freebsd-dev/usr.sbin/mptable/mptable.1
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authorization check is on /dev/{,k}mem.
o Update man page to reflect requirement that gid kmem privileges must
  be held, not root.  (submitted by: peter)
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.Dd April 28, 1997
.Dt MPTABLE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mptable
.Nd display MP configuration table
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dmesg
.Op Fl verbose
.Op Fl grope
.Op Fl help
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command finds and analyzes the MP configuration table on
an Intel(tm) MP spec capable motherboard.
It is useful for debugging an SMP kernel that will not boot, as well
as examining the configuration of a system.
It can be run with a UniProcessor kernel.
.Pp
It must be run with gid kmem privileges.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl dmesg
Include a dmesg dump.
.It Fl grope
Look in areas it shouldn't NEED to, use ONLY as a last resort.
.It Fl help
Print a usage message and exits.
.It Fl verbose
Print extra info.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr smp 4 ,
.Xr dmesg 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Steve Passe Aq fsmp@FreeBSD.org