> 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

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