--- trunk/mkinitrd-magellan/busybox/modutils/Config.in 2009/04/24 18:33:46 816 +++ trunk/mkinitrd-magellan/busybox/modutils/Config.in 2010/05/30 11:32:42 984 @@ -5,20 +5,6 @@ menu "Linux Module Utilities" -config DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR - string "Default directory containing modules" - default "/lib/modules" - help - Directory that contains kernel modules. - Defaults to "/lib/modules" - -config DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE - string "Default name of modules.dep" - default "modules.dep" - help - Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies. - Defaults to "modules.dep" - config MODPROBE_SMALL bool "Simplified modutils" default n @@ -58,7 +44,6 @@ depends on MODPROBE_SMALL help Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line. - N.B. Very bloaty. config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules" @@ -66,7 +51,6 @@ depends on MODPROBE_SMALL help Check if the module is already loaded. - N.B. It's racy. config INSMOD bool "insmod" @@ -106,12 +90,8 @@ Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high level. - Note that in the state, modprobe does not understand multiple - module options from the configuration file. See option below. - config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST - bool - prompt "Blacklist support" + bool "Blacklist support" default n depends on MODPROBE help @@ -141,6 +121,22 @@ This increases size considerably. Say N unless you plan to run ancient kernels. +config FEATURE_INSMOD_TRY_MMAP + bool "Try to load module from a mmap'ed area" + default n + depends on INSMOD || MODPROBE_SMALL + help + This option causes module loading code to try to mmap + module first. If it does not work (for example, + it does not work for compressed modules), module will be read + (and unpacked if needed) into a memory block allocated by malloc. + + The only case when mmap works but malloc does not is when + you are trying to load a big module on a very memory-constrained + machine. Malloc will momentarily need 2x as much memory as mmap. + + Choosing N saves about 250 bytes of code (on 32-bit x86). + config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING bool "Enable module version checking" default n @@ -157,7 +153,7 @@ By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol - table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in + table for proper debugging support. If you are not interested in Oops messages from kernel modules, say N. config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM @@ -193,7 +189,7 @@ config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE bool "Support tainted module checking with new kernels" default y - depends on !MODPROBE_SMALL + depends on (LSMOD || FEATURE_2_4_MODULES) && !MODPROBE_SMALL help Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your @@ -227,4 +223,20 @@ Say Y if unsure. +config DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR + string "Default directory containing modules" + default "/lib/modules" + depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE || MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Directory that contains kernel modules. + Defaults to "/lib/modules" + +config DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE + string "Default name of modules.dep" + default "modules.dep" + depends on DEPMOD || MODPROBE || MODPROBE_SMALL + help + Filename that contains kernel modules dependencies. + Defaults to "modules.dep" + endmenu