Another way would be through creating/editing /etc/boot.conf and

having an entry for the mp kernel

ex:  boot wd0a:/bsd.mp
where wd0a is your root partition.
-Parvinder Bhasin
On May 2, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Anon Y. Mous wrote:
> I am running OBSD 4.4/i386 on a Dell Inspiron 6400 (E1505) w/ 2GB RAM

quoted text
> and a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU ("Merom").

>

> I am running the GENERIC OBSD 4.4/i386 'bsd' kernel and would like

> to set up the bsd.mp kernel instead.

>

> How do I go about this?

>

> Attached is my dmesg as a text file.

>

> -minsai0000

> OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008

>    deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC

> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-

> class) 2 GHz

> cpu0:

> FPU

> ,V86

> ,DE

> ,PSE

> ,TSC

> ,MSR

> ,PAE

> ,MCE

> ,CX8

> ,APIC

> ,SEP

> ,MTRR

> ,PGE

> ,MCA

> ,CMOV

> ,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-

> CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR

> real mem  = 2145820672 (2046MB)

> avail mem = 2066497536 (1970MB)

> mainbus0 at root

> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 06/13/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @

> 0xffa10, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf7980 (44 entries)

> bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "A17" date 06/13/2007

> bios0: Dell Inc. MM061

> acpi0 at bios0: rev 0

> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC MCFG SLIC BOOT SSDT SSDT

> acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) PBTN(S4) MBTN(S5) PCI0(S3) USB0(S0)

> USB1(S0) USB2(S0) USB3(S0) EHCI(S0) AZAL(S3) PCIE(S4) RP01(S4)

> RP02(S3) RP03(S3) RP04(S3) RP05(S3) RP06(S3)

> acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits

> acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz

> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)

> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (AGP_)

> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 3 (PCIE)

> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 11 (RP01)

> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)

> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)

> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 12 (RP04)

> acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)

> acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)

> acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1

> acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 126 degC

> acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit offline

> acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model " DELLPD9458" serial 987 type LION oem

> "Sanyo"

> acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_

> acpibtn1 at acpi0: PBTN

> acpibtn2 at acpi0: SBTN

> acpivideo at acpi0 not configured

> acpivideo at acpi0 not configured

> acpivideo at acpi0 not configured

> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000

> cpu0 at mainbus0

> cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep disabled by BIOS

> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)

> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GM Host" rev 0x03

> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82945GM PCIE" rev 0x03: irq 4

> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1

> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 Go" rev 0xa1

> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)

> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)

> agp0 at vga1: no integrated graphics

> drm at vga1 unsupported

> azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x01:

> irq 11

> azalia0: codec[s]: Sigmatel STAC9200, Conexant/0x2bfa, using

> Sigmatel STAC9200

> audio0 at azalia0

> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: irq 4

> pci2 at ppb1 bus 11

> wpi0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG" rev 0x02:

> irq 4, MoW1, address 00:19:d2:bc:92:76

> ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: irq 3

> pci3 at ppb2 bus 12

> uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 10

> uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11

> uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 9

> uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 7

> ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 10

> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0

> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1

> ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe1

> pci4 at ppb3 bus 3

> bce0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM4401B1" rev 0x02: irq 5,

> address 00:19:b9:63:86:a4

> bmtphy0 at bce0 phy 1: BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY, rev. 0

> "Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x00 at pci4 dev 1 function 0 not

> configured

> sdhc0 at pci4 dev 1 function 1 "Ricoh 5C822 SD/MMC" rev 0x19: irq 9

> sdmmc0 at sdhc0

> "Ricoh 5C843 MMC" rev 0x01 at pci4 dev 1 function 2 not configured

> "Ricoh 5C592 Memory Stick" rev 0x0a at pci4 dev 1 function 3 not

> configured

> "Ricoh 5C852 xD" rev 0x05 at pci4 dev 1 function 4 not configured

> ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x01: PM

> disabled

> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM SATA" rev 0x01:

> DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to

> compatibility

> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0:

> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors

> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5

> atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0

> scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7

> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0:

> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable

> cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2

> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x01:

> irq 5

> iic0 at ichiic0

> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-

> DIMM

> spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-

> DIMM

> usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0

> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1

> usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0

> uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1

> usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0

> uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1

> usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0

> uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1

> isa0 at ichpcib0

> 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

> midi0 at pcppi0:

> spkr0 at pcppi0

> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16

> biomask efe5 netmask eff5 ttymask ffff

> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support

> softraid0 at root

> root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b