[rescue] Am I stupid? or does NetBSD not support i386 smp?

[George Adkins]

> > > You know, I could have sworn that NetBSD supported SMP on i386, but I
> > > cannot find any documentation admitting it on NetBSD's site to save my
> > > life!
> >   I ran it on a dual PPro a long time ago...it worked fine.  I think
> > it's still in a cvs branch, though, and I haven't looked at it in a
> > long time...James Sharp would be the guy to ask.
> Yeah, it does, but as Dave said, its not in the main cvs branch.  Lemme
> see if I can find the instructions...
> ---- CUT HERE ----
> 1) check out a full -current kernel source tree
> 2) use the "sommerfeld_i386mp_1" branch for arch/i386:
>    cd sys/arch/i386
>    cvs update -rsommerfeld_i386mp_1
> 3) use a kernel config such as GENERIC.MP / INSTALL.MP to build a
> kernel.
> You want both MULTIPROCESSOR and an ioapic device:
> ioapic* at mainbus? apid ?
> You definitely want DIAGNOSTIC, DDB, DEBUG, and LOCKDEBUG turned on.
> ---- CUT HERE ----
> The sommerfeld branch is not always in sync with -current, so it may not
> compile at all.  But if you do get it to actually build a kernel, it
> should be fairly solid.
Thanks, I appreciate the effort, but this is for a Production Machine for 
someone else ( FTP Server ).  I think I'll reccomend that he stick with 
FreeBSD for now.

George