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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_c6x
  47. bool "c6x"
  48. config TARGET_cris
  49. bool "cris"
  50. config TARGET_e1
  51. bool "e1 (BROKEN)"
  52. config TARGET_frv
  53. bool "frv (BROKEN)"
  54. config TARGET_h8300
  55. bool "h8300 (BROKEN)"
  56. config TARGET_hppa
  57. bool "hppa"
  58. config TARGET_i386
  59. bool "i386"
  60. config TARGET_i960
  61. bool "i960 (BROKEN)"
  62. config TARGET_ia64
  63. bool "ia64"
  64. config TARGET_m68k
  65. bool "m68k"
  66. config TARGET_microblaze
  67. bool "microblaze"
  68. config TARGET_mips
  69. bool "mips"
  70. config TARGET_nios
  71. bool "nios"
  72. config TARGET_nios2
  73. bool "nios2"
  74. config TARGET_powerpc
  75. bool "powerpc"
  76. config TARGET_sh
  77. bool "superh"
  78. config TARGET_sh64
  79. bool "sh64"
  80. config TARGET_sparc
  81. bool "sparc"
  82. config TARGET_v850
  83. bool "v850 (BROKEN)"
  84. config TARGET_vax
  85. bool "vax"
  86. config TARGET_x86_64
  87. bool "x86_64"
  88. config TARGET_xtensa
  89. bool "xtensa"
  90. endchoice
  91. menu "Target Architecture Features and Options"
  92. if TARGET_alpha
  93. source "extra/Configs/Config.alpha"
  94. endif
  95. if TARGET_arm
  96. source "extra/Configs/Config.arm"
  97. endif
  98. if TARGET_avr32
  99. source "extra/Configs/Config.avr32"
  100. endif
  101. if TARGET_bfin
  102. source "extra/Configs/Config.bfin"
  103. endif
  104. if TARGET_cris
  105. source "extra/Configs/Config.cris"
  106. endif
  107. if TARGET_e1
  108. source "extra/Configs/Config.e1"
  109. endif
  110. if TARGET_frv
  111. source "extra/Configs/Config.frv"
  112. endif
  113. if TARGET_h8300
  114. source "extra/Configs/Config.h8300"
  115. endif
  116. if TARGET_hppa
  117. source "extra/Configs/Config.hppa"
  118. endif
  119. if TARGET_i386
  120. source "extra/Configs/Config.i386"
  121. endif
  122. if TARGET_i960
  123. source "extra/Configs/Config.i960"
  124. endif
  125. if TARGET_ia64
  126. source "extra/Configs/Config.ia64"
  127. endif
  128. if TARGET_m68k
  129. source "extra/Configs/Config.m68k"
  130. endif
  131. if TARGET_nios
  132. source "extra/Configs/Config.nios"
  133. endif
  134. if TARGET_nios2
  135. source "extra/Configs/Config.nios2"
  136. endif
  137. if TARGET_microblaze
  138. source "extra/Configs/Config.microblaze"
  139. endif
  140. if TARGET_mips
  141. source "extra/Configs/Config.mips"
  142. endif
  143. if TARGET_powerpc
  144. source "extra/Configs/Config.powerpc"
  145. endif
  146. if TARGET_sh
  147. source "extra/Configs/Config.sh"
  148. endif
  149. if TARGET_sh64
  150. source "extra/Configs/Config.sh64"
  151. endif
  152. if TARGET_sparc
  153. source "extra/Configs/Config.sparc"
  154. endif
  155. if TARGET_v850
  156. source "extra/Configs/Config.v850"
  157. endif
  158. if TARGET_vax
  159. source "extra/Configs/Config.vax"
  160. endif
  161. if TARGET_x86_64
  162. source "extra/Configs/Config.x86_64"
  163. endif
  164. if TARGET_xtensa
  165. source "extra/Configs/Config.xtensa"
  166. endif
  167. if TARGET_c6x
  168. source "extra/Configs/Config.c6x"
  169. endif
  170. config TARGET_SUBARCH
  171. string
  172. default "e500" if CONFIG_E500
  173. default "classic" if CONFIG_CLASSIC
  174. default "sh4" if CONFIG_SH4
  175. default "" if CONFIG_GENERIC_386 || CONFIG_386
  176. default "i486" if CONFIG_486
  177. default "i586" if CONFIG_586 || CONFIG_586MMX
  178. default "i686" if TARGET_ARCH = "i386"
  179. default ""
  180. source "extra/Configs/Config.in.arch"
  181. endmenu
  182. menu "General Library Settings"
  183. config HAVE_NO_PIC
  184. bool
  185. config DOPIC
  186. bool "Generate only Position Independent Code (PIC)"
  187. default y
  188. depends on !HAVE_NO_PIC
  189. help
  190. If you wish to build all of uClibc as PIC objects, then answer Y here.
  191. If you are unsure, then you should answer N.
  192. config ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  193. bool
  194. config ARCH_HAS_NO_LDSO
  195. bool
  196. select ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  197. config HAVE_SHARED
  198. bool "Enable shared libraries"
  199. depends on !ARCH_HAS_NO_SHARED
  200. default y
  201. help
  202. If you wish to build uClibc with support for shared libraries then
  203. answer Y here. If you only want to build uClibc as a static library,
  204. then answer N.
  205. config FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  206. bool "Only load shared libraries which can share their text segment"
  207. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  208. select DOPIC
  209. help
  210. If you answer Y here, the uClibc native shared library loader will
  211. only load shared libraries, which do not need to modify any
  212. non-writable segments. These libraries haven't set the DT_TEXTREL
  213. tag in the dynamic section (==> objdump).
  214. All your libraries must be compiled with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  215. assembler function must be written as position independent code (PIC).
  216. Enabling this option will make uClibc's shared library loader a
  217. little bit smaller and guarantee that no memory will be wasted by
  218. badly coded shared libraries.
  219. config LDSO_LDD_SUPPORT
  220. bool "Native 'ldd' support"
  221. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  222. default y
  223. help
  224. Enable all the code needed to support traditional ldd,
  225. which executes the shared library loader to resolve all dependencies
  226. and then provide a list of shared libraries that are required for an
  227. application to function. Disabling this option will make uClibc's
  228. shared library loader a little bit smaller.
  229. Most people will answer Y.
  230. config LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  231. bool "Enable library loader cache (ld.so.conf)"
  232. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  233. default y
  234. help
  235. Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.conf, the shared library loader
  236. cache configuration file to support for non-standard library paths.
  237. After updating this file, it is necessary to run 'ldconfig' to update
  238. the /etc/ld.so.cache shared library loader cache file.
  239. config LDSO_PRELOAD_ENV_SUPPORT
  240. bool "Enable library loader LD_PRELOAD environment"
  241. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  242. default y
  243. help
  244. Enable this to make use of LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
  245. A whitespace-separated list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared
  246. libraries to be loaded before all others. This can be used to
  247. selectively override functions in other shared libraries. For
  248. set-user-ID/set-group-ID ELF binaries, only libraries in the standard
  249. search directories that are also set-user-ID will be loaded.
  250. config LDSO_PRELOAD_FILE_SUPPORT
  251. bool "Enable library loader preload file (ld.so.preload)"
  252. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  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. help
  275. The dynamic linker can be run either indirectly through running some
  276. dynamically linked program or library (in which case no command line
  277. options to the dynamic linker can be passed and, in the ELF case, the
  278. dynamic linker which is stored in the .interp section of the program
  279. is executed) or directly by running:
  280. /lib/ld-uClibc.so.* [OPTIONS] [PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS]]
  281. Stand-alone execution is a prerequisite for adding prelink
  282. capabilities to uClibc dynamic linker, as well useful for testing an
  283. updated version of the dynamic linker without breaking the system.
  284. config LDSO_PRELINK_SUPPORT
  285. bool "Dynamic linker prelink support"
  286. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  287. select LDSO_STANDALONE_SUPPORT
  288. help
  289. The dynamic linker can be used in stand-alone mode by the prelink tool
  290. for prelinking ELF shared libraries and binaries to speed up startup
  291. time. It also is able to load and handle prelinked libraries and
  292. binaries at runtime.
  293. config UCLIBC_STATIC_LDCONFIG
  294. bool "Link ldconfig statically"
  295. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  296. default y
  297. help
  298. Enable this option to statically link the ldconfig binary.
  299. Making ldconfig static can be beneficial if you have a library
  300. problem and need to use ldconfig to recover. Sometimes it is
  301. preferable to instead keep the size of the system down, in which
  302. case you should disable this option.
  303. config LDSO_RUNPATH
  304. bool "Enable ELF RUNPATH tag support"
  305. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  306. default y if LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
  307. help
  308. ELF's may have dynamic RPATH/RUNPATH tags. These tags list paths
  309. which extend the library search paths. They are really only useful
  310. if a package installs libraries in non standard locations and
  311. ld.so.conf support is disabled.
  312. Usage of RUNPATH tags is not too common, so disabling this feature
  313. should be safe for most people.
  314. config LDSO_SAFE_RUNPATH
  315. bool "Allow only RUNPATH beginning with /"
  316. depends on LDSO_RUNPATH
  317. default y
  318. help
  319. Allow only absolute path in RPATH/RUNPATH.
  320. config LDSO_SEARCH_INTERP_PATH
  321. bool "Add ldso path to lib search path"
  322. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  323. default y
  324. help
  325. The ldso is told where it is being executed from and can use that
  326. path to find related core libraries. This is useful by default,
  327. but can be annoying in a mixed development environment.
  328. i.e. if the ldso is run from /foo/boo/ldso.so, it will start its
  329. library search with /foo/boo/
  330. If unsure, simply say Y here.
  331. config LDSO_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  332. bool "Add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to lib search path"
  333. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  334. default y
  335. help
  336. On hardened system it could be useful to disable the use of
  337. LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (a colon-separated list of
  338. directories in which to search for ELF libraries at execution-time).
  339. If unsure, simply say Y here.
  340. config LDSO_NO_CLEANUP
  341. bool "Disable automatic unloading of dynamically loaded shared objects"
  342. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  343. default n
  344. help
  345. If you need complete allocation traces when debugging memory leaks
  346. using Valgrind in a process that dynamically loads shared objects,
  347. then answer Y here. Unlike glibc, uClibc unloads all dynamically
  348. loaded shared objects when a process exits, which prevents Valgrind
  349. from correctly resolving the symbols from the unloaded shared objects.
  350. Unless you know you need this, you should answer N.
  351. config UCLIBC_CTOR_DTOR
  352. bool "Support global constructors and destructors"
  353. default y
  354. help
  355. If you wish to build uClibc with support for global constructor
  356. (ctor) and global destructor (dtor) support, then answer Y here.
  357. When ctor/dtor support is enabled, binaries linked with uClibc must
  358. also be linked with crtbegin.o and crtend.o which are provided by gcc
  359. (the "*startfile:" and "*endfile:" settings in your gcc specs file
  360. may need to be adjusted to include these files). This support will
  361. also add a small amount of additional size to each binary compiled vs
  362. uClibc. If you will be using uClibc with C++, or if you need the gcc
  363. __attribute__((constructor)) and __attribute__((destructor)) to work,
  364. then you definitely want to answer Y here. If you don't need ctors
  365. or dtors and want your binaries to be as small as possible, then
  366. answer N.
  367. config LDSO_GNU_HASH_SUPPORT
  368. bool "Enable GNU hash style support"
  369. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  370. help
  371. Newest binutils support a new hash style named GNU-hash. The dynamic
  372. linker will use the new GNU-hash section (.gnu.hash) for symbol lookup
  373. if present into the ELF binaries, otherwise it will use the old SysV
  374. hash style (.hash). This ensures that it is completely backward
  375. compatible.
  376. Further, being the hash table implementation self-contained into each
  377. executable and shared libraries, objects with mixed hash style can
  378. peacefully coexist in the same process.
  379. If you want to use this new feature, answer Y
  380. choice
  381. prompt "Thread support"
  382. #default UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE if (TARGET_alpha || TARGET_arm || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc || TARGET_sh || TARGET_sh64)
  383. default HAS_NO_THREADS
  384. help
  385. If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
  386. This will increase the size of uClibc by adding a bunch of locking
  387. to critical data structures, and adding extra code to ensure that
  388. functions are properly reentrant.
  389. config HAS_NO_THREADS
  390. bool "none"
  391. help
  392. Disable thread support.
  393. config LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  394. bool "older (stable) version of linuxthreads"
  395. # linuxthreads and linuxthreads.old need nanosleep()
  396. select UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  397. help
  398. There are two versions of linuxthreads. The older (stable) version
  399. has been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  400. updates other than bugfixes.
  401. config LINUXTHREADS_NEW
  402. bool "slightly newer version of linuxthreads"
  403. help
  404. The new version has not been tested much, and lacks ports for arches
  405. which glibc does not support (like bfin/frv/etc...), but is based on
  406. the latest code from glibc, so it may be the only choice for the
  407. newer ports (like alpha/amd64/64bit arches and hppa).
  408. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  409. bool "Native POSIX Threading (NPTL)"
  410. select UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  411. select UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_FUTEXES
  412. select UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  413. # i386 has no lowlevellock support (yet) as opposed to i486 onward
  414. depends on !CONFIG_386
  415. help
  416. If you want to compile uClibc with NPTL support, then answer Y.
  417. IMPORTANT NOTE! NPTL requires a Linux 2.6 kernel, binutils
  418. at least version 2.16 and GCC with at least version 4.1.0. NPTL
  419. will not work with older versions of any above sources. If you
  420. ignore any of these guidelines, you do so at your own risk. Do
  421. not ask for help on any of the development mailing lists.
  422. !!!! WARNING !!!! BIG FAT WARNING !!!! REALLY BIG FAT WARNING !!!!
  423. This is experimental code and at times it may not even build and
  424. even if it does it might decide to do random damage. This code is
  425. potentially hazardous to your health and sanity. It will remain
  426. that way until further notice at which point this notice will
  427. disappear. Thank you for your support and for not smoking.
  428. endchoice
  429. config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  430. def_bool y if !HAS_NO_THREADS
  431. config UCLIBC_HAS_TLS
  432. bool "Thread-Local Storage"
  433. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  434. help
  435. If you want to enable TLS support then answer Y.
  436. This is fast an efficient way to store per-thread local data
  437. which is not on stack. It needs __thread support enabled in
  438. gcc.
  439. config PTHREADS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
  440. bool "Build pthreads debugging support"
  441. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
  442. help
  443. Say Y here if you wish to be able to debug applications that use
  444. uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
  445. named libthread_db will be built. This library will be dlopen()'d
  446. by gdb and will allow gdb to debug the threads in your application.
  447. IMPORTANT NOTE! Because gdb must dlopen() the libthread_db library,
  448. you must compile gdb with uClibc in order for pthread debugging to
  449. work properly.
  450. If you are doing development and want to debug applications using
  451. uClibc's pthread library, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  452. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYSLOG
  453. bool "Syslog support"
  454. default y
  455. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  456. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  457. help
  458. Support sending messages to the system logger.
  459. This requires socket-support.
  460. config UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  461. bool "Large File Support"
  462. default y
  463. help
  464. If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
  465. (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
  466. if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
  467. support. Enabling this option will increase the size of uClibc.
  468. choice
  469. prompt "Malloc Implementation"
  470. default MALLOC if ! ARCH_USE_MMU
  471. default MALLOC_STANDARD if ARCH_USE_MMU
  472. config MALLOC
  473. bool "malloc"
  474. help
  475. "malloc" use mmap for all allocations and so works very well on
  476. MMU-less systems that do not support the brk() system call. It is
  477. pretty smart about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing
  478. memory wastage.
  479. This is the default for uClinux MMU-less systems.
  480. config MALLOC_SIMPLE
  481. bool "malloc-simple"
  482. help
  483. "malloc-simple" is trivially simple and slow as molasses. It
  484. was written from scratch for uClibc, and is the simplest possible
  485. (and therefore smallest) malloc implementation.
  486. This uses only the mmap() system call to allocate and free memory,
  487. and does not use the brk() system call at all, making it a fine
  488. choice for MMU-less systems with very limited memory. It's 100%
  489. standards compliant, thread safe, very small, and releases freed
  490. memory back to the OS immediately rather than keeping it in the
  491. process's heap for reallocation. It is also VERY SLOW.
  492. config MALLOC_STANDARD
  493. bool "malloc-standard"
  494. depends on ARCH_USE_MMU
  495. help
  496. "malloc-standard" is derived from the public domain dlmalloc
  497. implementation by Doug Lea. It is quite fast, and is pretty smart
  498. about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory
  499. wastage. This uses brk() for small allocations, while using mmap()
  500. for larger allocations. This is the default malloc implementation
  501. for uClibc.
  502. If unsure, answer "malloc-standard".
  503. endchoice
  504. config MALLOC_GLIBC_COMPAT
  505. bool "Malloc returns live pointer for malloc(0)"
  506. help
  507. The behavior of malloc(0) is listed as implementation-defined by
  508. SuSv3. Glibc returns a valid pointer to something, while uClibc
  509. normally returns NULL. I personally feel glibc's behavior is
  510. not particularly safe, and allows buggy applications to hide very
  511. serious problems.
  512. When this option is enabled, uClibc will act just like glibc, and
  513. return a live pointer when someone calls malloc(0). This pointer
  514. provides a malloc'ed area with a size of 1 byte. This feature is
  515. mostly useful when dealing with applications using autoconf's broken
  516. AC_FUNC_MALLOC macro (which redefines malloc as rpl_malloc if it
  517. does not detect glibc style returning-a-valid-pointer-for-malloc(0)
  518. behavior). Most people can safely answer N.
  519. config UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT
  520. bool "Dynamic atexit() Support"
  521. default y
  522. help
  523. When this option is enabled, uClibc will support an infinite number,
  524. of atexit() and on_exit() functions, limited only by your available
  525. memory. This can be important when uClibc is used with C++, since
  526. global destructors are implemented via atexit(), and it is quite
  527. possible to exceed the default number when this option is disabled.
  528. Enabling this option adds a few bytes, and more significantly makes
  529. atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
  530. static executables.
  531. Unless you use uClibc with C++, you should probably answer N.
  532. config COMPAT_ATEXIT
  533. bool "Old (visible) atexit Support"
  534. help
  535. Enable this option if you want to update from 0.9.28 to git/0.9.29,
  536. else you will be missing atexit() until you rebuild all apps.
  537. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY
  538. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY functions"
  539. #vfork,
  540. # h_errno
  541. # gethostbyaddr
  542. # gethostbyname
  543. help
  544. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY functions
  545. in the library, else they are replaced by SuSv3 proposed macros.
  546. Currently applies to:
  547. bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index, rindex, ftime,
  548. bsd_signal, (ecvt), (fcvt), gcvt, (getcontext),
  549. (getwd), (makecontext),
  550. mktemp, (pthread_attr_getstackaddr), (pthread_attr_setstackaddr),
  551. scalb, (setcontext), (swapcontext), ualarm, usleep,
  552. wcswcs.
  553. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  554. config UCLIBC_SUSV3_LEGACY_MACROS
  555. bool "Enable SuSv3 LEGACY macros"
  556. help
  557. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv3 LEGACY macros.
  558. Currently applies to bcopy/bzero/bcmp/index/rindex et al.
  559. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  560. config UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  561. bool "Enable SuSv4 LEGACY or obsolescent functions"
  562. help
  563. Enable this option if you want to have SuSv4 LEGACY functions
  564. and macros in the library.
  565. Currently applies to:
  566. - XSI functions:
  567. _longjmp, _setjmp, _tolower, _toupper, ftw, getitimer,
  568. gettimeofday, isascii, pthread_getconcurrency,
  569. pthread_setconcurrency, setitimer, setpgrp, sighold,
  570. sigignore, sigpause, sigrelse, sigset, siginterrupt,
  571. tempnam, toascii, ulimit.
  572. - Base functions:
  573. asctime, asctime_r, ctime, ctime_r, gets, rand_r,
  574. tmpnam, utime.
  575. WARNING! ABI incompatibility.
  576. config UCLIBC_STRICT_HEADERS
  577. bool "Hide structures and constants for unsupported features"
  578. help
  579. Hide structures and constants in headers that should not be used,
  580. because the respective feature is disabled.
  581. WARNING! enabling this option requires to patch many faulty apps,
  582. since they make (wrongly) use of these structures/constants,
  583. although the feature was disabled.
  584. config UCLIBC_HAS_STUBS
  585. bool "Provide stubs for unavailable functionality"
  586. help
  587. With this option uClibc provides non-functional stubs for
  588. functions which are impossible to implement on the target
  589. architecture. Otherwise, such functions are simply omitted.
  590. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHADOW
  591. bool "Shadow Password Support"
  592. default y
  593. help
  594. Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
  595. Most people will answer Y.
  596. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
  597. bool "Support for program_invocation_name"
  598. help
  599. Support for the GNU-specific program_invocation_name and
  600. program_invocation_short_name strings. Some GNU packages
  601. (like tar and coreutils) utilize these for extra useful
  602. output, but in general are not required.
  603. At startup, these external strings are automatically set
  604. up based on the value of ARGV[0].
  605. If unsure, just answer N.
  606. config UCLIBC_HAS___PROGNAME
  607. bool "Support for __progname"
  608. default y
  609. help
  610. Some packages (like openssh) like to peek into internal libc
  611. symbols to make their output a bit more user friendly.
  612. At startup, __progname is automatically set up based on the
  613. value of ARGV[0].
  614. If unsure, just answer N.
  615. config UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  616. bool "Support for pseudo-terminals"
  617. default y
  618. help
  619. This enables support for pseudo-terminals (see man 4 pts
  620. and man 7 pty).
  621. If unsure, just answer Y.
  622. config ASSUME_DEVPTS
  623. bool "Assume that /dev/pts is a devpts or devfs file system"
  624. default y
  625. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  626. help
  627. Enable this if /dev/pts is on a devpts or devfs filesystem. Both
  628. these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
  629. devices. You may need to mount your devpts or devfs filesystem on
  630. /dev/pts for this to work.
  631. Most people should answer Y.
  632. config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  633. bool "Support only Unix 98 PTYs"
  634. default y
  635. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  636. help
  637. If you want to support only Unix 98 PTYs enable this. Some older
  638. applications may need this disabled and will thus use legacy BSD
  639. style PTY handling which is more complex and also bigger than
  640. Unix 98 PTY handling.
  641. For most current programs, you can generally answer Y.
  642. if UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  643. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  644. bool "Support getpt() (glibc-compat)"
  645. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  646. help
  647. Some packages may need getpt().
  648. All of those are non-standard and can be considered
  649. GNU/libc compatibility.
  650. Either use posix_openpt() or just open /dev/ptmx yourself.
  651. If unsure, just say N.
  652. endif
  653. if !UNIX98PTY_ONLY
  654. # Have to use __libc_ptyname{1,2}[] and related bloat
  655. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETPT
  656. def_bool y
  657. endif
  658. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBUTIL
  659. bool "Provide libutil library and functions"
  660. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_PTY
  661. help
  662. Provide a libutil library.
  663. This non-standard conforming library provides the following
  664. utility functions:
  665. forkpty(): combines openpty(), fork(2), and login_tty() to
  666. create a new process operating in a pseudo-terminal.
  667. login(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  668. login_tty(): prepares for a login on the tty fd by creating a
  669. new session, making fd the controlling terminal for
  670. the calling process, setting fd to be the standard
  671. input, output, and error streams of the current
  672. process, and closing fd.
  673. logout(): write utmp and wtmp entries
  674. logwtmp(): constructs a utmp structure and calls updwtmp() to
  675. append the structure to the utmp file.
  676. openpty(): finds an available pseudo-terminal and returns
  677. file descriptors for the master and slave
  678. This library adds about 3k-4k to your system.
  679. config UCLIBC_HAS_TM_EXTENSIONS
  680. bool "Support 'struct tm' timezone extension fields"
  681. default y
  682. help
  683. Enabling this option adds fields to 'struct tm' in time.h for
  684. tracking the number of seconds east of UTC, and an abbreviation for
  685. the current timezone. These fields are not specified by the SuSv3
  686. standard, but they are commonly used in both GNU and BSD application
  687. code.
  688. To strictly follow the SuSv3 standard, leave this disabled.
  689. Most people will probably want to answer Y.
  690. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_CACHING
  691. bool "Enable caching of the last valid timezone 'TZ' string"
  692. default y
  693. help
  694. Answer Y to enable caching of the last valid 'TZ' string describing
  695. the timezone setting. This allows a quick string compare to avoid
  696. repeated parsing of unchanged 'TZ' strings when tzset() is called.
  697. Most people will answer Y.
  698. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  699. bool "Enable '/etc/TZ' file support to set a default timezone (uClibc-specific)"
  700. default y
  701. help
  702. Answer Y to enable the setting of a default timezone for uClibc.
  703. Ordinarily, uClibc gets the timezone information exclusively from the
  704. 'TZ' environment variable. In particular, there is no support for
  705. the zoneinfo directory tree or the /etc/timezone file used by glibc.
  706. With this option enabled, uClibc will use the value stored in the
  707. file '/etc/TZ' (default path) to obtain timezone information if the
  708. 'TZ' environment variable is missing or has an invalid value. The
  709. file consists of a single line (newline required) of text describing
  710. the timezone in the format specified for the TZ environment variable.
  711. Doing 'echo CST6CDT > /etc/TZ' is enough to create a valid file.
  712. See
  713. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html
  714. for details on valid settings of 'TZ'.
  715. Most people will answer Y.
  716. config UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE_READ_MANY
  717. bool "Repeatedly read the '/etc/TZ' file"
  718. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  719. default y
  720. help
  721. Answer Y to enable repeated reading of the '/etc/TZ' file even after
  722. a valid value has been read. This incurs the overhead of an
  723. open/read/close for each tzset() call (explicit or implied). However,
  724. setting this will allow applications to update their timezone
  725. information if the contents of the file change.
  726. Most people will answer Y.
  727. config UCLIBC_TZ_FILE_PATH
  728. string "Path to the 'TZ' file for setting the global timezone"
  729. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  730. default "/etc/TZ"
  731. help
  732. This is the path to the 'TZ' file.
  733. Most people will use the default of '/etc/TZ'.
  734. config UCLIBC_FALLBACK_TO_ETC_LOCALTIME
  735. bool "Use /etc/localtime as a fallback"
  736. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_TZ_FILE
  737. default y
  738. help
  739. Answer Y to try to use /etc/localtime file.
  740. On glibc systems this file (if it is in TZif2 format)
  741. contains timezone string at the end.
  742. Most people will answer Y.
  743. endmenu
  744. menu "Advanced Library Settings"
  745. config UCLIBC_PWD_BUFFER_SIZE
  746. int "Buffer size for getpwnam() and friends"
  747. default 256
  748. range 12 1024
  749. help
  750. This sets the value of the buffer size for getpwnam() and friends.
  751. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  752. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
  753. parameter.
  754. config UCLIBC_GRP_BUFFER_SIZE
  755. int "Buffer size for getgrnam() and friends"
  756. default 256
  757. range 12 1024
  758. help
  759. This sets the value of the buffer size for getgrnam() and friends.
  760. By default, this is 256. (For reference, glibc uses 1024).
  761. The value can be found using sysconf() with the _SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX
  762. parameter.
  763. comment "Support various families of functions"
  764. config UCLIBC_LINUX_MODULE_26
  765. bool "Linux kernel module functions (2.6)"
  766. default y
  767. help
  768. delete_module, init_module
  769. are used in linux for loadable kernel modules.
  770. Say N if you do not use kernel modules.
  771. config UCLIBC_LINUX_MODULE_24
  772. bool "Linux kernel module functions (<2.6)"
  773. depends on !TARGET_bfin && !TARGET_c6x
  774. help
  775. create_module, query_module
  776. are used in linux (prior to 2.6) for loadable kernel modules.
  777. Say N if you do not use kernel modules, or you only support
  778. Linux 2.6+.
  779. config UCLIBC_LINUX_SPECIFIC
  780. bool "Linux specific functions"
  781. default y
  782. help
  783. accept4(), bdflush(),
  784. capget(), capset(), eventfd(), fstatfs(),
  785. inotify_*(), ioperm(), iopl(),
  786. madvise(), modify_ldt(), pipe2(), personality(),
  787. prctl()/arch_prctl(), pivot_root(), modify_ldt(),
  788. ppoll(), readahead(), reboot(), remap_file_pages(),
  789. sched_getaffinity(), sched_setaffinity(), sendfile(),
  790. setfsgid(), setfsuid(), setresgid(), setresuid(),
  791. splice(), vmsplice(), tee(), signalfd(), swapoff(), swapon(),
  792. sync_file_range(), _sysctl(), sysinfo(), timerfd_*(), vhangup(),
  793. umount(), umount2()
  794. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_ERROR
  795. bool "Support GNU extensions for error-reporting"
  796. default y
  797. help
  798. Support for the GNU-specific error(), error_at_line(),
  799. void (* error_print_progname)(), error_message_count
  800. functions and variables. Some GNU packages
  801. utilize these for extra useful output, but in general
  802. are not required.
  803. If unsure, just answer N.
  804. config UCLIBC_BSD_SPECIFIC
  805. bool "BSD specific functions"
  806. default y
  807. help
  808. mincore(), getdomainname(), setdomainname()
  809. If unsure, say N.
  810. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_ERR
  811. bool "BSD err functions"
  812. default y
  813. help
  814. These functions are non-standard BSD extensions.
  815. err(), errx(), warn(), warnx(), verr(), verrx(), vwarn(), vwarnx()
  816. If unsure, say N.
  817. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_BSD_SIGNAL
  818. bool "BSD obsolete signal functions"
  819. help
  820. These functions are provided as a compatibility interface for
  821. programs that make use of the historical System V signal API.
  822. This API is obsolete:
  823. new applications should use the POSIX signal API (sigaction(2),
  824. sigprocmask(2), etc.).
  825. Affected functions:
  826. sigset(), sighold(), sigrelse(), sigignore()
  827. If unsure, say N.
  828. config UCLIBC_HAS_OBSOLETE_SYSV_SIGNAL
  829. bool "SYSV obsolete signal functions"
  830. help
  831. Use of sysv_signal() should be avoided; use sigaction(2) instead.
  832. If unsure, say N.
  833. config UCLIBC_NTP_LEGACY
  834. bool "ntp_*() aliases"
  835. help
  836. Provide legacy aliases for ntp functions:
  837. ntp_adjtime(), ntp_gettime()
  838. It is safe to say N here.
  839. config UCLIBC_SV4_DEPRECATED
  840. bool "Enable SVr4 deprecated functions"
  841. help
  842. These functions are DEPRECATED in System V release 4.
  843. Say N unless you desparately need one of the functions below:
  844. ustat() [use statfs(2) in your code instead]
  845. config UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  846. bool "Realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  847. default y
  848. help
  849. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  850. be available on all implementations.
  851. Includes AIO, message-queue, scheduler, semaphore functions:
  852. aio.h
  853. mqueue.h
  854. sched.h
  855. semaphore.h
  856. aio_cancel()
  857. aio_error()
  858. aio_fsync()
  859. aio_read()
  860. lio_listio()
  861. aio_return()
  862. aio_suspend()
  863. aio_write()
  864. clock_getres(), clock_gettime(), clock_settime()
  865. fdatasync()
  866. mlockall(), munlockall()
  867. mlock(), munlock()
  868. mq_close()
  869. mq_getattr()
  870. mq_notify()
  871. mq_open()
  872. mq_receive()
  873. mq_send()
  874. mq_setattr()
  875. mq_unlink()
  876. nanosleep()
  877. sched_getparam()
  878. sched_get_priority_max(), sched_get_priority_min()
  879. sched_getscheduler()
  880. sched_rr_get_interval()
  881. sched_setparam()
  882. sched_setscheduler()
  883. sem_close()
  884. sem_destroy()
  885. sem_getvalue()
  886. sem_init()
  887. sem_open()
  888. sem_post()
  889. sem_trywait(), sem_wait()
  890. sem_unlink()
  891. sigqueue()
  892. sigtimedwait(), sigwaitinfo()
  893. timer_create()
  894. timer_delete()
  895. timer_getoverrun(), timer_gettime(), timer_settime()
  896. config UCLIBC_HAS_ADVANCED_REALTIME
  897. bool "Advanced realtime-related family of SUSv functions"
  898. default y
  899. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
  900. help
  901. These functions are part of the Timers option and need not
  902. be available on all implementations.
  903. clock_getcpuclockid()
  904. clock_nanosleep()
  905. mq_timedreceive()
  906. mq_timedsend()
  907. posix_fadvise()
  908. posix_fallocate()
  909. posix_madvise()
  910. posix_memalign()
  911. posix_mem_offset()
  912. posix_spawnattr_destroy(), posix_spawnattr_init()
  913. posix_spawnattr_getflags(), posix_spawnattr_setflags()
  914. posix_spawnattr_getpgroup(), posix_spawnattr_setpgroup()
  915. posix_spawnattr_getschedparam(), posix_spawnattr_setschedparam()
  916. posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy(), posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy()
  917. posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault(), posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault()
  918. posix_spawnattr_getsigmask(), posix_spawnattr_setsigmask()
  919. posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose()
  920. posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2()
  921. posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen()
  922. posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy()
  923. posix_spawn_file_actions_init()
  924. posix_spawn()
  925. posix_spawnp()
  926. posix_typed_mem_get_info()
  927. pthread_mutex_timedlock()
  928. sem_timedwait()
  929. #config UCLIBC_HAS_TERMIOS
  930. # bool "termios functions"
  931. # default y
  932. # help
  933. # Get and set terminal attributes, line control, get and set baud
  934. # rate.
  935. # termios(), tcgetattr(), tcsetattr(), tcsendbreak(), tcdrain(),
  936. # tcflush(), tcflow(), cfmakeraw(), cfgetospeed(), cfgetispeed(),
  937. # cfsetispeed(), cfsetospeed(), cfsetspeed()
  938. #
  939. # If unsure, say Y.
  940. config UCLIBC_HAS_EPOLL
  941. bool "epoll"
  942. default y
  943. help
  944. epoll_create(), epoll_ctl(), epoll_wait() functions.
  945. config UCLIBC_HAS_XATTR
  946. bool "Extended Attributes"
  947. default y
  948. help
  949. Extended Attributes support.
  950. setxattr()
  951. lsetxattr()
  952. fsetxattr()
  953. getxattr()
  954. lgetxattr()
  955. fgetxattr()
  956. listxattr()
  957. llistxattr()
  958. flistxattr()
  959. removexattr()
  960. lremovexattr()
  961. fremovexattr()
  962. Say N unless you need support for extended attributes and the
  963. filesystems do actually support them.
  964. config UCLIBC_HAS_PROFILING
  965. bool "Profiling support"
  966. default y
  967. help
  968. gcc's -finstrument-functions needs these.
  969. Most people can safely answer N.
  970. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  971. bool "libcrypt support"
  972. default y
  973. help
  974. libcrypt contains crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  975. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHA256_CRYPT_IMPL
  976. bool "libcrypt SHA256 support"
  977. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  978. help
  979. This adds support for SHA256 password hashing via the crypt() function.
  980. Say N here if you do not need SHA256 crypt support.
  981. config UCLIBC_HAS_SHA512_CRYPT_IMPL
  982. bool "libcrypt SHA512 support"
  983. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  984. help
  985. This adds support for SHA512 password hashing via the crypt() function.
  986. Say N here if you do not need SHA512 crypt support.
  987. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  988. bool "libcrypt stubs"
  989. default y
  990. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL
  991. help
  992. Standards mandate that crypt(3) provides a stub if it is unavailable.
  993. If you enable this option then stubs for
  994. crypt(), setkey() and encrypt()
  995. will be provided in a small libcrypt.
  996. config UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT
  997. def_bool y
  998. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_IMPL || UCLIBC_HAS_CRYPT_STUB
  999. endmenu
  1000. menuconfig UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  1001. bool "Networking Support"
  1002. default y
  1003. help
  1004. Say N here if you do not need network support.
  1005. if UCLIBC_HAS_NETWORK_SUPPORT
  1006. config UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  1007. bool "Socket support"
  1008. default y
  1009. help
  1010. If you want to include support for sockets then answer Y.
  1011. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4
  1012. bool "IP version 4 support"
  1013. default y
  1014. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  1015. help
  1016. If you want to include support for the Internet Protocol
  1017. (IP version 4) then answer Y.
  1018. Most people will say Y.
  1019. config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  1020. bool "IP version 6 support"
  1021. select UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  1022. help
  1023. If you want to include support for the next version of the Internet
  1024. Protocol (IP version 6) then answer Y.
  1025. Most people should answer N.
  1026. config UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  1027. bool "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support"
  1028. # RPC+socket-ipvX doesn't currently work.
  1029. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4 || UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  1030. help
  1031. If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
  1032. for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use
  1033. NFS, you can probably leave this set to N and save some space.
  1034. If you need to use NFS then you should answer Y.
  1035. config UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC
  1036. bool "Full RPC support"
  1037. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  1038. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  1039. help
  1040. Normally we enable just enough RPC support for things like rshd and
  1041. nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
  1042. then enable this option. Most people can safely answer N.
  1043. config UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC
  1044. bool "Reentrant RPC support"
  1045. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
  1046. default y if !HAVE_SHARED
  1047. help
  1048. Most packages utilize the normal (non-reentrant) RPC functions, but
  1049. some (like exportfs from nfs-utils) need these reentrant versions.
  1050. Most people can safely answer N.
  1051. config UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  1052. bool "Use netlink to query interfaces"
  1053. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET
  1054. help
  1055. In newer versions of Linux (2.4.17+), support was added for querying
  1056. network device information via netlink rather than the old style
  1057. ioctl's. Most of the time, the older ioctl style is sufficient (and
  1058. it is smaller than netlink), but if you find that not all of your
  1059. devices are being returned by the if_nameindex() function, you will
  1060. have to use the netlink implementation.
  1061. Most people can safely answer N.
  1062. config UCLIBC_SUPPORT_AI_ADDRCONFIG
  1063. bool "Support the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag"
  1064. depends on UCLIBC_USE_NETLINK
  1065. help
  1066. The implementation of AI_ADDRCONFIG is aligned with the glibc
  1067. implementation using netlink to query interfaces to find both
  1068. ipv4 and ipv6 support. This is only needed if an application uses
  1069. the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag.
  1070. Most people can safely answer N.
  1071. config UCLIBC_HAS_BSD_RES_CLOSE
  1072. bool "Support res_close() (bsd-compat)"
  1073. help
  1074. Answer Y if you desperately want to support BSD compatibility in
  1075. the network code.
  1076. Most people will say N.
  1077. config UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1078. bool "Use compatible but bloated _res"
  1079. default y
  1080. help
  1081. Answer Y if you build network utilities and they muck with resolver
  1082. internals a lot (_res global structure). uclibc does not use most
  1083. of _res.XXX fields, and with this option OFF they won't even exist.
  1084. Which will make e.g. dig build fail.
  1085. Answering N saves around 400 bytes in bss.
  1086. config UCLIBC_HAS_EXTRA_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1087. bool "Use extra compatible but extra bloated _res"
  1088. help
  1089. Answer Y if selecting UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE is not enough.
  1090. As far as I can say, this should never be needed.
  1091. config UCLIBC_HAS_RESOLVER_SUPPORT
  1092. bool "DNS resolver functions"
  1093. select UCLIBC_HAS_COMPAT_RES_STATE
  1094. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4 || UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
  1095. help
  1096. Provide implementations for DNS resolver functions.
  1097. In particular, the following functions will be added to the
  1098. library:
  1099. ns_get16, ns_get32, ns_put16, ns_put32
  1100. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBRESOLV_STUB
  1101. bool "Provide libresolv stub"
  1102. help
  1103. Provide a dummy resolv library.
  1104. config UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB
  1105. bool "Provide libnsl stub"
  1106. help
  1107. Provide a dummy nsl library.
  1108. endif
  1109. menu "String and Stdio Support"
  1110. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT
  1111. bool "Use faster (but larger) generic string functions"
  1112. default y
  1113. help
  1114. Answer Y to use the (tweaked) glibc generic string functions.
  1115. In general, they are faster (but 3-5K larger) than the base
  1116. uClibc string functions which are optimized solely for size.
  1117. Many people will answer Y.
  1118. config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT
  1119. bool "Use arch-specific assembly string functions (where available)"
  1120. default y
  1121. help
  1122. Answer Y to use any archtecture-specific assembly language string
  1123. functions available for this target plaform.
  1124. Note that assembly implementations are not available for all string
  1125. functions, so some generic (written in C) string functions may
  1126. still be used.
  1127. These are small and fast, the only reason _not_ to say Y here is
  1128. for debugging purposes.
  1129. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1130. bool "Use Table Versions Of 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1131. default y
  1132. help
  1133. Answer Y to use table versions of the 'ctype.h' functions.
  1134. While the non-table versions are often smaller when building
  1135. statically linked apps, they work only in stub locale mode.
  1136. Most people will answer Y.
  1137. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED
  1138. bool "Support Signed Characters In 'ctype.h' Functions."
  1139. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1140. default y
  1141. help
  1142. Answer Y to enable support for passing signed char values to
  1143. the 'ctype.h' functions. ANSI/ISO C99 and SUSv3 specify that
  1144. these functions are only defined for unsigned char values and
  1145. EOF. However, glibc allows negative signed char values as well
  1146. in order to support 'broken old programs'.
  1147. Most people will answer Y.
  1148. choice
  1149. prompt "ctype argument checking"
  1150. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1151. default UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1152. help
  1153. Please select the invalid arg behavior you want for the 'ctype'
  1154. functions.
  1155. The 'ctype' functions are now implemented using table lookups, with
  1156. the arg being the index. This can result in incorrect memory accesses
  1157. or even segfaults for args outside of the allowed range.
  1158. NOTE: This only affects the 'ctype' _functions_. It does not affect
  1159. the macro implementations.
  1160. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_UNSAFE
  1161. bool "Do not check -- unsafe"
  1162. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_CHECKED
  1163. bool "Detect and handle appropriately"
  1164. config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_ENFORCED
  1165. bool "Issue a diagnostic and abort()"
  1166. endchoice
  1167. config UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1168. bool "Wide Character Support"
  1169. help
  1170. Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
  1171. much larger. It is also currently required for locale support.
  1172. Most people will answer N.
  1173. config UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1174. bool "Locale Support"
  1175. select UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1176. select UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1177. help
  1178. uClibc now has full ANSI/ISO C99 locale support (except for
  1179. wcsftime() and collating items in regex). Be aware that enabling
  1180. this option will make uClibc much larger.
  1181. Enabling UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE with the default set of supported locales
  1182. (169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for other codesets) will enlarge
  1183. uClibc by around 300k. You can reduce this size by building your own
  1184. custom set of locate data (see extra/locale/LOCALES for details).
  1185. uClibc's locale support is still under development. For example,
  1186. codesets using shift states are not currently supported. Support is
  1187. planned in the next iteration of locale support.
  1188. Answer Y to enable locale support. Most people will answer N.
  1189. choice
  1190. prompt "Locale data"
  1191. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1192. default UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1193. config UCLIBC_BUILD_ALL_LOCALE
  1194. bool "All locales"
  1195. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1196. help
  1197. This builds all the locales that are available on your
  1198. host-box.
  1199. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1200. bool "Only selected locales"
  1201. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1202. help
  1203. If you do not need all locales that are available on your
  1204. host-box, then set this to 'Y'.
  1205. config UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1206. bool "Use Pre-generated Locale Data"
  1207. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1208. help
  1209. Use pre-built locale data.
  1210. Note that these pregenerated locales are sensitive to your
  1211. target architecture (endianess, bitcount).
  1212. Saying N here is highly recommended.
  1213. endchoice
  1214. config UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALES
  1215. string "locales to use"
  1216. depends on UCLIBC_BUILD_MINIMAL_LOCALE
  1217. default "en_US"
  1218. help
  1219. Space separated list of locales to use.
  1220. E.g.:
  1221. en_US en_GB de_AT
  1222. default:
  1223. en_US
  1224. config UCLIBC_DOWNLOAD_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1225. bool "Automagically Download the Pre-generated Locale Data (if necessary)"
  1226. depends on UCLIBC_PREGENERATED_LOCALE_DATA
  1227. help
  1228. If you would like the build process to use 'wget' to automatically
  1229. download the pregenerated locale data, enable this option. Otherwise
  1230. you will need to obtain the locale data yourself from:
  1231. http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/uClibc-locale-*.tgz
  1232. and place the uClibc-locale-*.tgz tarball in the extra/locale/
  1233. directory.
  1234. Note that the use of pregenerated locale data is discouraged.
  1235. config UCLIBC_HAS_XLOCALE
  1236. bool "Extended Locale Support (experimental/incomplete)"
  1237. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1238. help
  1239. Answer Y to enable extended locale support similar to that provided
  1240. by glibc. This is primarily intended to support libstd++
  1241. functionality.
  1242. However, it also allows thread-specific locale selection via
  1243. uselocale().
  1244. Most people will answer N.
  1245. config UCLIBC_HAS_HEXADECIMAL_FLOATS
  1246. bool "Support hexadecimal float notation"
  1247. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
  1248. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1249. help
  1250. Answer Y to enable support for hexadecimal float notation in the
  1251. (wchar and) char string to floating point conversion functions, as
  1252. well as support for the %a and %A conversion specifiers in the
  1253. *printf() and *scanf() functions.
  1254. Most people will answer N.
  1255. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1256. bool "Support glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing locale-specific digit grouping"
  1257. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
  1258. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FLOATS
  1259. help
  1260. Answer Y to enable support for glibc's \"'\" flag for allowing
  1261. locale-specific digit grouping in base 10 integer conversions and
  1262. appropriate floating point conversions in the *printf() and *scanf()
  1263. functions.
  1264. Most people will answer N.
  1265. config UCLIBC_HAS_SCANF_LENIENT_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1266. bool "Do not require digit grouping when the \"'\" flag is specified"
  1267. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_DIGIT_GROUPING
  1268. default y
  1269. help
  1270. Answer Y to make digit grouping optional when the \"'\" flag is
  1271. specified.
  1272. This is the standard glibc behavior. If the initial string of digits
  1273. exceeds the maximum group number, the input will be treated as a
  1274. normal non-grouped number.
  1275. Most people will answer N.
  1276. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_PRINTF
  1277. bool "Support glibc's register_printf_function() (glibc-compat)"
  1278. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1279. help
  1280. Answer Y to support glibc's register_printf_function() to allow an
  1281. application to add its own printf conversion specifiers.
  1282. parse_printf_format() is also enabled.
  1283. NOTE: Limits the number or registered specifiers to 10.
  1284. NOTE: Requires new conversion specifiers to be ASCII
  1285. characters (0-0x7f). This is to avoid problems with processing
  1286. format strings in locales with different multibyte conversions.
  1287. Most people will answer N.
  1288. config USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1289. bool "Use the old vfprintf implementation"
  1290. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1291. help
  1292. Set to true to use the old vfprintf instead of the new. This is
  1293. roughly C89 compliant with some extensions, and is much smaller.
  1294. However, it does not support wide chars, positional args, or glibc
  1295. custom printf specifiers.
  1296. Most people will answer N.
  1297. config UCLIBC_PRINTF_SCANF_POSITIONAL_ARGS
  1298. int "Maximum number of positional args. Either 0 or >= 9."
  1299. depends on !USE_OLD_VFPRINTF
  1300. default 9
  1301. help
  1302. Set the maximum number of positional args supported by the
  1303. printf/scanf functions. The Single Unix Specification Version 3
  1304. requires a minimum value of 9. Setting this to a value lower than
  1305. 9 will disable positional arg support and cause the NL_ARGMAX macro
  1306. in limits.h to be #undef'd.
  1307. WARNING! The workspace to support positional args is currently
  1308. allocated on the stack. You probably don't want to set
  1309. this to too high a value.
  1310. Most people will answer 9.
  1311. choice
  1312. prompt "Stdio buffer size"
  1313. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1314. help
  1315. Please select a value for BUFSIZ. This will be used by the
  1316. stdio subsystem as the default buffer size for a file, and
  1317. affects fopen(), setvbuf(), etc.
  1318. NOTE: Setting this to 'none' will disable buffering completely.
  1319. However, BUFSIZ will still be defined in stdio.h as 256 because
  1320. many applications use this value.
  1321. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1322. bool "none (WARNING - BUFSIZ will be 256 in stdio.h)"
  1323. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
  1324. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_256
  1325. bool "256 (minimum ANSI/ISO C99 value)"
  1326. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_512
  1327. bool "512"
  1328. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_1024
  1329. bool "1024"
  1330. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_2048
  1331. bool "2048"
  1332. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_4096
  1333. bool "4096"
  1334. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_8192
  1335. bool "8192"
  1336. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1337. endchoice
  1338. choice
  1339. prompt "Stdio builtin buffer size (uClibc-specific)"
  1340. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1341. default UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1342. help
  1343. When a FILE is created with fopen(), an attempt is made to allocate
  1344. a BUFSIZ buffer for it. If the allocation fails, fopen() will still
  1345. succeed but the FILE will be unbuffered.
  1346. This option adds a small amount of space to each FILE to act as an
  1347. emergency buffer in the event of a buffer allocation failure.
  1348. Most people will answer None.
  1349. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_NONE
  1350. bool "None"
  1351. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_4
  1352. bool "4"
  1353. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUILTIN_BUFFER_8
  1354. bool "8"
  1355. # If you add more choices, you will need to update uClibc_stdio.h.
  1356. endchoice
  1357. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_SHUTDOWN_ON_ABORT
  1358. bool "Attempt to shutdown stdio subsystem when abort() is called."
  1359. help
  1360. ANSI/ISO C99 requires abort() to be asyn-signal-safe. So there was
  1361. a behavioral change made in SUSv3. Previously, abort() was required
  1362. to have the affect of fclose() on all open streams. The wording has
  1363. been changed to "may" from "shall".
  1364. Most people will answer N.
  1365. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_GETC_MACRO
  1366. bool "Provide a macro version of getc()"
  1367. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1368. default y
  1369. help
  1370. Provide a macro version of getc().
  1371. Most people will answer Y.
  1372. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_PUTC_MACRO
  1373. bool "Provide a macro version of putc()"
  1374. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_BUFSIZ_NONE
  1375. default y
  1376. help
  1377. Provide a macro version of putc().
  1378. Most people will answer Y.
  1379. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_AUTO_RW_TRANSITION
  1380. bool "Support auto-r/w transition"
  1381. default y
  1382. help
  1383. Answer Y to enable the stdio subsystem to automaticly transition
  1384. between reading and writing. This relaxes the ANSI/ISO C99
  1385. requirement:
  1386. When a file is opened with update mode ('+' as the second or third
  1387. character in the list of mode argument values), both input and output
  1388. may be performed on the associated stream. However, output shall not
  1389. be directly followed by input without an intervening call to the
  1390. fflush function or to a file positioning function (fseek, fsetpos,
  1391. or rewind), and input shall not be directly followed by output without
  1392. an intervening call to a file positioning function, unless the input
  1393. operation encounters end­of­file.
  1394. Most people will answer Y.
  1395. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_LARGEFILE_MODE
  1396. bool "Support an fopen() 'F' flag for large file mode (uClibc-specific)"
  1397. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
  1398. help
  1399. Answer Y to enable a uClibc-specific extension to allow passing an
  1400. additional 'F' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1401. the file should be open()ed with the O_LARGEFILE flag set.
  1402. Most people will answer N.
  1403. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE
  1404. bool "Support an fopen() 'x' flag for exclusive mode (glibc-compat)"
  1405. help
  1406. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to allow passing
  1407. additional 'x' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1408. the file should be open()ed with the O_EXCL flag set.
  1409. Most people will answer N.
  1410. config UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_CLOSEEXEC_MODE
  1411. bool "Support an fopen() 'e' flag for close-on-exec mode (glibc-compat)"
  1412. help
  1413. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to allow passing
  1414. additional 'e' flag in the mode string for fopen() to specify that
  1415. the file should be open()ed with the O_CLOEXEC flag set.
  1416. Most people will answer N.
  1417. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_STREAMS
  1418. bool "Support fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie() (glibc-compat)"
  1419. help
  1420. Answer Y to support the glibc 'custom stream' extension functions
  1421. fmemopen(), open_memstream(), and fopencookie().
  1422. NOTE: There are some minor differences regarding seeking behavior.
  1423. Most people will answer N.
  1424. config UCLIBC_HAS_PRINTF_M_SPEC
  1425. bool "Support the '%m' specifier in printf format strings (glibc-compat)"
  1426. help
  1427. Answer Y to support a glibc extension to interpret '%m' in printf
  1428. format strings as an instruction to output the error message string
  1429. (as generated by strerror) corresponding to the current value of
  1430. 'errno'.
  1431. Most people will answer N.
  1432. config UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1433. bool "Include the errno message text in the library"
  1434. default y
  1435. help
  1436. Answer Y if you want to include the errno message text in the
  1437. library. This adds about 3K to the library, but enables strerror()
  1438. to generate text other than 'Unknown error <number>'.
  1439. Most people will answer Y.
  1440. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_ERRLIST
  1441. bool "Support sys_errlist[] (obsolete-compat)"
  1442. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_ERRNO_MESSAGES
  1443. help
  1444. Answer Y if you want to support the obsolete sys_errlist[].
  1445. This adds about 0.5k to the library, except for the mips
  1446. arch where it adds over 4K.
  1447. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_errlist[] may be unavailable
  1448. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1449. altogether.
  1450. Most people will answer N.
  1451. Application writers: use the strerror(3) function.
  1452. config UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1453. bool "Include the signum message text in the library"
  1454. default y
  1455. help
  1456. Answer Y if you want to include the signum message text in the
  1457. library. This adds about 0.5K to the library, but enables strsignal()
  1458. to generate text other than 'Unknown signal <number>'.
  1459. Most people will answer Y.
  1460. config UCLIBC_HAS_SYS_SIGLIST
  1461. bool "Support sys_siglist[] (bsd-compat)"
  1462. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SIGNUM_MESSAGES
  1463. help
  1464. Answer Y if you want to support sys_siglist[].
  1465. WARNING! In the future, support for sys_siglist[] may be unavailable
  1466. in at least some configurations. In fact, it may be removed
  1467. altogether.
  1468. Most people will answer N.
  1469. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETTEXT_AWARENESS
  1470. bool "Include gettext awareness"
  1471. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE && UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1472. help
  1473. NOTE!!! Not yet integrated with strerror and strsignal. NOTE!!!
  1474. Answer Y if you want to include weak stub gettext support and
  1475. make the *strerror*() and strsignal() functions gettext-aware.
  1476. Currently, to get functional gettext functionality you will need
  1477. to use gnu gettext.
  1478. Most people will answer N.
  1479. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1480. bool "Support gnu getopt"
  1481. default y
  1482. help
  1483. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu getopt() instead of a
  1484. (much smaller) SUSv3 compatible getopt().
  1485. Most people will answer Y.
  1486. config UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_FUTEXES
  1487. bool "Use futexes for multithreaded I/O locking"
  1488. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE
  1489. help
  1490. If you want to compile uClibc to use futexes for low-level
  1491. I/O locking, answer Y. Otherwise, answer N.
  1492. config UCLIBC_HAS_GETOPT_LONG
  1493. bool "Support getopt_long/getopt_long_only"
  1494. depends on !UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETOPT
  1495. default y
  1496. help
  1497. Answer Y if you want to include getopt_long[_only() used by many
  1498. apps, even busybox.
  1499. Most people will answer Y.
  1500. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GETSUBOPT
  1501. bool "Support glibc getsubopt"
  1502. default y
  1503. help
  1504. Answer Y if you want to include glibc getsubopt() instead of a
  1505. smaller SUSv3 compatible getsubopt().
  1506. Most people will answer Y.
  1507. endmenu
  1508. menu "Big and Tall"
  1509. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1510. bool "Regular Expression Support"
  1511. default y
  1512. help
  1513. POSIX regular expression code is really big -- 53k all by itself.
  1514. If you don't use regular expressions, turn this off and save space.
  1515. Of course, if you only statically link, leave this on, since it will
  1516. only be included in your apps if you use regular expressions.
  1517. config UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX_OLD
  1518. bool "Use the older (stable) regular expression code"
  1519. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REGEX
  1520. default y
  1521. help
  1522. There are two versions of regex. The older (stable) version has
  1523. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1524. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1525. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1526. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1527. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1528. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1529. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1530. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1531. bool "fnmatch Support"
  1532. default y
  1533. help
  1534. POSIX fnmatch.
  1535. config UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH_OLD
  1536. bool "Use the older (stable) fnmatch code"
  1537. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1538. default y
  1539. help
  1540. There are two versions of fnmatch. The older (stable) version has
  1541. been in uClibc for quite a long time but hasn't seen too many
  1542. updates. It also has some known issues when dealing with uncommon
  1543. corner cases and multibyte/unicode strings. However, it is quite
  1544. a bit smaller than the newer version.
  1545. If the older version has worked for you and you don't need unicode
  1546. support, then stick with the old version (and say Y here).
  1547. Otherwise, you should use the new version (and say N here).
  1548. config UCLIBC_HAS_WORDEXP
  1549. bool "Support the wordexp() interface"
  1550. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1551. help
  1552. The SuSv3 wordexp() interface performs word expansions per the Shell
  1553. and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.6. It is
  1554. intended for use by applications that want to implement all of the
  1555. standard Bourne shell expansions on input data.
  1556. This interface is rarely used, and very large. Unless you have a
  1557. pressing need for wordexp(), you should probably answer N.
  1558. config UCLIBC_HAS_NFTW
  1559. bool "Support the nftw() interface"
  1560. help
  1561. The SuSv3 nftw() 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 nftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1565. config UCLIBC_HAS_FTW
  1566. bool "Support the ftw() interface (SUSv4-obsolete)"
  1567. depends on UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY
  1568. help
  1569. The SuSv3 ftw() interface is used to recursively descend
  1570. directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
  1571. This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
  1572. a pressing need for ftw(), you should probably answer N.
  1573. config UCLIBC_HAS_FTS
  1574. bool "Support the fts() interface (bsd-compat)"
  1575. help
  1576. The fts functions are provided for traversing UNIX file hierarchies.
  1577. This interface is currently used by the elfutils and adds
  1578. around 7.5k.
  1579. You should port your application to use the POSIX nftw()
  1580. interface.
  1581. Unless you need to build/use elfutils, you should prolly answer N.
  1582. config UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1583. bool "Support the glob() interface"
  1584. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_FNMATCH
  1585. default y
  1586. help
  1587. The glob interface is somewhat large (weighing in at about 2,5k). It
  1588. is used fairly often, but is an option since people wanting to go for
  1589. absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
  1590. Most people will answer Y.
  1591. config UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GLOB
  1592. bool "Support gnu glob() interface"
  1593. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
  1594. help
  1595. The gnu glob interface is somewhat larger (weighing in at about 4,2k)
  1596. than it's SuSv3 counterpart (and is out of date). It is an old copy
  1597. from glibc and does not support all the GNU specific options.
  1598. Answer Y if you want to include full gnu glob() instead of the smaller
  1599. SUSv3 compatible glob().
  1600. Most people will answer N.
  1601. config UCLIBC_HAS_UTMPX
  1602. bool "utmpx based support for tracking login/logouts to/from the system"
  1603. help
  1604. Answer y to enable support for accessing user accounting database.
  1605. It can be used to track all login/logout to the system.
  1606. If unsure, just answer N.
  1607. endmenu
  1608. menu "Library Installation Options"
  1609. config RUNTIME_PREFIX
  1610. string "uClibc runtime library directory"
  1611. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/"
  1612. help
  1613. RUNTIME_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc runtime
  1614. libraries will be installed. The result will look something
  1615. like the following:
  1616. $(RUNTIME_PREFIX)/
  1617. lib/ <contains all runtime libraries>
  1618. usr/bin/ldd <the ldd utility program>
  1619. sbin/ldconfig <the ldconfig utility program>
  1620. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target. Since this
  1621. directory is compiled into the shared library loader, you will need to
  1622. recompile uClibc if you change this value...
  1623. For a typical target system this should be set to "/", such that
  1624. 'make install' will install /lib/libuClibc-<VERSION>.so
  1625. config DEVEL_PREFIX
  1626. string "uClibc development environment directory"
  1627. default "/usr/$(TARGET_ARCH)-linux-uclibc/usr/"
  1628. help
  1629. DEVEL_PREFIX is the directory into which the uClibc development
  1630. environment will be installed. The result will look something
  1631. like the following:
  1632. $(DEVEL_PREFIX)/
  1633. lib/ <contains static libs>
  1634. include/ <Where all the header files go>
  1635. This value is used by the 'make install' Makefile target when
  1636. installing a uClibc development environment.
  1637. For a typical target system this should be set to "/usr", such that
  1638. 'make install' will install /usr/include/<header files>.
  1639. config MULTILIB_DIR
  1640. string "library path component"
  1641. default "lib"
  1642. help
  1643. Path component where libraries reside.
  1644. For a typical target system this should be set to "lib", such that
  1645. 'make install' will install libraries to "/lib" and "/usr/lib"
  1646. respectively
  1647. DEVEL_PREFIX/MULTILIB_DIR
  1648. RUNTIME_PREFIX/MULTILIB_DIR
  1649. Other settings may include "lib32" or "lib64".
  1650. config HARDWIRED_ABSPATH
  1651. bool "Hardwire absolute paths into linker scripts"
  1652. default y
  1653. help
  1654. This prepends absolute paths to the libraries mentioned in linker
  1655. scripts such as libc.so.
  1656. This is a build time optimization. It has no impact on dynamic
  1657. linking at runtime, which doesn't use linker scripts.
  1658. You must disable this to use uClibc with old non-sysroot toolchains,
  1659. such as the prebuilt binary cross compilers at:
  1660. http://uclibc.org/downloads/binaries
  1661. The amount of time saved by this optimization is actually too small to
  1662. measure. The linker just had to search the library path to find the
  1663. linker script, so the dentries are cache hot if it has to search the
  1664. same path again. But it's what glibc does, so we do it too.
  1665. endmenu
  1666. menu "Security options"
  1667. config UCLIBC_BUILD_PIE
  1668. bool "Build utilities as ET_DYN/PIE executables"
  1669. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1670. depends on TARGET_arm || TARGET_frv || TARGET_i386 || TARGET_mips || TARGET_powerpc
  1671. select FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
  1672. help
  1673. If you answer Y here, ldd and iconv are built as ET_DYN/PIE
  1674. executables.
  1675. It requires gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.15 (for arm 2.16) or later.
  1676. More about ET_DYN/PIE binaries on <http://pax.grsecurity.net/> .
  1677. WARNING: This option also enables FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS, so
  1678. all libraries have to be built with -fPIC or -fpic, and all
  1679. assembler functions must be written as position independent
  1680. code (PIC).
  1681. config UCLIBC_HAS_ARC4RANDOM
  1682. bool "Include the arc4random() function"
  1683. help
  1684. Answer Y to support the OpenBSD-like arc4random() function. This
  1685. function picks a random number between 0 and N, and will always return
  1686. something even if the random driver is dead. If urandom fails then
  1687. gettimeofday(2) will be used as the random seed. This function is
  1688. designed to be more dependable than invoking /dev/urandom directly.
  1689. OpenSSL and OpenNTPD currently support this function.
  1690. Most people will answer N.
  1691. config HAVE_NO_SSP
  1692. bool
  1693. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1694. bool "Support for GCC stack smashing protector"
  1695. depends on !HAVE_NO_SSP
  1696. help
  1697. Add code to support GCC's -fstack-protector[-all] option to uClibc.
  1698. This requires GCC 4.1 or newer. GCC does not have to provide libssp,
  1699. the needed functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1700. GCC's stack protector is a reimplementation of IBM's propolice.
  1701. See http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/ and
  1702. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ssp.txt
  1703. for details.
  1704. Note that NOEXECSTACK on a kernel with address space randomization
  1705. is generally sufficient to prevent most buffer overflow exploits
  1706. without increasing code size. This option essentially adds debugging
  1707. code to catch them.
  1708. Most people will answer N.
  1709. config UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT
  1710. bool "Support for gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector"
  1711. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1712. help
  1713. Add gcc-3.x propolice smashing stack protector to the library.
  1714. This requires a patched version of GCC, supporting the
  1715. -fstack-protector[-all] options, with the __guard and
  1716. __stack_smash_handler functions removed from libgcc.
  1717. These functions are added to ldso/libc instead.
  1718. More information at:
  1719. <http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/>
  1720. Most people will answer N.
  1721. config SSP_QUICK_CANARY
  1722. bool "Use simple guard values without accessing /dev/urandom"
  1723. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1724. help
  1725. Use gettimeofday(2) to define the __guard without accessing
  1726. /dev/urandom.
  1727. WARNING: This makes smashing stack protector vulnerable to timing
  1728. attacks.
  1729. Most people will answer N.
  1730. choice
  1731. prompt "Propolice protection blocking signal"
  1732. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1733. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT if ! DODEBUG
  1734. default PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV if DODEBUG
  1735. help
  1736. "abort" use SIGABRT to block offending programs.
  1737. This is the default implementation.
  1738. "segfault" use SIGSEGV to block offending programs.
  1739. Use this for debugging.
  1740. If unsure, answer "abort".
  1741. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_ABRT
  1742. bool "abort"
  1743. config PROPOLICE_BLOCK_SEGV
  1744. bool "segfault"
  1745. endchoice
  1746. config UCLIBC_BUILD_SSP
  1747. bool "Build uClibc with -fstack-protector"
  1748. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_SSP
  1749. help
  1750. Build all uClibc libraries and executables with -fstack-protector,
  1751. adding extra stack overflow checking to most uClibc functions.
  1752. config UCLIBC_BUILD_RELRO
  1753. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z RELRO"
  1754. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1755. default y
  1756. help
  1757. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z relro".
  1758. This tells the linker to mark chunks of an executable or shared
  1759. library read-only after applying dynamic relocations. (This comes
  1760. up when a global const variable is initialized to the address of a
  1761. function or the value of another global variable.)
  1762. This is a fairly obscure option the ld man page doesn't even bother
  1763. to document properly. It's a security paranoia issue that's more
  1764. likely to consume memory (by allocating an extra page) rather than
  1765. save it.
  1766. This is explained in more depth at
  1767. http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/189
  1768. Nobody is likely to care whether you say Y or N here.
  1769. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOW
  1770. bool "Build uClibc with linker option -z NOW"
  1771. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1772. help
  1773. Build all libraries and executables with "ld -z now".
  1774. This tells the linker to resolve all symbols when the library is
  1775. first loaded, rather than when each function is first called. This
  1776. increases start-up latency by a few microseconds and may do
  1777. unnecessary work (resolving symbols that are never used), but the
  1778. realtime people like it for making microbenchmark timings slightly
  1779. more predictable and in some cases it can be slightly faster due to
  1780. CPU cache behavior (not having to fault the linker back in to do
  1781. lazy symbol resolution).
  1782. Most people can't tell the difference between selecting Y or N here.
  1783. config UCLIBC_BUILD_NOEXECSTACK
  1784. bool "Build uClibc with noexecstack marking"
  1785. default y
  1786. help
  1787. Mark all assembler files as noexecstack, which will mark uClibc
  1788. as not requiring an executable stack. (This doesn't prevent other
  1789. files you link against from claiming to need an executable stack, it
  1790. just won't cause uClibc to request it unnecessarily.)
  1791. This is a security thing to make buffer overflows harder to exploit.
  1792. By itself, it's kind of useless, as Linus Torvalds explained in 1998:
  1793. http://old.lwn.net/1998/0806/a/linus-noexec.html
  1794. It only actually provides any security when combined with address
  1795. space randomization, explained here: http://lwn.net/Articles/121845/
  1796. Address space randomization is on by default in current linux
  1797. kernels (although it can be disabled using the option
  1798. CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK).
  1799. You should probably say Y.
  1800. endmenu
  1801. menu "Development/debugging options"
  1802. config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
  1803. string "Cross-compiling toolchain prefix"
  1804. default ""
  1805. help
  1806. The prefix used to execute your cross-compiling toolchain. For
  1807. example, if you run 'arm-linux-uclibc-gcc' to compile something,
  1808. then enter 'arm-linux-uclibc-' here.
  1809. config UCLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
  1810. string "Extra CFLAGS"
  1811. default ""
  1812. help
  1813. Add any additional CFLAGS to be used to build uClibc.
  1814. config DODEBUG
  1815. bool "Enable debugging symbols"
  1816. select EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1817. help
  1818. Say Y here if you wish to compile uClibc with debugging symbols.
  1819. This will allow you to use a debugger to examine uClibc internals
  1820. while applications are running. This increases the size of the
  1821. library considerably and should only be used when doing development.
  1822. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc, answer Y.
  1823. Otherwise, answer N.
  1824. config DODEBUG_PT
  1825. bool "Build pthread with debugging output"
  1826. depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS && LINUXTHREADS_OLD
  1827. help
  1828. Enable debug output in libpthread. This is only useful when doing
  1829. development in libpthread itself.
  1830. Otherwise, answer N.
  1831. config DOSTRIP
  1832. bool "Strip libraries and executables"
  1833. default y
  1834. depends on !DODEBUG
  1835. help
  1836. Say Y here if you do wish to strip all uClibc libraries and
  1837. executables. No stripping increases the size of the binaries
  1838. considerably, but makes it possible to debug uClibc libraries.
  1839. Most people will answer Y.
  1840. config DOASSERTS
  1841. bool "Build with run-time assertion testing"
  1842. help
  1843. Say Y here to include runtime assertion tests.
  1844. This enables runtime assertion testing in some code, which can
  1845. increase the size of the library and incur runtime overhead.
  1846. If you say N, then this testing will be disabled.
  1847. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG
  1848. bool "Build the shared library loader with debugging support"
  1849. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1850. help
  1851. Answer Y here to enable all the extra code needed to debug the uClibc
  1852. native shared library loader. The level of debugging noise that is
  1853. generated depends on the LD_DEBUG environment variable... Just set
  1854. LD_DEBUG to something like: 'LD_DEBUG=token1,token2,.. prog' to
  1855. debug your application. Diagnostic messages will then be printed to
  1856. the stderr.
  1857. For now these debugging tokens are available:
  1858. detail provide more information for some options
  1859. move display copy processing
  1860. symbols display symbol table processing
  1861. reloc display relocation processing; detail shows the
  1862. relocation patch
  1863. nofixups never fixes up jump relocations
  1864. bindings displays the resolve processing (function calls);
  1865. detail shows the relocation patch
  1866. all Enable everything!
  1867. The additional environment variable:
  1868. LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=file
  1869. redirects the diagnostics to an output file created using
  1870. the specified name and the process id as a suffix.
  1871. An excellent start is simply:
  1872. $ LD_DEBUG=binding,move,symbols,reloc,detail ./appname
  1873. or to log everything to a file named 'logfile', try this
  1874. $ LD_DEBUG=all LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT=logfile ./appname
  1875. If you are doing development and want to debug uClibc's shared library
  1876. loader, answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1877. config SUPPORT_LD_DEBUG_EARLY
  1878. bool "Build the shared library loader with early debugging support"
  1879. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  1880. help
  1881. Answer Y here to if you find the uClibc shared library loader is
  1882. crashing or otherwise not working very early on. This is typical
  1883. only when starting a new port when you haven't figured out how to
  1884. properly get the values for argc, argv, environ, etc. This method
  1885. allows a degree of visibility into the very early shared library
  1886. loader initialization process. If you are doing development and want
  1887. to debug the uClibc shared library loader early initialization,
  1888. answer Y. Mere mortals answer N.
  1889. config UCLIBC_MALLOC_DEBUGGING
  1890. bool "Build malloc with debugging support"
  1891. depends on MALLOC || MALLOC_STANDARD
  1892. help
  1893. Answer Y here to compile extra debugging support code into malloc.
  1894. Malloc debugging output may then be enabled at runtime using the
  1895. MALLOC_DEBUG environment variable.
  1896. The value of MALLOC_DEBUG should be an integer, which is interpreted
  1897. as a bitmask with the following bits:
  1898. 1 - do extra consistency checking
  1899. 2 - output messages for malloc/free calls and OS
  1900. allocation calls
  1901. 4 - output messages for the `MMB' layer
  1902. 8 - output messages for internal malloc heap manipulation
  1903. calls
  1904. Because this increases the size of malloc appreciably (due to strings
  1905. etc), you should say N unless you need to debug a malloc problem.
  1906. config UCLIBC_HAS_BACKTRACE
  1907. bool "Add support for application self-debugging"
  1908. depends on HAVE_SHARED
  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 compiler warnings you wish to see while compiling.
  1926. config EXTRA_WARNINGS
  1927. bool "Enable extra annoying warnings"
  1928. help
  1929. If you wish to build with extra warnings enabled, say Y here.
  1930. config DOMULTI
  1931. bool "Compile all sources at once into an object"
  1932. help
  1933. Set this to compile all sources at once into an object (IMA).
  1934. This mode of compilation uses alot of memory but may produce
  1935. smaller binaries.
  1936. Note that you need a very recent GCC for this to work, like
  1937. gcc >= 4.3 plus eventually some patches.
  1938. If unsure, keep the default of N.
  1939. config UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY
  1940. bool "Manuel's hidden warnings"
  1941. help
  1942. Answer Y here to see all Manuel's personal notes, warnings, and todos.
  1943. Most people will answer N.
  1944. endmenu