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CONFIG(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual CONFIG(8) NAME config -- build kernel compilation directories or modify a kernel SYNOPSIS config [-p] [-b builddir] [-s srcdir] [config-file] config -e [-u] [-c cmdfile] [-f | -o outfile] infile DESCRIPTION In the first synopsis form, the config program creates a kernel build di- rectory from the kernel configuration file specified by config-file. In the second synopsis form, config allows editing of the kernel binary specified by infile. Devices may be enabled, disabled, or modified with- out recompiling, by editing the kernel executable. Similarly, the same editing can be done at boot-time, using the in-kernel editor, as de- scribed in boot_config(8). For kernel building, the options are as follows: -b builddir Create the build directory in the path specified by builddir in- stead of the default ../compile/SYSTEMNAME. -p Configure for a system that includes profiling code; see kgmon(8) and gprof(1). When this option is specified, config acts as if the lines "makeoptions PROF="-pg"" and "option GPROF" appeared in the specified kernel configuration file. In addition, ".PROF" is appended to the default compilation directory name. The -p flag is expected to be used for "one-shot" profiles of ex- isting systems; for regular profiling, it is probably wiser to make a separate configuration containing the makeoptions line. -s srcdir Use srcdir as the top-level kernel source directory instead of the default (four directories above the build directory). For kernel modification, the options are as follows: -c cmdfile Read commands from the specified file instead of the standard in- put. Save and quit automatically when the end of file is reached. -e Allows the modification of kernel device configuration (see boot_config(8)). Temporary changes can be made to the running kernel's configuration or a new kernel binary may be written for permanent changes between system reboots. See the section KERNEL MODIFICATION below for more details. -f Overwrite the infile kernel binary with the modified kernel. Otherwise, -o should be given to specify an alternate output file. -o outfile Write the modified kernel to outfile. -u Check to see if the kernel configuration was modified at boot- time (i.e. boot -c was used). If so, compare the running kernel with the kernel to be edited (infile). If they seem to be the same, apply all configuration changes performed at boot. Using this option requires read access to /dev/mem, which may be re- stricted based upon the value of the kern.allowkmem sysctl(8). KERNEL BUILDING 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) when building the kernel. 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. If config-file is not specified, config uses the current directory as the build directory, and looks in it for a file called CONFIG. If config is run this way, the location of the top-level kernel source directory must be specified using the -s option or by using the "source" directive at the beginning of the system configuration file. The configuration files consists of various statements which include the following: machine var Required. Specifies the machine architecture. include file Include another configuration file. option name Set a kernel option. Kernel options may take either the form NAME or the form NAME=value. These options are passed to the compiler with the -D flag. rmoption name Delete a previously set option. This is useful when in- cluding another kernel configuration file. A typical use is to include the GENERIC kernel provided with each release and remove options that are unwanted, thus allowing for au- tomatic inclusion of new device drivers. maxusers number Required. Used to size various system tables and maximum operating conditions in an approximate fashion. Multiple instances of this keyword may be specified. The number provided in the last instance will be used, and warnings will be printed for each duplicate value. This is conve- nient when used with the include directive. config bsd root on dev [swap on dev [and dev ...]] [dumps on dev] Required. Specifies the swap and dump devices which the system should use. config bsd swap generic Otherwise, if generic is specified, the system follows generic routines to decide what should happen. To debug kernels and their crash dumps with gdb, add "makeoptions DEBUG="-g"" to the kernel configuration file. Refer to options(4) for further details. Many other statements exist, and the file format is fairly rich; for more information see the various configuration files included in the system, as well as files.conf(5) for the config rules base. KERNEL MODIFICATION When -e is specified, device parameters that are normally hard-coded into the kernel may be changed. This is useful to avoid the need for kernel recompilation or rebooting. Modifications are made to the currently run- ning kernel and can be written to a new kernel binary so changes are pre- served during subsequent system restarts. When invoked, the kernel identification is first shown. # config -e -o bsd.new /bsd OpenBSD 5.3-current (GENERIC.MP) #91: Mon Mar 25 16:43:17 MDT 2013 deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP Enter 'help' for information ukc> One or more warnings may be printed before the ukc> prompt. warning: no output file specified Neither the -f nor -o option has been specified. Changes will be ig- nored. WARNING kernel mismatch. -u ignored. WARNING the running kernel version: config does not believe the running kernel is the same as the infile specified. Since the log of changes (from boot -c) in the running kernel is kernel-specific, the -u option is ignored. The commands are as follows: add dev Add a device through copying another. base 8 | 10 | 16 Change the base of numbers displayed and entered. change devno | dev Modify one or more devices. disable attr val | devno | dev Disable one or more devices. enable attr val | devno | dev Enable one or more devices. exit Exit without saving changes. find devno | dev Find one or more devices. help Give a short summary of all commands and their arguments. lines [count] Set the number of rows per page. list Show all known devices, a screen at a time. nkmempg [number] Change the NKMEMPAGES value. Without ar- guments, displays its current value. quit Exit and save changes. show [attr [val]] Show all devices for which attribute attr has the value val. EXAMPLES The Ethernet card is not detected at boot because the kernel configura- tion does not match the physical hardware configuration, e.g. wrong IRQ in OpenBSD/i386. The Ethernet card is supposed to use the ne(4) driver. ukc> find ne 24 ne0 at isa0 port 0x240 size 0 iomem 0xd8000 iosiz 0 irq 9 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 26 ne* at isapnp0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 flags 0x0 27 ne* at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0 28 ne* at pcmcia* function -1 irq -1 flags 0x0 ukc> ne1 seems to match the configuration except it uses IRQ 10 instead of IRQ 5. So the irq on ne1 should be changed via the change command. The de- vice can be specified by either name or number. ukc> change ne1 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 change (y/n) ? y port [0x300] ? size [0] ? iomem [-1] ? iosiz [0] ? irq [10] ? 5 drq [-1] ? drq2 [-1] ? flags [0] ? 25 ne1 changed 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 ukc> It's also possible to disable all devices with a common attribute. For example: ukc> disable port 0x300 25 ne1 disabled 72 we1 disabled 75 el0 disabled 77 ie1 disabled The show command is useful for finding which devices have a certain at- tribute. It can also be used to find those devices with a particular value for an attribute. ukc> show slot 2 ahc* at eisa0 slot -1 10 uha* at eisa0 slot -1 12 ep0 at eisa0 slot -1 17 ep* at eisa0 slot -1 102 ahb* at eisa0 slot -1 103 fea* at eisa0 slot -1 ukc> show port 0x300 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 72 we1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem 0xcc000 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 75 el0 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 9 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 77 ie1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 ukc> It is possible to add new devices, but only devices that were linked into the kernel. If a new device is added, following devices will be renum- bered. ukc> find ep 11 ep0 at isa0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 12 ep0 at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 13 ep0 at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0 14 ep* at isapnp0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 flags 0x0 15 ep* at isa0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 16 ep* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 17 ep* at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0 18 ep* at pcmcia* dev -1 irq -1 flags 0x0 ukc> add ep1 Clone Device (DevNo, 'q' or '?') ? 13 Insert before Device (DevNo, 'q' or '?') 14 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1 ukc> change 14 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1 change (y/n) ? y dev [-1] ? 14 function [-1] ? flags [0] ? 18 14 ep1 changed 14 ep1 at pci* dev 14 function -1 flags 0x12 ukc> When done, exit the program with the quit or exit commands. exit will ignore any changes while quit writes the changes to outfile (if -o or -f was given, else ignore changes). ukc> quit SEE ALSO options(4), files.conf(5), boot.conf(8), boot_config(8) The SYNOPSIS portion of each device in section 4 of the manual. S. J. Leffler and M. J. Karels, "Building 4.4 BSD Systems with Config", 4.4BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM). HISTORY The config program appeared in 4.1BSD and was completely revised in 4.4BSD. The -e option appeared in OpenBSD 2.6. BUGS Included files should start with an empty line or comment. FreeBSD 13.0 March 8, 2021 FreeBSD 13.0
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