Re: GENERIC.MP kernel not booting

[Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On Nov 21, 2020, at 20:53, David H. Gutteridge <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 

I don’t mind helping, but would need some guidance on how and where to look.    I just used the latest -current from 22 Nov and that works as well.  




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