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27.Dd April 28, 1997
28.Dt MPTABLE 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm mptable
32.Nd display MP configuration table
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl dmesg
36.Op Fl verbose
37.Op Fl grope
38.Op Fl help
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42command finds and analyzes the MP configuration table on
43an Intel(tm) MP spec capable motherboard.
44It is useful for debugging an SMP kernel that will not boot, as well
45as examining the configuration of a system.
46It can be run with a UniProcessor kernel.
47.Pp
48It must be run as root.
49.Pp
50The following options are available:
51.Bl -tag -width indent
52.It Fl dmesg
53Include a dmesg dump.
54.It Fl grope
55Look in areas it shouldn't NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.
56.It Fl help
57Print a usage message and exits.
58.It Fl verbose
59Print extra info.
60.El
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr smp 4 ,
63.Xr dmesg 8
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm
67command first appeared in
68.Fx 3.0 .
69.Sh AUTHORS
70.An Steve Passe Aq fsmp@FreeBSD.org
71