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.TH CONFIG 8
.CT 1 sa_nonmortals
.SH NAME
config \- configure a Unix kernel
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/config
[
.I machine
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Config
generates files used to build a Unix kernel
for the named
.IR machine .
The working directory should be
.F /usr/sys/conf
or
.BI /usr/sys/ machine;
if the latter,
.I machine
may be omitted from the command.
.PP
A machine description is expected in
.IB machine /conf\fR;
a makefile,
a number of header files,
and some C and assembler programs
are generated from the description.
.PP
The usual way to configure a new system is:
.IP
.EX
mkdir /usr/sys/newmach
cd /usr/sys/newmach
(create conf)
/etc/config
make
.EE
.SH FILES
All these files are in the configuration directory.
.br
.ns
.TF ../conf/makefile
.TP
.F ../conf/makefile
makefile template
.TP
.F ../conf/files
list of kernel source files
.TP
.F files
more sources specific to this machine
.TP
.F ../conf/devices
list of device handlers
.TP
.F devices
more devices specific to this machine
.TP
.F conf
machine description
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR config (5)
.SH BUGS
At the moment,
it's also necessary to create
.FR /usr/sys/machine/sparam.h .

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