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2.8 KiB
Perl
62 lines
2.8 KiB
Perl
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
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.\" @(#)1.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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.\".ds RH Introduction
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.ne 2i
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INTRODUCTION
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.PP
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.I Config
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is a tool used in building 4.4BSD system images (the UNIX kernel).
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It takes a file describing a system's tunable parameters and
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hardware support, and generates a collection
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of files which are then used to build a copy of UNIX appropriate
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to that configuration.
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.I Config
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simplifies system maintenance by isolating system dependencies
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in a single, easy to understand, file.
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.PP
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This document describes the content and
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format of system configuration
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files and the rules which must be followed when creating
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these files. Example configuration files are constructed
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and discussed.
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.PP
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Later sections suggest guidelines to be used in modifying
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system source and explain some of the inner workings of the
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autoconfiguration process. Appendix D summarizes the rules
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used in calculating the most important system data structures
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and indicates some inherent system data structure size
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limitations (and how to go about modifying them).
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