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37.Dd July 1, 2001
38.Dt USERCONF 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm userconf
42.Nd in-kernel device configuration manager
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd options USERCONF
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm
47is the in-kernel device configuration manager.
48It is used to alter the kernel autoconfiguration framework at runtime.
49.Nm
50is activated from the boot loader by passing the
51.Fl c
52option to the kernel.
53.Sh COMMAND SYNTAX
54The general command syntax is:
55.Bd -ragged -offset indent
56.Ic command Op Ar option
57.Ed
58.Pp
59.Nm
60has a
61.Xr more 1 -like
62functionality; if a number of lines in a command's output exceeds the
63number defined in the lines variable, then
64.Nm
65displays
66.Dq "-- more --"
67and waits for a response, which may be one of:
68.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "<return>"
69.It <return>
70one more line.
71.It <space>
72one more page.
73.It Ic q
74abort the current command, and return to the command input mode.
75.El
76.Pp
77.Sh COMMANDS
78.Nm
79supports the following commands:
80.Bl -tag -width 5n
81.It Ic lines Ar count
82Specify the number of lines before more.
83.It Ic base Ar 8 | 10 | 16
84Base for displaying large numbers.
85.It Ic change Ar devno | dev
86Change devices.
87.It Ic disable Ar devno | dev
88Disable devices.
89.It Ic enable Ar devno | dev
90Enable devices.
91.It Ic exit
92A synonym for
93.Ic quit .
94.It Ic find Ar devno | dev
95Find devices.
96.It Ic help
97Display online help.
98.It Ic list
99List current configuration.
100.It Ic quit
101Leave userconf.
102.It Ic ?
103A synomym for
104.Ic help .
105.El
106.Sh AUTHOR
107The
108.Nm
109framework was written by
110.An Mats O Jansson
111.Aq moj@stacken.kth.se .
112.Sh HISTORY
113The
114.Nm
115framework first appeared in
116.Ox 2.0 ,
117and then integrated into
118.Nx 1.6 .
119