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32.Dd June 14, 2000
33.Dt AUTOCONF 4 acorn32
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm autoconf
37.Nd diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39When
40.Nx
41bootstraps it probes the innards of the machine
42on which it is running
43and locates controllers, drives, and other devices, printing out
44what it finds on the console.  This procedure is driven by a system
45configuration table which is processed by
46.Xr config 1
47and compiled into each kernel.
48Devices which exist in the machine but are not configured into the
49kernel are not detected.
50.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
51.Bl -diag
52.It CPU class not configured.
53You tried to boot
54.Nx
55on a class of
56.Tn CPU
57type which it doesn't
58(or at least this compiled version of
59.Nx
60doesn't) understand.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr config 1 ,
64.Xr intro 4 ,
65.Xr boot 8
66