Enable IPv6 support in busybox.
This adds IPv6 support in the networking applets.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_IPV4_ADDRESS
+ bool "Preferentially use IPv4 addresses from DNS queries"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
+ help
+ Use IPv4 address of network host if it has one.
+
+ If this option is off, the first returned address will be used.
+ This may cause problems when your DNS server is IPv6-capable and
+ is returning IPv6 host addresses too. If IPv6 address
+ precedes IPv4 one in DNS reply, busybox network applets
+ (e.g. wget) will use IPv6 address. On an IPv6-incapable host
+ or network applets will fail to connect to the host
+ using IPv6 address.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VERBOSE_RESOLUTION_ERRORS
+ bool "Verbose resolution errors"
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable if you are not satisfied with simplistic
+ "can't resolve 'hostname.com'" and want to know more.
+ This may increase size of your executable a bit.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ARP
+ bool "arp"
+ default n
+ help
+ Manipulate the system ARP cache.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ARPING
bool "arping"
default y
help
- Ping hosts by ARP packets
+ Ping hosts by ARP packets.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL
+ bool "brctl"
+ default y
+ help
+ Manage ethernet bridges.
+ Supports addbr/delbr and addif/delif.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY
+ bool "Fancy options"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL
+ help
+ Add support for extended option like:
+ setageing, setfd, sethello, setmaxage,
+ setpathcost, setportprio, setbridgeprio,
+ stp
+ This adds about 600 bytes.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_SHOW
+ bool "Support show, showmac and showstp"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BRCTL && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_BRCTL_FANCY
+ help
+ Add support for option which prints the current config:
+ showmacs, showstp, show
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DNSD
bool "dnsd"
bool "hostname"
default n
help
- Show or set the system's host name
+ Show or set the system's host name.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
bool "httpd"
help
Serve web pages via an HTTP server.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RELOAD_CONFIG_SIGHUP
- bool "Support reloading the global config file using hup signal"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RANGES
+ bool "Support 'Ranges:' header"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
+ help
+ Makes httpd emit "Accept-Ranges: bytes" header and understand
+ "Range: bytes=NNN-[MMM]" header. Allows for resuming interrupted
+ downloads, seeking in multimedia players etc.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_USE_SENDFILE
+ bool "Use sendfile system call"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_WITHOUT_INETD
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
+ help
+ When enabled, httpd will use the kernel sendfile() function
+ instead of read/write loop.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RELOAD_CONFIG_SIGHUP
+ bool "Support reloading of global config file on HUP signal"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option enables processing of SIGHUP to reload cached
configuration settings.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SETUID
- bool "Enable support -u <user> option"
+ bool "Enable -u <user> option"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_WITHOUT_INETD
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
This option allows the server to run as a specific user
rather than defaulting to the user that starts the server.
when specific URLs are requested.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_SCRIPT_INTERPR
- bool "Enable support for running scripts through an interpreter"
- default n
+ bool "Support for running scripts through an interpreter"
+ default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
This option enables support for running scripts through an
interpreter. Turn this on if you want PHP scripts to work
- properly. You need to supply an addition line in your httpd
+ properly. You need to supply an additional line in your httpd
config file:
*.php:/path/to/your/php
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SET_REMOTE_PORT_TO_ENV
- bool "Support the REMOTE_PORT environment variable for CGI"
+ bool "Set REMOTE_PORT environment variable for CGI"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
references that contain a unique port number.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR
- bool "Enable the -e option for shell script CGI simplification."
+ bool "Enable -e option (useful for CGIs written as shell scripts)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- This option allows html encoding arbitrary
- strings for display of the browser. Output goes to stdout.
- For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" as
+ This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display
+ by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
+ For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces
"<Hello World>".
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ERROR_PAGES
+ bool "Support for custom error pages"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
+ help
+ This option allows you to define custom error pages in
+ the configuration file instead of the default HTTP status
+ error pages. For instance, if you add the line:
+ E404:/path/e404.html
+ in the config file, the server will respond the specified
+ '/path/e404.html' file instead of the terse '404 NOT FOUND'
+ message.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_PROXY
+ bool "Support for reverse proxy"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HTTPD
+ help
+ This option allows you to define URLs that will be forwarded
+ to another HTTP server. To setup add the following line to the
+ configuration file
+ P:/url/:http://hostname[:port]/new/path/
+ Then a request to /url/myfile will be forwarded to
+ http://hostname[:port]/new/path/myfile.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFCONFIG
bool "ifconfig"
default y
Setting this will make ifconfig attempt to find the broadcast
automatically if the value '+' is used.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFENSLAVE
+ bool "ifenslave"
+ default n
+ help
+ Userspace application to bind several interfaces
+ to a logical interface (use with kernel bonding driver).
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
default n
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RUN_PARTS
help
Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually
against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty
of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to
enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
- "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command, either via busybox or via
- standalone utilities.
+ "ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either
+ via busybox or via standalone utilities.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_IFSTATE_PATH
+ string "Absolute path to ifstate file"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
+ help
+ ifupdown keeps state information in a file called ifstate.
+ Typically it is located in /var/run/ifstate, however
+ some distributions tend to put it in other places
+ (debian, for example, uses /etc/network/run/ifstate).
+ This config option defines location of ifstate.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
bool "Use ip applet"
work.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4
- bool "Enable support for IPv4"
+ bool "Support for IPv4"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- If you want busybox to talk IPv4, leave this on.
+ If you want ifup/ifdown to talk IPv4, leave this on.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV6
- bool "Enable support for IPv6"
+ bool "Support for IPv6"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
help
If you need support for IPv6, turn this option on.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
- bool "Enable support for IPX"
- default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
- help
- If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
- networks.
+### UNUSED
+###config FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
+### bool "Support for IPX"
+### default n
+### depends on IFUPDOWN
+### help
+### If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
+### networks.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
bool "Enable mapping support"
This enables support for the "mapping" stanza, unless you have
a weird network setup you don't need it.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_EXTERNAL_DHCP
+ bool "Support for external dhcp clients"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
+ help
+ This enables support for the external dhcp clients. Clients are
+ tried in the following order: dhcpcd, dhclient, pump and udhcpc.
+ Otherwise, if udhcpc applet is enabled, it is used.
+ Otherwise, ifup/ifdown will have no support for DHCP.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INETD
bool "inetd"
default n
bool "Support RPC services"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INETD
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HAVE_RPC
+ select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HAVE_RPC
help
Support Sun-RPC based services
Add support for rule commands to "ip".
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_SHORT_FORMS
- bool "Support short forms of ip commands."
+ bool "Support short forms of ip commands"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IP
help
ip link -> iplink
ip route -> iproute
ip tunnel -> iptunnel
+ ip rule -> iprule
Say N unless you desparately need the short form of the ip
object commands.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_RARE_PROTOCOLS
+ bool "Support displaying rarely used link types"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IP
+ help
+ If you are not going to use links of type "frad", "econet",
+ "bif" etc, you probably don't need to enable this.
+ Ethernet, wireless, infrared, ppp/slip, ip tunnelling
+ link types are supported without this option selected.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_IPADDR
bool
default n
Renamed interfaces MUST be in the down state.
It is possible to use a file (default: /etc/mactab)
with list of new interface names and MACs.
- Maximum interface name length: IF_NAMESIZE = 16
+ Maximum interface name length: IFNAMSIZ = 16
File fields are separated by space or tab.
File format:
# Comment
new_interface_name XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NAMEIF_EXTENDED
+ bool "Extended nameif"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NAMEIF
+ help
+ This extends the nameif syntax to support the bus_info and driver
+ checks. The syntax is compatible to the normal nameif.
+ File format:
+ new_interface_name driver=asix bus=usb-0000:00:08.2-3
+ new_interface_name bus=usb-0000:00:08.2-3 00:80:C8:38:91:B5
+ new_interface_name mac=00:80:C8:38:91:B5
+ new_interface_name 00:80:C8:38:91:B5
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
bool "nc"
default y
help
A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
connections.
-
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETMSG
bool "netmsg"
default y
simple program for sending udp broadcast messages
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_SERVER
- bool "Netcat server options (-lp)"
+ bool "Netcat server options (-l)"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
help
help
netstat prints information about the Linux networking subsystem.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NETSTAT_WIDE
+ bool "Enable wide netstat output"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NETSTAT
+ help
+ Add support for wide columns. Useful when displaying IPv6 addresses
+ (-W option).
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
default y
ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to
elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
- bool "Enable fancy ping output"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING
- help
- Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
- same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING6
bool "ping6"
default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6 && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING
help
This will give you a ping that can talk IPv6.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING6
- bool "Enable fancy ping6 output"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
+ bool "Enable fancy ping output"
default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING6
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PING
help
- Make the output from the ping6 applet include statistics, and at the
+ Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PSCAN
+ bool "pscan"
+ default n
+ help
+ Simple network port scanner.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ROUTE
bool "route"
default y
help
Route displays or manipulates the kernel's IP routing tables.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SENDMAIL
+ bool "sendmail"
+ default n
+ help
+ Barebones sendmail.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FETCHMAIL
+ bool "fetchmail"
+ default n
+ help
+ Barebones fetchmail.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLATTACH
+ bool "slattach"
+ default n
+ help
+ slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
default y
is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
for a network-enabled bootloader.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
+ bool "tftpd"
+ default n
+ help
+ This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol server program.
+ It expects that stdin is a datagram socket and a packet
+ is already pending on it. It will exit after one transfer.
+ In other words: it should be run from inetd in nowait mode,
+ or from udpsvd. Example: "udpsvd -E 0 69 tftpd DIR"
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
bool "Enable \"get\" command"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server.
+ Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
bool "Enable \"put\" command"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
+ Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
- bool "Enable \"blocksize\" command"
+ bool "Enable \"blksize\" protocol option"
default n
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TFTPD
help
- Allow the client to specify the desired block size for transfers.
+ Allow tftp to specify block size, and tftpd to understand
+ "blksize" option.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DEBUG_TFTP
bool "Enable debug"
help
Support authenticated HTTP transfers.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_IP6_LITERAL
- bool "Enable IPv6 literal addresses"
- default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WGET && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
- help
- Support IPv6 address literal notation in URLs.
-
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default y
See http://www.zeroconf.org for further details, and "zcip.script"
in the busybox examples.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TCPSVD
+ bool "tcpsvd"
+ default n
+ help
+ tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UDPSVD
+ bool "udpsvd"
+ default n
+ help
+ udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection
+
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