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1 | config BINFMT_ELF |
2 | bool "Kernel support for ELF binaries" |
3 | depends on MMU && (BROKEN || !FRV) |
4 | default y |
5 | ---help--- |
6 | ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a format for libraries and |
7 | executables used across different architectures and operating |
8 | systems. Saying Y here will enable your kernel to run ELF binaries |
9 | and enlarge it by about 13 KB. ELF support under Linux has now all |
10 | but replaced the traditional Linux a.out formats (QMAGIC and ZMAGIC) |
11 | because it is portable (this does *not* mean that you will be able |
12 | to run executables from different architectures or operating systems |
13 | however) and makes building run-time libraries very easy. Many new |
14 | executables are distributed solely in ELF format. You definitely |
15 | want to say Y here. |
16 | |
17 | Information about ELF is contained in the ELF HOWTO available from |
18 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
19 | |
20 | If you find that after upgrading from Linux kernel 1.2 and saying Y |
21 | here, you still can't run any ELF binaries (they just crash), then |
22 | you'll have to install the newest ELF runtime libraries, including |
23 | ld.so (check the file <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and |
24 | latest version). |
25 | |
26 | config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF |
27 | bool |
28 | depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF |
29 | |
30 | config ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE |
31 | bool |
32 | |
33 | config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC |
34 | bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries" |
35 | default y |
36 | depends on (FRV || BLACKFIN || (SUPERH32 && !MMU) || C6X) |
37 | help |
38 | ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load |
39 | segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each |
40 | other. This makes this format ideal for use in environments where no |
41 | MMU is available as it still permits text segments to be shared, |
42 | even if data segments are not. |
43 | |
44 | It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also. |
45 | |
46 | config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS |
47 | bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments" |
48 | default y |
49 | depends on BINFMT_ELF && ELF_CORE |
50 | help |
51 | ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed |
52 | process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one. |
53 | The contents of an unmodified text mapping are omitted by default. |
54 | |
55 | For an unmodified text mapping of an ELF object, including just |
56 | the first page of the file in a core dump makes it possible to |
57 | identify the build ID bits in the file, without paying the i/o |
58 | cost and disk space to dump all the text. However, versions of |
59 | GDB before 6.7 are confused by ELF core dump files in this format. |
60 | |
61 | The core dump behavior can be controlled per process using |
62 | the /proc/PID/coredump_filter pseudo-file; this setting is |
63 | inherited. See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for details. |
64 | |
65 | This config option changes the default setting of coredump_filter |
66 | seen at boot time. If unsure, say Y. |
67 | |
68 | config BINFMT_SCRIPT |
69 | tristate "Kernel support for scripts starting with #!" |
70 | default y |
71 | help |
72 | Say Y here if you want to execute interpreted scripts starting with |
73 | #! followed by the path to an interpreter. |
74 | |
75 | You can build this support as a module; however, until that module |
76 | gets loaded, you cannot run scripts. Thus, if you want to load this |
77 | module from an initramfs, the portion of the initramfs before loading |
78 | this module must consist of compiled binaries only. |
79 | |
80 | Most systems will not boot if you say M or N here. If unsure, say Y. |
81 | |
82 | config BINFMT_FLAT |
83 | bool "Kernel support for flat binaries" |
84 | depends on !MMU && (!FRV || BROKEN) |
85 | help |
86 | Support uClinux FLAT format binaries. |
87 | |
88 | config BINFMT_ZFLAT |
89 | bool "Enable ZFLAT support" |
90 | depends on BINFMT_FLAT |
91 | select ZLIB_INFLATE |
92 | help |
93 | Support FLAT format compressed binaries |
94 | |
95 | config BINFMT_SHARED_FLAT |
96 | bool "Enable shared FLAT support" |
97 | depends on BINFMT_FLAT |
98 | help |
99 | Support FLAT shared libraries |
100 | |
101 | config HAVE_AOUT |
102 | def_bool n |
103 | |
104 | config BINFMT_AOUT |
105 | tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries" |
106 | depends on HAVE_AOUT |
107 | ---help--- |
108 | A.out (Assembler.OUTput) is a set of formats for libraries and |
109 | executables used in the earliest versions of UNIX. Linux used |
110 | the a.out formats QMAGIC and ZMAGIC until they were replaced |
111 | with the ELF format. |
112 | |
113 | The conversion to ELF started in 1995. This option is primarily |
114 | provided for historical interest and for the benefit of those |
115 | who need to run binaries from that era. |
116 | |
117 | Most people should answer N here. If you think you may have |
118 | occasional use for this format, enable module support above |
119 | and answer M here to compile this support as a module called |
120 | binfmt_aout. |
121 | |
122 | If any crucial components of your system (such as /sbin/init |
123 | or /lib/ld.so) are still in a.out format, you will have to |
124 | say Y here. |
125 | |
126 | config OSF4_COMPAT |
127 | bool "OSF/1 v4 readv/writev compatibility" |
128 | depends on ALPHA && BINFMT_AOUT |
129 | help |
130 | Say Y if you are using OSF/1 binaries (like Netscape and Acrobat) |
131 | with v4 shared libraries freely available from Compaq. If you're |
132 | going to use shared libraries from Tru64 version 5.0 or later, say N. |
133 | |
134 | config BINFMT_EM86 |
135 | tristate "Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries" |
136 | depends on ALPHA |
137 | ---help--- |
138 | Say Y here if you want to be able to execute Linux/Intel ELF |
139 | binaries just like native Alpha binaries on your Alpha machine. For |
140 | this to work, you need to have the emulator /usr/bin/em86 in place. |
141 | |
142 | You can get the same functionality by saying N here and saying Y to |
143 | "Kernel support for MISC binaries". |
144 | |
145 | You may answer M to compile the emulation support as a module and |
146 | later load the module when you want to use a Linux/Intel binary. The |
147 | module will be called binfmt_em86. If unsure, say Y. |
148 | |
149 | config BINFMT_SOM |
150 | tristate "Kernel support for SOM binaries" |
151 | depends on PARISC && HPUX |
152 | help |
153 | SOM is a binary executable format inherited from HP/UX. Say |
154 | Y here to be able to load and execute SOM binaries directly. |
155 | |
156 | config BINFMT_MISC |
157 | tristate "Kernel support for MISC binaries" |
158 | ---help--- |
159 | If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary |
160 | formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use |
161 | programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python, .NET or |
162 | Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you often run DOS executables under |
163 | the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from |
164 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). Once you have |
165 | registered such a binary class with the kernel, you can start one of |
166 | those programs simply by typing in its name at a shell prompt; Linux |
167 | will automatically feed it to the correct interpreter. |
168 | |
169 | You can do other nice things, too. Read the file |
170 | <file:Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt> to learn how to use this |
171 | feature, <file:Documentation/java.txt> for information about how |
172 | to include Java support. and <file:Documentation/mono.txt> for |
173 | information about how to include Mono-based .NET support. |
174 | |
175 | To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it: |
176 | mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc |
177 | |
178 | You may say M here for module support and later load the module when |
179 | you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you |
180 | don't know what to answer at this point, say Y. |
181 | |
182 | config COREDUMP |
183 | bool "Enable core dump support" if EXPERT |
184 | default y |
185 | help |
186 | This option enables support for performing core dumps. You almost |
187 | certainly want to say Y here. Not necessary on systems that never |
188 | need debugging or only ever run flawless code. |
189 |
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