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