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        !            11: INTRODUCTION
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .I Config
        !            14: is a tool used in building 4.3BSD system images (the UNIX kernel).
        !            15: It takes a file describing a system's tunable parameters and
        !            16: hardware support, and generates a collection
        !            17: of files which are then used to build a copy of UNIX appropriate
        !            18: to that configuration.
        !            19: .I Config
        !            20: simplifies system maintenance by isolating system dependencies
        !            21: in a single, easy to understand, file.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: This document describes the content and 
        !            24: format of system configuration
        !            25: files and the rules which must be followed when creating 
        !            26: these files.  Example configuration files are constructed
        !            27: and discussed.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: Later sections suggest guidelines to be used in modifying
        !            30: system source and explain some of the inner workings of the
        !            31: autoconfiguration process.  Appendix D summarizes the rules
        !            32: used in calculating the most important system data structures
        !            33: and indicates some inherent system data structure size
        !            34: limitations (and how to go about modifying them).

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