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- INTRODUCTION
- .PP
- .I Config
- is a tool used in building 4.3BSD system images (the UNIX kernel).
- It takes a file describing a system's tunable parameters and
- hardware support, and generates a collection
- of files which are then used to build a copy of UNIX appropriate
- to that configuration.
- .I Config
- simplifies system maintenance by isolating system dependencies
- in a single, easy to understand, file.
- .PP
- This document describes the content and
- format of system configuration
- files and the rules which must be followed when creating
- these files. Example configuration files are constructed
- and discussed.
- .PP
- Later sections suggest guidelines to be used in modifying
- system source and explain some of the inner workings of the
- autoconfiguration process. Appendix D summarizes the rules
- used in calculating the most important system data structures
- and indicates some inherent system data structure size
- limitations (and how to go about modifying them).
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