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3menu "Executable file formats"
4
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5config BINFMT_ELF
6 bool "Kernel support for ELF binaries"
a687a533 7 depends on MMU
f43edca7 8 select ELFCORE
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9 default y
10 ---help---
11 ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a format for libraries and
12 executables used across different architectures and operating
13 systems. Saying Y here will enable your kernel to run ELF binaries
14 and enlarge it by about 13 KB. ELF support under Linux has now all
15 but replaced the traditional Linux a.out formats (QMAGIC and ZMAGIC)
16 because it is portable (this does *not* mean that you will be able
17 to run executables from different architectures or operating systems
18 however) and makes building run-time libraries very easy. Many new
19 executables are distributed solely in ELF format. You definitely
20 want to say Y here.
21
22 Information about ELF is contained in the ELF HOWTO available from
23 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
24
25 If you find that after upgrading from Linux kernel 1.2 and saying Y
26 here, you still can't run any ELF binaries (they just crash), then
27 you'll have to install the newest ELF runtime libraries, including
28 ld.so (check the file <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and
29 latest version).
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31config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
32 bool
4cea5ceb 33 depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF
f43edca7 34 select ELFCORE
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36config ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE
37 bool
38
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39config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
40 bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries"
382e67ae 41 default y if !BINFMT_ELF
a687a533 42 depends on (ARM || (SUPERH32 && !MMU) || C6X)
f43edca7 43 select ELFCORE
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44 help
45 ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load
46 segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each
47 other. This makes this format ideal for use in environments where no
48 MMU is available as it still permits text segments to be shared,
49 even if data segments are not.
50
51 It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
52
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53config ELFCORE
54 bool
55 help
56 This option enables kernel/elfcore.o.
57
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58config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS
59 bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments"
89502155 60 default y
2d96d105 61 depends on BINFMT_ELF && ELF_CORE
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62 help
63 ELF core dump files describe each memory mapping of the crashed
64 process, and can contain or omit the memory contents of each one.
65 The contents of an unmodified text mapping are omitted by default.
66
67 For an unmodified text mapping of an ELF object, including just
68 the first page of the file in a core dump makes it possible to
69 identify the build ID bits in the file, without paying the i/o
70 cost and disk space to dump all the text. However, versions of
71 GDB before 6.7 are confused by ELF core dump files in this format.
72
73 The core dump behavior can be controlled per process using
74 the /proc/PID/coredump_filter pseudo-file; this setting is
75 inherited. See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for details.
76
77 This config option changes the default setting of coredump_filter
89502155 78 seen at boot time. If unsure, say Y.
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80config BINFMT_SCRIPT
81 tristate "Kernel support for scripts starting with #!"
82 default y
83 help
84 Say Y here if you want to execute interpreted scripts starting with
85 #! followed by the path to an interpreter.
86
87 You can build this support as a module; however, until that module
88 gets loaded, you cannot run scripts. Thus, if you want to load this
89 module from an initramfs, the portion of the initramfs before loading
90 this module must consist of compiled binaries only.
91
92 Most systems will not boot if you say M or N here. If unsure, say Y.
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94config ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
95 bool
96
1da177e4 97config BINFMT_FLAT
3202e181 98 bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
aef0f78e 99 depends on ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
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100 help
101 Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
102
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103config BINFMT_FLAT_ARGVP_ENVP_ON_STACK
104 bool
105
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106config BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM
107 bool
108
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109config BINFMT_FLAT_OLD
110 bool "Enable support for very old legacy flat binaries"
111 depends on BINFMT_FLAT
112 help
113 Support decade old uClinux FLAT format binaries. Unless you know
114 you have some of those say N here.
115
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116config BINFMT_ZFLAT
117 bool "Enable ZFLAT support"
118 depends on BINFMT_FLAT
119 select ZLIB_INFLATE
120 help
121 Support FLAT format compressed binaries
122
123config BINFMT_SHARED_FLAT
124 bool "Enable shared FLAT support"
125 depends on BINFMT_FLAT
126 help
127 Support FLAT shared libraries
128
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129config HAVE_AOUT
130 def_bool n
131
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132config BINFMT_AOUT
133 tristate "Kernel support for a.out and ECOFF binaries"
e17c6d56 134 depends on HAVE_AOUT
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135 ---help---
136 A.out (Assembler.OUTput) is a set of formats for libraries and
137 executables used in the earliest versions of UNIX. Linux used
138 the a.out formats QMAGIC and ZMAGIC until they were replaced
139 with the ELF format.
140
141 The conversion to ELF started in 1995. This option is primarily
142 provided for historical interest and for the benefit of those
143 who need to run binaries from that era.
144
145 Most people should answer N here. If you think you may have
146 occasional use for this format, enable module support above
147 and answer M here to compile this support as a module called
148 binfmt_aout.
149
150 If any crucial components of your system (such as /sbin/init
151 or /lib/ld.so) are still in a.out format, you will have to
152 say Y here.
153
154config OSF4_COMPAT
155 bool "OSF/1 v4 readv/writev compatibility"
156 depends on ALPHA && BINFMT_AOUT
157 help
158 Say Y if you are using OSF/1 binaries (like Netscape and Acrobat)
159 with v4 shared libraries freely available from Compaq. If you're
160 going to use shared libraries from Tru64 version 5.0 or later, say N.
161
162config BINFMT_EM86
163 tristate "Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries"
164 depends on ALPHA
165 ---help---
166 Say Y here if you want to be able to execute Linux/Intel ELF
167 binaries just like native Alpha binaries on your Alpha machine. For
168 this to work, you need to have the emulator /usr/bin/em86 in place.
169
170 You can get the same functionality by saying N here and saying Y to
171 "Kernel support for MISC binaries".
172
173 You may answer M to compile the emulation support as a module and
174 later load the module when you want to use a Linux/Intel binary. The
175 module will be called binfmt_em86. If unsure, say Y.
176
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177config BINFMT_MISC
178 tristate "Kernel support for MISC binaries"
179 ---help---
180 If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary
181 formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use
182 programs that need an interpreter to run like Java, Python, .NET or
183 Emacs-Lisp. It's also useful if you often run DOS executables under
184 the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
185 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). Once you have
186 registered such a binary class with the kernel, you can start one of
187 those programs simply by typing in its name at a shell prompt; Linux
188 will automatically feed it to the correct interpreter.
189
190 You can do other nice things, too. Read the file
34962fb8 191 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst> to learn how to use this
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192 feature, <file:Documentation/admin-guide/java.rst> for information about how
193 to include Java support. and <file:Documentation/admin-guide/mono.rst> for
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194 information about how to include Mono-based .NET support.
195
196 To use binfmt_misc, you will need to mount it:
197 mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
198
199 You may say M here for module support and later load the module when
200 you have use for it; the module is called binfmt_misc. If you
201 don't know what to answer at this point, say Y.
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203config COREDUMP
204 bool "Enable core dump support" if EXPERT
205 default y
206 help
207 This option enables support for performing core dumps. You almost
208 certainly want to say Y here. Not necessary on systems that never
209 need debugging or only ever run flawless code.
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