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- menu "Executable file formats"
- config BINFMT_ELF
- bool "Kernel support for ELF binaries"
- depends on MMU
- select ELFCORE
- default y
- ---help---
- ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a format for libraries and
- executables used across different architectures and operating
- systems. Saying Y here will enable your kernel to run ELF binaries
- and enlarge it by about 13 KB. ELF support under Linux has now all
- but replaced the traditional Linux a.out formats (QMAGIC and ZMAGIC)
- because it is portable (this does *not* mean that you will be able
- to run executables from different architectures or operating systems
- however) and makes building run-time libraries very easy. Many new
- executables are distributed solely in ELF format. You definitely
- want to say Y here.
- Information about ELF is contained in the ELF HOWTO available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
- If you find that after upgrading from Linux kernel 1.2 and saying Y
- here, you still can't run any ELF binaries (they just crash), then
- you'll have to install the newest ELF runtime libraries, including
- ld.so (check the file <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and
- latest version).
- config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
- bool
- depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF
- select ELFCORE
- config ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE
- bool
- config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
- bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries"
- default y if !BINFMT_ELF
- depends on (ARM || (SUPERH32 && !MMU) || C6X)
- select ELFCORE
- help
- ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load
- segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each
- other. This makes this format ideal for use in environments where no
- MMU is available as it still permits text segments to be shared,
- even if data segments are not.
- It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
- config ELFCORE
- bool
- help
- This option enables kernel/elfcore.o.
- config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS
- bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments"
- default y
- depends on BINFMT_ELF && ELF_CORE
- help
- ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed
- process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one.
- The contents of an unmodified text mapping are omitted by default.
- For an unmodified text mapping of an ELF object, including just
- the first page of the file in a core dump makes it possible to
- identify the build ID bits in the file, without paying the i/o
- cost and disk space to dump all the text. However, versions of
- GDB before 6.7 are confused by ELF core dump files in this format.
- The core dump behavior can be controlled per process using
- the /proc/PID/coredump_filter pseudo-file; this setting is
- inherited. See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for details.
- This config option changes the default setting of coredump_filter
- seen at boot time. If unsure, say Y.
- config BINFMT_SCRIPT
- tristate "Kernel support for scripts starting with #!"
- default y
- help
- Say Y here if you want to execute interpreted scripts starting with
- #! followed by the path to an interpreter.
- You can build this support as a module; however, until that module
- gets loaded, you cannot run scripts. Thus, if you want to load this
- module from an initramfs, the portion of the initramfs before loading
- this module must consist of compiled binaries only.
- Most systems will not boot if you say M or N here. If unsure, say Y.
- config BINFMT_FLAT
- bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
- depends on !MMU || ARM || M68K
- help
- Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
- config BINFMT_ZFLAT
- bool "Enable ZFLAT support"
- depends on BINFMT_FLAT
- select ZLIB_INFLATE
- help
- Support FLAT format compressed binaries
- config BINFMT_SHARED_FLAT
- bool "Enable shared FLAT support"
- depends on BINFMT_FLAT
- help
- Support FLAT shared libraries
- config HAVE_AOUT
- def_bool n
- config BINFMT_AOUT
- tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries"
- depends on HAVE_AOUT
- ---help---
- A.out (Assembler.OUTput) is a set of formats for libraries and
- executables used in the earliest versions of UNIX. Linux used
- the a.out formats QMAGIC and ZMAGIC until they were replaced
- with the ELF format.
- The conversion to ELF started in 1995. This option is primarily
- provided for historical interest and for the benefit of those
- who need to run binaries from that era.
- Most people should answer N here. If you think you may have
- occasional use for this format, enable module support above
- and answer M here to compile this support as a module called
- binfmt_aout.
- If any crucial components of your system (such as /sbin/init
- or /lib/ld.so) are still in a.out format, you will have to
- say Y here.
- config OSF4_COMPAT
- bool "OSF/1 v4 readv/writev compatibility"
- depends on ALPHA && BINFMT_AOUT
- help
- Say Y if you are using OSF/1 binaries (like Netscape and Acrobat)
- with v4 shared libraries freely available from Compaq. If you're
- going to use shared libraries from Tru64 version 5.0 or later, say N.
- config BINFMT_EM86
- tristate "Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries"
- depends on ALPHA
- ---help---
- Say Y here if you want to be able to execute Linux/Intel ELF
- binaries just like native Alpha binaries on your Alpha machine. For
- this to work, you need to have the emulator /usr/bin/em86 in place.
- You can get the same functionality by saying N here and saying Y to
- "Kernel support for MISC binaries".
- You may answer M to compile the emulation support as a module and
- later load the module when you want to use a Linux/Intel binary. The
- module will be called binfmt_em86. If unsure, say Y.
- config BINFMT_MISC
- tristate "Kernel support for MISC binaries"
- ---help---
- If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary
- formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use
- programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python, .NET or
- Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you often run DOS executables under
- the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). Once you have
- registered such a binary class with the kernel, you can start one of
- those programs simply by typing in its name at a shell prompt; Linux
- will automatically feed it to the correct interpreter.
- You can do other nice things, too. Read the file
- <file:Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst> to learn how to use this
- feature, <file:Documentation/admin-guide/java.rst> for information about how
- to include Java support. and <file:Documentation/admin-guide/mono.rst> for
- information about how to include Mono-based .NET support.
- To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it:
- mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
- You may say M here for module support and later load the module when
- you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you
- don't know what to answer at this point, say Y.
- config COREDUMP
- bool "Enable core dump support" if EXPERT
- default y
- help
- This option enables support for performing core dumps. You almost
- certainly want to say Y here. Not necessary on systems that never
- need debugging or only ever run flawless code.
- endmenu
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