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| -rw-r--r-- | config/Config-build.in | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config/Config-devel.in | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config/Config-images.in | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config/Config-kernel.in | 31 |
4 files changed, 85 insertions, 80 deletions
diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in index 02fe136791..89cf964a8e 100644 --- a/config/Config-build.in +++ b/config/Config-build.in @@ -20,23 +20,25 @@ menu "Global build settings" default y bool "Compile with support for patented functionality" help - When this option is disabled, software which provides patented functionality will not be built. - In case software provides optional support for patented functionality, - this optional support will get disabled for this package. + When this option is disabled, software which provides patented functionality + will not be built. In case software provides optional support for patented + functionality, this optional support will get disabled for this package. config BUILD_NLS default n bool "Compile with full language support" help - When this option is enabled, packages are built with the full versions of iconv and GNU gettext - instead of the default OpenWrt stubs. If uClibc is used, it is also built with locale support. + When this option is enabled, packages are built with the full versions of + iconv and GNU gettext instead of the default OpenWrt stubs. If uClibc is + used, it is also built with locale support. config BUILD_STATIC_TOOLS default n bool "Attempt to link host utilities statically" help - Linking host utilities like sed or firmware-utils statically increases the portability of the - generated ImageBuilder and SDK tarballs, however it may fail on some Linux distributions. + Linking host utilities like sed or firmware-utils statically increases the + portability of the generated ImageBuilder and SDK tarballs; however, it may + fail on some Linux distributions. config SHADOW_PASSWORDS bool @@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ menu "Global build settings" prompt "Remove ipkg/opkg status data files in final images" default n help - This removes all ipkg/opkg status data files from the target directory before building the root fs + This removes all ipkg/opkg status data files from the target directory + before building the root filesystem. config COLLECT_KERNEL_DEBUG bool @@ -59,7 +62,8 @@ menu "Global build settings" default n help This collects debugging symbols from the kernel and all compiled modules. - Useful for release builds, so that kernel issues can be debugged offline later. + Useful for release builds, so that kernel issues can be debugged offline + later. comment "Kernel build options" @@ -72,24 +76,24 @@ menu "Global build settings" prompt "Compile packages with debugging info" default n help - Adds -g3 to the CFLAGS + Adds -g3 to the CFLAGS. config IPV6 bool prompt "Enable IPv6 support in packages" default y help - Enable IPV6 support in packages (passes --enable-ipv6 to configure scripts). + Enable IPv6 support in packages (passes --enable-ipv6 to configure scripts). config PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL bool prompt "Compile certain packages parallelized" default y help - This adds a -jX option to certain packages that are known to - behave well for parallel build. By default the package make processes - use the main jobserver, in which case this option only takes effect - when you add -jX to the make command. + This adds a -jX option to certain packages that are known to behave well + for parallel build. By default, the package make processes use the main + jobserver, in which case this option only takes effect when you add -jX + to the make command. If you are unsure, select N. @@ -98,9 +102,9 @@ menu "Global build settings" prompt "Enable gcc format-security" default n help - Add -Wformat -Werror=format-security to the CFLAGS - You can disable this per package by adding - PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0 in the package Makefile + Add -Wformat -Werror=format-security to the CFLAGS. You can disable + this per package by adding PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0 in the package + Makefile. config PKG_BUILD_USE_JOBSERVER bool @@ -109,16 +113,15 @@ menu "Global build settings" default y help This passes the main make process jobserver fds to package builds, - enabling full parallelization across different packages + enabling full parallelization across different packages. Note that disabling this may overcommit CPU resources depending on the - -j level of the main make process, the number of package - submake jobs selected below and the number of actual CPUs present. + -j level of the main make process, the number of package submake jobs + selected below and the number of actual CPUs present. Example: If the main make is passed a -j4 and the submake -j is also set to 4, we may end up with 16 parallel make processes in the worst case. - config PKG_BUILD_JOBS int prompt "Number of package submake jobs (2-512)" @@ -137,12 +140,12 @@ menu "Global build settings" help Always set the default package build rules to parallel build. - WARNING: This may break build or kill your cat, as it builds - packages with multiple jobs that are probably not tested in - a parallel build environment. + WARNING: This may break build or kill your cat, as it builds packages + with multiple jobs that are probably not tested in a parallel build + environment. - Only say Y, if you don't mind fixing broken packages. - Before reporting build bugs, set this to N and re-run the build. + Only say Y if you don't mind fixing broken packages. Before reporting + build bugs, set this to N and re-run the build. comment "Stripping options" @@ -157,12 +160,13 @@ menu "Global build settings" config NO_STRIP bool "none" help - This will install unstripped binaries (useful for native compiling/debugging) + This will install unstripped binaries (useful for native + compiling/debugging). config USE_STRIP bool "strip" help - This will install binaries stripped using strip from binutils + This will install binaries stripped using strip from binutils. config USE_SSTRIP @@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ menu "Global build settings" depends on !USE_GLIBC depends on !USE_EGLIBC help - This will install binaries stripped using sstrip + This will install binaries stripped using sstrip. endchoice config STRIP_ARGS @@ -181,22 +185,22 @@ menu "Global build settings" default "--strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note" if DEBUG default "--strip-all" help - Specifies arguments passed to the strip command when stripping binaries + Specifies arguments passed to the strip command when stripping binaries. config STRIP_KERNEL_EXPORTS bool "Strip unnecessary exports from the kernel image" help - Reduces kernel size by stripping unused kernel exports from the kernel image - Note that this might make the kernel incompatible with any kernel modules that - were not selected at the time the kernel image was created + Reduces kernel size by stripping unused kernel exports from the kernel + image. Note that this might make the kernel incompatible with any kernel + modules that were not selected at the time the kernel image was created. config USE_MKLIBS bool "Strip unnecessary functions from libraries" help Reduces libraries to only those functions that are necessary for using all - selected packages (including those selected as <M>) - Note that this will make the system libraries incompatible with most of the packages - that are not selected during the build process + selected packages (including those selected as <M>). Note that this will + make the system libraries incompatible with most of the packages that are + not selected during the build process. choice prompt "Preferred standard C++ library" diff --git a/config/Config-devel.in b/config/Config-devel.in index 09311751b4..4d8d46b201 100644 --- a/config/Config-devel.in +++ b/config/Config-devel.in @@ -28,26 +28,27 @@ menuconfig DEVEL bool "Automatic rebuild of packages" if DEVEL default y help - Automatically rebuild packages when their files change + Automatically rebuild packages when their files change. config BUILD_SUFFIX string "Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable" if DEVEL default "" help - Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable, i.e: build_dir_suffix + Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable, i.e: build_dir_suffix. config TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR string "Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable" if DEVEL default "" help - Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable content $(BUILD_DIR) with custom path. - Use this option to re-define the location of the target root file system directory. + Override the default TARGET_ROOTFS_DIR variable content $(BUILD_DIR) with + custom path. Use this option to re-define the location of the target + root filesystem directory. config CCACHE bool "Use ccache" if DEVEL default n help - Compiler cache; see http://ccache.samba.org/ + Compiler cache; see http://ccache.samba.org/. config EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TREE string "Use external kernel tree" if DEVEL @@ -59,8 +60,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL help Enter the full git repository path i.e.: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git - This will create a git clone of the kernel in your build - directory. + This will create a git clone of the kernel in your build directory. config KERNEL_GIT_LOCAL_REPOSITORY string "Enter path to local reference repository" if DEVEL @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL default "" help Enter a full pathname to a local reference git repository. - In this instance, the --refererence option of git clone will + In this instance, the --reference option of git clone will be used thus creating a quick local clone of your repo. config KERNEL_GIT_BRANCH @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL config BUILD_LOG bool "Enable log files during build process" if DEVEL help - If enabled log files will be written to the ./log directory + If enabled, log files will be written to the ./log directory. config SRC_TREE_OVERRIDE bool "Enable package source tree override" if DEVEL @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ menuconfig DEVEL If enabled, you can force a package to use a git tree as source code instead of the normal tarball. Create a symlink 'git-src' in the package directory, pointing to the .git tree that you want - to pull the source code from + to pull the source code from. config EXTRA_OPTIMIZATION string "Additional compiler options" if DEVEL default "-fno-caller-saves" help - Extra Target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target. + Extra target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target. diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in index 39e51e4c6e..eca2d75b01 100644 --- a/config/Config-images.in +++ b/config/Config-images.in @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ menu "Target Images" bool "ramdisk" default y if USES_INITRAMFS help - Embed the rootfs into the kernel (initramfs) + Embed the root filesystem into the kernel (initramfs). choice prompt "Compression" @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ menu "Target Images" prompt "Use external cpio" if TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS default "" help - Kernel uses specified external cpio as INITRAMFS_SOURCE + Kernel uses specified external cpio as INITRAMFS_SOURCE. comment "Root filesystem archives" @@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ menu "Target Images" bool "cpio.gz" default y if USES_CPIOGZ help - Build a compressed cpio archive of the the root filesystem + Build a compressed cpio archive of the root filesystem. config TARGET_ROOTFS_TARGZ bool "tar.gz" default y if USES_TARGZ help - Build a compressed tar archive of the the root filesystem + Build a compressed tar archive of the root filesystem. comment "Root filesystem images" @@ -70,28 +70,28 @@ menu "Target Images" bool "ext4" default y if USES_EXT4 help - Build a ext4 root filesystem + Build an ext4 root filesystem. config TARGET_EXT4_MAXINODE int "Maximum number of inodes in root filesystem" depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS default 6000 help - Allows you to change the maximum number of inodes in the root filesystem + Select the maximum number of inodes in the root filesystem. config TARGET_EXT4_RESERVED_PCT int "Percentage of reserved blocks in root filesystem" depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS default 0 help - Allows you to change the percentage of reserved blocks in the root filesystem + Select the percentage of reserved blocks in the root filesystem. choice prompt "Root filesystem block size" default TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE_4K depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS help - Allows you to change the block size of the root filesystem + Select the block size of the root filesystem. config TARGET_EXT4_BLOCKSIZE_4K bool "4k" @@ -115,33 +115,33 @@ menu "Target Images" depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS default n help - Create an ext4 filesystem with a journal + Create an ext4 filesystem with a journal. config TARGET_ROOTFS_ISO bool "iso" default n depends on TARGET_x86_generic help - Create some bootable ISO image + Create a bootable ISO image. config TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2 bool "jffs2" default y if USES_JFFS2 help - Build a jffs2 root filesystem + Build a JFFS2 root filesystem. config TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2_NAND bool "jffs2 for NAND" default y if USES_JFFS2_NAND depends on USES_JFFS2_NAND help - Build a jffs2 root filesystem for NAND flash + Build a JFFS2 root filesystem for NAND flash. menuconfig TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS bool "squashfs" default y if USES_SQUASHFS help - Build a squashfs-lzma root filesystem + Build a squashfs-lzma root filesystem. config TARGET_SQUASHFS_BLOCK_SIZE int "Block size (in KiB)" @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ menu "Target Images" default y if USES_UBIFS depends on USES_UBIFS help - Build a ubifs root filesystem + Build a UBIFS root filesystem. choice prompt "compression" @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ menu "Target Images" bool "free space fixup" if TARGET_ROOTFS_UBIFS default y help - The file-system free space has to be fixed up on first mount + The filesystem free space has to be fixed up on first mount. config TARGET_UBIFS_JOURNAL_SIZE string @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ menu "Target Images" depends on GRUB_IMAGES || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_rb532 default 48 help - Allows you to change the root filesystem partition size + Select the root filesystem partition size. config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTNAME string "Root partition on target device" @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ menu "Target Images" depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_UBIFS || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS default n help - Include the kernel image in the rootfs. Typically the image is placed + Include the kernel image in the rootfs. Typically, the image is placed below /boot. config TARGET_ROOTFS_INCLUDE_UIMAGE diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in index 53bdc26eef..51cc31f515 100644 --- a/config/Config-kernel.in +++ b/config/Config-kernel.in @@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ config KERNEL_SWAP default y config KERNEL_DEBUG_FS - bool "Compile the kernel with Debug FileSystem enabled" + bool "Compile the kernel with debug filesystem enabled" default y help debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and - write to these files. + write to these files. Many common debugging facilities, such as + ftrace, require the existence of debugfs. config KERNEL_PERF_EVENTS bool @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ config KERNEL_KALLSYMS bool "Compile the kernel with symbol table information" default y help - This will give you more information in stack traces from kernel oopses + This will give you more information in stack traces from kernel oopses. config KERNEL_FTRACE bool "Compile the kernel with tracing support" @@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL depends on arm select KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE help - ARM low level debugging + ARM low level debugging. config KERNEL_DYNAMIC_DEBUG bool "Compile the kernel with dynamic printk" @@ -100,9 +101,8 @@ config KERNEL_EARLY_PRINTK select KERNEL_DEBUG_KERNEL select KERNEL_DEBUG_LL if arm help - Compile the kernel with early printk support. - This is only useful for debugging purposes to send messages - over the serial console in early boot. + Compile the kernel with early printk support. This is only useful for + debugging purposes to send messages over the serial console in early boot. Enable this to debug early boot problems. config KERNEL_AIO @@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS usage tracking struct at boot. Total amount of this is printed out at boot. - Only enable when you're ok with these trade offs and really + Only enable when you're ok with these tradeoffs and really sure you need the memory resource controller. Even when you enable this, you can set "cgroup_disable=memory" at your boot option to - disable memory resource controller and you can avoid overheads. - (and lose benefits of memory resource controller) + disable memory resource controller and you can avoid overheads + (but lose benefits of memory resource controller). This config option also selects MM_OWNER config option, which could in turn add some fork/exit overhead. @@ -282,8 +282,9 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS which want to enable the feature but keep it disabled by default and let the user enable it by swapaccount boot command line parameter should have this option unselected. - For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should - select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it + + Those who want to have the feature enabled by default should + select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it, then swapaccount=0 does the trick). @@ -395,14 +396,14 @@ if KERNEL_NAMESPACES bool "UTS namespace" default y help - In this namespace tasks see different info provided - with the uname() system call + In this namespace, tasks see different info provided + with the uname() system call. config KERNEL_IPC_NS bool "IPC namespace" default y help - In this namespace tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to + In this namespace, tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to different IPC objects in different namespaces. config KERNEL_USER_NS |