Re: starting AMD second core

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 06:39:02PM +0000, arthur wrote:

> Andrew Doran <a <at> netbsd.org> writes:
> > 
> > Please try booting a -current kernel. You can get one from 
> > ftp.netbsd.org/pub/
> > NetBSD/NetBSD_daily, I think.
> > 
> > Andrew
> > 
> > 
> 
> I replaced my /netbsd with this version:
> ftp://ftp2.us.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200804210000Z
> /amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz
> 
> rebooted, and now the second cpu comes up wonderfully!
> 
> I ran a few processor intensive tasks simultaneously and "top" shows each core
> running at 100% and everything looks great.
> 
> Thanks all,
> arthur

Hmm, I think you must have installed the GENERIC kernel and not GENERIC.MP.
You are using a netbsd-4 kernel now, not a -current one. FYI in -current
which will become 5.0, multiprocessor support is included by default so it
is not an issue.

Andrew