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The traditional way is to run .Nm from the .Pa conf subdirectory of the machine-specific directory of the system source (usually .Pa /sys/arch/MACHINE/conf , where .Pa MACHINE is one of .Pa vax , .Pa hp300 , and so forth), and to specify as the .Ar config-file the name of a machine description file located in that directory. .Nm will by default create files in the directory .Pa ../compile/SYSTEMNAME , where .Pa SYSTEMNAME is the last path component of .Ar config-file . .Nm will assume that the top-level kernel source directory is located four directories above the build directory. .Pp Another way is to create the build directory yourself, place the machine description file in the build directory with the name .Pa CONFIG , and run .Nm from within the build directory without specifying a .Ar config-file . .Nm will then by default create files in the current directory. If you run .Nm this way, you must specify the location of the top-level kernel source directory using the .Fl s option or by using the .Dq Li source directive at the beginning of the machine description file. .Pp Finally, you can specify the build directory for .Nm and run it from anywhere. You can specify a build directory with the .Fl b option or by using the .Dq Li build directive at the beginning of the machine description file. You must specify the location of the top-level kernel source directory if you specify a build directory. .Pp If .Ar config-file is a binary kernel, .Nm will try to extract the configuration file embedded into it, which will be present if that kernel was built either with .Va INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE or .Va INCLUDE_JUST_CONFIG options. This work mode requires you to manually specify a build directory with the .Fl b option, which implies the need to provide a source tree too. .Pp If the .Fl p option is supplied, .Pa .PROF is appended to the default compilation directory name, and .Nm acts as if the lines .Dq Li makeoptions PROF="-pg" and .Dq Li options GPROF appeared in the machine description file. This will build a system that includes profiling code; see .Xr kgmon 8 and .Xr gprof 1 . The .Fl p flag is expected to be used for .Dq one-shot profiles of existing systems; for regular profiling, it is probably wiser to create a separate machine description file containing the .Li makeoptions line. .Pp The .Fl v option causes .Nm to be somewhat more verbose by enabling certain warning messages. .Pp The .Fl P option causes .Nm to pack locators, conserving some kernel memory. .Pp The old undocumented .Fl g flag is no longer supported. Instead, use .Dq Li makeoptions DEBUG="-g" and (typically) .Dq Li options KGDB . .Pp The output of .Nm consists of a number of files, principally .Pa ioconf.c , a description of I/O devices that may be attached to the system; and a .Pa Makefile , used by .Xr make 1 in building the kernel. .Pp After running .Nm , it is wise to run .Dq Li make depend in the directory where the new makefile was created. .Nm prints a reminder of this when it completes. .Pp If .Nm stops due to errors, the problems reported should be corrected and .Nm should be run again. .Nm attempts to avoid changing the compilation directory if there are configuration errors, but this code is not well-tested, and some problems (such as running out of disk space) are unrecoverable. .Pp In its second synopsis form, .Nm takes the binary kernel .Ar kernel-file as its single argument (aside from the mandatory .Fl x flag), then extracts the embedded configuration file (if any) and writes it to standard output. If .Ar kernel-file is not given, .Pa /netbsd is used. Configuration data will be available if the given kernel was compiled with either .Va INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE or .Va INCLUDE_JUST_CONFIG options. .Sh SEE ALSO The SYNOPSIS portion of each device in section 4. .\".Rs .\" .%T "Building 4.4 BSD Systems with Config" .\" .%T "Device Support in 4.4BSD" .\".Re .sp .Xr options 4 , .Xr config 9 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.1 . It was completely revised in .Bx 4.4 . The .Fl x option appeared in .Nx 2.0 .