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27.Dd March 24, 2009
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 raw
39.Op Fl help
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43command finds and analyzes the MP configuration table on
44an Intel(tm) MP spec capable motherboard.
45It is useful for debugging an SMP kernel that will not boot, as well
46as examining the configuration of a system.
47It can be run with a UniProcessor kernel.
48.Pp
49It must be run as root.
50.Pp
51The following options are available:
52.Bl -tag -width indent
53.It Fl dmesg
54Include a dmesg dump.
55.It Fl grope
56Look in areas it shouldn't NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.
57.It Fl raw
58This will cause the raw MP table to be dumped to
59.Pa /tmp/mpdump .
60.It Fl help
61Print a usage message and exits.
62.It Fl verbose
63Print extra info.
64.El
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr smp 4 ,
67.Xr dmesg 8
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71command first appeared in
72.Fx 3.0 .
73.Sh AUTHORS
74.An Steve Passe Aq fsmp@FreeBSD.org
75