Re: SASQ: Building and installing multiprocessor kernels

Brett <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:48:27 -0800
Justin Lindberg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why does "make install" install the GENERIC.MP
> kernel as "bsd" rather than "bsd.mp"?
> 

This is so the bootloader can run "bsd" on boot, and it will work,
whether you have a single or multiprocessor machine.


> What is the simplest, most straightforward way
> to install the multiprocessor kernel alongside
> the single-processor kernel just as it would be
> installed by a release?
> 

If you have a multiprocessor machine, both kernels should be installed
by the install cd. At the boot prompt, do nothing and your machine will
boot "/bsd" which will be the mp kernel. Otherwise type "boot bsd.sp"
at the boot> prompt and the sp kernel will boot instead.

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answers from the website, manpages or a search engine.

Brett.
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