.TH CONFIG 8 .SH NAME config \- configure a Unix kernel .SH SYNOPSIS .B /etc/config [ machine ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Config generates files used to build a Unix kernel for the named .IR machine . The working directory should be .I /usr/sys/conf or .IR /usr/sys/ machine; if the latter, .I machine may be omitted from the command. .PP A machine description is expected in .RI machine /conf ; a makefile, a number of header files, and some C and assembler programs are generated from the description. .PP The usual way to configure a new system is: .nf mkdir /usr/sys/newmach cd /usr/sys/newmach (create conf) /etc/config make .fi .SH FILES \&../conf/makefile makefile template .br \&../conf/files list of kernel source files .br files more sources specific to this machine .br \&../conf/devices list of device handlers .br devices more devices specific to this machine .br conf machine description .SH SEE ALSO config(5)