re: current/netbsd-10: panic() when MULTIPROCESSOR is disabled

[matthew green <mrg%eterna23.net@localhost>]

"Jonathan A. Kollasch" writes:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 05:51:32PM +0200, Paolo Pisati wrote:
> > I'm slimming down a GENERIC i386 kernel[1] for an embedded board[2], when i
> > discovered that turning off MULTIPROCESSOR, leads to:
>
> There's a reason it's in std.i386 and std.amd64 and not GENERIC.
> Turning MULTIPROCESSOR off on x86 bare-metal hasn't been expected
> to work for just under 16 years now.  Does it really save that much
> space for you?

it worked for me not too long ago, and not too long before that,
though it normally does take some code patching to compile.

this is the first time i've heard of it not working at all..


.mrg.