NAME

config − build system configuration files

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/config [ −src ] config_file

DESCRIPTION

Config builds a set of system configuration files from a short file which describes the sort of system that is being configured.  It also takes as input files which tell config 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.  Additional input files describe other system configuration attributes (see the FILES section below).  If the −src option is supplied, config makes a system that makes use of the source code to DYNIX. 

Config should be run from the conf subdirectory of the system source (usually /sys/conf).  Config assumes that there is already a directory ../config_file created, and it places all its output files in there.  The output of config consists of a number files: ioconf.c contains a description of what I/O devices are attached to the system; conf.c contains a description of the block and character device table entry points; makefile is a file used by make(1) 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 configuration files which contain definitions for the disk areas to be used for swapping, the root file system, and argument processing.

If you have supplied the −src option, you will need to invoke “make depend” in the directory where the new makefile was created after running config. Config reminds you of this when it completes. 

If you get any other error messages from config, 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. 

FILES

/sys/conf/makefile.balancegeneric makefile for the Balance 8000
/sys/conf/fileslist of common files system is built from
/sys/conf/files.balancelist of Balance 8000 specific files
/sys/conf/devices.balancename to major device mapping file for the Balance 8000
/sys/conf/controllers.balancelist of possible controller types with config flags
/sys/conf/DYNIXconfig file for distributed system

SEE ALSO

Building DYNIX Systems with Config
SYNOPSIS section of each device in section 4

BUGS

The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one. 

4BSD/DYNIX