Re: GENERIC.MP kernel not booting

["David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>]

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