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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CONFIG 8 "28 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: config \- build system configuration files
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/config
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-p
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I config_file
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .I Config
        !            14: builds a set of system configuration files from a short file which describes
        !            15: the sort of system that is being configured.  It also takes as input a file
        !            16: which tells
        !            17: .I config
        !            18: what files are needed to generate a system.
        !            19: This can be augmented by a configuration specific set of files
        !            20: that give alternate files for a specific machine.
        !            21: (see the FILES section below)
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .I Config
        !            24: should be run from the
        !            25: .B conf
        !            26: subdirectory of the system source (usually /sys/conf).
        !            27: .I Config
        !            28: assumes that there is already a directory
        !            29: .I "../config_file"
        !            30: created and it places all its output files in there.  
        !            31: The output of
        !            32: .I config
        !            33: consists of a number files:
        !            34: .B ioconf.c
        !            35: contains a description
        !            36: of what i/o devices are attached to the system,;
        !            37: .B ubglue.s
        !            38: contains a set of interrupt service routines for devices
        !            39: attached to the VERSABUS;
        !            40: .B makefile
        !            41: is a file used by
        !            42: .IR make (1)
        !            43: in building the system; a set of header files which contain
        !            44: the number of various devices that will be compiled into the system;
        !            45: and a set of swap configuration files which contain definitions for
        !            46: the disk areas to be used for swapping, the root file system,
        !            47: argument processing, and system dumps.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: After running
        !            50: .IR config ,
        !            51: it is necessary to run "make depend" in the directory where the new makefile
        !            52: was created.
        !            53: .I Config
        !            54: reminds you of this when it completes.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: If you get any other error messages from
        !            57: .I config,
        !            58: you should fix the problems in your configuration file and try again.
        !            59: If you try to compile a system that had configuration errors, you
        !            60: will likely meet with failure.
        !            61: .SH FILES
        !            62: .nf
        !            63: /sys/conf/makefile.tahoe       generic makefile for the TAHOE
        !            64: /sys/conf/files        list of common files system is built from
        !            65: /sys/conf/files.tahoe  list of TAHOE specific files
        !            66: /sys/conf/devices.tahoe        name to major device mapping file for the TAHOE
        !            67: .fi
        !            68: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            69: ``Building 4.2BSD UNIX System with Config''
        !            70: .br
        !            71: The SYNOPSIS portion of each device in section 4.
        !            72: .SH BUGS
        !            73: The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one.

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