Hi, I've got a VPS at transip.nl that runs OpenBSD 5.5 AMD64. When I install the machine the installer only selects the GENERIC (SP) kernel, although the system has two CPU's. The system can also boot the GENERIC.MP kernel without problems. What is the recommended way? Staying on SP or manually add the MP kernel and override the installer? The system is going to act as a webserver with static content. I've added the "sysctl hw" and "dmesg" output for both the SP and MP kernels below.
Kind regards, Martijn Rijkeboer GENERIC (SP) ============ $ sysctl hw hw.machine=amd64 hw.model=QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.1 hw.ncpu=1 hw.byteorder=1234 hw.pagesize=4096 hw.disknames=wd0:ff833b66cc728bb6,cd0:,fd0: hw.diskcount=3 hw.cpuspeed=2200 hw.vendor=Bochs hw.product=Bochs hw.uuid=611bc3c6-3dc2-b8a8-8a09-000027d4d448 hw.physmem=4278181888 hw.usermem=4278169600 hw.ncpufound=2 hw.allowpowerdown=1 $ dmesg OpenBSD 5.5 (GENERIC) #271: Wed Mar 5 09:31:16 MST 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC real mem = 4278181888 (4079MB) avail mem = 4155727872 (3963MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf15d0 (13 entries) bios0: vendor Bochs version "Bochs" date 01/01/2011 bios0: Bochs Bochs acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: sleep states S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT APIC HPET acpi0: wakeup devices acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat acpihpet0 at acpi0: 100000000 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpicpu0 at acpi0 mpbios0 at bios0: Intel MP Specification 1.4 cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.1, 2200.32 MHz cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu0: ITLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu0: DTLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 999MHz cpu at mainbus0: not configured mpbios0: bus 0 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 1 is type ISA ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82441FX" rev 0x02 pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82371SB ISA" rev 0x00 pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Intel 82371SB IDE" rev 0x00: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <QEMU HARDDISK> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 153600MB, 314572800 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QEMU, QEMU DVD-ROM, 1.7.> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "Intel 82371SB USB" rev 0x01: apic 0 int 11 piixpm0 at pci0 dev 1 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x03: apic 0 int 9 iic0 at piixpm0 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 unknown vendor 0x1234 product 0x1111 rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) em0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 82540EM" rev 0x03: apic 0 int 11, address 52:54:00:aa:0d:ab eap0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Ensoniq AudioPCI" rev 0x00: apic 0 int 11 audio0 at eap0 midi0 at eap0: <AudioPCI MIDI UART> virtio0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio Memory" rev 0x00: Virtio Memory Balloon Device viomb0 at virtio0 virtio0: apic 0 int 10 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 nvram: invalid checksum uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "QEMU QEMU USB Tablet" rev 1.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev0: input=6, output=0, feature=0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (ff833b66cc728bb6.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b clock: unknown CMOS layout GENERIC.MP ========== $ sysctl hw hw.machine=amd64 hw.model=QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.1 hw.ncpu=2 hw.byteorder=1234 hw.pagesize=4096 hw.disknames=wd0:ff833b66cc728bb6,cd0:,fd0: hw.diskcount=3 hw.cpuspeed=2200 hw.vendor=Bochs hw.product=Bochs hw.uuid=611bc3c6-3dc2-b8a8-8a09-000027d4d448 hw.physmem=4278181888 hw.usermem=4278165504 hw.ncpufound=2 hw.allowpowerdown=1 $ dmesg OpenBSD 5.5 (GENERIC.MP) #315: Wed Mar 5 09:37:46 MST 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 4278181888 (4079MB) avail mem = 4155686912 (3963MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf15d0 (13 entries) bios0: vendor Bochs version "Bochs" date 01/01/2011 bios0: Bochs Bochs acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: sleep states S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT APIC HPET acpi0: wakeup devices acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat acpihpet0 at acpi0: 100000000 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) mpbios0 at bios0: Intel MP Specification 1.4 cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.1, 2200.27 MHz cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu0: ITLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu0: DTLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 1000MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.1, 2200.06 MHz cpu1: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,CX16,POPCNT,NXE,LONG,LAHF cpu1: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu1: ITLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu1: DTLB 255 4KB entries direct-mapped, 255 4MB entries direct-mapped cpu1: smt 0, core 0, package 1 mpbios0: bus 0 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 1 is type ISA ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82441FX" rev 0x02 pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82371SB ISA" rev 0x00 pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Intel 82371SB IDE" rev 0x00: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <QEMU HARDDISK> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 153600MB, 314572800 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QEMU, QEMU DVD-ROM, 1.7.> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "Intel 82371SB USB" rev 0x01: apic 0 int 11 piixpm0 at pci0 dev 1 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x03: apic 0 int 9 iic0 at piixpm0 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 unknown vendor 0x1234 product 0x1111 rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) em0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 82540EM" rev 0x03: apic 0 int 11, address 52:54:00:aa:0d:ab eap0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Ensoniq AudioPCI" rev 0x00: apic 0 int 11 audio0 at eap0 midi0 at eap0: <AudioPCI MIDI UART> virtio0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "Qumranet Virtio Memory" rev 0x00: Virtio Memory Balloon Device viomb0 at virtio0 virtio0: apic 0 int 10 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 nvram: invalid checksum uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "QEMU QEMU USB Tablet" rev 1.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev0: input=6, output=0, feature=0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (ff833b66cc728bb6.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b clock: unknown CMOS layout