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