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30.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
31.Dt BOOT_CONFIG 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm boot_config
35.Nd how to change kernel configuration at boot
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37.Nm BOOT_CONFIG
38is a kernel option that makes it possible to change the configuration
39at boot time.
40The same interface is available from userland, using the
41.Fl e
42argument to
43.Xr config 8 .
44.Pp
45The boot time configuration is invoked by the
46.Fl c
47option when
48.Ox
49prompts for a kernel to boot:
50.Bd -literal
51>> OpenBSD BOOT 640/31744 k [1.29]
52use ? for file list, or carriage return for defaults
53use hd(1,a)/bsd to boot sd0 when sd0 is also installed
54.No "Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/bsd][-abcdrs]] :" Ic -c
55Booting...
56avail mem = 28188672
57using 430 buffers containing 1761280 bytes of memory
58User Kernel Config
59UKC>
60.Ed
61.Pp
62Changes made can be saved for the next reboot, by using
63.Xr config 8 .
64.Sh COMMANDS
65.Bl -tag -width "disable devno | dev"
66.It Ic add Ar dev
67Add a device through copying another.
68.It Ic base Ar 8 | 10 | 16
69Change the base of numbers displayed and entered,
70e.g. I/O addresses in a VAXen are octal.
71.It Ic change Ar devno | dev
72Modify one or more devices.
73.It Ic disable Ar devno | dev
74Disable one or more devices.
75.It Ic enable Ar devno | dev
76Enable one or more devices.
77.It Ic exit
78Continue boot.
79.It Ic find Ar devno | dev
80Find one or more devices.
81.It Ic help
82Give a short summary of all commands and their arguments.
83.It Ic list
84Show all known devices, a screen at a time.
85.It Ic lines Op Ar count
86Set the number of rows per page.
87.It Ic quit
88Continue boot.
89.It Ic show Op Ar attr Op Ar val
90Show all devices for which attribute
91.Ar attr
92has the value
93.Ar val .
94.It Ic timezone Op Ar minuteswest Op Ar dst
95Change the
96.Va tz
97timezone structure.
98.Va minuteswest
99is the number of minutes west of GMT and
100.Va dst
101is non-zero if Daylight Saving Time is in effect.
102Without arguments, displays its current value.
103.It Ic verbose
104Toggle the autoconfig verbose variable.
105.El
106.Sh EXAMPLES
107The Ethernet card is not detected at boot because the kernel configuration
108does not match the physical hardware configuration,
109e.g. wrong IRQ in OpenBSD/i386.
110The Ethernet card is supposed to use the
111.Xr ne 4
112driver.
113.Bd -literal
114.No UKC> Ic find ne
11524 ne0 at isa0 port 0x240 size 0 iomem 0xd8000 iosiz 0 irq 9 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
11625 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
11726 ne* at isapnp0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 flags 0x0
11827 ne* at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0
11928 ne* at pcmcia* function -1 irq -1 flags 0x0
120UKC>
121.Ed
122.Pp
123ne1 seems to match the configuration except it uses IRQ 5 instead of IRQ 10.
124So the irq on ne1 should be changed via the
125.Fa change
126command.
127The device can be specified by either name or number.
128.Bd -literal
129.No UKC> Ic change ne1
13025 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
131.No change (y/n) \&? Ic y
132.No port [0x300] \&?
133.No size [0] \&?
134.No iomem [-1] \&?
135.No iosiz [0] \&?
136.No irq [10] \&? Ic 5
137.No drq [-1] \&?
138.No drq2 [-1] \&?
139.No flags [0] \&?
14025 ne1 changed
14125 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
142UKC>
143.Ed
144.Pp
145Another case is a mistakenly detected non-existing device instead of another
146device at the probed location.
147One known case is the Mitsumi
148CD-ROM in OpenBSD/i386.
149The simplest thing to solve that problem is to disable mcd0.
150.Bd -literal
151.No UKC> Ic find mcd0
152 29 mcd0 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
153.No UKC> Ic disable mcd0
154 29 mcd0 disabled
155.No UKC> Ic find 29
156 29 mcd0 at isa0 disable port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
157.Ed
158.Pp
159The show command is useful for finding which devices have a certain attribute.
160It can also be used to find those devices with a particular value for
161an attribute.
162.Bd -literal
163.No UKC> Ic show slot
164  2 ahc* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
165 10 uha* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
166 12 ep0 at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
167 17 ep* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
168102 ahb* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
169103 fea* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
170.No UKC> Ic show port 0x300
171 25 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
172 72 we1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem 0xcc000 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
173 75 el0 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 9 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
174 77 ie1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
175UKC>
176.Ed
177.Pp
178It is possible to add new devices, but only devices that were linked into the
179kernel.
180If a new device is added, following devices will be renumbered.
181.Bd -literal
182.No UKC> Ic find ep
183 11 ep0 at isa0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
184 12 ep0 at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
185 13 ep0 at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0
186 14 ep* at isapnp0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 flags 0x0
187 15 ep* at isa0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
188 16 ep* at eisa0 slot -1 flags 0x0
189 17 ep* at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0
190 18 ep* at pcmcia* dev -1 irq -1 flags 0x0
191.No UKC> Ic add ep1
192.No "Clone Device (DevNo, 'q' or '\&?') \&?" Ic 13
193.No "Insert before Device (DevNo, 'q' or '\&?')" Ic 14
194 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1
195.No UKC> Ic change 14
196 14 ep1 at pci* dev -1 function -1
197.No change (y/n) \&? Ic y
198.No dev [-1] \&? Ic 14
199.No function [-1] \&?
200.No flags [0] \&? Ic 18
201 14 ep1 changed
202 14 ep1 at pci* dev 14 function -1 flags 0x12
203UKC>
204.Ed
205.Pp
206When configuration is completed, booting can proceed by issuing the
207.Ic quit
208or
209.Ic exit
210commands.
211.Bd -literal
212.No UKC> Ic quit
213Continuing...
214mainbus0 (root)
215.Ed
216.Sh SEE ALSO
217.Xr config 8
218.Sh AUTHORS
219.An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se
220.Sh BUGS
221The
222.Ic add
223command is rather restricted, and might be expanded in the future.
224