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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. Stuff
  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 non-writable
  178. segments. These libraries haven't set the DT_TEXTREL tag in the dynamic
  179. section (==> objdump). All your libraries must be compiled with
  180. -fPIC or -fpic, and all assembler function must be written as position
  181. 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 badly
  184. 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. Most people will answer Y.
  195. config LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  196. bool "Enable library loader cache (ld.so.conf)"
  197. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  198. default y
  199. help
  200. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.conf, the shared library loader
  201. cache configuration file to support for non-standard library paths.
  202. After updating this file, it is necessary to run 'ldconfig' to update
  203. the /etc/ld.so.cache shared library loader cache file.
  204. config LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT
  205. bool "Enable library loader preload file (ld.so.preload)"
  206. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  207. default n
  208. help
  209. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.preload. This file contains a
  210. whitespace separated list of shared libraries to be loaded before
  211. the program.
  212. config LDSO_BASE_FILENAME
  213. string "Shared library loader naming prefix"
  214. depends on HAVE_SHARED && (LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT || LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT)
  215. default "ld.so"
  216. help
  217. If you wish to support both uClibc and glibc on the same system, it
  218. is necessary to set this to something other than "ld.so" to avoid
  219. conflicts with glibc, which also uses "ld.so". This prevents both
  220. libraries from using the same /etc/ld.so.* files. If you wish to
  221. support both uClibc and glibc on the same system then you should set
  222. this to "ld-uClibc.so".
  223. Most people will leave this set to the default of "ld.so".
  224. WARNING: Changing the default prefix could cause problems with
  225. binutils' ld !
  226. config UCLIBC_STATIC_LDCONFIG
  227. bool "Link ldconfig statically"
  228. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  229. default y
  230. help
  231. Enable this option to statically link the ldconfig binary.
  232. Making ldconfig static can be beneficial if you have a library
  233. problem and need to use ldconfig to recover. Sometimes, it is
  234. preferable to instead keep the size of the system down, in which
  235. case you should disable this option.
  236. config LDSO_RUNPATH
  237. bool "Enable ELF RUNPATH tag support"
  238. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  239. default y
  240. help
  241. ELF's may have dynamic RPATH/RUNPATH tags. These tags list paths
  242. which extend the library search paths. They are really only useful
  243. if a package installs libraries in non standard locations and
  244. ld.so.conf support is disabled.
  245. Usage of RUNPATH tags is not too common, so disabling this feature
  246. should be safe for most people.
  247. config UCLIBC_CTOR_DTOR
  248. bool "Support global constructors and destructors"
  249. default y
  250. help
  251. If you wish to build uClibc with support for global constructor
  252. (ctor) and global destructor (dtor) support, then answer Y here.
  253. When ctor/dtor support is enabled, binaries linked with uClibc must
  254. also be linked with crtbegin.o and crtend.o which are provided by gcc
  255. (the "*startfile:" and "*endfile:" settings in your gcc specs file
  256. may need to be adjusted to include these files). This support will
  257. also add a small amount of additional size to each binary compiled vs
  258. uClibc. If you will be using uClibc with C++, or if you need the gcc
  259. __attribute__((constructor)) and __attribute__((destructor)) to work,
  260. then you definitely want to answer Y here. If you don't need ctors
  261. or dtors and want your binaries to be as small as possible, then
  262. answer N.
  263. config LDSO_GNU_HASH_SUPPORT
  264. bool "Enable GNU hash style support"
  265. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  266. default n
  267. help
  268. Newest binutils support a new hash style named GNU-hash. The dynamic
  269. linker will use the new GNU-hash section (.gnu.hash) for symbol lookup
  270. if present into the ELF binaries, otherwise it will use the old SysV
  271. hash style (.hash). This ensures that it is completely backward compatible.
  272. Further, being the hash table implementation self-contained into each
  273. executable and shared libraries, objects with mixed hash style can
  274. peacefully coexist in the same process.
  275. If you want to use this new feature, answer Y
  276. config HAS_NO_THREADS
  277. bool
  278. default n
  279. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  280. bool "POSIX Threading support"
  281. depends on !HAS_NO_THREADS
  282. default y
  283. # linuxthreads and linuxthreads.old need nanosleep()
  284. select UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  285. help
  286. If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
  287. This will increase the size of uClibc by adding a bunch of locking
  288. to critical data structures, and adding extra code to ensure that
  289. functions are properly reentrant.
  290. If your applications require pthreads, answer Y.
  291. config PTHREADS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
  292. bool "Build pthreads debugging support"
  293. default n
  294. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  295. help
  296. Say Y here if you wish to be able to debug applications that use
  297. uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
  298. named libthread_db will be built. This library will be dlopen()'d
  299. by gdb and will allow gdb to debug the threads in your application.
  300. IMPORTANT NOTE! Because gdb must dlopen() the libthread_db library,
  301. you must compile gdb with uClibc in order for pthread debugging to
  302. work properly.
  303. If you are doing development and want to debug applications using
  304. uClibc's pthread library, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  305. config LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  306. bool "Use the older (stable) version of linuxthreads"
  307. default y
  308. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  309. help
  310. There are two versions of linuxthreads. The older (stable) version
  311. has been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  312. updates other than bugfixes.
  313. The new version has not been tested much, and lacks ports for arches
  314. which glibc does not support (like bfin/frv/etc...), but is based on
  315. the latest code from glibc, so it may be the only choice for the
  316. newer ports (like alpha/amd64/64bit arches and hppa).
  317. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYSLOG
  318. bool "Syslog support"
  319. default y
  320. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  321. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  322. help
  323. Support sending messages to the system logger.
  324. This requires socket-support.
  325. config UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  326. bool "Large File Support"
  327. default y
  328. help
  329. If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
  330. (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
  331. if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
  332. support. Enabling this option will increase the size of uClibc.
  333. choice
  334. prompt "Malloc Implementation"
  335. default MALLOC if ! ARCH_USE_MMU
  336. default MALLOC_STANDARD if ARCH_USE_MMU
  337. help
  338. "malloc" use mmap for all allocations and so works very well on MMU-less
  339. systems that do not support the brk() system call. It is pretty smart
  340. about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory wastage.
  341. This is the default for uClinux MMU-less systems.
  342. "malloc-simple" was written from scratch for uClibc, and is the
  343. simplest possible (and therefore smallest) malloc implementation.
  344. This uses only the mmap() system call to allocation memory, and does
  345. not use the brk() system call at all, making it a fine choice for
  346. MMU-less systems with very limited memory. It is rather dumb, and
  347. certainly isn't the fastest. But it is 100% standards compliant,
  348. thread safe, and very small.
  349. "malloc-standard" is derived from the public domain dlmalloc
  350. implementation by Doug Lea. It is quite fast, and is pretty smart
  351. about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory
  352. wastage. This uses brk() for small allocations, while using mmap()
  353. for larger allocations. This is the default malloc implementation
  354. for uClibc.
  355. If unsure, answer "malloc-standard".
  356. config MALLOC
  357. bool "malloc"
  358. config MALLOC_SIMPLE
  359. bool "malloc-simple"
  360. config MALLOC_STANDARD
  361. bool "malloc-standard"
  362. depends on ARCH_USE_MMU
  363. endchoice
  364. config MALLOC_GLIBC_COMPAT
  365. bool "Malloc returns live pointer for malloc(0)"
  366. default n
  367. help
  368. The behavior of malloc(0) is listed as implementation-defined by
  369. SuSv3. Glibc returns a valid pointer to something, while uClibc
  370. normally returns NULL. I personally feel glibc's behavior is
  371. not particularly safe, and allows buggy applications to hide very
  372. serious problems.
  373. When this option is enabled, uClibc will act just like glibc, and
  374. return a live pointer when someone calls malloc(0). This pointer
  375. provides a malloc'ed area with a size of 1 byte. This feature is
  376. mostly useful when dealing with applications using autoconf's broken
  377. AC_FUNC_MALLOC macro (which redefines malloc as rpl_malloc if it
  378. does not detect glibc style returning-a-valid-pointer-for-malloc(0)
  379. behavior). Most people can safely answer N.
  380. config UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT
  381. bool "Dynamic atexit() Support"
  382. default y
  383. help
  384. When this option is enabled, uClibc will support an infinite number,
  385. of atexit() and on_exit() functions, limited only by your available
  386. memory. This can be important when uClibc is used with C++, since
  387. global destructors are implemented via atexit(), and it is quite
  388. possible to exceed the default number when this option is disabled.
  389. Enabling this option adds a few bytes, and more significantly makes
  390. atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
  391. static executables.
  392. Unless you use uClibc with C++, you should probably answer N.
  393. config COMPAT_ATEXIT
  394. bool "Old (visible) atexit Support"
  395. default n
  396. help
  397. Enable this option if you want to update from 0.9.28 to svn/0.9.29, else
  398. you will be missing atexit() until you rebuild all apps.
  399. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY
  400. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY functions"
  401. default n
  402. help
  403. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY functions
  404. in the library, else they are replaced by SuSv3 proposed macros.
  405. Currently applies to bcopy/bzero/bcmp/index/rindex/ftime.
  406. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  407. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY_MACROS
  408. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY macros"
  409. default n
  410. help
  411. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY macros.
  412. Currently applies to bcopy/bzero/bcmp/index/rindex et al.
  413. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  414. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHADOW
  415. bool "Shadow Password Support"
  416. default y
  417. help
  418. Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
  419. Most people will answer Y.
  420. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  421. bool "Support for program_invocation_name"
  422. default n
  423. help
  424. Support for the GNU-specific program_invocation_name and
  425. program_invocation_short_name strings. Some GNU packages
  426. (like tar and coreutils) utilize these for extra useful
  427. output, but in general are not required.
  428. At startup, these external strings are automatically set
  429. up based on the value of ARGV[0].
  430. If unsure, just answer N.
  431. config UCLIBC_HAS___PROGNAME
  432. bool "Support for __progname"
  433. default y
  434. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  435. help
  436. Some packages (like openssh) like to peek into internal libc
  437. symbols to make their output a bit more user friendly.
  438. At startup, __progname is automatically set up based on the
  439. value of ARGV[0].
  440. If unsure, just answer N.
  441. config UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  442. bool "Support for pseudo-terminals"
  443. default y
  444. help
  445. This enables support for pseudo-terminals (see man 4 pts
  446. and man 7 pty).
  447. If unsure, just answer Y.
  448. config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  449. bool "Support only Unix 98 PTYs"
  450. default y
  451. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  452. help
  453. If you want to support only Unix 98 PTYs enable this. Some older
  454. applications may need this disabled. For most current programs,
  455. you can generally answer Y.
  456. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  457. bool "Support getpt() (glibc-compat)"
  458. default n
  459. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  460. help
  461. Some packages may need getpt().
  462. All of those are non-standard and can be considered
  463. GNU/libc compatibility.
  464. Either use posix_openpt() or just open /dev/ptmx yourself.
  465. If unsure, just say N.
  466. config ASSUME_DEVPTS
  467. bool "Assume that /dev/pts is a devpts or devfs file system"
  468. default y
  469. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  470. help
  471. Enable this if /dev/pts is on a devpts or devfs filesystem. Both
  472. these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
  473. devices. You may need to mount your devpts or devfs filesystem on
  474. /dev/pts for this to work.
  475. Most people should answer Y.
  476. config UCLIBC_HAS_TM_EXTENSIONS
  477. bool "Support 'struct tm' timezone extension fields"
  478. default y
  479. help
  480. Enabling this option adds fields to 'struct tm' in time.h for
  481. tracking the number of seconds east of UTC, and an abbreviation for
  482. the current timezone. These fields are not specified by the SuSv3
  483. standard, but they are commonly used in both GNU and BSD application
  484. code.
  485. To strictly follow the SuSv3 standard, leave this disabled.
  486. Most people will probably want to answer Y.
  487. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_CACHING
  488. bool "Enable caching of the last valid timezone 'TZ' string"
  489. default y
  490. help
  491. Answer Y to enable caching of the last valid 'TZ' string describing
  492. the timezone setting. This allows a quick string compare to avoid
  493. repeated parsing of unchanged 'TZ' strings when tzset() is called.
  494. Most people will answer Y.
  495. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  496. bool "Enable '/etc/TZ' file support to set a default timezone (uClibc-specific)"
  497. default y
  498. help
  499. Answer Y to enable the setting of a default timezone for uClibc.
  500. Ordinarily, uClibc gets the timezone information exclusively from the
  501. 'TZ' environment variable. In particular, there is no support for
  502. the zoneinfo directory tree or the /etc/timezone file used by glibc.
  503. With this option enabled, uClibc will use the value stored in the
  504. file '/etc/TZ' (default path) to obtain timezone information if the
  505. 'TZ' environment variable is missing or has an invalid value. The
  506. file consists of a single line (newline required) of text describing
  507. the timezone in the format specified for the TZ environment variable.
  508. Simply doing 'echo CST6CDT > /etc/TZ' is enough to create a valid file.
  509. See
  510. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
  511. for details on valid settings of 'TZ'.
  512. Most people will answer Y.
  513. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE_READ_MANY
  514. bool "Repeatedly read the '/etc/TZ' file"
  515. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  516. default y
  517. help
  518. Answer Y to enable repeated reading of the '/etc/TZ' file even after
  519. a valid value has been read. This incurs the overhead of an open/read/close
  520. for each tzset() call (explicit or implied). However, setting this
  521. will allows applications to update their timezone information if the contents
  522. of the file change.
  523. Most people will answer Y.
  524. config UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH
  525. string "Path to the 'TZ' file for setting the global timezone"
  526. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  527. default "/etc/TZ"
  528. help
  529. This is the path to the 'TZ' file.
  530. Most people will use the default of '/etc/TZ'.
  531. endmenu
  532. menu "Advanced Library Settings"
  533. config UCLIBC_PWD_BUFFER_SIZE
  534. int "Buffer size for getpwnam() and friends"
  535. default 256
  536. range 12 1024
  537. help
  538. This sets the value of the buffer size for getpwnam() and friends.
  539. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  540. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
  541. parameter.
  542. config UCLIBC_GRP_BUFFER_SIZE
  543. int "Buffer size for getgrnam() and friends"
  544. default 256
  545. range 256 1024
  546. help
  547. This sets the value of the buffer size for getgrnam() and friends.
  548. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  549. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX
  550. parameter.
  551. comment "Support various families of functions"
  552. config UCLIBC_LINUX_MODULE_24
  553. bool "Linux kernel module functions"
  554. default y
  555. help
  556. init_module, create_module, query_module, delete_module
  557. are used in linux (allegedly prior to 2.6) for loadable
  558. kernel modules.
  559. Say N if you do not use kernel modules.
  560. config UCLIBC_LINUX_SPECIFIC
  561. bool "Linux specific functions"
  562. default y
  563. help
  564. fstatfs(), inotify_*(), ioperm(), iopl(), madvise(), modify_ldt(),
  565. personality(), ppoll(), setresuid()
  566. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_ERROR
  567. bool "Support GNU extensions for error-reporting"
  568. default y
  569. help
  570. Support for the GNU-specific error(), error_at_line(),
  571. void (* error_print_progname)(), error_message_count
  572. functions and variables. Some GNU packages
  573. utilize these for extra useful output, but in general
  574. are not required.
  575. If unsure, just answer N.
  576. config UCLIBC_BSD_SPECIFIC
  577. bool "BSD specific functions"
  578. default y
  579. help
  580. mincore(), getdomainname(), setdomainname()
  581. If unsure, say N.
  582. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_ERR
  583. bool "BSD err functions"
  584. default y
  585. help
  586. These functions are non-standard BSD extensions.
  587. err(), errx(), warn(), warnx(), verr(), verrx(), vwarn(), vwarnx()
  588. If unsure, say N.
  589. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_BSD_SIGNAL
  590. bool "BSD obsolete signal functions"
  591. default n
  592. help
  593. These functions are provided as a compatibility interface for
  594. programs that make use of the historical System V signal API.
  595. This API is obsolete:
  596. new applications should use the POSIX signal API (sigaction(2),
  597. sigprocmask(2), etc.).
  598. Affected functions:
  599. sigset(), sighold(), sigrelse(), sigignore()
  600. If unsure, say N.
  601. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_SYSV_SIGNAL
  602. bool "SYSV obsolete signal functions"
  603. default n
  604. help
  605. Use of sysv_signal() should be avoided; use sigaction(2) instead.
  606. If unsure, say N.
  607. config UCLIBC_NTP_LEGACY
  608. bool "ntp_*() aliases"
  609. default n
  610. help
  611. Provide legacy aliases for ntp functions:
  612. ntp_adjtime(), ntp_gettime()
  613. It is safe to say N here.
  614. config UCLIBC_SV4_DEPRECATED
  615. bool "Enable SVr4 deprecated functions"
  616. default n
  617. help
  618. These functions are DEPRECATED in System V release 4.
  619. Say N unless you desparately need one of the functions below:
  620. ustat() [use statfs(2) in your code instead]
  621. config UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  622. bool "Realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  623. default y
  624. # glitch in mq_{send,receive} currently forces this on
  625. select UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME
  626. help
  627. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  628. be available on all implementations.
  629. Includes AIO, message-queue, scheduler, semaphore functions:
  630. aio.h
  631. mqueue.h
  632. sched.h
  633. semaphore.h
  634. aio_cancel()
  635. aio_error()
  636. aio_fsync()
  637. aio_read()
  638. lio_listio()
  639. aio_return()
  640. aio_suspend()
  641. aio_write()
  642. clock_getres(), clock_gettime(), clock_settime()
  643. fdatasync()
  644. mlockall(), munlockall()
  645. mlock(), munlock()
  646. mq_close()
  647. mq_getattr()
  648. mq_notify()
  649. mq_open()
  650. mq_receive()
  651. mq_send()
  652. mq_setattr()
  653. mq_unlink()
  654. nanosleep()
  655. sched_getparam()
  656. sched_get_priority_max(), sched_get_priority_min()
  657. sched_getscheduler()
  658. sched_rr_get_interval()
  659. sched_setparam()
  660. sched_setscheduler()
  661. sem_close()
  662. sem_destroy()
  663. sem_getvalue()
  664. sem_init()
  665. sem_open()
  666. sem_post()
  667. sem_trywait(), sem_wait()
  668. sem_unlink()
  669. sigqueue()
  670. sigtimedwait(), sigwaitinfo()
  671. timer_create()
  672. timer_delete()
  673. timer_getoverrun(), timer_gettime(), timer_settime()
  674. config UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME
  675. bool "Advanced realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  676. default y
  677. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  678. help
  679. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  680. be available on all implementations.
  681. clock_getcpuclockid()
  682. clock_nanosleep()
  683. mq_timedreceive()
  684. mq_timedsend()
  685. posix_fadvise()
  686. posix_fallocate()
  687. posix_madvise()
  688. posix_memalign()
  689. posix_mem_offset()
  690. posix_spawnattr_destroy(), posix_spawnattr_init()
  691. posix_spawnattr_getflags(), posix_spawnattr_setflags()
  692. posix_spawnattr_getpgroup(), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup()
  693. posix_spawnattr_getschedparam(), posix_spawnattr_setschedparam()
  694. posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy(), posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy()
  695. posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault(), posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault()
  696. posix_spawnattr_getsigmask(), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask()
  697. posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose()
  698. posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()
  699. posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen()
  700. posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy()
  701. posix_spawn_file_actions_init()
  702. posix_spawn()
  703. posix_spawnp()
  704. posix_typed_mem_get_info()
  705. pthread_mutex_timedlock()
  706. sem_timedwait()
  707. #config UCLIBC_HAS_TERMIOS
  708. # bool "termios functions"
  709. # default y
  710. # help
  711. # Get and set terminal attributes, line control, get and set baud
  712. # rate.
  713. # termios(), tcgetattr(), tcsetattr(), tcsendbreak(), tcdrain(),
  714. # tcflush(), tcflow(), cfmakeraw(), cfgetospeed(), cfgetispeed(),
  715. # cfsetispeed(), cfsetospeed(), cfsetspeed()
  716. #
  717. # If unsure, say Y.
  718. config UCLIBC_HAS_EPOLL
  719. bool "epoll"
  720. default y
  721. help
  722. epoll_create(), epoll_ctl(), epoll_wait() functions.
  723. config UCLIBC_HAS_XATTR
  724. bool "Extended Attributes"
  725. default y
  726. help
  727. Extended Attributes support.
  728. setxattr()
  729. lsetxattr()
  730. fsetxattr()
  731. getxattr()
  732. lgetxattr()
  733. fgetxattr()
  734. listxattr()
  735. llistxattr()
  736. flistxattr()
  737. removexattr()
  738. lremovexattr()
  739. fremovexattr()
  740. Say N unless you need support for extended attributes and the
  741. filesystems do actually support them.
  742. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROFILING
  743. bool "Profiling support"
  744. default y
  745. help
  746. gcc's -finstrument-functions needs these.
  747. Most people can safely answer N.
  748. endmenu
  749. menuconfig UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  750. bool "Networking Support"
  751. default y
  752. help
  753. Say N here if you do not need network support.
  754. if UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  755. config UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  756. bool "Socket support"
  757. default y
  758. help
  759. If you want to include support for sockets then answer Y.
  760. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4
  761. bool "IP version 4 support"
  762. default y
  763. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  764. help
  765. If you want to include support for the Internet Protocol
  766. (IP version 4) then answer Y.
  767. Most people will say Y.
  768. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  769. bool "IP version 6 support"
  770. default n
  771. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  772. help
  773. If you want to include support for the next version of the Internet
  774. Protocol (IP version 6) then answer Y.
  775. Most people should answer N.
  776. config UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  777. bool "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support"
  778. default n
  779. help
  780. If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
  781. for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use NFS,
  782. you can probably leave this set to N and save some space. If you need
  783. to use NFS then you should answer Y.
  784. config UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC
  785. bool "Full RPC support"
  786. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  787. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  788. help
  789. Normally we enable just enough RPC support for things like rshd and
  790. nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
  791. then enable this option. Most people can safely answer N.
  792. config UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC
  793. bool "Reentrant RPC support"
  794. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  795. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  796. help
  797. Most packages utilize the normal (non-reentrant) RPC functions, but
  798. some (like exportfs from nfs-utils) need these reentrant versions.
  799. Most people can safely answer N.
  800. config UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  801. bool "Use netlink to query interfaces"
  802. default n
  803. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  804. help
  805. In newer versions of Linux (2.4.17+), support was added for querying
  806. network device information via netlink rather than the old style
  807. ioctl's. Most of the time, the older ioctl style is sufficient (and
  808. it is smaller than netlink), but if you find that not all of your
  809. devices are being returned by the if_nameindex() function, you will
  810. have to use the netlink implementation.
  811. Most people can safely answer N.
  812. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_RES_CLOSE
  813. bool "Support res_close() (bsd-compat)"
  814. default n
  815. help
  816. Answer Y if you desperately want to support BSD compatibility in
  817. the network code.
  818. Most people will say N.
  819. endif
  820. menu "String and Stdio Support"
  821. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT
  822. bool "Use glibc generic string functions"
  823. default y
  824. help
  825. Answer Y to use the (tweaked) glibc generic string functions.
  826. In general, they are faster (but 3-5K larger) than the base
  827. uClibc string functions which are optimized solely for size.
  828. Many people will answer Y.
  829. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT
  830. bool "Use arch-specific string functions"
  831. default y
  832. help
  833. Answer Y to use the arch-specific string functions instead of the
  834. base uClibc versions, which are optimized exclusively for size.
  835. Most people will answer Y, as this has been default behavior
  836. for some time.
  837. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  838. bool "Use Table Versions Of 'ctype.h' Functions."
  839. default y
  840. help
  841. Answer Y to use table versions of the 'ctype.h' functions.
  842. While the non-table versions are often smaller when building
  843. statically linked apps, they work only in stub locale mode.
  844. Most people will answer Y.
  845. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED
  846. bool "Support Signed Characters In 'ctype.h' Functions."
  847. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  848. default y
  849. help
  850. Answer Y to enable support for passing signed char values to
  851. the 'ctype.h' functions. ANSI/ISO C99 and SUSv3 specify that
  852. these functions are only defined for unsigned char values and
  853. EOF. However, glibc allows negative signed char values as well
  854. in order to support 'broken old programs'.
  855. Most people will answer Y.
  856. choice
  857. prompt "ctype argument checking"
  858. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  859. default UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  860. help
  861. Please select the invalid arg behavior you want for the 'ctype' functions.
  862. The 'ctype' functions are now implemented using table lookups, with
  863. the arg being the index. This can result in incorrect memory accesses
  864. or even segfaults for args outside of the allowed range.
  865. NOTE: This only affects the 'ctype' _functions_. It does not affect
  866. the macro implementations.
  867. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  868. bool "Do not check -- unsafe"
  869. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_CHECKED
  870. bool "Detect and handle appropriately"
  871. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_ENFORCED
  872. bool "Issue a diagnostic and abort()"
  873. endchoice
  874. config UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  875. bool "Wide Character Support"
  876. default n
  877. help
  878. Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
  879. much larger. It is also currently required for locale support.
  880. Most people will answer N.
  881. config UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  882. bool "Locale Support"
  883. select UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  884. select UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  885. default n
  886. help
  887. uClibc now has full ANSI/ISO C99 locale support (except for
  888. wcsftime() and collating items in regex). Be aware that enabling
  889. this option will make uClibc much larger.
  890. Enabling UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE with the default set of supported locales
  891. (169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for other codesets) will enlarge
  892. uClibc by around 300k. You can reduce this size by building your own
  893. custom set of locate data (see extra/locale/LOCALES for details).
  894. uClibc's locale support is still under development. For example,
  895. codesets using shift states are not currently supported. Support is
  896. planned in the next iteration of locale support.
  897. Answer Y to enable locale support. Most people will answer N.
  898. config UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  899. bool "Use Pre-generated Locale Data"
  900. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  901. default n
  902. help
  903. If you are selective and only want locale data for a few particular
  904. locales, or you enjoy pain, or you are a rabid do-it-yourself sort of
  905. person, you can turn this option off and manually walk through the
  906. mostly undocumented procedure needed to generate your own locale
  907. data.
  908. Mere mortals will answer Y and use the default set of pregenerated
  909. locale data, which supports 169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for
  910. other codesets (for the complete list see extra/locale/LOCALES).
  911. config UCLIBC_DOWNLOAD_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  912. bool "Automagically Download the Pre-generated Locale Data (if necessary)"
  913. depends on UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  914. default n
  915. help
  916. If you would like the build process to use 'wget' to automatically
  917. download the pregenerated locale data, enable this option. Otherwise
  918. you will need to obtain the locale data yourself from:
  919. http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-locale-030818.tgz
  920. and place the uClibc-locale-030818.tgz tarball in the extra/locale/
  921. directory.
  922. Go ahead and make life easy for yourself... Answer Y.
  923. config UCLIBC_HAS_XLOCALE
  924. bool "Extended Locale Support (experimental/incomplete)"
  925. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  926. default n
  927. help
  928. Answer Y to enable extended locale support similar to that provided
  929. by glibc. This is primarily intended to support libstd++ functionality.
  930. However, it also allows thread-specific locale selection via uselocale().
  931. Most people will answer N.
  932. config UCLIBC_HAS_HEXADECIMAL_FLOATS
  933. bool "Support hexadecimal float notation"
  934. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  935. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  936. default n
  937. help
  938. Answer Y to enable support for hexadecimal float notation in the
  939. (wchar and) char string to floating point conversion functions, as
  940. well as support for the %a and %A conversion specifiers in the
  941. *printf() and *scanf() functions.
  942. Most people will answer N.
  943. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  944. bool "Support glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing locale-specific digit grouping"
  945. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  946. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  947. default n
  948. help
  949. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing locale-specific
  950. digit grouping in base 10 integer conversions and appropriate floating point
  951. conversions in the *printf() and *scanf() functions.
  952. Most people will answer N.
  953. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_LENIENT_DIGIT_GROUPING
  954. bool "Do not require digit grouping when the \"'\" flag is specified"
  955. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  956. default y
  957. help
  958. Answer Y to make digit grouping optional when the \"'\" flag is specified.
  959. This is the standard glibc behavior. If the initial string of digits
  960. exceeds the maximum group number, the input will be treated as a normal
  961. non-grouped number.
  962. Most people will answer N.
  963. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_PRINTF
  964. bool "Support glibc's register_printf_function() (glibc-compat)"
  965. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  966. default n
  967. help
  968. Answer Y to support glibc's register_printf_function() to allow an
  969. application to add its own printf conversion specifiers.
  970. NOTE: This implementation limits the number or registered specifiers to 10.
  971. NOTE: This implementation requires new conversion specifiers to be ASCII
  972. characters (0-0x7f). This is to avoid problems with processing
  973. format strings in locales with different multibyte conversions.
  974. Most people will answer N.
  975. config USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  976. bool "Use the old vfprintf implementation"
  977. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  978. default n
  979. help
  980. Set to true to use the old vfprintf instead of the new. This is roughly
  981. C89 compliant with some extensions, and is much smaller. However, it does
  982. not support wide chars, positional args, or glibc custom printf specifiers.
  983. Most people will answer N.
  984. config UCLIBC_PRINTF_SCANF_POSITIONAL_ARGS
  985. int "Maximum number of positional args. Either 0 or >= 9."
  986. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  987. default 9
  988. help
  989. Set the maximum number of positional args supported by the printf/scanf
  990. functions. The Single Unix Specification Version 3 requires a minimum
  991. value of 9. Setting this to a value lower than 9 will disable positional
  992. arg support and cause the NL_ARGMAX macro in limits.h to be #undef'd.
  993. WARNING! The workspace to support positional args is currently allocated
  994. on the stack. You probably don't want to set this to too high a value.
  995. Most people will answer 9.
  996. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_GLIBC_A_FLAG
  997. bool "Support glibc's 'a' flag for scanf string conversions (not implemented)"
  998. default n
  999. help
  1000. NOTE!!! Currently Not Implemented!!! Just A Place Holder!! NOTE!!!
  1001. NOTE!!! Conflicts with an ANSI/ISO C99 scanf flag!! NOTE!!!
  1002. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's 'a' flag for the scanf string
  1003. conversions '%s', '%[', '%ls', '%l[', and '%S'. This is used to
  1004. auto-allocate sufficient memory to hold the data retrieved.
  1005. Most people will answer N.
  1006. choice
  1007. prompt "Stdio buffer size"
  1008. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1009. help
  1010. Please select a value for BUFSIZ. This will be used by the
  1011. stdio subsystem as the default buffer size for a file, and
  1012. affects fopen(), setvbuf(), etc.
  1013. NOTE: Setting this to 'none' will disable buffering completely.
  1014. However, BUFSIZ will still be defined in stdio.h as 256 because
  1015. many applications use this value.
  1016. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1017. bool "none (WARNING - BUFSIZ will be 256 in stdio.h)"
  1018. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1019. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_256
  1020. bool "256 (minimum ANSI/ISO C99 value)"
  1021. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_512
  1022. bool "512"
  1023. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_1024
  1024. bool "1024"
  1025. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_2048
  1026. bool "2048"
  1027. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1028. bool "4096"
  1029. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_8192
  1030. bool "8192"
  1031. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1032. endchoice
  1033. choice
  1034. prompt "Stdio builtin buffer size (uClibc-specific)"
  1035. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1036. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1037. help
  1038. When a FILE is created with fopen(), an attempt is made to allocate
  1039. a BUFSIZ buffer for it. If the allocation fails, fopen() will still
  1040. succeed but the FILE will be unbuffered.
  1041. This option adds a small amount of space to each FILE to act as an
  1042. emergency buffer in the event of a buffer allocation failure.
  1043. Most people will answer None.
  1044. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1045. bool "None"
  1046. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_4
  1047. bool "4"
  1048. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_8
  1049. bool "8"
  1050. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1051. endchoice
  1052. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_SHUTDOWN_ON_ABORT
  1053. bool "Attempt to shutdown stdio subsystem when abort() is called."
  1054. default n
  1055. help
  1056. ANSI/ISO C99 requires abort() to be asyn-signal-safe. So there was a behavioral
  1057. change made in SUSv3. Previously, abort() was required to have the affect of
  1058. fclose() on all open streams. The wording has been changed to "may" from "shall".
  1059. Most people will answer N.
  1060. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_GETC_MACRO
  1061. bool "Provide a macro version of getc()"
  1062. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1063. default y
  1064. help
  1065. Provide a macro version of getc().
  1066. Most people will answer Y.
  1067. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_PUTC_MACRO
  1068. bool "Provide a macro version of putc()"
  1069. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1070. default y
  1071. help
  1072. Provide a macro version of putc().
  1073. Most people will answer Y.
  1074. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_AUTO_RW_TRANSITION
  1075. bool "Support auto-r/w transition"
  1076. default y
  1077. help
  1078. Answer Y to enable the stdio subsystem to automaticly transition
  1079. between reading and writing. This relaxes the ANSI/ISO C99 requirement:
  1080. When a file is opened with update mode ('+' as the second or third character
  1081. in the list of mode argument values), both input and output may be performed
  1082. on the associated stream. However, output shall not be directly followed by
  1083. input without an intervening call to the fflush function or to a file
  1084. positioning function (fseek, fsetpos, or rewind), and input shall not be
  1085. directly followed by output without an intervening call to a file positioning
  1086. function, unless the input operation encounters end­of­file.
  1087. Most people will answer Y.
  1088. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_LARGEFILE_MODE
  1089. bool "Support an fopen() 'F' flag for large file mode (uClibc-specific)"
  1090. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  1091. default n
  1092. help
  1093. Answer Y to enable a uClibc-specific extension to allow passing an
  1094. additional 'F' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1095. the file should be open()ed with the O_LARGEFILE flag set.
  1096. Most people will answer N.
  1097. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE
  1098. bool "Support an fopen() 'x' flag for exclusive mode (glibc-compat)"
  1099. default n
  1100. help
  1101. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to allow passing
  1102. additional 'x' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1103. the file should be open()ed with the O_EXCL flag set.
  1104. Most people will answer N.
  1105. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_STREAMS
  1106. bool "Support fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie() (glibc-compat)"
  1107. default n
  1108. help
  1109. Answer Y to support the glibc 'custom stream' extension functions
  1110. fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie().
  1111. NOTE: There are some minor differences regarding seeking behavior.
  1112. Most people will answer N.
  1113. config UCLIBC_HAS_PRINTF_M_SPEC
  1114. bool "Support the '%m' specifier in printf format strings (glibc-compat)"
  1115. default n
  1116. help
  1117. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to interpret '%m' in printf
  1118. format strings as an instruction to output the error message string
  1119. (as generated by strerror) corresponding to the current value of 'errno'.
  1120. Most people will answer N.
  1121. config UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1122. bool "Include the errno message text in the library"
  1123. default y
  1124. help
  1125. Answer Y if you want to include the errno message text in the
  1126. library. This adds about 3K to the library, but enables strerror()
  1127. to generate text other than 'Unknown error <number>'.
  1128. Most people will answer Y.
  1129. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_ERRLIST
  1130. bool "Support sys_errlist[] (obsolete-compat)"
  1131. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1132. default n
  1133. help
  1134. Answer Y if you want to support the obsolete sys_errlist[].
  1135. This adds about 0.5k to the library, except for the mips
  1136. arch where it adds over 4K.
  1137. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_errlist[] may be unavailable
  1138. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed altogether.
  1139. Most people will answer N.
  1140. Application writers: use the strerror(3) function.
  1141. config UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1142. bool "Include the signum message text in the library"
  1143. default y
  1144. help
  1145. Answer Y if you want to include the signum message text in the
  1146. library. This adds about 0.5K to the library, but enables strsignal()
  1147. to generate text other than 'Unknown signal <number>'.
  1148. Most people will answer Y.
  1149. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_SIGLIST
  1150. bool "Support sys_siglist[] (bsd-compat)"
  1151. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1152. default n
  1153. help
  1154. Answer Y if you want to support sys_siglist[].
  1155. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_siglist[] may be unavailable
  1156. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed altogether.
  1157. Most people will answer N.
  1158. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETTEXT_AWARENESS
  1159. bool "Include gettext awareness"
  1160. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE && UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1161. default n
  1162. help
  1163. NOTE!!! Not yet integrated with strerror and strsignal. NOTE!!!
  1164. Answer Y if you want to include weak stub gettext support and
  1165. make the *strerror*() and strsignal() functions gettext-aware.
  1166. Currently, to get functional gettext functionality you will need
  1167. to use gnu gettext.
  1168. Most people will answer N.
  1169. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1170. bool "Support gnu getopt"
  1171. default y
  1172. help
  1173. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu getopt() instead of a
  1174. (much smaller) SUSv3 compatible getopt().
  1175. Most people will answer Y.
  1176. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETOPT_LONG
  1177. bool "Support getopt_long/getopt_long_only"
  1178. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1179. default y
  1180. help
  1181. Answer Y if you want to include getopt_long[_only() used by many
  1182. apps, even busybox.
  1183. Most people will answer Y.
  1184. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETSUBOPT
  1185. bool "Support glibc getsubopt"
  1186. default y
  1187. help
  1188. Answer Y if you want to include glibc getsubopt() instead of a
  1189. smaller SUSv3 compatible getsubopt().
  1190. Most people will answer Y.
  1191. endmenu
  1192. menu "Big and Tall"
  1193. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1194. bool "Regular Expression Support"
  1195. default y
  1196. help
  1197. POSIX regular expression code is really big -- 53k all by itself.
  1198. If you don't use regular expressions, turn this off and save space.
  1199. Of course, if you only statically link, leave this on, since it will
  1200. only be included in your apps if you use regular expressions.
  1201. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX_OLD
  1202. bool "Use the older (stable) regular expression code"
  1203. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1204. default y
  1205. help
  1206. There are two versions of regex. The older (stable) version has
  1207. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1208. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1209. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1210. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1211. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1212. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1213. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1214. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1215. bool "fnmatch Support"
  1216. default y
  1217. help
  1218. POSIX fnmatch.
  1219. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH_OLD
  1220. bool "Use the older (stable) fnmatch code"
  1221. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1222. default y
  1223. help
  1224. There are two versions of fnmatch. The older (stable) version has
  1225. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1226. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1227. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1228. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1229. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1230. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1231. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1232. config UCLIBC_HAS_WORDEXP
  1233. bool "Support the wordexp() interface"
  1234. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1235. default n
  1236. help
  1237. The SuSv3 wordexp() interface performs word expansions per the Shell
  1238. and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.6. It is
  1239. intended for use by applications that want to implement all of the
  1240. standard Bourne shell expansions on input data.
  1241. This interface is rarely used, and very large. Unless you have a
  1242. pressing need for wordexp(), you should probably answer N.
  1243. config UCLIBC_HAS_FTW
  1244. bool "Support the ftw() and nftw() interfaces"
  1245. default n
  1246. help
  1247. The SuSv3 ftw() and nftw() interfaces are used to recursively descend
  1248. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1249. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1250. a pressing need for ftw() or nftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1251. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1252. bool "Support the glob() interface"
  1253. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1254. default y
  1255. help
  1256. The glob interface is somewhat large (weighing in at about 2,5k). It
  1257. is used fairly often, but is an option since people wanting to go for
  1258. absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
  1259. Most people will answer Y.
  1260. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GLOB
  1261. bool "Support gnu glob() interface"
  1262. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1263. default n
  1264. help
  1265. The gnu glob interface is somewhat larger (weighing in at about 4,2k) than
  1266. it's SuSv3 counterpart (and is out of date). It is an old copy from glibc and
  1267. does not support all the GNU specific options.
  1268. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu glob() instead of the smaller SUSv3
  1269. compatible glob().
  1270. Most people will answer N.
  1271. endmenu
  1272. menu "Library Installation Options"
  1273. config SHARED_LIB_LOADER_PREFIX
  1274. string "Shared library loader path"
  1275. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1276. default "$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)lib"
  1277. help
  1278. When using shared libraries, this path is the location where the
  1279. shared library will be invoked. This value will be compiled into
  1280. every binary compiled with uClibc.
  1281. For a typical target system this should be set to "/lib", such that
  1282. 'make install' will install /lib/ld-uClibc.so.0.
  1283. BIG FAT WARNING:
  1284. If you do not have a shared library loader with the correct name
  1285. sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
  1286. run.
  1287. config RUNTIME_PREFIX
  1288. string "uClibc runtime library directory"
  1289. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/"
  1290. help
  1291. RUNTIME_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc runtime
  1292. libraries will be installed. The result will look something
  1293. like the following:
  1294. $(RUNTIME_PREFIX)/
  1295. lib/ <contains all runtime libraries>
  1296. usr/bin/ldd <the ldd utility program>
  1297. sbin/ldconfig <the ldconfig utility program>
  1298. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target. Since this
  1299. directory is compiled into the shared library loader, you will need to
  1300. recompile uClibc if you change this value...
  1301. For a typical target system this should be set to "/", such that
  1302. 'make install' will install /lib/libuClibc-<VERSION>.so
  1303. config DEVEL_PREFIX
  1304. string "uClibc development environment directory"
  1305. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/usr/"
  1306. help
  1307. DEVEL_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc development
  1308. environment will be installed. The result will look something
  1309. like the following:
  1310. $(DEVEL_PREFIX)/
  1311. lib/ <contains static libs>
  1312. include/ <Where all the header files go>
  1313. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target when
  1314. installing a uClibc development environment.
  1315. For a typical target system this should be set to "/usr", such that
  1316. 'make install' will install /usr/include/<header files>.
  1317. endmenu
  1318. menu "Security options"
  1319. config UCLIBC_BUILD_PIE
  1320. bool "Build utilities as ET_DYN/PIE executables"
  1321. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1322. depends on TARGET_arm || TARGET_frv || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc
  1323. select FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  1324. default n
  1325. help
  1326. If you answer Y here, ldd and iconv are built as ET_DYN/PIE executables.
  1327. It requires gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.15 (for arm 2.16) or later.
  1328. More about ET_DYN/PIE binaries on <http://pax.grsecurity.net/> .
  1329. WARNING: This option also enables FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS, so all
  1330. libraries have to be built with -fPIC or -fpic, and all assembler
  1331. functions must be written as position independent code (PIC).
  1332. config UCLIBC_HAS_ARC4RANDOM
  1333. bool "Include the arc4random() function"
  1334. default n
  1335. help
  1336. Answer Y to support the OpenBSD-like arc4random() function. This
  1337. function picks a random number between 0 and N, and will always return
  1338. something even if the random driver is dead. If urandom fails then
  1339. gettimeofday(2) will be used as the random seed. This function is
  1340. designed to be more dependable than invoking /dev/urandom directly.
  1341. OpenSSL and OpenNTPD currently support this function.
  1342. Most people will answer N.
  1343. config HAVE_NO_SSP
  1344. bool
  1345. default n
  1346. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1347. bool "Support for propolice smashing stack protector"
  1348. depends on !HAVE_NO_SSP
  1349. default n
  1350. help
  1351. Add propolice smashing stack protector to the library.
  1352. This requires GCC 4.1, supporting the -fstack-protector[-all]
  1353. options. GCC does not have to provide libssp, the needed
  1354. functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1355. Most people will answer N.
  1356. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT
  1357. bool "Support for gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector"
  1358. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1359. default n
  1360. help
  1361. Add gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector to the library.
  1362. This requires a patched version of GCC, supporting the
  1363. -fstack-protector[-all] options, with the __guard and
  1364. __stack_smash_handler functions removed from libgcc.
  1365. These functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1366. More information at:
  1367. <http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/>
  1368. Most people will answer N.
  1369. config SSP_QUICK_CANARY
  1370. bool "Use simple guard values without accessing /dev/urandom"
  1371. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1372. default n
  1373. help
  1374. Use gettimeofday(2) to define the __guard without accessing
  1375. /dev/urandom.
  1376. WARNING: This makes smashing stack protector vulnerable to timing
  1377. attacks.
  1378. Most people will answer N.
  1379. choice
  1380. prompt "Propolice protection blocking signal"
  1381. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1382. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT if ! DODEBUG
  1383. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV if DODEBUG
  1384. help
  1385. "abort" use SIGABRT to block offending programs.
  1386. This is the default implementation.
  1387. "segfault" use SIGSEGV to block offending programs.
  1388. Use this for debugging.
  1389. If unsure, answer "abort".
  1390. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT
  1391. bool "abort"
  1392. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV
  1393. bool "segfault"
  1394. endchoice
  1395. config UCLIBC_BUILD_SSP
  1396. bool "Build uClibc with propolice protection"
  1397. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1398. default n
  1399. help
  1400. Build all libraries and executables with propolice protection enabled.
  1401. config UCLIBC_BUILD_RELRO
  1402. bool "Build uClibc with RELRO"
  1403. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1404. default y
  1405. help
  1406. Build all libraries and executables with -z relro.
  1407. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOW
  1408. bool "Build uClibc with NOW"
  1409. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1410. default n
  1411. help
  1412. Build all libraries and executables with -z now.
  1413. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOEXECSTACK
  1414. bool "Build uClibc with noexecstack marking"
  1415. default y
  1416. help
  1417. Mark all assembler files as noexecstack. This will result in marking
  1418. all libraries and executables built against uClibc not requiring
  1419. executable stack.
  1420. endmenu
  1421. menu "uClibc development/debugging options"
  1422. config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
  1423. string "Cross-compiling toolchain prefix"
  1424. default ""
  1425. help
  1426. The prefix used to execute your cross-compiling toolchain. For
  1427. example, if you run 'arm-linux-uclibc-gcc' to compile something,
  1428. then enter 'arm-linux-uclibc-' here.
  1429. config UCLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
  1430. string "Enter any extra CFLAGS to use to build uClibc"
  1431. default ""
  1432. help
  1433. Add any additional CFLAGS to be used to build uClibc.
  1434. config DODEBUG
  1435. bool "Build uClibc with debugging symbols"
  1436. default n
  1437. select EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1438. help
  1439. Say Y here if you wish to compile uClibc with debugging symbols.
  1440. This will allow you to use a debugger to examine uClibc internals
  1441. while applications are running. This increases the size of the
  1442. library considerably and should only be used when doing development.
  1443. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc, answer Y.
  1444. Otherwise, answer N.
  1445. config DODEBUG_PT
  1446. bool "Build pthread with debugging output"
  1447. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS && LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  1448. default n
  1449. help
  1450. Enable debug output in libpthread. This is only useful when doing
  1451. development in libpthread itself.
  1452. Otherwise, answer N.
  1453. config DOSTRIP
  1454. bool "Strip libraries and executables"
  1455. default y
  1456. depends on !DODEBUG
  1457. help
  1458. Say Y here if you do wish to strip all uClibc libraries and
  1459. executables. No stripping increases the size of the binaries
  1460. considerably, but makes it possible to debug uClibc libraries.
  1461. Most people will answer Y.
  1462. config DOASSERTS
  1463. bool "Build uClibc with run-time assertion testing"
  1464. default n
  1465. help
  1466. Say Y here to include runtime assertion tests.
  1467. This enables runtime assertion testing in some code, which can
  1468. increase the size of the library and incur runtime overhead.
  1469. If you say N, then this testing will be disabled.
  1470. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG
  1471. bool "Build the shared library loader with debugging support"
  1472. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1473. default n
  1474. help
  1475. Answer Y here to enable all the extra code needed to debug the uClibc
  1476. native shared library loader. The level of debugging noise that is
  1477. generated depends on the LD_DEBUG environment variable... Just set
  1478. LD_DEBUG to something like: 'LD_DEBUG=token1,token2,.. prog' to
  1479. debug your application. Diagnostic messages will then be printed to
  1480. the stderr.
  1481. For now these debugging tokens are available:
  1482. detail provide more information for some options
  1483. move display copy processing
  1484. symbols display symbol table processing
  1485. reloc display relocation processing; detail shows the relocation patch
  1486. nofixups never fixes up jump relocations
  1487. bindings displays the resolve processing (function calls); detail shows the relocation patch
  1488. all Enable everything!
  1489. The additional environment variable:
  1490. LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=file
  1491. redirects the diagnostics to an output file created using
  1492. the specified name and the process id as a suffix.
  1493. An excellent start is simply:
  1494. $ LD_DEBUG=binding,move,symbols,reloc,detail ./appname
  1495. or to log everything to a file named 'logfile', try this
  1496. $ LD_DEBUG=all LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=logfile ./appname
  1497. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc's shared library
  1498. loader, answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1499. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG_EARLY
  1500. bool "Build the shared library loader with early debugging support"
  1501. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1502. default n
  1503. help
  1504. Answer Y here to if you find the uClibc shared library loader is
  1505. crashing or otherwise not working very early on. This is typical
  1506. only when starting a new port when you haven't figured out how to
  1507. properly get the values for argc, argv, environ, etc. This method
  1508. allows a degree of visibility into the very early shared library
  1509. loader initialization process. If you are doing development and want
  1510. to debug the uClibc shared library loader early initialization,
  1511. answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1512. config UCLIBC_MALLOC_DEBUGGING
  1513. bool "Build malloc with debugging support"
  1514. depends on MALLOC || MALLOC_STANDARD
  1515. default n
  1516. help
  1517. Answer Y here to compile extra debugging support code into malloc.
  1518. Malloc debugging output may then be enabled at runtime using the
  1519. MALLOC_DEBUG environment variable.
  1520. The value of MALLOC_DEBUG should be an integer, which is interpreted as
  1521. a bitmask with the following bits:
  1522. 1 - do extra consistency checking
  1523. 2 - output messages for malloc/free calls and OS allocation calls
  1524. 4 - output messages for the `MMB' layer
  1525. 8 - output messages for internal malloc heap manipulation calls
  1526. Because this increases the size of malloc appreciably (due to strings
  1527. etc), you should say N unless you need to debug a malloc problem.
  1528. config WARNINGS
  1529. string "Compiler Warnings"
  1530. default "-Wall"
  1531. help
  1532. Set this to the set of gcc warnings you wish to see while compiling.
  1533. config EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1534. bool "Enable extra annoying warnings"
  1535. default n
  1536. help
  1537. If you wish to build with extra warnings enabled, say Y here.
  1538. config DOMULTI
  1539. bool "Compile all sources at once into an object"
  1540. default n
  1541. help
  1542. Set this to compile all sources at once into an object (IMA).
  1543. config UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1544. bool "Manuel's hidden warnings"
  1545. default n
  1546. help
  1547. Answer Y here to see all Manuel's personal notes, warnings, and todos.
  1548. Most people will answer N.
  1549. endmenu