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CONFIG(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  CONFIG(8)



NAME
       config - configure a Unix kernel

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/config [ machine ]

DESCRIPTION
       Config  generates  files  used to build a Unix kernel for the named ma‐
       chine.  The working directory should be /usr/sys/conf  or  /usr/sys/ma‐
       chine; if the latter, machine may be omitted from the command.

       A machine description is expected in machine/conf; a makefile, a number
       of header files, and some C and assembler programs are  generated  from
       the description.

       The usual way to configure a new system is:

              mkdir /usr/sys/newmach
              cd /usr/sys/newmach
              (create conf)
              /etc/config
              make

FILES
       ../conf/makefile    makefile template
       ../conf/files       list of kernel source files
       files               more sources specific to this machine
       ../conf/devices     list of device handlers
       devices             more devices specific to this machine
       conf                machine description

SEE ALSO
       config(5)

BUGS
       At the moment, it's also necessary to create /usr/sys/machine/sparam.h.



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