diff --git a/doc/hamlib.cfg b/doc/hamlib.cfg
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index 000000000..64bb664fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/hamlib.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+## $Id: hamlib.cfg,v 1.1 2001-07-21 12:50:35 f4cfe Exp $
+
+PROJECT_NAME    = "Hamlib"
+
+# TODO: replace ../ by $(top_srcdir) et al.
+
+# Output
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY= .
+
+OUTPUT_LANGUAGE = English
+GENERATE_HTML   = YES
+GENERATE_LATEX  = NO
+GENERATE_RTF    = NO
+GENERATE_MAN    = YES
+MAN_EXTENSION	= .3
+
+# Input
+INPUT           = ../src/rig.c
+#../c++/rigclass.cc
+INCLUDE_PATH	= ../include
+
+EXAMPLE_PATH    = ../tests
+QUIET          = YES
+JAVADOC_AUTOBRIEF = YES
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aefcc78a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ *  Hamlib Interface - configuration interface
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000,2001 by Stephane Fillod and Frank Singleton
+ *
+ *		$Id: conf.c,v 1.1 2001-07-21 12:55:04 f4cfe Exp $
+ *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>   /* Standard input/output definitions */
+#include <string.h>  /* String function definitions */
+#include <unistd.h>  /* UNIX standard function definitions */
+
+#define HAMLIB_DLL
+#include <hamlib/rig.h>
+
+#include "conf.h"
+
+#define TOK_EXAMPLE RIG_TOKEN_FRONTEND(1)
+
+/*
+ * Place holder for now. Here will be defined all the configuration
+ * options available in the rig->state struct.
+ */
+static const struct confparams frontend_cfg_params[] = {
+	{ TOK_EXAMPLE, "example", "Example", "Frontend conf param example",
+	"0", RIG_CONF_NUMERIC, { n: { 0, 10, 1 } }
+	},
+	{ RIG_CONF_END, NULL, }
+};
+
+int frontend_set_conf(RIG *rig, token_t token, const char *val)
+{
+		return -RIG_ENIMPL;
+}
+
+int frontend_get_conf(RIG *rig, token_t token, char *val)
+{
+		return -RIG_ENIMPL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * lookup only in backend config table
+ * should use Lex to speed it up, strcmp hurts!
+ */
+const struct confparams *rig_confparam_lookup(RIG *rig, const char *name)
+{
+		const struct confparams *cfp;
+
+		if (!rig || !rig->caps || !rig->caps->cfgparams)
+				return NULL;
+		for (cfp = rig->caps->cfgparams; cfp->name; cfp++)
+				if (!strcmp(cfp->name, name))
+						return cfp;
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+token_t rig_token_lookup(RIG *rig, const char *name)
+{
+		const struct confparams *cfp;
+
+		cfp = rig_confparam_lookup(rig, name);
+		if (!cfp)
+				return RIG_CONF_END;
+
+		return cfp->token;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/conf.h b/src/conf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd8ced77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ *  Hamlib Interface - configuration header
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000,2001 by Stephane Fillod and Frank Singleton
+ *
+ *		$Id: conf.h,v 1.1 2001-07-21 12:55:04 f4cfe Exp $
+ *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CONF_H
+#define _CONF_H 1
+
+#include <hamlib/rig.h>
+
+
+int frontend_set_conf(RIG *rig, token_t token, const char *val);
+int frontend_get_conf(RIG *rig, token_t token, char *val);
+
+
+#endif /* _CONF_H */
+