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35.Dd February 20, 1994
36.Dt AUTOCONF 4 sparc
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm autoconf
40.Nd diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42When
43.Nx
44bootstraps it probes the innards of the machine
45on which it is running
46and locates controllers, drives, and other devices, printing out
47what it finds on the console.  This procedure is driven by a system
48configuration table which is processed by
49.Xr config 1
50and compiled into each kernel.
51Devices which exist in the machine but are not configured into the
52kernel are not detected.
53.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
54.Bl -diag
55.It CPU class not configured.
56You tried to boot
57.Nx
58on a class of
59.Tn CPU
60type which it doesn't
61(or at least this compiled version of
62.Nx
63doesn't) understand.
64.El
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr config 1 ,
67.Xr intro 4 ,
68.Xr boot 8
69