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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 Ar -dmesg
32.Op Ar -verbose
33.Op Ar -grope
34.Op Ar -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
45.Ar -dmesg
46includes a dmesg dump.
47.Pp
48.Ar -grope
49looks in areas it shouldn't NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.
50.Pp
51.Ar -help
52prints a usage message and exits.
53.Pp
54.Ar -verbose
55prints extra info.
56
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr smp 4 ,
59.Xr dmesg 8
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Nm
63command first appeared in
64.Fx 3.0 .
65.Sh AUTHORS
66Steve Passe <fsmp@FreeBSD.ORG>
67