config(8)config(8)Nameconfig - build system configuration files
Syntax
/etc/config [-p] [-s] config_file
Description
The command builds a set of system configuration files from a short
file that describes the sort of system that is being configured. It
also takes as input a file that tells what files are needed to generate
a system. This can be augmented by a configuration specific set of
files that give alternate files for a specific machine. (See the Files
section.) If the -p option is supplied, will configure a system for
profiling. You must have sources to use the -p option. Use the -s
option when building a kernel from sources. For further information,
see and
The command should be run from the subdirectory of the system source
(usually ). The command assumes that there is already a directory cre‐
ated and it places all its output files in there. The output of con‐
sists of a number files: contains a description of what I/O devices are
attached to the system, contains a set of interrupt service routines
for devices attached to the UNIBUS, and is a file used by in building
the system; a set of header files which contain the number of various
devices that will be compiled into the system; and a set of swap con‐
figuration files which contain definitions for the disk areas to be
used for swapping, the root file system, argument processing, and sys‐
tem dumps.
After running it is necessary to run in the directory where the new
makefile was created. The command reminds you of this when it com‐
pletes.
If you get any other error messages from you should fix the problems in
your configuration file and try again. If you try to compile a system
that had configuration errors, you will likely meet with failure.
Restrictions
The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one.
Files
Generic makefile for the VAX
List of common files system is built from
List of VAX specific files
Name to major device mapping file for the VAX
List of files specific to ERNIE system
List of known file systems
See Also
The Syntax portion of each device in Section 4.
ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 3: System Manager
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