Subject: Re: Dual processor SS20/71
To: None <mragan@tivoli.com, port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/27/1997 20:11:02
>From port-sparc-owner-mjacob=feral.com@NetBSD.ORG  Wed Aug 27 15:19:41 1997
>Yes, I know that NetBSD does not have multiprocessor support, but...
>
>I was under the assumption from some time back that, while NetBSD did not
>have multiprocessor support yet, that it would at least detect a dual-CPU
>box and disable the second CPU, rather than panicking the system like
>my current one does with the second processor installed.  Was this a
>hallucination that I had, or is this something that is only true on,
>for instance, a dual-processor Pentium box running the i386 port?


NetBSD 1.2G (MSS3) #14: Wed Aug 27 13:53:10 PDT 1997
    mjacob@jules.nas.nasa.gov:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/MSS3
AlphaServer 8400, 436MHz
8192 byte page size, 2 processors.
real mem = 2147483648 (2629632 reserved for PROM, 2144854016 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 1874976768
using 26182 buffers containing 214482944 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 8 (primary), 21164A (pass 2)
cpu1 at mainbus0: ID 9, 21164A (pass 2)