Re: SASQ: Building and installing multiprocessor kernels
Justin Lindberg <[email protected]>
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On 11/24/11 01:36, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> Why does "make install" install the GENERIC.MP >> kernel as "bsd" rather than "bsd.mp"? > Since that is the file that the boot loader loads. > >> 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? > The installer does not do what you just suggested. It installs > the best kernel as /bsd. > > ... and if there is a single-processor kernel, it is moved to "/bsd.sp", in case I still want to boot to it for some perverse reason. Somehow that escaped my notice all this time, perhaps because I upgraded my processor _after_ installing OpenBSD.