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authorEric Andersen2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000
committerEric Andersen2003-07-22 09:59:34 +0000
commit9c3c38da5575b1eca8690855a2e4894d4cab34e2 (patch)
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parent6fd0e31e872b366231bf0c9de1a0bafdd738a78e (diff)
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Patch from Terje Kvernes adding quite a lot of missing documentation
-rw-r--r--editors/Config.in24
-rw-r--r--loginutils/Config.in22
-rw-r--r--modutils/Config.in15
-rw-r--r--networking/Config.in72
-rw-r--r--procps/Config.in2
-rw-r--r--shell/Config.in5
6 files changed, 92 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/editors/Config.in b/editors/Config.in
index 22908de..14b698f 100644
--- a/editors/Config.in
+++ b/editors/Config.in
@@ -56,35 +56,40 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not
+ provide an "ex" mode.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK
bool " Enable yank/put commands and mark cmds"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This will enable you to use yank and put, as well as mark in
+ busybox vi.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH
bool " Enable search and replace cmds"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Select this if you wish to be able to do search and replace in
+ busybox vi.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS
bool " Catch signals"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will
+ make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch
+ Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_DOT_CMD
bool " Remember previous cmd and \".\" cmd"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make busybox vi remember the last command and be able to repeat it.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_READONLY
bool " Enable -R option and \"view\" mode"
@@ -99,28 +104,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SETOPTS
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable the editor to set some (ai, ic, showmatch) options.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SET
bool " Support for :set"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support for ":set".
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_WIN_RESIZE
bool " Handle window resize"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make busybox vi behave nicely with terminals that get resized.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_OPTIMIZE_CURSOR
bool " Optimize cursor movement"
default y
depends on CONFIG_VI
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This will make the cursor movement faster, but requires more memory
+ and it makes the applet a tiny bit larger.
endmenu
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in
index 494ddbd..9b40871 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config CONFIG_GETTY
bool "getty"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init.
config CONFIG_LOGIN
bool "login"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ config CONFIG_VLOCK
bool "vlock"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Build the "vlock" applet, that allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
comment "Common options for adduser, deluser, login, su"
depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
@@ -109,14 +109,28 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
default n
depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
+ only readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
+ publicly readable.
config CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
bool " Use busybox shadow password functions"
default n
depends on CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
+ password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
+ (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
+ configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
+ order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
+ makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
+
+ Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
+ system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
+ makes your system smaller and I will get fewer emails asking about
+ how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
+ able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
+ password servers and whatnot.
endmenu
diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index a635656..2006be0 100644
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
default n
depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Provide insmod support for older (pre 2.1) Linux kernels.
if CONFIG_INSMOD && !CONFIG_FEATURE_OLD_MODULE_INTERFACE
config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
default y
depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support module loading for newer (post 2.1) Linux kernels.
endif
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
default n
depends on CONFIG_INSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
+ ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
bool " Add module symbols to kernel symbol table"
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_QUERY_MODULE_INTERFACE
default y
depends on CONFIG_LSMOD && CONFIG_FEATURE_NEW_MODULE_INTERFACE
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This will provide some extra information about each module when
+ running lsmod. The fields provided are address, size, flags and
+ usage count.
config CONFIG_MODPROBE
bool "modprobe"
@@ -110,7 +113,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
default y
depends on CONFIG_INSMOD || CONFIG_LSMOD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
+ only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
+ support request.
endmenu
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 4c5cb85..d53dddc 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
bool "Enable IPv6 support"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable IPv6 support to busybox. This makes applets that talk IP
+ able to work with IPv6.
config CONFIG_ARPING
bool "arping"
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
+ planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
bool " Enable options \"mem_start\", \"io_addr\", and \"irq\""
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Setting this will make ifconfig attempt to find the broadcast
+ automatically if the value '+' is used.
config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
@@ -180,28 +183,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Use "ip" in "ifupdown".
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4
bool " Enable support for IPv4"
default y
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If you want busybox to talk IPv4, leave this on.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV6
bool " Enable support for IPv6"
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If you need support for IPv6, turn this option on.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
bool " Enable support for IPX"
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
+ networks.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
bool " Enable mapping support"
@@ -257,7 +261,9 @@ config CONFIG_IP
bool "ip"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
+ utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+ TCP/IP.
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ if ! (CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Address manipulation support for the "ip" applet.
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Configure network devices with "ip".
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for routing table management to "ip".
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL)
default n
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for tunneling commands to "ip".
endif
config CONFIG_IPCALC
@@ -327,31 +333,31 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
default y
depends on CONFIG_IPCALC
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Adds the fields hostname and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
config CONFIG_IPADDR
bool "ipaddr"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting address support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPLINK
bool "iplink"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting link support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPROUTE
bool "iproute"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting route support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
bool "iptunnel"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting tunnel support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_NAMEIF
bool "nameif"
@@ -384,7 +390,7 @@ config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Nslookup is a tool to query Internet name servers.
config CONFIG_PING
bool "ping"
@@ -398,21 +404,23 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
default y
depends on CONFIG_PING
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
+ same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
config CONFIG_PING6
bool "ping6"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This will give you a ping that can talk IPv6.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING6
bool " Enable fancy ping6 output"
default y
depends on CONFIG_PING6
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make the output from the ping6 applet include statistics, and at the
+ same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
config CONFIG_ROUTE
bool "route"
@@ -424,27 +432,34 @@ config CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol, but is also commonly
+ used to test other simple protocols.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
bool " Pass TERM type to remote host"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TELNET
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
+ remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
+ things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
config CONFIG_TELNETD
bool "telnetd"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log on to the host
+ running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+ sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for
+ any SSH daemon and you trust your network, say 'y' here.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD
bool " Support call from inetd only"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TELNETD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Selecting this will make telnetd only callable from inetd, removing the
+ standalone support.
config CONFIG_TFTP
bool "tftp"
@@ -482,7 +497,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
default n
depends on CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
+ into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
+ you run into problems.
config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
bool "traceroute"
@@ -495,7 +512,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
default n
depends on CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
+ hostnames and ICMP response types.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SO_DEBUG
bool " Enable SO_DEBUG option"
diff --git a/procps/Config.in b/procps/Config.in
index 9458618..23f2f7f 100644
--- a/procps/Config.in
+++ b/procps/Config.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config FEATURE_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
default y
depends on CONFIG_TOP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make top display CPU usage.
config CONFIG_UPTIME
bool "uptime"
diff --git a/shell/Config.in b/shell/Config.in
index 02d4851..57633eb 100644
--- a/shell/Config.in
+++ b/shell/Config.in
@@ -201,14 +201,15 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_FANCY_PROMPT
default n
depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Setting this option allows for prompts to use things like \w and
+ \$ and also using escape codes.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
default n
depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
endmenu