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authorVisa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org>2017-11-30 15:25:38 +0000
committerVisa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org>2017-11-30 15:25:38 +0000
commit4eca613f288aa35b953145aadd781e4077368666 (patch)
tree9ddfccb7fe450997f7c421f2d604c6e4c34a15c6 /distrib/notes
parent48861d0e976a237aca65cfd8480a93484d56f28f (diff)
Prefer `numcores' to `coremask'. The former is probably easier
to use than the latter.
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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