1.\" $OpenBSD: autoconf.4,v 1.3 2007/05/31 19:19:53 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou. 17.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 18.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 22.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 24.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 25.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 26.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 27.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 28.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 29.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 32.Dt AUTOCONF 4 amd64 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm autoconf 36.Nd diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38When 39.Ox 40bootstraps it probes the innards of the machine 41on which it is running 42and locates controllers, drives, and other devices, printing out 43what it finds on the console. 44This procedure is driven by a system configuration table which is processed by 45.Xr config 8 46and compiled into each kernel. 47Devices which exist in the machine but are not configured into the 48kernel are usually not detected. 49.Sh SEE ALSO 50.Xr intro 4 , 51.Xr boot_amd64 8 , 52.Xr config 8 53