i dont think that tonis main concern with vampire is if it has autoconfig or not. it may be thats simply not a priority for an overworked man, especially that the hardware is not (yet) set in stone for proper emulation.
what concerns autoconfig (ot here) we have had this discussion on a1k and matze, the autor of various expansions, cpu cards for a500 among others, has offered a solution that he developed and is working for his hardware;
http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56133&page=16
post#304
i wont translate it, use google on it, the link to his github repo is available in his post.