> 1) on Sparc64 platforms the install the docs (INSTALL.sparc64) > reference that to use SMP support you should change your boot file in > the EEPROM. The install program with 5.4 seems to detect the # of CPUs > and renames 'bsd.mp' to 'bsd' and the stock GENERIC kernel to bsd.sp. > It automagically boots into the SMP kernel. The doc should be updated > to reflect this change.
Good catch. Fixed. > 2) I wanted to get my old MicroVAX 2 working. I know it's not > officially listed in the support docs but it has worked in the past. > It boots the ramdisk kernel just fine after getting to boot over mop, > BUT the /dev in the ramdisk does not have ra disk drivers populated. > It was able to find the local disk (/dev/ra0) after I ran 'sh MAKEDEV > ra' in /dev; the GENERIC kernel does have support, just /dev isn't > populated. It found my disk label and everything. The vax installer is supposed to correctly set up device nodes for ra systems; can you provide a dmesg of the RAMDISK kernel booting? Thanks, Miod
