NAME

mptable — display MP configuration table

SYNOPSIS

mptable

[ -dmesg][ -verbose][ -grope][ -help]

DESCRIPTION

The mptable command finds and analyzes the MP configuration table on an Intel(tm) MP spec capable motherboard. It is useful for debugging an SMP kernel that will not boot, as well as examining the configuration of a system. It can be run with a UniProcessor kernel.

It must be run with gid kmem privileges.

The following options are available:

-dmesg

Include a dmesg dump.

-grope

Look in areas it should not NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.

-help

Print a usage message and exits.

-verbose

Print extra info.

SEE ALSO

smp(4), dmesg(8)

HISTORY

The mptable command first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS

Steve Passe <fsmp@FreeBSD.org>