  1289. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1290. endchoice
  1291. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_SHUTDOWN_ON_ABORT
  1292. bool "Attempt to shutdown stdio subsystem when abort() is called."
  1293. default n
  1294. help
  1295. ANSI/ISO C99 requires abort() to be asyn-signal-safe. So there was
  1296. a behavioral change made in SUSv3. Previously, abort() was required
  1297. to have the affect of fclose() on all open streams. The wording has
  1298. been changed to "may" from "shall".
  1299. Most people will answer N.
  1300. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_GETC_MACRO
  1301. bool "Provide a macro version of getc()"
  1302. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1303. default y
  1304. help
  1305. Provide a macro version of getc().
  1306. Most people will answer Y.
  1307. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_PUTC_MACRO
  1308. bool "Provide a macro version of putc()"
  1309. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1310. default y
  1311. help
  1312. Provide a macro version of putc().
  1313. Most people will answer Y.
  1314. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_AUTO_RW_TRANSITION
  1315. bool "Support auto-r/w transition"
  1316. default y
  1317. help
  1318. Answer Y to enable the stdio subsystem to automaticly transition
  1319. between reading and writing. This relaxes the ANSI/ISO C99
  1320. requirement:
  1321. When a file is opened with update mode ('+' as the second or third
  1322. character in the list of mode argument values), both input and output
  1323. may be performed on the associated stream. However, output shall not
  1324. be directly followed by input without an intervening call to the
  1325. fflush function or to a file positioning function (fseek, fsetpos,
  1326. or rewind), and input shall not be directly followed by output without
  1327. an intervening call to a file positioning function, unless the input
  1328. operation encounters end­of­file.
  1329. Most people will answer Y.
  1330. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_LARGEFILE_MODE
  1331. bool "Support an fopen() 'F' flag for large file mode (uClibc-specific)"
  1332. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  1333. default n
  1334. help
  1335. Answer Y to enable a uClibc-specific extension to allow passing an
  1336. additional 'F' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1337. the file should be open()ed with the O_LARGEFILE flag set.
  1338. Most people will answer N.
  1339. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE
  1340. bool "Support an fopen() 'x' flag for exclusive mode (glibc-compat)"
  1341. default n
  1342. help
  1343. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to allow passing
  1344. additional 'x' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1345. the file should be open()ed with the O_EXCL flag set.
  1346. Most people will answer N.
  1347. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_STREAMS
  1348. bool "Support fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie() (glibc-compat)"
  1349. default n
  1350. help
  1351. Answer Y to support the glibc 'custom stream' extension functions
  1352. fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie().
  1353. NOTE: There are some minor differences regarding seeking behavior.
  1354. Most people will answer N.
  1355. config UCLIBC_HAS_PRINTF_M_SPEC
  1356. bool "Support the '%m' specifier in printf format strings (glibc-compat)"
  1357. default n
  1358. help
  1359. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to interpret '%m' in printf
  1360. format strings as an instruction to output the error message string
  1361. (as generated by strerror) corresponding to the current value of
  1362. 'errno'.
  1363. Most people will answer N.
  1364. config UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1365. bool "Include the errno message text in the library"
  1366. default y
  1367. help
  1368. Answer Y if you want to include the errno message text in the
  1369. library. This adds about 3K to the library, but enables strerror()
  1370. to generate text other than 'Unknown error <number>'.
  1371. Most people will answer Y.
  1372. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_ERRLIST
  1373. bool "Support sys_errlist[] (obsolete-compat)"
  1374. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1375. default n
  1376. help
  1377. Answer Y if you want to support the obsolete sys_errlist[].
  1378. This adds about 0.5k to the library, except for the mips
  1379. arch where it adds over 4K.
  1380. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_errlist[] may be unavailable
  1381. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1382. altogether.
  1383. Most people will answer N.
  1384. Application writers: use the strerror(3) function.
  1385. config UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1386. bool "Include the signum message text in the library"
  1387. default y
  1388. help
  1389. Answer Y if you want to include the signum message text in the
  1390. library. This adds about 0.5K to the library, but enables strsignal()
  1391. to generate text other than 'Unknown signal <number>'.
  1392. Most people will answer Y.
  1393. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_SIGLIST
  1394. bool "Support sys_siglist[] (bsd-compat)"
  1395. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1396. default n
  1397. help
  1398. Answer Y if you want to support sys_siglist[].
  1399. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_siglist[] may be unavailable
  1400. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1401. altogether.
  1402. Most people will answer N.
  1403. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETTEXT_AWARENESS
  1404. bool "Include gettext awareness"
  1405. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE && UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1406. default n
  1407. help
  1408. NOTE!!! Not yet integrated with strerror and strsignal. NOTE!!!
  1409. Answer Y if you want to include weak stub gettext support and
  1410. make the *strerror*() and strsignal() functions gettext-aware.
  1411. Currently, to get functional gettext functionality you will need
  1412. to use gnu gettext.
  1413. Most people will answer N.
  1414. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1415. bool "Support gnu getopt"
  1416. default y
  1417. help
  1418. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu getopt() instead of a
  1419. (much smaller) SUSv3 compatible getopt().
  1420. Most people will answer Y.
  1421. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_FUTEXES
  1422. bool "Use futexes for multithreaded I/O locking"
  1423. default n
  1424. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  1425. help
  1426. If you want to compile uClibc to use futexes for low-level
  1427. I/O locking, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  1428. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETOPT_LONG
  1429. bool "Support getopt_long/getopt_long_only"
  1430. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1431. default y
  1432. help
  1433. Answer Y if you want to include getopt_long[_only() used by many
  1434. apps, even busybox.
  1435. Most people will answer Y.
  1436. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETSUBOPT
  1437. bool "Support glibc getsubopt"
  1438. default y
  1439. help
  1440. Answer Y if you want to include glibc getsubopt() instead of a
  1441. smaller SUSv3 compatible getsubopt().
  1442. Most people will answer Y.
  1443. endmenu
  1444. menu "Big and Tall"
  1445. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1446. bool "Regular Expression Support"
  1447. default y
  1448. help
  1449. POSIX regular expression code is really big -- 53k all by itself.
  1450. If you don't use regular expressions, turn this off and save space.
  1451. Of course, if you only statically link, leave this on, since it will
  1452. only be included in your apps if you use regular expressions.
  1453. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX_OLD
  1454. bool "Use the older (stable) regular expression code"
  1455. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1456. default y
  1457. help
  1458. There are two versions of regex. The older (stable) version has
  1459. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1460. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1461. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1462. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1463. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1464. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1465. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1466. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1467. bool "fnmatch Support"
  1468. default y
  1469. help
  1470. POSIX fnmatch.
  1471. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH_OLD
  1472. bool "Use the older (stable) fnmatch code"
  1473. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1474. default y
  1475. help
  1476. There are two versions of fnmatch. The older (stable) version has
  1477. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1478. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1479. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1480. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1481. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1482. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1483. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1484. config UCLIBC_HAS_WORDEXP
  1485. bool "Support the wordexp() interface"
  1486. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1487. default n
  1488. help
  1489. The SuSv3 wordexp() interface performs word expansions per the Shell
  1490. and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.6. It is
  1491. intended for use by applications that want to implement all of the
  1492. standard Bourne shell expansions on input data.
  1493. This interface is rarely used, and very large. Unless you have a
  1494. pressing need for wordexp(), you should probably answer N.
  1495. config UCLIBC_HAS_NFTW
  1496. bool "Support the nftw() interface"
  1497. default n
  1498. help
  1499. The SuSv3 nftw() interface is used to recursively descend
  1500. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1501. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1502. a pressing need for nftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1503. config UCLIBC_HAS_FTW
  1504. bool "Support the ftw() interface"
  1505. default n
  1506. depends on UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  1507. help
  1508. The SuSv3 ftw() interface is used to recursively descend
  1509. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1510. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1511. a pressing need for ftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1512. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1513. bool "Support the glob() interface"
  1514. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1515. default y
  1516. help
  1517. The glob interface is somewhat large (weighing in at about 2,5k). It
  1518. is used fairly often, but is an option since people wanting to go for
  1519. absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
  1520. Most people will answer Y.
  1521. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GLOB
  1522. bool "Support gnu glob() interface"
  1523. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1524. default n
  1525. help
  1526. The gnu glob interface is somewhat larger (weighing in at about 4,2k)
  1527. than it's SuSv3 counterpart (and is out of date). It is an old copy
  1528. from glibc and does not support all the GNU specific options.
  1529. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu glob() instead of the smaller
  1530. SUSv3 compatible glob().
  1531. Most people will answer N.
  1532. endmenu
  1533. menu "Library Installation Options"
  1534. config SHARED_LIB_LOADER_PREFIX
  1535. string "Shared library loader path"
  1536. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1537. default "$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)lib"
  1538. help
  1539. When using shared libraries, this path is the location where the
  1540. shared library will be invoked. This value will be compiled into
  1541. every binary compiled with uClibc.
  1542. For a typical target system this should be set to "/lib", such that
  1543. 'make install' will install /lib/ld-uClibc.so.0.
  1544. BIG FAT WARNING:
  1545. If you do not have a shared library loader with the correct name
  1546. sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
  1547. run.
  1548. config RUNTIME_PREFIX
  1549. string "uClibc runtime library directory"
  1550. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/"
  1551. help
  1552. RUNTIME_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc runtime
  1553. libraries will be installed. The result will look something
  1554. like the following:
  1555. $(RUNTIME_PREFIX)/
  1556. lib/ <contains all runtime libraries>
  1557. usr/bin/ldd <the ldd utility program>
  1558. sbin/ldconfig <the ldconfig utility program>
  1559. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target. Since this
  1560. directory is compiled into the shared library loader, you will need to
  1561. recompile uClibc if you change this value...
  1562. For a typical target system this should be set to "/", such that
  1563. 'make install' will install /lib/libuClibc-<VERSION>.so
  1564. config DEVEL_PREFIX
  1565. string "uClibc development environment directory"
  1566. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/usr/"
  1567. help
  1568. DEVEL_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc development
  1569. environment will be installed. The result will look something
  1570. like the following:
  1571. $(DEVEL_PREFIX)/
  1572. lib/ <contains static libs>
  1573. include/ <Where all the header files go>
  1574. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target when
  1575. installing a uClibc development environment.
  1576. For a typical target system this should be set to "/usr", such that
  1577. 'make install' will install /usr/include/<header files>.
  1578. config HARDWIRED_ABSPATH
  1579. bool "Hardwire absolute paths into linker scripts"
  1580. default y
  1581. help
  1582. This prepends absolute paths to the libraries mentioned in linker
  1583. scripts such as libc.so.
  1584. This is a build time optimization. It has no impact on dynamic
  1585. linking at runtime, which doesn't use linker scripts.
  1586. You must disable this to use uClibc with old non-sysroot toolchains,
  1587. such as the prebuilt binary cross compilers at:
  1588. http://uclibc.org/downloads/binaries
  1589. The amount of time saved by this optimization is actually too small to
  1590. measure. The linker just had to search the library path to find the
  1591. linker script, so the dentries are cache hot if it has to search the
  1592. same path again. But it's what glibc does, so we do it too.
  1593. endmenu
  1594. menu "Security options"
  1595. config UCLIBC_BUILD_PIE
  1596. bool "Build utilities as ET_DYN/PIE executables"
  1597. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1598. depends on TARGET_arm || TARGET_frv || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc
  1599. select FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  1600. default n
  1601. help
  1602. If you answer Y here, ldd and iconv are built as ET_DYN/PIE
  1603. executables.
  1604. It requires gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.15 (for arm 2.16) or later.
  1605. More about ET_DYN/PIE binaries on <http://pax.grsecurity.net/> .
  1606. WARNING: This option also enables FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS, so
  1607. all libraries have to be built with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  1608. assembler functions must be written as position independent
  1609. code (PIC).
  1610. config UCLIBC_HAS_ARC4RANDOM
  1611. bool "Include the arc4random() function"
  1612. default n
  1613. help
  1614. Answer Y to support the OpenBSD-like arc4random() function. This
  1615. function picks a random number between 0 and N, and will always return
  1616. something even if the random driver is dead. If urandom fails then
  1617. gettimeofday(2) will be used as the random seed. This function is
  1618. designed to be more dependable than invoking /dev/urandom directly.
  1619. OpenSSL and OpenNTPD currently support this function.
  1620. Most people will answer N.
  1621. config HAVE_NO_SSP
  1622. bool
  1623. default n
  1624. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1625. bool "Support for GCC stack smashing protector"
  1626. depends on !HAVE_NO_SSP
  1627. default n
  1628. help
  1629. Add code to support GCC's -fstack-protector[-all] option to uClibc.
  1630. This requires GCC 4.1 or newer. GCC does not have to provide libssp,
  1631. the needed functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1632. GCC's stack protector is a reimplementation of IBM's propolice.
  1633. See http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/ and
  1634. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ssp.txt
  1635. for details.
  1636. Note that NOEXECSTACK on a kernel with address space randomization
  1637. is generally sufficient to prevent most buffer overflow exploits
  1638. without increasing code size. This option essentially adds debugging
  1639. code to catch them.
  1640. Most people will answer N.
  1641. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT
  1642. bool "Support for gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector"
  1643. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1644. default n
  1645. help
  1646. Add gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector to the library.
  1647. This requires a patched version of GCC, supporting the
  1648. -fstack-protector[-all] options, with the __guard and
  1649. __stack_smash_handler functions removed from libgcc.
  1650. These functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1651. More information at:
  1652. <http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/>
  1653. Most people will answer N.
  1654. config SSP_QUICK_CANARY
  1655. bool "Use simple guard values without accessing /dev/urandom"
  1656. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1657. default n
  1658. help
  1659. Use gettimeofday(2) to define the __guard without accessing
  1660. /dev/urandom.
  1661. WARNING: This makes smashing stack protector vulnerable to timing
  1662. attacks.
  1663. Most people will answer N.
  1664. choice
  1665. prompt "Propolice protection blocking signal"
  1666. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1667. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT if ! DODEBUG
  1668. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV if DODEBUG
  1669. help
  1670. "abort" use SIGABRT to block offending programs.
  1671. This is the default implementation.
  1672. "segfault" use SIGSEGV to block offending programs.
  1673. Use this for debugging.
  1674. If unsure, answer "abort".
  1675. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT
  1676. bool "abort"
  1677. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV
  1678. bool "segfault"
  1679. endchoice
  1680. config UCLIBC_BUILD_SSP
  1681. bool "Build uClibc with -fstack-protector"
  1682. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1683. default n
  1684. help
  1685. Build all uClibc libraries and executables with -fstack-protector,
  1686. adding extra stack overflow checking to most uClibc functions.
  1687. config UCLIBC_BUILD_RELRO
  1688. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z RELRO"
  1689. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1690. default y
  1691. help
  1692. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z relro".
  1693. This tells the linker to mark chunks of an executable or shared
  1694. library read-only after applying dynamic relocations. (This comes
  1695. up when a global const variable is initialized to the address of a
  1696. function or the value of another global variable.)
  1697. This is a fairly obscure option the ld man page doesn't even bother
  1698. to document properly. It's a security paranoia issue that's more
  1699. likely to consume memory (by allocating an extra page) rather than
  1700. save it.
  1701. This is explained in more depth at
  1702. http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/189
  1703. Nobody is likely to care whether you say Y or N here.
  1704. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOW
  1705. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z NOW"
  1706. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1707. default n
  1708. help
  1709. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z now".
  1710. This tells the linker to resolve all symbols when the library is
  1711. first loaded, rather than when each function is first called. This
  1712. increases start-up latency by a few microseconds and may do
  1713. unnecessary work (resolving symbols that are never used), but the
  1714. realtime people like it for making microbenchmark timings slightly
  1715. more predictable and in some cases it can be slightly faster due to
  1716. CPU cache behavior (not having to fault the linker back in to do
  1717. lazy symbol resolution).
  1718. Most people can't tell the difference between selecting Y or N here.
  1719. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOEXECSTACK
  1720. bool "Build uClibc with noexecstack marking"
  1721. default y
  1722. help
  1723. Mark all assembler files as noexecstack, which will mark uClibc
  1724. as not requiring an executable stack. (This doesn't prevent other
  1725. files you link against from claiming to need an executable stack, it
  1726. just won't cause uClibc to request it unnecessarily.)
  1727. This is a security thing to make buffer overflows harder to exploit.
  1728. By itself, it's kind of useless, as Linus Torvalds explained in 1998:
  1729. http://old.lwn.net/1998/0806/a/linus-noexec.html
  1730. It only actually provides any security when combined with address
  1731. space randomization, explained here: http://lwn.net/Articles/121845/
  1732. Address space randomization is on by default in current linux
  1733. kernels (although it can be disabled using the option
  1734. CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK).
  1735. You should probably say Y.
  1736. endmenu
  1737. menu "uClibc development/debugging options"
  1738. config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
  1739. string "Cross-compiling toolchain prefix"
  1740. default ""
  1741. help
  1742. The prefix used to execute your cross-compiling toolchain. For
  1743. example, if you run 'arm-linux-uclibc-gcc' to compile something,
  1744. then enter 'arm-linux-uclibc-' here.
  1745. config UCLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
  1746. string "Enter any extra CFLAGS to use to build uClibc"
  1747. default ""
  1748. help
  1749. Add any additional CFLAGS to be used to build uClibc.
  1750. config DODEBUG
  1751. bool "Build uClibc with debugging symbols"
  1752. default n
  1753. select EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1754. help
  1755. Say Y here if you wish to compile uClibc with debugging symbols.
  1756. This will allow you to use a debugger to examine uClibc internals
  1757. while applications are running. This increases the size of the
  1758. library considerably and should only be used when doing development.
  1759. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc, answer Y.
  1760. Otherwise, answer N.
  1761. config DODEBUG_PT
  1762. bool "Build pthread with debugging output"
  1763. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS && LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  1764. default n
  1765. help
  1766. Enable debug output in libpthread. This is only useful when doing
  1767. development in libpthread itself.
  1768. Otherwise, answer N.
  1769. config DOSTRIP
  1770. bool "Strip libraries and executables"
  1771. default y
  1772. depends on !DODEBUG
  1773. help
  1774. Say Y here if you do wish to strip all uClibc libraries and
  1775. executables. No stripping increases the size of the binaries
  1776. considerably, but makes it possible to debug uClibc libraries.
  1777. Most people will answer Y.
  1778. config DOASSERTS
  1779. bool "Build uClibc with run-time assertion testing"
  1780. default n
  1781. help
  1782. Say Y here to include runtime assertion tests.
  1783. This enables runtime assertion testing in some code, which can
  1784. increase the size of the library and incur runtime overhead.
  1785. If you say N, then this testing will be disabled.
  1786. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG
  1787. bool "Build the shared library loader with debugging support"
  1788. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1789. default n
  1790. help
  1791. Answer Y here to enable all the extra code needed to debug the uClibc
  1792. native shared library loader. The level of debugging noise that is
  1793. generated depends on the LD_DEBUG environment variable... Just set
  1794. LD_DEBUG to something like: 'LD_DEBUG=token1,token2,.. prog' to
  1795. debug your application. Diagnostic messages will then be printed to
  1796. the stderr.
  1797. For now these debugging tokens are available:
  1798. detail provide more information for some options
  1799. move display copy processing
  1800. symbols display symbol table processing
  1801. reloc display relocation processing; detail shows the
  1802. relocation patch
  1803. nofixups never fixes up jump relocations
  1804. bindings displays the resolve processing (function calls);
  1805. detail shows the relocation patch
  1806. all Enable everything!
  1807. The additional environment variable:
  1808. LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=file
  1809. redirects the diagnostics to an output file created using
  1810. the specified name and the process id as a suffix.
  1811. An excellent start is simply:
  1812. $ LD_DEBUG=binding,move,symbols,reloc,detail ./appname
  1813. or to log everything to a file named 'logfile', try this
  1814. $ LD_DEBUG=all LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=logfile ./appname
  1815. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc's shared library
  1816. loader, answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1817. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG_EARLY
  1818. bool "Build the shared library loader with early debugging support"
  1819. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1820. default n
  1821. help
  1822. Answer Y here to if you find the uClibc shared library loader is
  1823. crashing or otherwise not working very early on. This is typical
  1824. only when starting a new port when you haven't figured out how to
  1825. properly get the values for argc, argv, environ, etc. This method
  1826. allows a degree of visibility into the very early shared library
  1827. loader initialization process. If you are doing development and want
  1828. to debug the uClibc shared library loader early initialization,
  1829. answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1830. config UCLIBC_MALLOC_DEBUGGING
  1831. bool "Build malloc with debugging support"
  1832. depends on MALLOC || MALLOC_STANDARD
  1833. default n
  1834. help
  1835. Answer Y here to compile extra debugging support code into malloc.
  1836. Malloc debugging output may then be enabled at runtime using the
  1837. MALLOC_DEBUG environment variable.
  1838. The value of MALLOC_DEBUG should be an integer, which is interpreted
  1839. as a bitmask with the following bits:
  1840. 1 - do extra consistency checking
  1841. 2 - output messages for malloc/free calls and OS
  1842. allocation calls
  1843. 4 - output messages for the `MMB' layer
  1844. 8 - output messages for internal malloc heap manipulation
  1845. calls
  1846. Because this increases the size of malloc appreciably (due to strings
  1847. etc), you should say N unless you need to debug a malloc problem.
  1848. config WARNINGS
  1849. string "Compiler Warnings"
  1850. default "-Wall"
  1851. help
  1852. Set this to the set of gcc warnings you wish to see while compiling.
  1853. config EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1854. bool "Enable extra annoying warnings"
  1855. default n
  1856. help
  1857. If you wish to build with extra warnings enabled, say Y here.
  1858. config DOMULTI
  1859. bool "Compile all sources at once into an object"
  1860. default n
  1861. help
  1862. Set this to compile all sources at once into an object (IMA).
  1863. This mode of compilation uses alot of memory but may produce
  1864. smaller binaries.
  1865. Note that you need a very recent GCC for this to work, like
  1866. gcc >= 4.3 plus eventually some patches.
  1867. If unsure, keep the default of N.
  1868. config UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1869. bool "Manuel's hidden warnings"
  1870. default n
  1871. help
  1872. Answer Y here to see all Manuel's personal notes, warnings, and todos.
  1873. Most people will answer N.
  1874. endmenu