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24.\" $FreeBSD$
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26.Dd April 28, 1997
27.Dt MPTABLE 1
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm mptable
31.Nd display MP configuration table
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm
34.Op Fl dmesg
35.Op Fl verbose
36.Op Fl grope
37.Op Fl help
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41command finds and analyzes the MP configuration table on
42an Intel(tm) MP spec capable motherboard.
43It is useful for debugging an SMP kernel that will not boot, as well
44as examining the configuration of a system.
45It can be run with a UniProcessor kernel.
46.Pp
47It must be run with gid kmem privileges.
48.Pp
49The following options are available:
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It Fl dmesg
52Include a dmesg dump.
53.It Fl grope
54Look in areas it should not NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.
55.It Fl help
56Print a usage message and exits.
57.It Fl verbose
58Print extra info.
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr smp 4 ,
62.Xr dmesg 8
63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Nm
66command first appeared in
67.Fx 3.0 .
68.Sh AUTHORS
69.An Steve Passe Aq fsmp@FreeBSD.org
70