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CONFIG(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		     CONFIG(1)

NAME
     config — build kernel compilation directories

SYNOPSIS
     config [-Ppv] [-b builddir] [-s srcdir] [config-file]
     config -x [kernel-file]
     config -L [-v] [-s srcdir] [config-file]

DESCRIPTION
     In its first synopsis form, config creates a kernel build directory from
     the machine description file config-file, which describes the system to
     configure.	 Refer to section KERNEL BUILD CONFIGURATION for the details
     of that use of config.

     In its second synopsis form, config takes the binary kernel kernel-file
     as its single argument (aside from the mandatory -x flag), then extracts
     the embedded configuration file (if any) and writes it to standard out‐
     put.  If kernel-file is not given, /netbsd is used.  Configuration data
     will be available if the given kernel was compiled with either
     INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE or INCLUDE_JUST_CONFIG options.

     In its third synopsis form, config is a tool for the kernel developer and
     generates a “lint” configuration file to be used during regression test‐
     ing.  Refer to section LINT CONFIGURATION for the details of that use of
     config.

     config accepts the following parameters:

     -b builddir
	     Use builddir as the kernel build directory, instead of computing
	     and creating one automatically.

     -L	     Generate a lint configuration.  See section LINT CONFIGURATION
	     for details.

     -P	     Pack locators to save space in the resulting kernel binary.  The
	     amount of space saved that way is so small that this option
	     should be considered historical, and of no actual use.

     -p	     Generate a build directory suited for kernel profiling.  However,
	     this options should be avoided in favor of the relevant options
	     inside the configuration file as described in section KERNEL
	     BUILD CONFIGURATION.

     -s srcdir
	     Point to the top of the kernel source tree.  It must be an abso‐
	     lute path when config is used to prepare a kernel build direc‐
	     tory, but can be relative when it is used in combination with the
	     -L flag.

     -v	     Increase verbosity by enabling some more warnings.

     -x	     Extract the configuration embedded in a kernel binary.

   KERNEL BUILD CONFIGURATION
     There are several different ways to run the config program.  The tradi‐
     tional way is to run config from the conf subdirectory of the machine-
     specific directory of the system source (usually /sys/arch/MACHINE/conf,
     where MACHINE is one of vax, hp300, and so forth), and to specify as the
     config-file the name of a machine description file located in that direc‐
     tory.  config will by default create files in the directory
     ../compile/SYSTEMNAME, where SYSTEMNAME is the last path component of
     config-file.  config will assume that the top-level kernel source direc‐
     tory is located four directories above the build directory.

     Another way is to create the build directory yourself, place the machine
     description file in the build directory with the name CONFIG, and run
     config from within the build directory without specifying a config-file.
     config will then by default create files in the current directory.	 If
     you run config this way, you must specify the location of the top-level
     kernel source directory using the -s option or by using the “source”
     directive at the beginning of the machine description file.

     Finally, you can specify the build directory for config and run it from
     anywhere.	You can specify a build directory with the -b option or by
     using the “build” directive at the beginning of the machine description
     file.  You must specify the location of the top-level kernel source
     directory if you specify a build directory.

     If config-file is a binary kernel, config will try to extract the config‐
     uration file embedded into it, which will be present if that kernel was
     built either with INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE or INCLUDE_JUST_CONFIG options.
     This work mode requires you to manually specify a build directory with
     the -b option, which implies the need to provide a source tree too.

     If the -p option is supplied, .PROF is appended to the default compila‐
     tion directory name, and config acts as if the lines “makeoptions
     PROF="-pg"” and “options GPROF” appeared in the machine description file.
     This will build a system that includes profiling code; see kgmon(8) and
     gprof(1).	The -p flag is expected to be used for “one-shot” profiles of
     existing systems; for regular profiling, it is probably wiser to create a
     separate machine description file containing the makeoptions line.

     The old undocumented -g flag is no longer supported.  Instead, use
     “makeoptions DEBUG="-g"” and (typically) “options KGDB”.

     The output of config consists of a number of files, principally ioconf.c,
     a description of I/O devices that may be attached to the system; and a
     Makefile, used by make(1) in building the kernel.

     After running config, it is wise to run “make depend” in the directory
     where the new makefile was created.  config prints a reminder of this
     when it completes.

     If config stops due to errors, the problems reported should be corrected
     and config should be run again.  config attempts to avoid changing the
     compilation directory if there are configuration errors, but this code is
     not well-tested, and some problems (such as running out of disk space)
     are unrecoverable.

   LINT CONFIGURATION
     A so-called “lint” configuration should include everything from the ker‐
     nel that can possibly be selected.	 The rationale is to provide a way to
     reach all the code a user might select, in order to make sure all options
     and drivers compile without error for a given source tree.

     When used with the -L flag, config takes the regular configuration file
     config-file and prints on the standard output a configuration file that
     includes config-file, selects all options and file-systems the user can
     possibly select, and defines an instance of every possible attachment as
     described by the kernel option definition files used by config-file.

     The resulting configuration file is meant as a way to select all possible
     features in order to test that each of them compiles.  It is not meant to
     result in a kernel binary that can run on any hardware.

     Unlike the first synopsis form, the provided srcdir is relative to the
     current working directory.	 In the first synopsis form, it is relative to
     the build directory.

SEE ALSO
     The SYNOPSIS portion of each device in section 4.

     options(4), config(5), config(9)

HISTORY
     The config command appeared in 4.1BSD.  It was completely revised in
     4.4BSD.  The -x option appeared in NetBSD 2.0.  The -L option appeared in
     NetBSD 5.0.

BSD			       September 9, 2007			   BSD
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