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diff --git a/share/doc/smm/02.config/1.t b/share/doc/smm/02.config/1.t new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0d2086b178d --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/smm/02.config/1.t @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\".ds RH Introduction +.ne 2i +.sp 3 +.NH +INTRODUCTION +.PP +.I Config +is a tool used in building 4.4BSD 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). |