On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 05:10:29PM +0000, Nathan Langford wrote:
> I'm trying to build an MP kernel for a Dell Precision 420.
> 
> Is it possible to build an MP kernel from the 1.6.1 src?  I tried
> attaching the GENERIC.MP conf file from -current to the 1.6.1 GENERIC,
> but got the error message "ioapic*: unknown device `ioapic'" when I ran
> "config GENERIC.MP".  I don't know if that device is required...

Yes it is. You need current to run i386 MP.

> 
> Thinking perhaps I can't build an MP kernel on 1.6.1, I tried downloading
> -current, but when I ran "cd /usr/src && ./build.sh tools", it ran for a
> while and then failed with "BSDOBJDIR /usr/obj does not exist, bailing..."
> The full error message is below.

Just create /usr/obj (or make BSDOBJDIR point to some other existent
directory)

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