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| author | Visa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2017-11-30 15:25:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Visa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2017-11-30 15:25:38 +0000 |
| commit | 4eca613f288aa35b953145aadd781e4077368666 (patch) | |
| tree | 9ddfccb7fe450997f7c421f2d604c6e4c34a15c6 /distrib/notes/octeon | |
| parent | 48861d0e976a237aca65cfd8480a93484d56f28f (diff) | |
Prefer `numcores' to `coremask'. The former is probably easier
to use than the latter.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/octeon')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/octeon/install | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/octeon/install b/distrib/notes/octeon/install index 5a19cbdc797..ea2265bacb5 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/octeon/install +++ b/distrib/notes/octeon/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.15 2017/11/30 15:03:03 visa Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.16 2017/11/30 15:25:37 visa Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude OpenBSDInstallPart2 @@ -75,14 +75,15 @@ If you have installed onto USB use the following bootcmd instead: fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0 -On dual-core systems, the coremask parameter enables the secondary CPU: +On multi-core systems, the numcores parameter enables the secondary CPUs. +Use the total number of cores on your system as the value of the parameter. - fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0 coremask=0x3 + fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0 numcores=2 On the EdgeRouter Lite, bootcmd may also reset the USB controller for more reliable USB device detection: - usb reset; fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0 coremask=0x3 + usb reset; fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0 numcores=2 OpenBSDCongratulations |