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1config 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
26config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
27    bool
28    depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF
29
30config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
31    bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries"
32    default y
33    depends on (FRV || BLACKFIN || (SUPERH32 && !MMU))
34    help
35      ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load
36      segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each
37      other. This makes this format ideal for use in environments where no
38      MMU is available as it still permits text segments to be shared,
39      even if data segments are not.
40
41      It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
42
43config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS
44    bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments"
45    default n
46    depends on BINFMT_ELF && ELF_CORE
47    help
48      ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed
49      process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one.
50      The contents of an unmodified text mapping are omitted by default.
51
52      For an unmodified text mapping of an ELF object, including just
53      the first page of the file in a core dump makes it possible to
54      identify the build ID bits in the file, without paying the i/o
55      cost and disk space to dump all the text. However, versions of
56      GDB before 6.7 are confused by ELF core dump files in this format.
57
58      The core dump behavior can be controlled per process using
59      the /proc/PID/coredump_filter pseudo-file; this setting is
60      inherited. See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for details.
61
62      This config option changes the default setting of coredump_filter
63      seen at boot time. If unsure, say N.
64
65config BINFMT_FLAT
66    bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
67    depends on !MMU && (!FRV || BROKEN)
68    help
69      Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
70
71config BINFMT_ZFLAT
72    bool "Enable ZFLAT support"
73    depends on BINFMT_FLAT
74    select ZLIB_INFLATE
75    help
76      Support FLAT format compressed binaries
77
78config BINFMT_SHARED_FLAT
79    bool "Enable shared FLAT support"
80    depends on BINFMT_FLAT
81    help
82      Support FLAT shared libraries
83
84config HAVE_AOUT
85       def_bool n
86
87config BINFMT_AOUT
88    tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries"
89    depends on HAVE_AOUT
90    ---help---
91      A.out (Assembler.OUTput) is a set of formats for libraries and
92      executables used in the earliest versions of UNIX. Linux used
93      the a.out formats QMAGIC and ZMAGIC until they were replaced
94      with the ELF format.
95
96      The conversion to ELF started in 1995. This option is primarily
97      provided for historical interest and for the benefit of those
98      who need to run binaries from that era.
99
100      Most people should answer N here. If you think you may have
101      occasional use for this format, enable module support above
102      and answer M here to compile this support as a module called
103      binfmt_aout.
104
105      If any crucial components of your system (such as /sbin/init
106      or /lib/ld.so) are still in a.out format, you will have to
107      say Y here.
108
109config OSF4_COMPAT
110    bool "OSF/1 v4 readv/writev compatibility"
111    depends on ALPHA && BINFMT_AOUT
112    help
113      Say Y if you are using OSF/1 binaries (like Netscape and Acrobat)
114      with v4 shared libraries freely available from Compaq. If you're
115      going to use shared libraries from Tru64 version 5.0 or later, say N.
116
117config BINFMT_EM86
118    tristate "Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries"
119    depends on ALPHA
120    ---help---
121      Say Y here if you want to be able to execute Linux/Intel ELF
122      binaries just like native Alpha binaries on your Alpha machine. For
123      this to work, you need to have the emulator /usr/bin/em86 in place.
124
125      You can get the same functionality by saying N here and saying Y to
126      "Kernel support for MISC binaries".
127
128      You may answer M to compile the emulation support as a module and
129      later load the module when you want to use a Linux/Intel binary. The
130      module will be called binfmt_em86. If unsure, say Y.
131
132config BINFMT_SOM
133    tristate "Kernel support for SOM binaries"
134    depends on PARISC && HPUX
135    help
136      SOM is a binary executable format inherited from HP/UX. Say
137      Y here to be able to load and execute SOM binaries directly.
138
139config BINFMT_MISC
140    tristate "Kernel support for MISC binaries"
141    ---help---
142      If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary
143      formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use
144      programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python, .NET or
145      Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you often run DOS executables under
146      the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
147      <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). Once you have
148      registered such a binary class with the kernel, you can start one of
149      those programs simply by typing in its name at a shell prompt; Linux
150      will automatically feed it to the correct interpreter.
151
152      You can do other nice things, too. Read the file
153      <file:Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt> to learn how to use this
154      feature, <file:Documentation/java.txt> for information about how
155      to include Java support. and <file:Documentation/mono.txt> for
156          information about how to include Mono-based .NET support.
157
158          To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it:
159        mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
160
161      You may say M here for module support and later load the module when
162      you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you
163      don't know what to answer at this point, say Y.
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