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Neither the name of the author 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 AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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. .\" .Dd December 13, 1998 .Dt boot_config 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot_config .Nd how to change kernel configuration at boot .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm BOOT_CONFIG is a kernel option that makes it possible to change the configuration at boot time. The same interface is available from userland, using the .Fl e argument to .Xr config 8 . .Pp The boot time configuration is invoked by the .Fl c option when OpenBSD prompts for a kernel to boot: .Pp .Bd -literal >> OpenBSD BOOT 640/31744 k [1.29] use ? for file list, or carriage return for defaults use hd(1,a)/bsd to boot sd0 when sd0 is also installed .No "Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/bsd][-abcdrs]] :" Ic -c Booting... avail mem = 28188672 using 430 buffers containing 1761280 bytes of memory User Kernel Config UKC> .Ed .Pp Changes made can be saved for the next reboot, by using .Xr config 8 . .Sh COMMANDS .Bl -tag -width "disable devno | dev" indent .It Ic add Ar dev Add a device through copying another. .It Ic base Ar 8 | 10 | 16 Change the base of numbers displayed and entered, e.g. I/O addresses in a VAXen are octal. .It Ic change Ar devno | dev Modify one or more devices. .It Ic disable Ar devno | dev Disable one or more devices. .It Ic enable Ar devno | dev Enable one or more devices. .It Ic exit Continue boot. .It Ic find Ar devno | dev Find one or more devices. .It Ic help Give a short summary of all commands and their arguments. .It Ic list Show all known devices, a screen at a time. .It Ic lines Op Ar count Set the number of rows per page. .It Ic quit Continue boot. .It Ic show Op Ar attr Op Ar val Show all devices for which attribute .Ar attr has the value .Ar val . .It Ic timezone Op Ar minuteswest Op Ar dst Change the .Va tz timezone structure. Without arguments, displays its current value. .It Ic verbose Toggle the autoconfig verbose variable. .El .Pp .Sh EXAMPLES The ethernet card is not detected at boot because the kernel configuration does not match the physical hardware configuration, e.g. wrong IRQ in OpenBSD/i386. The ethernet card is supposed to use the .Xr ne 4 driver. .Pp .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic 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> .Ed .Pp ne1 seems to match the configuration except it uses IRQ 5 instead of IRQ 10. So the irq on ne1 should be changed via the .Fa change command. The device can be specified by either name or number. .Pp .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic change ne1 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 .No change (y/n) ? Ic y .No port [0x300] ? .No size [0] ? .No iomem [-1] ? .No iosiz [0] ? .No irq [10] ? Ic 5 .No drq [-1] ? .No drq2 [-1] ? .No 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> .Ed .Pp Another case is a mistakenly detected non-existing device instead of another device at the probed location. One known case is the Mitsumi CD-ROM in OpenBSD/i386. The simplest thing to solve that problem is to disable mcd0. .Pp .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic find mcd0 29 mcd0 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 .No UKC> Ic disable mcd0 29 mcd0 disabled .No UKC> Ic find 29 29 mcd0 at isa0 disable port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0 .Ed .Pp The show command is useful for finding which devices have a certain attribute. It can also be used to find those devices with a particular value for an attribute. .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic show slot 2 ahc* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 10 uha* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 12 ep0 at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 17 ep* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 102 ahb* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 103 fea* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0 .No UKC> Ic 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> .Ed .Pp 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 renumbered. .Pp .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic 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 .No UKC> Ic add ep1 .No "Clone Device (DevNo, 'q' or '?') ?" Ic 13 .No "Insert before Device (DevNo, 'q' or '?')" Ic 14 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1 .No UKC> Ic change 14 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1 .No change (y/n) ? Ic y .No dev [-1] ? Ic 14 .No function [-1] ? .No flags [0] ? 18 14 ep1 changed 14 ep1 at pci* dev 14 function -1 flags 0x12 UKC> .Ed .Pp When configuration is completed, booting can proceed by issuing the .Ic quit or .Ic exit commands. .Pp .Bd -literal .No UKC> Ic quit Continuing... mainbus0 (root) .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr config 8 .Sh BUGS The .Ic add command is rather restricted, and might be expanded in the future. .Sh AUTHOR Mats O Jansson