MP support in NetBSD/sparc is not complete. At this point it can detect the 
second CPU and bring it up in an idle loop. That's about it.

Dan

Quoting Wolfgang Trappe <wtrappe@picturesafe.de>:

> Hello,
> 
> I just installed netbsd on a sparc station 10 with 2 cpu (60Mhz). 
> After that I compiled a new kernel with option MULTIPROCESSOR and
> cpu* without problems. During boot process the kernel show the 
> second cpu1.
> 
> o Are there any software for testing/maintaining the cpu ?
> o sysctl hw.ncpu = 1, why not 2 ?
> o Two gzip are working as fast as  before, whats wrong ?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Wolfgang
>