Re: GENERIC.MP kernel not booting
Mehul Sanghvi <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.macppc |
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> On Nov 21, 2020, at 20:53, David H. Gutteridge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > I don’t mind helping, but would need some guidance on how and where to look. I just used the latest -current from 22 Nov and that works as well. -- Sent from my "smart" phone