Commit 4d469ca5 authored by Benoit Rat's avatar Benoit Rat Committed by Adam Wujek

doc: adding quick overview of menuconfig in the startup-guide

This is just a quick example with grandmaster on how to use menuconfig
to change a parameter.
parent cb82c0d7
......@@ -531,6 +531,21 @@ wait until the WRS has reboot.
> **Notes**: A NTP server should be provided for the grandmaster switch
so that we can distribute the current TAI seconds to the whole WR network
### Using menuconfig
Another way to modify the parameters to configure the [WRS] in Grandmaster is by
[opening an SSH terminal](#login-via-ssh) and then run the command:
make -C /wr/etc/ menuconfig
You will get a menu to directly modify the `dot-config` but with a more friendly[^termdisplay] interface.
Then just go to `Timing Mode`, select `Grand-Master`, `Save`, `Exit`.
Your WRS is now ready to be in GM mode at next reboot.
[^termdisplay]: With some small terminal size, or while using minicom the ncurse interface does not behave well,
and the menuconfig is not properly displayed.
### By editing the dot-config file in a terminal
If you prefer to configure the [WRS] using a terminal you should open the `dot-config` file
......@@ -558,7 +573,6 @@ CONFIG_TIME_GM=y
and finally you need to `reboot` the switch.
Non-DHCP user
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