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Redundant help texts (one which only repeats the description) are deleted. Descriptions and help texts are trimmed. Some config options are moved, even across menus. No config option _names_ are changed. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
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# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
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#
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menu "Linux System Utilities"
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INSERT
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comment "Common options for mount/umount"
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depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
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config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
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bool "Support loopback mounts"
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default y
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depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
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help
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Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
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filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices.
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The mount command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead
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of a block device, and transparently associate the file with a
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loopback device. The umount command will also free that loopback
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device.
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You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files
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with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as
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specify an offset or cryptographic options to the loopback device.
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(If you don't want umount to free the loop device, use "umount -D".)
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config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE
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bool "Create new loopback devices if needed"
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default y
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depends on FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
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help
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Linux kernels >= 2.6.24 support unlimited loopback devices. They are
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allocated for use when trying to use a loop device. The loop device
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must however exist.
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This feature lets mount to try to create next /dev/loopN device
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if it does not find a free one.
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config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
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bool "Support old /etc/mtab file"
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default n
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depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
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select FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
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help
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Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted
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partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
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the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering
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the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
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a symlink to /proc/mounts.)
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The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if
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your stripped-down embedded system does not have a /proc directory.
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If you must use this, keep in mind it's inherently brittle (for
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example a mount under chroot won't update it), can't handle modern
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features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires
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that your /etc directory be writable, tends to get easily confused
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by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory
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that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
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About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from
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your kernel.
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source util-linux/volume_id/Config.in
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endmenu
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