Return to config.8 CVS log

Up to [Power 6/32 Unix Tahoe 4.2BSD] / cci / usr / src / man / man8

Annotation of cci/usr/src/man/man8/config.8, revision 1.1.1.1

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.

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.