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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/config')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/config/config.8 | 31 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8 index d41bec03950..ec7859da302 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: config.8,v 1.18 2000/04/12 21:47:52 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: config.8,v 1.19 2000/05/29 07:19:29 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: config.8,v 1.10 1996/08/31 20:58:16 mycroft Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -204,6 +204,35 @@ directory using the option or by using the .Dq Li source directive at the beginning of the system configuration file. +.Pp +The configuration files consists of various statements which +include the following: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent +.It machine Ar var +Required. Specifies the machine architecture. +.It include Ar file +la la la +.It option Ar name +Set a kernel option. Kernel options may take either the form +.Ar NAME +or the form +.Ar NAME=value . +.It rmoption Ar name +Delete a previously set option. +.It maxusers Ar number +Required. Used to size various system tables and maximum operating conditions +in an approximate fashion. +.It config Ar bsd root on "dev [swap on dev [and dev ...]] [dump on dev [and dev ...]]" +Required. Specifies the swap and dump devices which the system should use. +.It config Ar bsd swap generic +Otherwise, if generic is specified, the system follows generic routines to +device what should happen. +.El +.Pp +Many other statements exist, and the file format is fairly rich; for more +information see the various configuration files included in the system. +.Pp .Ss Kernel modification When .Fl e |