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32.Dd June 20, 2015
33.Dt KERNCONF 5
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm kernconf
37.Nd kernel configuration file
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd cpu ...
40.Cd device ...
41.Cd ident ...
42.Cd machine ...
43.Cd machine-arch ...
44.Cd makeoptions ...
45.Cd maxusers ...
46.Cd options ...
47.Cd platform ...
48.Cd pseudo-device ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50This manual page describes the structure of the kernel configuration file.
51It is processed by
52.Xr config 8
53to create a build environment where a kernel may be built using
54.Xr make 1 .
55See
56.Xr build 7
57for information on how to build kernels.
58.Pp
59Each line starts with a keyword at the beginning of the line and is
60followed by additional parameters.
61Long input lines may be broken into shorter lines by starting the
62second and subsequent lines with a white space character.
63Numbers are specified using
64.Tn C Ns -style
65syntax.
66Blank lines are ignored.
67The
68.Sq #
69character is interpreted as a comment and is ignored along with everything
70that follows it on the same line.
71.Sh KEYWORDS
72The following keywords are recognized in a configuration file:
73.Pp
74.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
75.It Sy cpu Ar name
76This system is to run on the CPU type
77.Ar name .
78Legal types are:
79.Sy HAMMER_CPU
80.Tn ( x86-64 ) .
81More than one CPU type specification can appear in a configuration file.
82.Pp
83.It Sy device Ar name \
84Oo Sy at Ar bus Oc \
85Oo Sy port Ar num Oc \
86Oo Sy irq Ar num Oc \
87Oo Sy drq Ar num Oc \
88Oo Sy iomem Ar num Oc \
89Oo Sy iosiz Ar num Oc \
90Op Sy flags Ar num
91Configures support for device
92.Ar name .
93Additional parameters may be passed to specify
94.Tn I/O
95configuration settings (most often for
96.Xr isa 4
97devices):
98.Bl -tag -width ".Sy iomem"
99.It Sy at
100specifies a bus to which the device is attached.
101.It Sy port
102specifies the start address of
103.Tn I/O
104ports to be used by the device.
105.It Sy irq
106specifies the number of ports used by the device.
107.It Sy drq
108is the interrupt line number to be used.
109.It Sy iomem
110specifies the physical memory address used by the device.
111.It Sy iosiz
112specifies the physical memory size used by the device.
113.It Sy flags
114sets various flag bits for the device.
115.El
116.Pp
117.It Sy ident Ar string
118Sets the kernel identification string to
119.Ar string .
120.Pp
121.It Sy machine Ar name
122The system is to run on the machine type
123.Ar name .
124This is a legacy keyword, it is normally set to same value as
125.Sy machine_arch .
126.Pp
127.It Sy machine_arch Ar name
128The system is to run on the machine architecture
129.Ar name .
130Currently, the only legal architecture is
131.Sy x86_64 .
132.Pp
133.It Sy makeoptions Ar name Ns Sy = Ns Ar value
134Defines a
135.Xr make 1
136macro
137.Ar name
138with the value
139.Ar value
140in the kernel Makefile.
141.Pp
142.It Sy maxusers Ar integer
143Set the
144.Va maxusers
145variable in the kernel.
146.Pp
147.It Sy options Ar name Ns Op Sy = Ns Ar value
148Sets the option
149.Ar name .
150Some options expect to be assigned a value, which may be an integer,
151a double-quoted word, a bare word, or an empty string
152.Pq Qq .
153Note that those are eventually handled by the C compiler, so the rules
154of that language apply.
155.\"For more information see the
156.\".Sx OPTIONS
157.\"section.
158.Pp
159.It Sy platform Ar name
160Sets the platform of this kernel to
161.Ar name .
162Legal platforms are
163.Sy pc64
164(64 bit
165.Tn AMD
166architecture),
167and
168.Sy vkernel64
169(64 bit virtual kernel).
170.Pp
171.It Sy pseudo-device Ar name Op Ar N
172Includes support for the pseudo-device
173.Ar name .
174Some pseudo-devices can have multiple or
175.Ar N
176instances.
177.El
178.\".Sh OPTIONS
179.Sh FILES
180.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC"
181.It Pa /sys/config/LINT64
182kernel configuration file for checking all the sources,
183includes description of kernel configuration options
184.It Pa /sys/config/VKERNEL64
185default 64 bit
186.Xr vkernel 7
187kernel configuration file
188.It Pa /sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC
189default
190.Sy x86_64
191kernel configuration file
192.El
193.Sh SEE ALSO
194.Xr make 1 ,
195.Xr build 7 ,
196.Xr vkernel 7 ,
197.Xr config 8
198.Sh HISTORY
199The
200.Nm
201manual page first appeared in
202.Dx 1.11 .
203