CONFIG(8)                                                            CONFIG(8)



NAME
       config - build system configuration files

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/config [ -p ] _S_Y_S_T_E_M__N_A_M_E

DESCRIPTION
       _C_o_n_f_i_g  builds  a  set  of system configuration files from a short file
       which describes the sort of system that is being configured.   It  also
       takes  as input a file which tells _c_o_n_f_i_g what files are needed to gen‐
       erate a system.  This can be augmented by a configuration specific  set
       of  files  that  give alternate files for a specific machine.  (see the
       FILES section below) If the -p option is supplied, _c_o_n_f_i_g will  config‐
       ure a system for profiling; c.f.  _k_g_m_o_n(8) and _g_p_r_o_f(1).

       _C_o_n_f_i_g  should  be  run from the conf subdirectory of the system source
       (usually /sys/conf).  Its argument is the name of a  system  configura‐
       tion  file  containing device specifications, configuration options and
       other system parameters for one system configuration.   _C_o_n_f_i_g  assumes
       that  there is already a directory _._._/_S_Y_S_T_E_M__N_A_M_E created and it places
       all its output files in there.  The output of _c_o_n_f_i_g consists of a num‐
       ber of files; for the VAX, they are: ioconf.c contains a description of
       what I/O devices are attached to the system,; ubglue.s contains  a  set
       of  interrupt  service  routines  for  devices  attached to the UNIBUS;
       ubvec.s contains offsets into a structure used for counting  per-device
       interrupts;  Makefile is a file used by _m_a_k_e(1) in building the system;
       a set of header files contain definitions  of  the  number  of  various
       devices  that  will be compiled into the system; and a set of swap con‐
       figuration files contain definitions for the disk areas to be used  for
       swapping,  the root file system, argument processing, and system dumps.

       After running _c_o_n_f_i_g, it is necessary to run  ‘‘make  depend’’  in  the
       directory where the new makefile was created.  _C_o_n_f_i_g prints a reminder
       of this when it completes.

       If any other error messages are produced by _c_o_n_f_i_g_, the problems in the
       configuration  file should be corrected and _c_o_n_f_i_g should be run again.
       Attempts to compile a system that had configuration errors  are  likely
       to meet with failure.

FILES
       /sys/conf/Makefile.vax   generic makefile for the VAX
       /sys/conf/files     list of common files system is built from
       /sys/conf/files.vax list of VAX specific files
       /sys/conf/devices.vax    name to major device mapping file for the VAX
       /sys/conf/files.ERNIE    list of files specific to ERNIE system

SEE ALSO
       ‘‘Building 4.3BSD UNIX System with Config’’
       The SYNOPSIS portion of each device in section 4.

BUGS
       The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one.



4th Berkeley Distribution        May 20, 1986                        CONFIG(8)