Re: GENERIC.MP kernel not booting
"David H. Gutteridge" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.macppc |
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On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 18:44:36 -0500, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:> On Nov 2, 2020, at 16:25, Havard Eidnes <he%netbsd.org@localhost> > wrote: > >> Being new to NetBSD, are there pointers on getting the -current > >> kernel? Building it maybe? > > > > That's one option, being the more traditional one, and which is > > more suited if you'll be applying local patches and/or searching > > for the bug by debugging. > > > > Another option if you just want to try a newer binary pre-built > > kernel would be to fetch it from the daily builds > > So I can confirm the following two things: > > 8.2 GENERIC MP booted with no issues. I was able to use ‘top’ and > see 2 CPUs. > > -CURRENT 202011020740Z also worked correctly. I was able to see both > CPUs from ‘top’. The remaining task would be to find the relevant differences between the netbsd-9 branch and -current and determine whether they can easily be pulled up. Help with this is most welcome. Thanks, Dave