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33.Dd December 13, 1998
34.Dt boot_config 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm boot_config
38.Nd how to change kernel configuration at boot
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40.Nm BOOT_CONFIG
41is a kernel option that makes it possible to change the configuration
42at boot time.
43The same interface is available from userland, using the
44.Fl e
45argument to
46.Xr config 8 .
47.Pp
48The boot time configuration is invoked by the
49.Fl c
50option when OpenBSD prompts for a kernel to boot:
51.Pp
52.Bd -literal
53>> OpenBSD BOOT 640/31744 k [1.29]
54use ? for file list, or carriage return for defaults
55use hd(1,a)/bsd to boot sd0 when sd0 is also installed
56.No "Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/bsd][-abcdrs]] :" Ic -c
57Booting...
58avail mem = 28188672
59using 430 buffers containing 1761280 bytes of memory
60User Kernel Config
61UKC>
62.Ed
63.Pp
64Changes made can be saved for the next reboot, by using
65.Xr config 8 .
66.Sh COMMANDS
67.Bl -tag -width "disable devno | dev" indent
68.It Ic add Ar dev
69Add a device through copying another.
70.It Ic base Ar 8 | 10 | 16
71Change the base of numbers displayed and entered,
72e.g. I/O addresses in a VAXen are octal.
73.It Ic change Ar devno | dev
74Modify one or more devices.
75.It Ic disable Ar devno | dev
76Disable one or more devices.
77.It Ic enable Ar devno | dev
78Enable one or more devices.
79.It Ic exit
80Continue boot.
81.It Ic find Ar devno | dev
82Find one or more devices.
83.It Ic help
84Give a short summary of all commands and their arguments.
85.It Ic list
86Show all known devices, a screen at a time.
87.It Ic lines Op Ar count
88Set the number of rows per page.
89.It Ic quit
90Continue boot.
91.It Ic show Op Ar attr Op Ar val
92Show all devices for which attribute
93.Ar attr
94has the value
95.Ar val .
96.It Ic timezone Op Ar minuteswest Op Ar dst
97Change the
98.Va tz
99timezone structure.
100Without arguments, displays its current value.
101.It Ic verbose
102Toggle the autoconfig verbose variable.
103.El
104.Sh EXAMPLES
105The ethernet card is not detected at boot because the kernel configuration
106does not match the physical hardware configuration,
107e.g. wrong IRQ in OpenBSD/i386.
108The ethernet card is supposed to use the
109.Xr ne 4
110driver.
111.Pp
112.Bd -literal
113.No UKC> Ic find ne
11424 ne0 at isa0 port 0x240 size 0 iomem 0xd8000 iosiz 0 irq 9 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
11525 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
11626 ne* at isapnp0 port -1 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq -1 drq -1 flags 0x0
11727 ne* at pci* dev -1 function -1 flags 0x0
11828 ne* at pcmcia* function -1 irq -1 flags 0x0
119UKC>
120.Ed
121.Pp
122ne1 seems to match the configuration except it uses IRQ 5 instead of IRQ 10. So
123the irq on ne1 should be changed via the
124.Fa change
125command. The device can be specified by either name or number.
126.Pp
127.Bd -literal
128.No UKC> Ic change ne1
12925 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
130.No change (y/n) ? Ic y
131.No port [0x300] ?
132.No size [0] ?
133.No iomem [-1] ?
134.No iosiz [0] ?
135.No irq [10] ? Ic 5
136.No drq [-1] ?
137.No drq2 [-1] ?
138.No flags [0] ?
13925 ne1 changed
14025 ne1 at isa0 port 0x300 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq -1 drq2 -1 flags 0x0
141UKC>
142.Ed
143.Pp
144Another case is a mistakenly detected non-existing device instead of another
145device at the probed location.
146One known case is the Mitsumi
147CD-ROM in OpenBSD/i386. The simplest thing to solve that problem is to
148disable mcd0.
149.Pp
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. If a new device is added, following devices will be renumbered.
180.Pp
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] ? 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.Pp
212.Bd -literal
213.No UKC> Ic quit
214Continuing...
215mainbus0 (root)
216.Ed
217.Sh SEE ALSO
218.Xr config 8
219.Sh BUGS
220The
221.Ic add
222command is rather restricted, and might be expanded in the future.
223.Sh AUTHORS
224Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>
225