Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Reconfiguring the Kernel (Prior to HP-UX 11i Version 2)
Chapter 3300
Kernel Configuration Tools Description The system administrator
uses the kernel configuration tools to install, configure, load, unload,
update, or remove kernel modules from the system; and to build new
kernels. You can use the commands described in this tool set to configure
kernel modules of any type (static or loadable).
The action carried out by a kernel configuration tool depends upon the
options you specify during the tool’s invocation. This information is
presented in “Commands and Options in the Kernel Configuration Tool
Set” on page 300.
The following list describes the basic function of each of the commands
that make up the kernel configuration tool set.
Tools to use when
building static or
dynamic kernels
• kmsystem (1M)
Provides interface to set a module’s configurable attributes, to
indicate whether a module should be configured, and whether it
should be built as loadable or static.
• kmtune (1M)
Provides interface to set the tunable parameters
• kmupdate (1M)
Updates the system with the newly built kernel and/or associated
DLKM files
Tools that provide
an interface to
DLKM
• kminstall (1M)
Install, remove, or update a module’s component files on a system
• kmadmin (1M)
Provides general administrative interface for DLKM. Allows
administrators to load, unload, and query loadable modules.
Commands and Options in the Kernel Configuration Tool Set
This section describes the command line options with descriptions for
each of the kernel configuration tools.