a new feature which allows taking a gpu offline.
 
 Condor_config_val has two similar options: -set and -rset. The difference
-is that changes down with -set will be visible even after a restart.
+is that changes down with -set will be visible even after a restart. Both
+can be queried after a condor_reconfig.
+
+*Shared config settings*
+
+{code}
+ENABLE_RUNTIME_CONFIG = TRUE
+ALLOW_CONFIG = $(FULL_HOSTNAME)
+SETTABLE_ATTRS_CONFIG = MYRSETVAR, MYSETVAR
+{endcode}
+
+This will allow MYRSETVAR and MYSETVAR to be set with -rset and be viewable
+after a condor_reconfig.
+
+{code}
+condor_config_val -rset "MYRSETVAR=5"
+{endcode}
+
+{code}
+ENABLE_RUNTIME_CONFIG = TRUE
+ALLOW_CONFIG = $(FULL_HOSTNAME)
+SETTABLE_ATTRS_CONFIG = MYRSETVAR, MYSETVAR
+ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG = TRUE{code}
+condor_config_val -rset "MYRSETVAR=5"
+PERSISTENT_CONFIG_DIR = $(spool)
+{endcode}
+
+This will allow -set and information needed to allow it to retain
+these values after a restart will be written to the HTCondor spool
+directory. This too will be visible after a condor_reconfig.
+
+{code}
+condor_config_val -set "MYSETVAR=5"
+{endcode}