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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"
  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 "" if CONFIG_GENERIC_386 || CONFIG_386
  171. default "i486" if CONFIG_486
  172. default "i586" if CONFIG_586 || CONFIG_586MMX
  173. default "i686" if TARGET_ARCH = "i386"
  174. default ""
  175. source "extra/Configs/Config.in.arch"
  176. endmenu
  177. menu "General Library Settings"
  178. config HAVE_NO_PIC
  179. bool
  180. default n
  181. config DOPIC
  182. bool "Generate only Position Independent Code (PIC)"
  183. default y
  184. depends on !HAVE_NO_PIC
  185. help
  186. If you wish to build all of uClibc as PIC objects, then answer Y here.
  187. If you are unsure, then you should answer N.
  188. config ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  189. bool
  190. default n
  191. config ARCH_HAS_NO_LDSO
  192. bool
  193. select ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  194. default n
  195. config HAVE_SHARED
  196. bool "Enable shared libraries"
  197. depends on !ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  198. default y
  199. help
  200. If you wish to build uClibc with support for shared libraries then
  201. answer Y here. If you only want to build uClibc as a static library,
  202. then answer N.
  203. config FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  204. bool "Only load shared libraries which can share their text segment"
  205. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  206. select DOPIC
  207. default n
  208. help
  209. If you answer Y here, the uClibc native shared library loader will
  210. only load shared libraries, which do not need to modify any
  211. non-writable segments. These libraries haven't set the DT_TEXTREL
  212. tag in the dynamic section (==> objdump).
  213. All your libraries must be compiled with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  214. assembler function must be written as position independent code (PIC).
  215. Enabling this option will make uClibc's shared library loader a
  216. little bit smaller and guarantee that no memory will be wasted by
  217. badly coded shared libraries.
  218. config LDSO_LDD_SUPPORT
  219. bool "Native 'ldd' support"
  220. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  221. default y
  222. help
  223. Enable all the code needed to support traditional ldd,
  224. which executes the shared library loader to resolve all dependencies
  225. and then provide a list of shared libraries that are required for an
  226. application to function. Disabling this option will make uClibc's
  227. shared library loader a little bit smaller.
  228. Most people will answer Y.
  229. config LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  230. bool "Enable library loader cache (ld.so.conf)"
  231. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  232. default y
  233. help
  234. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.conf, the shared library loader
  235. cache configuration file to support for non-standard library paths.
  236. After updating this file, it is necessary to run 'ldconfig' to update
  237. the /etc/ld.so.cache shared library loader cache file.
  238. config LDSO_PRELOAD_ENV_SUPPORT
  239. bool "Enable library loader LD_PRELOAD environment"
  240. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  241. default y
  242. help
  243. Enable this to make use of LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
  244. A whitespace-separated list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared
  245. libraries to be loaded before all others. This can be used to
  246. selectively override functions in other shared libraries. For
  247. set-user-ID/set-group-ID ELF binaries, only libraries in the standard
  248. search directories that are also set-user-ID will be loaded.
  249. config LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT
  250. bool "Enable library loader preload file (ld.so.preload)"
  251. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  252. default n
  253. help
  254. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.preload. This file contains a
  255. whitespace separated list of shared libraries to be loaded before
  256. the program.
  257. config LDSO_BASE_FILENAME
  258. string "Shared library loader naming prefix"
  259. depends on HAVE_SHARED && (LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT || LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT)
  260. default "ld.so"
  261. help
  262. If you wish to support both uClibc and glibc on the same system, it
  263. is necessary to set this to something other than "ld.so" to avoid
  264. conflicts with glibc, which also uses "ld.so". This prevents both
  265. libraries from using the same /etc/ld.so.* files. If you wish to
  266. support both uClibc and glibc on the same system then you should set
  267. this to "ld-uClibc.so".
  268. Most people will leave this set to the default of "ld.so".
  269. WARNING: Changing the default prefix could cause problems with
  270. binutils' ld !
  271. config LDSO_STANDALONE_SUPPORT
  272. bool "Dynamic linker stand-alone mode support"
  273. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  274. default n
  275. help
  276. The dynamic linker can be run either indirectly through running some
  277. dynamically linked program or library (in which case no command line
  278. options to the dynamic linker can be passed and, in the ELF case, the
  279. dynamic linker which is stored in the .interp section of the program
  280. is executed) or directly by running:
  281. /lib/ld-uClibc.so.* [OPTIONS] [PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS]]
  282. Stand-alone execution is a prerequisite for adding prelink
  283. capabilities to uClibc dynamic linker, as well useful for testing an
  284. updated version of the dynamic linker without breaking the system.
  285. config LDSO_PRELINK_SUPPORT
  286. bool "Dynamic linker prelink support"
  287. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  288. default n
  289. select LDSO_STANDALONE_SUPPORT
  290. help
  291. The dynamic linker can be used in stand-alone mode by the prelink tool
  292. for prelinking ELF shared libraries and binaries to speed up startup
  293. time. It also is able to load and handle prelinked libraries and
  294. binaries at runtime.
  295. config UCLIBC_STATIC_LDCONFIG
  296. bool "Link ldconfig statically"
  297. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  298. default y
  299. help
  300. Enable this option to statically link the ldconfig binary.
  301. Making ldconfig static can be beneficial if you have a library
  302. problem and need to use ldconfig to recover. Sometimes it is
  303. preferable to instead keep the size of the system down, in which
  304. case you should disable this option.
  305. config LDSO_RUNPATH
  306. bool "Enable ELF RUNPATH tag support"
  307. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  308. default y if LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  309. default n if !LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  310. help
  311. ELF's may have dynamic RPATH/RUNPATH tags. These tags list paths
  312. which extend the library search paths. They are really only useful
  313. if a package installs libraries in non standard locations and
  314. ld.so.conf support is disabled.
  315. Usage of RUNPATH tags is not too common, so disabling this feature
  316. should be safe for most people.
  317. config LDSO_SEARCH_INTERP_PATH
  318. bool "Add ldso path to lib search path"
  319. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  320. default y
  321. help
  322. The ldso is told where it is being executed from and can use that
  323. path to find related core libraries. This is useful by default,
  324. but can be annoying in a mixed development environment.
  325. i.e. if the ldso is run from /foo/boo/ldso.so, it will start its
  326. library search with /foo/boo/
  327. If unsure, simply say Y here.
  328. config UCLIBC_CTOR_DTOR
  329. bool "Support global constructors and destructors"
  330. default y
  331. help
  332. If you wish to build uClibc with support for global constructor
  333. (ctor) and global destructor (dtor) support, then answer Y here.
  334. When ctor/dtor support is enabled, binaries linked with uClibc must
  335. also be linked with crtbegin.o and crtend.o which are provided by gcc
  336. (the "*startfile:" and "*endfile:" settings in your gcc specs file
  337. may need to be adjusted to include these files). This support will
  338. also add a small amount of additional size to each binary compiled vs
  339. uClibc. If you will be using uClibc with C++, or if you need the gcc
  340. __attribute__((constructor)) and __attribute__((destructor)) to work,
  341. then you definitely want to answer Y here. If you don't need ctors
  342. or dtors and want your binaries to be as small as possible, then
  343. answer N.
  344. config LDSO_GNU_HASH_SUPPORT
  345. bool "Enable GNU hash style support"
  346. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  347. default n
  348. help
  349. Newest binutils support a new hash style named GNU-hash. The dynamic
  350. linker will use the new GNU-hash section (.gnu.hash) for symbol lookup
  351. if present into the ELF binaries, otherwise it will use the old SysV
  352. hash style (.hash). This ensures that it is completely backward
  353. compatible.
  354. Further, being the hash table implementation self-contained into each
  355. executable and shared libraries, objects with mixed hash style can
  356. peacefully coexist in the same process.
  357. If you want to use this new feature, answer Y
  358. choice
  359. prompt "Thread support"
  360. #default UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE if (TARGET_alpha || TARGET_arm || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc || TARGET_sh || TARGET_sh64)
  361. default HAS_NO_THREADS
  362. help
  363. If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
  364. This will increase the size of uClibc by adding a bunch of locking
  365. to critical data structures, and adding extra code to ensure that
  366. functions are properly reentrant.
  367. config HAS_NO_THREADS
  368. bool "none"
  369. help
  370. Disable thread support.
  371. config LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  372. bool "older (stable) version of linuxthreads"
  373. # linuxthreads and linuxthreads.old need nanosleep()
  374. select UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  375. help
  376. There are two versions of linuxthreads. The older (stable) version
  377. has been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  378. updates other than bugfixes.
  379. config LINUXTHREADS_NEW
  380. bool "slightly newer version of linuxthreads"
  381. help
  382. The new version has not been tested much, and lacks ports for arches
  383. which glibc does not support (like bfin/frv/etc...), but is based on
  384. the latest code from glibc, so it may be the only choice for the
  385. newer ports (like alpha/amd64/64bit arches and hppa).
  386. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  387. bool "Native POSIX Threading (NPTL)"
  388. select UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  389. select UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_FUTEXES
  390. # NPTL local:
  391. select EXTRA_WARNINGS
  392. # i386 has no lowlevellock support (yet) as opposed to i486 onward
  393. depends on !CONFIG_386
  394. help
  395. If you want to compile uClibc with NPTL support, then answer Y.
  396. IMPORTANT NOTE! NPTL requires a Linux 2.6 kernel, binutils
  397. at least version 2.16 and GCC with at least version 4.1.0. NPTL
  398. will not work with older versions of any above sources. If you
  399. ignore any of these guidelines, you do so at your own risk. Do
  400. not ask for help on any of the development mailing lists.
  401. !!!! WARNING !!!! BIG FAT WARNING !!!! REALLY BIG FAT WARNING !!!!
  402. This is experimental code and at times it may not even build and
  403. even if it does it might decide to do random damage. This code is
  404. potentially hazardous to your health and sanity. It will remain
  405. that way until further notice at which point this notice will
  406. disappear. Thank you for your support and for not smoking.
  407. endchoice
  408. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  409. def_bool y if !HAS_NO_THREADS
  410. config UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  411. bool "Thread-Local Storage"
  412. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  413. default n
  414. help
  415. If you want to enable TLS support then answer Y.
  416. This is fast an efficient way to store per-thread local data
  417. which is not on stack. It needs __thread support enabled in
  418. gcc.
  419. config PTHREADS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
  420. bool "Build pthreads debugging support"
  421. default n
  422. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  423. help
  424. Say Y here if you wish to be able to debug applications that use
  425. uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
  426. named libthread_db will be built. This library will be dlopen()'d
  427. by gdb and will allow gdb to debug the threads in your application.
  428. IMPORTANT NOTE! Because gdb must dlopen() the libthread_db library,
  429. you must compile gdb with uClibc in order for pthread debugging to
  430. work properly.
  431. If you are doing development and want to debug applications using
  432. uClibc's pthread library, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  433. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYSLOG
  434. bool "Syslog support"
  435. default y
  436. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  437. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  438. help
  439. Support sending messages to the system logger.
  440. This requires socket-support.
  441. config UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  442. bool "Large File Support"
  443. default y
  444. help
  445. If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
  446. (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
  447. if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
  448. support. Enabling this option will increase the size of uClibc.
  449. choice
  450. prompt "Malloc Implementation"
  451. default MALLOC if ! ARCH_USE_MMU
  452. default MALLOC_STANDARD if ARCH_USE_MMU
  453. config MALLOC
  454. bool "malloc"
  455. help
  456. "malloc" use mmap for all allocations and so works very well on
  457. MMU-less systems that do not support the brk() system call. It is
  458. pretty smart about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing
  459. memory wastage.
  460. This is the default for uClinux MMU-less systems.
  461. config MALLOC_SIMPLE
  462. bool "malloc-simple"
  463. help
  464. "malloc-simple" is trivially simple and slow as molasses. It
  465. was written from scratch for uClibc, and is the simplest possible
  466. (and therefore smallest) malloc implementation.
  467. This uses only the mmap() system call to allocate and free memory,
  468. and does not use the brk() system call at all, making it a fine
  469. choice for MMU-less systems with very limited memory. It's 100%
  470. standards compliant, thread safe, very small, and releases freed
  471. memory back to the OS immediately rather than keeping it in the
  472. process's heap for reallocation. It is also VERY SLOW.
  473. config MALLOC_STANDARD
  474. bool "malloc-standard"
  475. depends on ARCH_USE_MMU
  476. help
  477. "malloc-standard" is derived from the public domain dlmalloc
  478. implementation by Doug Lea. It is quite fast, and is pretty smart
  479. about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory
  480. wastage. This uses brk() for small allocations, while using mmap()
  481. for larger allocations. This is the default malloc implementation
  482. for uClibc.
  483. If unsure, answer "malloc-standard".
  484. endchoice
  485. config MALLOC_GLIBC_COMPAT
  486. bool "Malloc returns live pointer for malloc(0)"
  487. default n
  488. help
  489. The behavior of malloc(0) is listed as implementation-defined by
  490. SuSv3. Glibc returns a valid pointer to something, while uClibc
  491. normally returns NULL. I personally feel glibc's behavior is
  492. not particularly safe, and allows buggy applications to hide very
  493. serious problems.
  494. When this option is enabled, uClibc will act just like glibc, and
  495. return a live pointer when someone calls malloc(0). This pointer
  496. provides a malloc'ed area with a size of 1 byte. This feature is
  497. mostly useful when dealing with applications using autoconf's broken
  498. AC_FUNC_MALLOC macro (which redefines malloc as rpl_malloc if it
  499. does not detect glibc style returning-a-valid-pointer-for-malloc(0)
  500. behavior). Most people can safely answer N.
  501. config UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT
  502. bool "Dynamic atexit() Support"
  503. default y
  504. help
  505. When this option is enabled, uClibc will support an infinite number,
  506. of atexit() and on_exit() functions, limited only by your available
  507. memory. This can be important when uClibc is used with C++, since
  508. global destructors are implemented via atexit(), and it is quite
  509. possible to exceed the default number when this option is disabled.
  510. Enabling this option adds a few bytes, and more significantly makes
  511. atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
  512. static executables.
  513. Unless you use uClibc with C++, you should probably answer N.
  514. config COMPAT_ATEXIT
  515. bool "Old (visible) atexit Support"
  516. default n
  517. help
  518. Enable this option if you want to update from 0.9.28 to git/0.9.29,
  519. else you will be missing atexit() until you rebuild all apps.
  520. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY
  521. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY functions"
  522. default n
  523. #vfork,
  524. # h_errno
  525. # gethostbyaddr
  526. # gethostbyname
  527. help
  528. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY functions
  529. in the library, else they are replaced by SuSv3 proposed macros.
  530. Currently applies to:
  531. bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index, rindex, ftime,
  532. bsd_signal, (ecvt), (fcvt), gcvt, (getcontext),
  533. (getwd), (makecontext),
  534. mktemp, (pthread_attr_getstackaddr), (pthread_attr_setstackaddr),
  535. scalb, (setcontext), (swapcontext), ualarm, usleep,
  536. wcswcs.
  537. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  538. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY_MACROS
  539. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY macros"
  540. default n
  541. help
  542. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY macros.
  543. Currently applies to bcopy/bzero/bcmp/index/rindex et al.
  544. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  545. config UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  546. bool "Enable SuSv4 LEGACY or obsolescent functions"
  547. default n
  548. help
  549. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv4 LEGACY functions
  550. and macros in the library.
  551. Currently applies to:
  552. - XSI functions:
  553. _longjmp, _setjmp, _tolower, _toupper, ftw, getitimer,
  554. gettimeofday, isascii, pthread_getconcurrency,
  555. pthread_setconcurrency, setitimer, setpgrp, sighold,
  556. sigignore, sigpause, sigrelse, sigset, siginterrupt,
  557. tempnam, toascii, ulimit.
  558. - Base functions:
  559. asctime, asctime_r, ctime, ctime_r, gets, rand_r,
  560. tmpnam, utime.
  561. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  562. config UCLIBC_HAS_STUBS
  563. bool "Provide stubs for unavailable functionality"
  564. default n
  565. help
  566. With this option uClibc provides non-functional stubs for
  567. functions which are impossible to implement on the target
  568. architecture. Otherwise, such functions are simply omitted.
  569. As of 2008-07, this option makes uClibc provide fork() stub
  570. on NOMMU targets. It always sets errno to ENOSYS and returns -1.
  571. This may be useful if you port a lot of software and cannot
  572. audit all of it and replace or disable fork() usage.
  573. With this option, a program which uses fork() will build
  574. successfully. Of course, it may be useless if fork()
  575. is essential for its operation.
  576. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHADOW
  577. bool "Shadow Password Support"
  578. default y
  579. help
  580. Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
  581. Most people will answer Y.
  582. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  583. bool "Support for program_invocation_name"
  584. default n
  585. help
  586. Support for the GNU-specific program_invocation_name and
  587. program_invocation_short_name strings. Some GNU packages
  588. (like tar and coreutils) utilize these for extra useful
  589. output, but in general are not required.
  590. At startup, these external strings are automatically set
  591. up based on the value of ARGV[0].
  592. If unsure, just answer N.
  593. config UCLIBC_HAS___PROGNAME
  594. bool "Support for __progname"
  595. default y
  596. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  597. help
  598. Some packages (like openssh) like to peek into internal libc
  599. symbols to make their output a bit more user friendly.
  600. At startup, __progname is automatically set up based on the
  601. value of ARGV[0].
  602. If unsure, just answer N.
  603. config UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  604. bool "Support for pseudo-terminals"
  605. default y
  606. help
  607. This enables support for pseudo-terminals (see man 4 pts
  608. and man 7 pty).
  609. If unsure, just answer Y.
  610. config ASSUME_DEVPTS
  611. bool "Assume that /dev/pts is a devpts or devfs file system"
  612. default y
  613. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  614. help
  615. Enable this if /dev/pts is on a devpts or devfs filesystem. Both
  616. these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
  617. devices. You may need to mount your devpts or devfs filesystem on
  618. /dev/pts for this to work.
  619. Most people should answer Y.
  620. config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  621. bool "Support only Unix 98 PTYs"
  622. default y
  623. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  624. help
  625. If you want to support only Unix 98 PTYs enable this. Some older
  626. applications may need this disabled and will thus use legacy BSD
  627. style PTY handling which is more complex and also bigger than
  628. Unix 98 PTY handling.
  629. For most current programs, you can generally answer Y.
  630. if UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  631. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  632. bool "Support getpt() (glibc-compat)"
  633. default n
  634. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  635. help
  636. Some packages may need getpt().
  637. All of those are non-standard and can be considered
  638. GNU/libc compatibility.
  639. Either use posix_openpt() or just open /dev/ptmx yourself.
  640. If unsure, just say N.
  641. endif
  642. if !UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  643. # Have to use __libc_ptyname{1,2}[] and related bloat
  644. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  645. def_bool y
  646. endif
  647. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBUTIL
  648. bool "Provide libutil library and functions"
  649. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  650. default n
  651. help
  652. Provide a libutil library.
  653. This non-standard conforming library provides the following
  654. utility functions:
  655. forkpty(): combines openpty(), fork(2), and login_tty() to
  656. create a new process operating in a pseudo-terminal.
  657. login(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  658. login_tty(): prepares for a login on the tty fd by creating a
  659. new session, making fd the controlling terminal for
  660. the calling process, setting fd to be the standard
  661. input, output, and error streams of the current
  662. process, and closing fd.
  663. logout(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  664. logwtmp(): constructs a utmp structure and calls updwtmp() to
  665. append the structure to the utmp file.
  666. openpty(): finds an available pseudo-terminal and returns
  667. file descriptors for the master and slave
  668. This library adds about 3k-4k to your system.
  669. config UCLIBC_HAS_TM_EXTENSIONS
  670. bool "Support 'struct tm' timezone extension fields"
  671. default y
  672. help
  673. Enabling this option adds fields to 'struct tm' in time.h for
  674. tracking the number of seconds east of UTC, and an abbreviation for
  675. the current timezone. These fields are not specified by the SuSv3
  676. standard, but they are commonly used in both GNU and BSD application
  677. code.
  678. To strictly follow the SuSv3 standard, leave this disabled.
  679. Most people will probably want to answer Y.
  680. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_CACHING
  681. bool "Enable caching of the last valid timezone 'TZ' string"
  682. default y
  683. help
  684. Answer Y to enable caching of the last valid 'TZ' string describing
  685. the timezone setting. This allows a quick string compare to avoid
  686. repeated parsing of unchanged 'TZ' strings when tzset() is called.
  687. Most people will answer Y.
  688. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  689. bool "Enable '/etc/TZ' file support to set a default timezone (uClibc-specific)"
  690. default y
  691. help
  692. Answer Y to enable the setting of a default timezone for uClibc.
  693. Ordinarily, uClibc gets the timezone information exclusively from the
  694. 'TZ' environment variable. In particular, there is no support for
  695. the zoneinfo directory tree or the /etc/timezone file used by glibc.
  696. With this option enabled, uClibc will use the value stored in the
  697. file '/etc/TZ' (default path) to obtain timezone information if the
  698. 'TZ' environment variable is missing or has an invalid value. The
  699. file consists of a single line (newline required) of text describing
  700. the timezone in the format specified for the TZ environment variable.
  701. Doing 'echo CST6CDT > /etc/TZ' is enough to create a valid file.
  702. See
  703. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
  704. for details on valid settings of 'TZ'.
  705. Most people will answer Y.
  706. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE_READ_MANY
  707. bool "Repeatedly read the '/etc/TZ' file"
  708. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  709. default y
  710. help
  711. Answer Y to enable repeated reading of the '/etc/TZ' file even after
  712. a valid value has been read. This incurs the overhead of an
  713. open/read/close for each tzset() call (explicit or implied). However,
  714. setting this will allow applications to update their timezone
  715. information if the contents of the file change.
  716. Most people will answer Y.
  717. config UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH
  718. string "Path to the 'TZ' file for setting the global timezone"
  719. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  720. default "/etc/TZ"
  721. help
  722. This is the path to the 'TZ' file.
  723. Most people will use the default of '/etc/TZ'.
  724. config UCLIBC_FALLBACK_TO_ETC_LOCALTIME
  725. bool "Use /etc/localtime as a fallback"
  726. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  727. default y
  728. help
  729. Answer Y to try to use /etc/localtime file.
  730. On glibc systems this file (if it is in TZif2 format)
  731. contains timezone string at the end.
  732. Most people will answer Y.
  733. endmenu
  734. menu "Advanced Library Settings"
  735. config UCLIBC_PWD_BUFFER_SIZE
  736. int "Buffer size for getpwnam() and friends"
  737. default 256
  738. range 12 1024
  739. help
  740. This sets the value of the buffer size for getpwnam() and friends.
  741. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  742. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
  743. parameter.
  744. config UCLIBC_GRP_BUFFER_SIZE
  745. int "Buffer size for getgrnam() and friends"
  746. default 256
  747. range 12 1024
  748. help
  749. This sets the value of the buffer size for getgrnam() and friends.
  750. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  751. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX
  752. parameter.
  753. comment "Support various families of functions"
  754. config UCLIBC_LINUX_MODULE_24
  755. bool "Linux kernel module functions"
  756. default !(TARGET_bfin)
  757. help
  758. create_module, query_module
  759. are used in linux (prior to 2.6) for loadable kernel modules.
  760. Say N if you do not use kernel modules, or you only support
  761. Linux 2.6+.
  762. config UCLIBC_LINUX_SPECIFIC
  763. bool "Linux specific functions"
  764. default y
  765. help
  766. capget(), capset(), fstatfs(), inotify_*(), ioperm(), iopl(),
  767. madvise(), modify_ldt(), personality(), prctl()/arch_prctl(),
  768. ppoll(), readahead(), reboot(), remap_file_pages(),
  769. sched_getaffinity(), sched_setaffinity(), sendfile(),
  770. setfsgid(), setfsuid(), setresuid(),
  771. splice(), vmsplice(), tee(), signalfd(), swapoff(), swapon(),
  772. sync_file_range(), sysctl(), sysinfo(), vhangup()
  773. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_ERROR
  774. bool "Support GNU extensions for error-reporting"
  775. default y
  776. help
  777. Support for the GNU-specific error(), error_at_line(),
  778. void (* error_print_progname)(), error_message_count
  779. functions and variables. Some GNU packages
  780. utilize these for extra useful output, but in general
  781. are not required.
  782. If unsure, just answer N.
  783. config UCLIBC_BSD_SPECIFIC
  784. bool "BSD specific functions"
  785. default y
  786. help
  787. mincore(), getdomainname(), setdomainname()
  788. If unsure, say N.
  789. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_ERR
  790. bool "BSD err functions"
  791. default y
  792. help
  793. These functions are non-standard BSD extensions.
  794. err(), errx(), warn(), warnx(), verr(), verrx(), vwarn(), vwarnx()
  795. If unsure, say N.
  796. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_BSD_SIGNAL
  797. bool "BSD obsolete signal functions"
  798. default n
  799. help
  800. These functions are provided as a compatibility interface for
  801. programs that make use of the historical System V signal API.
  802. This API is obsolete:
  803. new applications should use the POSIX signal API (sigaction(2),
  804. sigprocmask(2), etc.).
  805. Affected functions:
  806. sigset(), sighold(), sigrelse(), sigignore()
  807. If unsure, say N.
  808. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_SYSV_SIGNAL
  809. bool "SYSV obsolete signal functions"
  810. default n
  811. help
  812. Use of sysv_signal() should be avoided; use sigaction(2) instead.
  813. If unsure, say N.
  814. config UCLIBC_NTP_LEGACY
  815. bool "ntp_*() aliases"
  816. default n
  817. help
  818. Provide legacy aliases for ntp functions:
  819. ntp_adjtime(), ntp_gettime()
  820. It is safe to say N here.
  821. config UCLIBC_SV4_DEPRECATED
  822. bool "Enable SVr4 deprecated functions"
  823. default n
  824. help
  825. These functions are DEPRECATED in System V release 4.
  826. Say N unless you desparately need one of the functions below:
  827. ustat() [use statfs(2) in your code instead]
  828. config UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  829. bool "Realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  830. default y
  831. help
  832. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  833. be available on all implementations.
  834. Includes AIO, message-queue, scheduler, semaphore functions:
  835. aio.h
  836. mqueue.h
  837. sched.h
  838. semaphore.h
  839. aio_cancel()
  840. aio_error()
  841. aio_fsync()
  842. aio_read()
  843. lio_listio()
  844. aio_return()
  845. aio_suspend()
  846. aio_write()
  847. clock_getres(), clock_gettime(), clock_settime()
  848. fdatasync()
  849. mlockall(), munlockall()
  850. mlock(), munlock()
  851. mq_close()
  852. mq_getattr()
  853. mq_notify()
  854. mq_open()
  855. mq_receive()
  856. mq_send()
  857. mq_setattr()
  858. mq_unlink()
  859. nanosleep()
  860. sched_getparam()
  861. sched_get_priority_max(), sched_get_priority_min()
  862. sched_getscheduler()
  863. sched_rr_get_interval()
  864. sched_setparam()
  865. sched_setscheduler()
  866. sem_close()
  867. sem_destroy()
  868. sem_getvalue()
  869. sem_init()
  870. sem_open()
  871. sem_post()
  872. sem_trywait(), sem_wait()
  873. sem_unlink()
  874. sigqueue()
  875. sigtimedwait(), sigwaitinfo()
  876. timer_create()
  877. timer_delete()
  878. timer_getoverrun(), timer_gettime(), timer_settime()
  879. config UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME
  880. bool "Advanced realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  881. default y
  882. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  883. help
  884. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  885. be available on all implementations.
  886. clock_getcpuclockid()
  887. clock_nanosleep()
  888. mq_timedreceive()
  889. mq_timedsend()
  890. posix_fadvise()
  891. posix_fallocate()
  892. posix_madvise()
  893. posix_memalign()
  894. posix_mem_offset()
  895. posix_spawnattr_destroy(), posix_spawnattr_init()
  896. posix_spawnattr_getflags(), posix_spawnattr_setflags()
  897. posix_spawnattr_getpgroup(), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup()
  898. posix_spawnattr_getschedparam(), posix_spawnattr_setschedparam()
  899. posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy(), posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy()
  900. posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault(), posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault()
  901. posix_spawnattr_getsigmask(), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask()
  902. posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose()
  903. posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()
  904. posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen()
  905. posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy()
  906. posix_spawn_file_actions_init()
  907. posix_spawn()
  908. posix_spawnp()
  909. posix_typed_mem_get_info()
  910. pthread_mutex_timedlock()
  911. sem_timedwait()
  912. #config UCLIBC_HAS_TERMIOS
  913. # bool "termios functions"
  914. # default y
  915. # help
  916. # Get and set terminal attributes, line control, get and set baud
  917. # rate.
  918. # termios(), tcgetattr(), tcsetattr(), tcsendbreak(), tcdrain(),
  919. # tcflush(), tcflow(), cfmakeraw(), cfgetospeed(), cfgetispeed(),
  920. # cfsetispeed(), cfsetospeed(), cfsetspeed()
  921. #
  922. # If unsure, say Y.
  923. config UCLIBC_HAS_EPOLL
  924. bool "epoll"
  925. default y
  926. help
  927. epoll_create(), epoll_ctl(), epoll_wait() functions.
  928. config UCLIBC_HAS_XATTR
  929. bool "Extended Attributes"
  930. default y
  931. help
  932. Extended Attributes support.
  933. setxattr()
  934. lsetxattr()
  935. fsetxattr()
  936. getxattr()
  937. lgetxattr()
  938. fgetxattr()
  939. listxattr()
  940. llistxattr()
  941. flistxattr()
  942. removexattr()
  943. lremovexattr()
  944. fremovexattr()
  945. Say N unless you need support for extended attributes and the
  946. filesystems do actually support them.
  947. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROFILING
  948. bool "Profiling support"
  949. default y
  950. help
  951. gcc's -finstrument-functions needs these.
  952. Most people can safely answer N.
  953. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  954. bool "libcrypt support"
  955. default y
  956. help
  957. libcrypt contains crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  958. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  959. bool "libcrypt stubs"
  960. default y
  961. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  962. help
  963. Standards mandate that crypt(3) provides a stub if it is unavailable.
  964. If you enable this option then stubs for
  965. crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  966. will be provided in a small libcrypt.
  967. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT
  968. def_bool y
  969. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL || UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  970. endmenu
  971. menuconfig UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  972. bool "Networking Support"
  973. default y
  974. help
  975. Say N here if you do not need network support.
  976. if UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  977. config UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  978. bool "Socket support"
  979. default y
  980. help
  981. If you want to include support for sockets then answer Y.
  982. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4
  983. bool "IP version 4 support"
  984. default y
  985. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  986. help
  987. If you want to include support for the Internet Protocol
  988. (IP version 4) then answer Y.
  989. Most people will say Y.
  990. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  991. bool "IP version 6 support"
  992. default n
  993. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  994. help
  995. If you want to include support for the next version of the Internet
  996. Protocol (IP version 6) then answer Y.
  997. Most people should answer N.
  998. config UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  999. bool "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support"
  1000. default n
  1001. # RPC+socket-ipvX doesn't currently work.
  1002. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4 || UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  1003. help
  1004. If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
  1005. for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use
  1006. NFS, you can probably leave this set to N and save some space.
  1007. If you need to use NFS then you should answer Y.
  1008. config UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC
  1009. bool "Full RPC support"
  1010. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  1011. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  1012. help
  1013. Normally we enable just enough RPC support for things like rshd and
  1014. nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
  1015. then enable this option. Most people can safely answer N.
  1016. config UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC
  1017. bool "Reentrant RPC support"
  1018. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  1019. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  1020. help
  1021. Most packages utilize the normal (non-reentrant) RPC functions, but
  1022. some (like exportfs from nfs-utils) need these reentrant versions.
  1023. Most people can safely answer N.
  1024. config UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  1025. bool "Use netlink to query interfaces"
  1026. default n
  1027. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  1028. help
  1029. In newer versions of Linux (2.4.17+), support was added for querying
  1030. network device information via netlink rather than the old style
  1031. ioctl's. Most of the time, the older ioctl style is sufficient (and
  1032. it is smaller than netlink), but if you find that not all of your
  1033. devices are being returned by the if_nameindex() function, you will
  1034. have to use the netlink implementation.
  1035. Most people can safely answer N.
  1036. config UCLIBC_SUPPORT_AI_ADDRCONFIG
  1037. bool "Support the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag"
  1038. depends on UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  1039. default n
  1040. help
  1041. The implementation of AI_ADDRCONFIG is aligned with the glibc
  1042. implementation using netlink to query interfaces to find both
  1043. ipv4 and ipv6 support. This is only needed if an application uses
  1044. the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag.
  1045. Most people can safely answer N.
  1046. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_RES_CLOSE
  1047. bool "Support res_close() (bsd-compat)"
  1048. default n
  1049. help
  1050. Answer Y if you desperately want to support BSD compatibility in
  1051. the network code.
  1052. Most people will say N.
  1053. config UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1054. bool "Use compatible but bloated _res"
  1055. default y
  1056. help
  1057. Answer Y if you build network utilities and they muck with resolver
  1058. internals a lot (_res global structure). uclibc does not use most
  1059. of _res.XXX fields, and with this option OFF they won't even exist.
  1060. Which will make e.g. dig build fail.
  1061. Answering N saves around 400 bytes in bss.
  1062. config UCLIBC_HAS_EXTRA_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1063. bool "Use extra compatible but extra bloated _res"
  1064. default n
  1065. help
  1066. Answer Y if selecting UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE is not enough.
  1067. As far as I can say, this should never be needed.
  1068. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBRESOLV_STUB
  1069. bool "Provide libresolv stub"
  1070. default n
  1071. help
  1072. Provide a dummy resolv library.
  1073. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB
  1074. bool "Provide libnsl stub"
  1075. default n
  1076. help
  1077. Provide a dummy nsl library.
  1078. endif
  1079. menu "String and Stdio Support"
  1080. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT
  1081. bool "Use faster (but larger) generic string functions"
  1082. default y
  1083. help
  1084. Answer Y to use the (tweaked) glibc generic string functions.
  1085. In general, they are faster (but 3-5K larger) than the base
  1086. uClibc string functions which are optimized solely for size.
  1087. Many people will answer Y.
  1088. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT
  1089. bool "Use arch-specific assembly string functions (where available)"
  1090. default y
  1091. help
  1092. Answer Y to use any archtecture-specific assembly language string
  1093. functions available for this target plaform.
  1094. Note that assembly implementations are not available for all string
  1095. functions, so some generic (written in C) string functions may
  1096. still be used.
  1097. These are small and fast, the only reason _not_ to say Y here is
  1098. for debugging purposes.
  1099. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1100. bool "Use Table Versions Of 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1101. default y
  1102. help
  1103. Answer Y to use table versions of the 'ctype.h' functions.
  1104. While the non-table versions are often smaller when building
  1105. statically linked apps, they work only in stub locale mode.
  1106. Most people will answer Y.
  1107. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED
  1108. bool "Support Signed Characters In 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1109. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1110. default y
  1111. help
  1112. Answer Y to enable support for passing signed char values to
  1113. the 'ctype.h' functions. ANSI/ISO C99 and SUSv3 specify that
  1114. these functions are only defined for unsigned char values and
  1115. EOF. However, glibc allows negative signed char values as well
  1116. in order to support 'broken old programs'.
  1117. Most people will answer Y.
  1118. choice
  1119. prompt "ctype argument checking"
  1120. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1121. default UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1122. help
  1123. Please select the invalid arg behavior you want for the 'ctype'
  1124. functions.
  1125. The 'ctype' functions are now implemented using table lookups, with
  1126. the arg being the index. This can result in incorrect memory accesses
  1127. or even segfaults for args outside of the allowed range.
  1128. NOTE: This only affects the 'ctype' _functions_. It does not affect
  1129. the macro implementations.
  1130. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1131. bool "Do not check -- unsafe"
  1132. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_CHECKED
  1133. bool "Detect and handle appropriately"
  1134. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_ENFORCED
  1135. bool "Issue a diagnostic and abort()"
  1136. endchoice
  1137. config UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1138. bool "Wide Character Support"
  1139. default n
  1140. help
  1141. Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
  1142. much larger. It is also currently required for locale support.
  1143. Most people will answer N.
  1144. config UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1145. bool "Locale Support"
  1146. select UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1147. select UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1148. default n
  1149. help
  1150. uClibc now has full ANSI/ISO C99 locale support (except for
  1151. wcsftime() and collating items in regex). Be aware that enabling
  1152. this option will make uClibc much larger.
  1153. Enabling UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE with the default set of supported locales
  1154. (169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for other codesets) will enlarge
  1155. uClibc by around 300k. You can reduce this size by building your own
  1156. custom set of locate data (see extra/locale/LOCALES for details).
  1157. uClibc's locale support is still under development. For example,
  1158. codesets using shift states are not currently supported. Support is
  1159. planned in the next iteration of locale support.
  1160. Answer Y to enable locale support. Most people will answer N.
  1161. choice
  1162. prompt "Locale data"
  1163. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1164. default UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1165. config UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1166. bool "All locales"
  1167. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1168. help
  1169. This builds all the locales that are available on your
  1170. host-box.
  1171. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1172. bool "Only selected locales"
  1173. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1174. help
  1175. If you do not need all locales that are available on your
  1176. host-box, then set this to 'Y'.
  1177. config UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1178. bool "Use Pre-generated Locale Data"
  1179. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1180. help
  1181. Use pre-built locale data.
  1182. Note that these pregenerated locales are sensitive to your
  1183. target architecture (endianess, bitcount).
  1184. Saying N here is highly recommended.
  1185. endchoice
  1186. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALES
  1187. string "locales to use"
  1188. depends on UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1189. default "en_US"
  1190. help
  1191. Space separated list of locales to use.
  1192. E.g.:
  1193. en_US en_GB de_AT
  1194. default:
  1195. en_US
  1196. config UCLIBC_DOWNLOAD_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1197. bool "Automagically Download the Pre-generated Locale Data (if necessary)"
  1198. depends on UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1199. default n
  1200. help
  1201. If you would like the build process to use 'wget' to automatically
  1202. download the pregenerated locale data, enable this option. Otherwise
  1203. you will need to obtain the locale data yourself from:
  1204. http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-locale-*.tgz
  1205. and place the uClibc-locale-*.tgz tarball in the extra/locale/
  1206. directory.
  1207. Note that the use of pregenerated locale data is discouraged.
  1208. config UCLIBC_HAS_XLOCALE
  1209. bool "Extended Locale Support (experimental/incomplete)"
  1210. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1211. default n
  1212. help
  1213. Answer Y to enable extended locale support similar to that provided
  1214. by glibc. This is primarily intended to support libstd++
  1215. functionality.
  1216. However, it also allows thread-specific locale selection via
  1217. uselocale().
  1218. Most people will answer N.
  1219. config UCLIBC_HAS_HEXADECIMAL_FLOATS
  1220. bool "Support hexadecimal float notation"
  1221. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1222. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1223. default n
  1224. help
  1225. Answer Y to enable support for hexadecimal float notation in the
  1226. (wchar and) char string to floating point conversion functions, as
  1227. well as support for the %a and %A conversion specifiers in the
  1228. *printf() and *scanf() functions.
  1229. Most people will answer N.
  1230. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1231. bool "Support glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing locale-specific digit grouping"
  1232. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1233. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1234. default n
  1235. help
  1236. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing
  1237. locale-specific digit grouping in base 10 integer conversions and
  1238. appropriate floating point conversions in the *printf() and *scanf()
  1239. functions.
  1240. Most people will answer N.
  1241. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_LENIENT_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1242. bool "Do not require digit grouping when the \"'\" flag is specified"
  1243. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1244. default y
  1245. help
  1246. Answer Y to make digit grouping optional when the \"'\" flag is
  1247. specified.
  1248. This is the standard glibc behavior. If the initial string of digits
  1249. exceeds the maximum group number, the input will be treated as a
  1250. normal non-grouped number.
  1251. Most people will answer N.
  1252. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_PRINTF
  1253. bool "Support glibc's register_printf_function() (glibc-compat)"
  1254. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1255. default n
  1256. help
  1257. Answer Y to support glibc's register_printf_function() to allow an
  1258. application to add its own printf conversion specifiers.
  1259. NOTE: Limits the number or registered specifiers to 10.
  1260. NOTE: Requires new conversion specifiers to be ASCII
  1261. characters (0-0x7f). This is to avoid problems with processing
  1262. format strings in locales with different multibyte conversions.
  1263. Most people will answer N.
  1264. config USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1265. bool "Use the old vfprintf implementation"
  1266. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1267. default n
  1268. help
  1269. Set to true to use the old vfprintf instead of the new. This is
  1270. roughly C89 compliant with some extensions, and is much smaller.
  1271. However, it does not support wide chars, positional args, or glibc
  1272. custom printf specifiers.
  1273. Most people will answer N.
  1274. config UCLIBC_PRINTF_SCANF_POSITIONAL_ARGS
  1275. int "Maximum number of positional args. Either 0 or >= 9."
  1276. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1277. default 9
  1278. help
  1279. Set the maximum number of positional args supported by the
  1280. printf/scanf functions. The Single Unix Specification Version 3
  1281. requires a minimum value of 9. Setting this to a value lower than
  1282. 9 will disable positional arg support and cause the NL_ARGMAX macro
  1283. in limits.h to be #undef'd.
  1284. WARNING! The workspace to support positional args is currently
  1285. allocated on the stack. You probably don't want to set
  1286. this to too high a value.
  1287. Most people will answer 9.
  1288. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_GLIBC_A_FLAG
  1289. bool "Support glibc's 'a' flag for scanf string conversions (not implemented)"
  1290. default n
  1291. help
  1292. NOTE!!! Currently Not Implemented!!! Just A Place Holder!! NOTE!!!
  1293. NOTE!!! Conflicts with an ANSI/ISO C99 scanf flag!! NOTE!!!
  1294. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's 'a' flag for the scanf string
  1295. conversions '%s', '%[', '%ls', '%l[', and '%S'. This is used to
  1296. auto-allocate sufficient memory to hold the data retrieved.
  1297. Most people will answer N.
  1298. choice
  1299. prompt "Stdio buffer size"
  1300. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1301. help
  1302. Please select a value for BUFSIZ. This will be used by the
  1303. stdio subsystem as the default buffer size for a file, and
  1304. affects fopen(), setvbuf(), etc.
  1305. NOTE: Setting this to 'none' will disable buffering completely.
  1306. However, BUFSIZ will still be defined in stdio.h as 256 because
  1307. many applications use this value.
  1308. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1309. bool "none (WARNING - BUFSIZ will be 256 in stdio.h)"
  1310. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1311. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_256
  1312. bool "256 (minimum ANSI/ISO C99 value)"
  1313. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_512
  1314. bool "512"
  1315. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_1024
  1316. bool "1024"
  1317. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_2048
  1318. bool "2048"
  1319. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1320. bool "4096"
  1321. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_8192
  1322. bool "8192"
  1323. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1324. endchoice
  1325. choice
  1326. prompt "Stdio builtin buffer size (uClibc-specific)"
  1327. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1328. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1329. help
  1330. When a FILE is created with fopen(), an attempt is made to allocate
  1331. a BUFSIZ buffer for it. If the allocation fails, fopen() will still
  1332. succeed but the FILE will be unbuffered.
  1333. This option adds a small amount of space to each FILE to act as an
  1334. emergency buffer in the event of a buffer allocation failure.
  1335. Most people will answer None.
  1336. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1337. bool "None"
  1338. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_4
  1339. bool "4"
  1340. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_8
  1341. bool "8"
  1342. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1343. endchoice
  1344. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_SHUTDOWN_ON_ABORT
  1345. bool "Attempt to shutdown stdio subsystem when abort() is called."
  1346. default n
  1347. help
  1348. ANSI/ISO C99 requires abort() to be asyn-signal-safe. So there was
  1349. a behavioral change made in SUSv3. Previously, abort() was required
  1350. to have the affect of fclose() on all open streams. The wording has
  1351. been changed to "may" from "shall".
  1352. Most people will answer N.
  1353. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_GETC_MACRO
  1354. bool "Provide a macro version of getc()"
  1355. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1356. default y
  1357. help
  1358. Provide a macro version of getc().
  1359. Most people will answer Y.
  1360. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_PUTC_MACRO
  1361. bool "Provide a macro version of putc()"
  1362. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1363. default y
  1364. help
  1365. Provide a macro version of putc().
  1366. Most people will answer Y.
  1367. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_AUTO_RW_TRANSITION
  1368. bool "Support auto-r/w transition"
  1369. default y
  1370. help
  1371. Answer Y to enable the stdio subsystem to automaticly transition
  1372. between reading and writing. This relaxes the ANSI/ISO C99
  1373. requirement:
  1374. When a file is opened with update mode ('+' as the second or third
  1375. character in the list of mode argument values), both input and output
  1376. may be performed on the associated stream. However, output shall not
  1377. be directly followed by input without an intervening call to the
  1378. fflush function or to a file positioning function (fseek, fsetpos,
  1379. or rewind), and input shall not be directly followed by output without
  1380. an intervening call to a file positioning function, unless the input
  1381. operation encounters end­of­file.
  1382. Most people will answer Y.
  1383. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_LARGEFILE_MODE
  1384. bool "Support an fopen() 'F' flag for large file mode (uClibc-specific)"
  1385. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  1386. default n
  1387. help
  1388. Answer Y to enable a uClibc-specific extension to allow passing an
  1389. additional 'F' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1390. the file should be open()ed with the O_LARGEFILE flag set.
  1391. Most people will answer N.
  1392. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE
  1393. bool "Support an fopen() 'x' flag for exclusive mode (glibc-compat)"
  1394. default n
  1395. help
  1396. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to allow passing
  1397. additional 'x' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1398. the file should be open()ed with the O_EXCL flag set.
  1399. Most people will answer N.
  1400. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_STREAMS
  1401. bool "Support fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie() (glibc-compat)"
  1402. default n
  1403. help
  1404. Answer Y to support the glibc 'custom stream' extension functions
  1405. fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie().
  1406. NOTE: There are some minor differences regarding seeking behavior.
  1407. Most people will answer N.
  1408. config UCLIBC_HAS_PRINTF_M_SPEC
  1409. bool "Support the '%m' specifier in printf format strings (glibc-compat)"
  1410. default n
  1411. help
  1412. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to interpret '%m' in printf
  1413. format strings as an instruction to output the error message string
  1414. (as generated by strerror) corresponding to the current value of
  1415. 'errno'.
  1416. Most people will answer N.
  1417. config UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1418. bool "Include the errno message text in the library"
  1419. default y
  1420. help
  1421. Answer Y if you want to include the errno message text in the
  1422. library. This adds about 3K to the library, but enables strerror()
  1423. to generate text other than 'Unknown error <number>'.
  1424. Most people will answer Y.
  1425. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_ERRLIST
  1426. bool "Support sys_errlist[] (obsolete-compat)"
  1427. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1428. default n
  1429. help
  1430. Answer Y if you want to support the obsolete sys_errlist[].
  1431. This adds about 0.5k to the library, except for the mips
  1432. arch where it adds over 4K.
  1433. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_errlist[] may be unavailable
  1434. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1435. altogether.
  1436. Most people will answer N.
  1437. Application writers: use the strerror(3) function.
  1438. config UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1439. bool "Include the signum message text in the library"
  1440. default y
  1441. help
  1442. Answer Y if you want to include the signum message text in the
  1443. library. This adds about 0.5K to the library, but enables strsignal()
  1444. to generate text other than 'Unknown signal <number>'.
  1445. Most people will answer Y.
  1446. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_SIGLIST
  1447. bool "Support sys_siglist[] (bsd-compat)"
  1448. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1449. default n
  1450. help
  1451. Answer Y if you want to support sys_siglist[].
  1452. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_siglist[] may be unavailable
  1453. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1454. altogether.
  1455. Most people will answer N.
  1456. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETTEXT_AWARENESS
  1457. bool "Include gettext awareness"
  1458. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE && UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1459. default n
  1460. help
  1461. NOTE!!! Not yet integrated with strerror and strsignal. NOTE!!!
  1462. Answer Y if you want to include weak stub gettext support and
  1463. make the *strerror*() and strsignal() functions gettext-aware.
  1464. Currently, to get functional gettext functionality you will need
  1465. to use gnu gettext.
  1466. Most people will answer N.
  1467. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1468. bool "Support gnu getopt"
  1469. default y
  1470. help
  1471. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu getopt() instead of a
  1472. (much smaller) SUSv3 compatible getopt().
  1473. Most people will answer Y.
  1474. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_FUTEXES
  1475. bool "Use futexes for multithreaded I/O locking"
  1476. default n
  1477. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  1478. help
  1479. If you want to compile uClibc to use futexes for low-level
  1480. I/O locking, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  1481. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETOPT_LONG
  1482. bool "Support getopt_long/getopt_long_only"
  1483. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1484. default y
  1485. help
  1486. Answer Y if you want to include getopt_long[_only() used by many
  1487. apps, even busybox.
  1488. Most people will answer Y.
  1489. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETSUBOPT
  1490. bool "Support glibc getsubopt"
  1491. default y
  1492. help
  1493. Answer Y if you want to include glibc getsubopt() instead of a
  1494. smaller SUSv3 compatible getsubopt().
  1495. Most people will answer Y.
  1496. endmenu
  1497. menu "Big and Tall"
  1498. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1499. bool "Regular Expression Support"
  1500. default y
  1501. help
  1502. POSIX regular expression code is really big -- 53k all by itself.
  1503. If you don't use regular expressions, turn this off and save space.
  1504. Of course, if you only statically link, leave this on, since it will
  1505. only be included in your apps if you use regular expressions.
  1506. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX_OLD
  1507. bool "Use the older (stable) regular expression code"
  1508. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1509. default y
  1510. help
  1511. There are two versions of regex. The older (stable) version has
  1512. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1513. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1514. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1515. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1516. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1517. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1518. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1519. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1520. bool "fnmatch Support"
  1521. default y
  1522. help
  1523. POSIX fnmatch.
  1524. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH_OLD
  1525. bool "Use the older (stable) fnmatch code"
  1526. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1527. default y
  1528. help
  1529. There are two versions of fnmatch. The older (stable) version has
  1530. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1531. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1532. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1533. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1534. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1535. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1536. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1537. config UCLIBC_HAS_WORDEXP
  1538. bool "Support the wordexp() interface"
  1539. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1540. default n
  1541. help
  1542. The SuSv3 wordexp() interface performs word expansions per the Shell
  1543. and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.6. It is
  1544. intended for use by applications that want to implement all of the
  1545. standard Bourne shell expansions on input data.
  1546. This interface is rarely used, and very large. Unless you have a
  1547. pressing need for wordexp(), you should probably answer N.
  1548. config UCLIBC_HAS_NFTW
  1549. bool "Support the nftw() interface"
  1550. default n
  1551. help
  1552. The SuSv3 nftw() interface is used to recursively descend
  1553. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1554. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1555. a pressing need for nftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1556. config UCLIBC_HAS_FTW
  1557. bool "Support the ftw() interface"
  1558. default n
  1559. depends on UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  1560. help
  1561. The SuSv3 ftw() interface is used to recursively descend
  1562. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1563. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1564. a pressing need for ftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1565. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1566. bool "Support the glob() interface"
  1567. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1568. default y
  1569. help
  1570. The glob interface is somewhat large (weighing in at about 2,5k). It
  1571. is used fairly often, but is an option since people wanting to go for
  1572. absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
  1573. Most people will answer Y.
  1574. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GLOB
  1575. bool "Support gnu glob() interface"
  1576. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1577. default n
  1578. help
  1579. The gnu glob interface is somewhat larger (weighing in at about 4,2k)
  1580. than it's SuSv3 counterpart (and is out of date). It is an old copy
  1581. from glibc and does not support all the GNU specific options.
  1582. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu glob() instead of the smaller
  1583. SUSv3 compatible glob().
  1584. Most people will answer N.
  1585. config UCLIBC_HAS_UTMPX
  1586. bool "utmpx based support for tracking login/logouts to/from the system"
  1587. default n
  1588. help
  1589. Answer y to enable support for accessing user accounting database.
  1590. It can be used to track all login/logout to the system.
  1591. If unsure, just answer N.
  1592. endmenu
  1593. menu "Library Installation Options"
  1594. config RUNTIME_PREFIX
  1595. string "uClibc runtime library directory"
  1596. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/"
  1597. help
  1598. RUNTIME_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc runtime
  1599. libraries will be installed. The result will look something
  1600. like the following:
  1601. $(RUNTIME_PREFIX)/
  1602. lib/ <contains all runtime libraries>
  1603. usr/bin/ldd <the ldd utility program>
  1604. sbin/ldconfig <the ldconfig utility program>
  1605. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target. Since this
  1606. directory is compiled into the shared library loader, you will need to
  1607. recompile uClibc if you change this value...
  1608. For a typical target system this should be set to "/", such that
  1609. 'make install' will install /lib/libuClibc-<VERSION>.so
  1610. config DEVEL_PREFIX
  1611. string "uClibc development environment directory"
  1612. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/usr/"
  1613. help
  1614. DEVEL_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc development
  1615. environment will be installed. The result will look something
  1616. like the following:
  1617. $(DEVEL_PREFIX)/
  1618. lib/ <contains static libs>
  1619. include/ <Where all the header files go>
  1620. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target when
  1621. installing a uClibc development environment.
  1622. For a typical target system this should be set to "/usr", such that
  1623. 'make install' will install /usr/include/<header files>.
  1624. config MULTILIB_DIR
  1625. string "library path component"
  1626. default "lib"
  1627. help
  1628. Path component where libraries reside.
  1629. For a typical target system this should be set to "lib", such that
  1630. 'make install' will install libraries to "/lib" and "/usr/lib"
  1631. respectively
  1632. DEVEL_PREFIX/MULTILIB_DIR
  1633. RUNTIME_PREFIX/MULTILIB_DIR
  1634. Other settings may include "lib32" or "lib64".
  1635. config HARDWIRED_ABSPATH
  1636. bool "Hardwire absolute paths into linker scripts"
  1637. default y
  1638. help
  1639. This prepends absolute paths to the libraries mentioned in linker
  1640. scripts such as libc.so.
  1641. This is a build time optimization. It has no impact on dynamic
  1642. linking at runtime, which doesn't use linker scripts.
  1643. You must disable this to use uClibc with old non-sysroot toolchains,
  1644. such as the prebuilt binary cross compilers at:
  1645. http://uclibc.org/downloads/binaries
  1646. The amount of time saved by this optimization is actually too small to
  1647. measure. The linker just had to search the library path to find the
  1648. linker script, so the dentries are cache hot if it has to search the
  1649. same path again. But it's what glibc does, so we do it too.
  1650. endmenu
  1651. menu "Security options"
  1652. config UCLIBC_BUILD_PIE
  1653. bool "Build utilities as ET_DYN/PIE executables"
  1654. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1655. depends on TARGET_arm || TARGET_frv || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc
  1656. select FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  1657. default n
  1658. help
  1659. If you answer Y here, ldd and iconv are built as ET_DYN/PIE
  1660. executables.
  1661. It requires gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.15 (for arm 2.16) or later.
  1662. More about ET_DYN/PIE binaries on <http://pax.grsecurity.net/> .
  1663. WARNING: This option also enables FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS, so
  1664. all libraries have to be built with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  1665. assembler functions must be written as position independent
  1666. code (PIC).
  1667. config UCLIBC_HAS_ARC4RANDOM
  1668. bool "Include the arc4random() function"
  1669. default n
  1670. help
  1671. Answer Y to support the OpenBSD-like arc4random() function. This
  1672. function picks a random number between 0 and N, and will always return
  1673. something even if the random driver is dead. If urandom fails then
  1674. gettimeofday(2) will be used as the random seed. This function is
  1675. designed to be more dependable than invoking /dev/urandom directly.
  1676. OpenSSL and OpenNTPD currently support this function.
  1677. Most people will answer N.
  1678. config HAVE_NO_SSP
  1679. bool
  1680. default n
  1681. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1682. bool "Support for GCC stack smashing protector"
  1683. depends on !HAVE_NO_SSP
  1684. default n
  1685. help
  1686. Add code to support GCC's -fstack-protector[-all] option to uClibc.
  1687. This requires GCC 4.1 or newer. GCC does not have to provide libssp,
  1688. the needed functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1689. GCC's stack protector is a reimplementation of IBM's propolice.
  1690. See http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/ and
  1691. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ssp.txt
  1692. for details.
  1693. Note that NOEXECSTACK on a kernel with address space randomization
  1694. is generally sufficient to prevent most buffer overflow exploits
  1695. without increasing code size. This option essentially adds debugging
  1696. code to catch them.
  1697. Most people will answer N.
  1698. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT
  1699. bool "Support for gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector"
  1700. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1701. default n
  1702. help
  1703. Add gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector to the library.
  1704. This requires a patched version of GCC, supporting the
  1705. -fstack-protector[-all] options, with the __guard and
  1706. __stack_smash_handler functions removed from libgcc.
  1707. These functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1708. More information at:
  1709. <http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/>
  1710. Most people will answer N.
  1711. config SSP_QUICK_CANARY
  1712. bool "Use simple guard values without accessing /dev/urandom"
  1713. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1714. default n
  1715. help
  1716. Use gettimeofday(2) to define the __guard without accessing
  1717. /dev/urandom.
  1718. WARNING: This makes smashing stack protector vulnerable to timing
  1719. attacks.
  1720. Most people will answer N.
  1721. choice
  1722. prompt "Propolice protection blocking signal"
  1723. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1724. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT if ! DODEBUG
  1725. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV if DODEBUG
  1726. help
  1727. "abort" use SIGABRT to block offending programs.
  1728. This is the default implementation.
  1729. "segfault" use SIGSEGV to block offending programs.
  1730. Use this for debugging.
  1731. If unsure, answer "abort".
  1732. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT
  1733. bool "abort"
  1734. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV
  1735. bool "segfault"
  1736. endchoice
  1737. config UCLIBC_BUILD_SSP
  1738. bool "Build uClibc with -fstack-protector"
  1739. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1740. default n
  1741. help
  1742. Build all uClibc libraries and executables with -fstack-protector,
  1743. adding extra stack overflow checking to most uClibc functions.
  1744. config UCLIBC_BUILD_RELRO
  1745. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z RELRO"
  1746. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1747. default y
  1748. help
  1749. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z relro".
  1750. This tells the linker to mark chunks of an executable or shared
  1751. library read-only after applying dynamic relocations. (This comes
  1752. up when a global const variable is initialized to the address of a
  1753. function or the value of another global variable.)
  1754. This is a fairly obscure option the ld man page doesn't even bother
  1755. to document properly. It's a security paranoia issue that's more
  1756. likely to consume memory (by allocating an extra page) rather than
  1757. save it.
  1758. This is explained in more depth at
  1759. http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/189
  1760. Nobody is likely to care whether you say Y or N here.
  1761. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOW
  1762. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z NOW"
  1763. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1764. default n
  1765. help
  1766. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z now".
  1767. This tells the linker to resolve all symbols when the library is
  1768. first loaded, rather than when each function is first called. This
  1769. increases start-up latency by a few microseconds and may do
  1770. unnecessary work (resolving symbols that are never used), but the
  1771. realtime people like it for making microbenchmark timings slightly
  1772. more predictable and in some cases it can be slightly faster due to
  1773. CPU cache behavior (not having to fault the linker back in to do
  1774. lazy symbol resolution).
  1775. Most people can't tell the difference between selecting Y or N here.
  1776. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOEXECSTACK
  1777. bool "Build uClibc with noexecstack marking"
  1778. default y
  1779. help
  1780. Mark all assembler files as noexecstack, which will mark uClibc
  1781. as not requiring an executable stack. (This doesn't prevent other
  1782. files you link against from claiming to need an executable stack, it
  1783. just won't cause uClibc to request it unnecessarily.)
  1784. This is a security thing to make buffer overflows harder to exploit.
  1785. By itself, it's kind of useless, as Linus Torvalds explained in 1998:
  1786. http://old.lwn.net/1998/0806/a/linus-noexec.html
  1787. It only actually provides any security when combined with address
  1788. space randomization, explained here: http://lwn.net/Articles/121845/
  1789. Address space randomization is on by default in current linux
  1790. kernels (although it can be disabled using the option
  1791. CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK).
  1792. You should probably say Y.
  1793. endmenu
  1794. menu "uClibc development/debugging options"
  1795. config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
  1796. string "Cross-compiling toolchain prefix"
  1797. default ""
  1798. help
  1799. The prefix used to execute your cross-compiling toolchain. For
  1800. example, if you run 'arm-linux-uclibc-gcc' to compile something,
  1801. then enter 'arm-linux-uclibc-' here.
  1802. config UCLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
  1803. string "Enter any extra CFLAGS to use to build uClibc"
  1804. default ""
  1805. help
  1806. Add any additional CFLAGS to be used to build uClibc.
  1807. config DODEBUG
  1808. bool "Build uClibc with debugging symbols"
  1809. default n
  1810. select EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1811. help
  1812. Say Y here if you wish to compile uClibc with debugging symbols.
  1813. This will allow you to use a debugger to examine uClibc internals
  1814. while applications are running. This increases the size of the
  1815. library considerably and should only be used when doing development.
  1816. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc, answer Y.
  1817. Otherwise, answer N.
  1818. config DODEBUG_PT
  1819. bool "Build pthread with debugging output"
  1820. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS && LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  1821. default n
  1822. help
  1823. Enable debug output in libpthread. This is only useful when doing
  1824. development in libpthread itself.
  1825. Otherwise, answer N.
  1826. config DOSTRIP
  1827. bool "Strip libraries and executables"
  1828. default y
  1829. depends on !DODEBUG
  1830. help
  1831. Say Y here if you do wish to strip all uClibc libraries and
  1832. executables. No stripping increases the size of the binaries
  1833. considerably, but makes it possible to debug uClibc libraries.
  1834. Most people will answer Y.
  1835. config DOASSERTS
  1836. bool "Build uClibc with run-time assertion testing"
  1837. default n
  1838. help
  1839. Say Y here to include runtime assertion tests.
  1840. This enables runtime assertion testing in some code, which can
  1841. increase the size of the library and incur runtime overhead.
  1842. If you say N, then this testing will be disabled.
  1843. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG
  1844. bool "Build the shared library loader with debugging support"
  1845. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1846. default n
  1847. help
  1848. Answer Y here to enable all the extra code needed to debug the uClibc
  1849. native shared library loader. The level of debugging noise that is
  1850. generated depends on the LD_DEBUG environment variable... Just set
  1851. LD_DEBUG to something like: 'LD_DEBUG=token1,token2,.. prog' to
  1852. debug your application. Diagnostic messages will then be printed to
  1853. the stderr.
  1854. For now these debugging tokens are available:
  1855. detail provide more information for some options
  1856. move display copy processing
  1857. symbols display symbol table processing
  1858. reloc display relocation processing; detail shows the
  1859. relocation patch
  1860. nofixups never fixes up jump relocations
  1861. bindings displays the resolve processing (function calls);
  1862. detail shows the relocation patch
  1863. all Enable everything!
  1864. The additional environment variable:
  1865. LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=file
  1866. redirects the diagnostics to an output file created using
  1867. the specified name and the process id as a suffix.
  1868. An excellent start is simply:
  1869. $ LD_DEBUG=binding,move,symbols,reloc,detail ./appname
  1870. or to log everything to a file named 'logfile', try this
  1871. $ LD_DEBUG=all LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=logfile ./appname
  1872. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc's shared library
  1873. loader, answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1874. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG_EARLY
  1875. bool "Build the shared library loader with early debugging support"
  1876. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1877. default n
  1878. help
  1879. Answer Y here to if you find the uClibc shared library loader is
  1880. crashing or otherwise not working very early on. This is typical
  1881. only when starting a new port when you haven't figured out how to
  1882. properly get the values for argc, argv, environ, etc. This method
  1883. allows a degree of visibility into the very early shared library
  1884. loader initialization process. If you are doing development and want
  1885. to debug the uClibc shared library loader early initialization,
  1886. answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1887. config UCLIBC_MALLOC_DEBUGGING
  1888. bool "Build malloc with debugging support"
  1889. depends on MALLOC || MALLOC_STANDARD
  1890. default n
  1891. help
  1892. Answer Y here to compile extra debugging support code into malloc.
  1893. Malloc debugging output may then be enabled at runtime using the
  1894. MALLOC_DEBUG environment variable.
  1895. The value of MALLOC_DEBUG should be an integer, which is interpreted
  1896. as a bitmask with the following bits:
  1897. 1 - do extra consistency checking
  1898. 2 - output messages for malloc/free calls and OS
  1899. allocation calls
  1900. 4 - output messages for the `MMB' layer
  1901. 8 - output messages for internal malloc heap manipulation
  1902. calls
  1903. Because this increases the size of malloc appreciably (due to strings
  1904. etc), you should say N unless you need to debug a malloc problem.
  1905. config UCLIBC_HAS_BACKTRACE
  1906. bool "Add support for application self-debugging"
  1907. depends on HAVE_SHARED && TARGET_sh
  1908. default n
  1909. help
  1910. Answer Y here to compile support for application self-debugging, by adding
  1911. a new shared object "libubacktrace.so" that provides the following new
  1912. functions:
  1913. backtrace, backtrace_symbols, backtrace_symbols_fd
  1914. The backtrace functionality is currently supported on SH platform, and it
  1915. based on dwarf2 informations to properly work, so any application that
  1916. want to use backtrace needs to be built with -fexceptions flag.
  1917. The symbol names may be unavailable without the use of special linker
  1918. options. For systems using the GNU linker, it is necessary to use the
  1919. -rdynamic linker option too. Note that names of "static" functions are not
  1920. exposed, and won't be available in the backtrace.
  1921. config WARNINGS
  1922. string "Compiler Warnings"
  1923. default "-Wall"
  1924. help
  1925. Set this to the set of gcc warnings you wish to see while compiling.
  1926. config EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1927. bool "Enable extra annoying warnings"
  1928. default n
  1929. help
  1930. If you wish to build with extra warnings enabled, say Y here.
  1931. config DOMULTI
  1932. bool "Compile all sources at once into an object"
  1933. default n
  1934. help
  1935. Set this to compile all sources at once into an object (IMA).
  1936. This mode of compilation uses alot of memory but may produce
  1937. smaller binaries.
  1938. Note that you need a very recent GCC for this to work, like
  1939. gcc >= 4.3 plus eventually some patches.
  1940. If unsure, keep the default of N.
  1941. config UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1942. bool "Manuel's hidden warnings"
  1943. default n
  1944. help
  1945. Answer Y here to see all Manuel's personal notes, warnings, and todos.
  1946. Most people will answer N.
  1947. endmenu