On 7.3.2026. 12:24, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 07, 2026 at 12:17:11PM +0100, Hrvoje Popovski wrote:
>> On 7.3.2026. 12:11, Robert Nagy wrote:
>>> On 07/03/26 11:48 +0100, Hrvoje Popovski wrote:
>>>> snap
>>>> OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC) #258: Fri Mar  6 12:18:01 MST 2026
>>>>     deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
>>>
>>> ^^^^^ that's an UP kernel not MP.
>>
>> Maybe it GENERIC because openbsd see only 1 cpu? It's not that I
>> purposefully run GENERIC, not GENERIC.MP
> 
> Boot bsd.rd and check the output of:
> 
> sysctl hw.ncpufound
> 
> If it's 1 then the installer would not have used bsd.MP.
> 

Hi,

sysctl hw.ncpufound from bsd.rd is 8


#  sysctl hw.ncpufound
hw.ncpufound=8
#


bsd.rd dmesg

>> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.67
boot> boot bsd.rd
booting hd0a:bsd.rd: 4248466+1807360+3891864+0+716800
[109+484128+335614]=0xaf6610
entry point at 0xffffffff81001000
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2026 OpenBSD. All rights reserved.
https://www.OpenBSD.org

OpenBSD 7.8-current (RAMDISK_CD) #255: Fri Mar  6 12:34:23 MST 2026
    deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
real mem = 8571977728 (8174MB)
avail mem = 8305893376 (7921MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xe0010 (260 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "6.00" date 11/12/2020
bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 4.0
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP BOOT APIC MCFG SRAT HPET WAET
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095.12 MHz, 06-55-04
cpu0: cpuid 1
edx=1f8bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT>
ecx=f7fa3203<SSE3,PCLMUL,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F1
6C,RDRAND,HV>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=4<ARAT>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0
ebx=d19f27eb<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,AVX512F,AVX512DQ,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,CLWB,AVX512CD,AVX512BW,AVX512VL>
ecx=8<PKU> edx=bc000400<MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,L1DF,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=1, gp=4, gpwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid d.1 eax=f<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES>
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=2c100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG>
ecx=121<LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr 10a=c<RSBA,SKIP_L1DFL>
cpu0: MELTDOWN
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 1MB
64b/line 16-way L2 cache, 22MB 64b/line 11-way L3 cache
cpu0: apic clock running at 66MHz
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"PNP0303" at acpi0 not configured
"VMW0003" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0A05" at acpi0 not configured
com0 at acpi0 COMA addr 0x3f8/0x8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
"ACPI0003" at acpi0 not configured
acpicpu at acpi0 not configured
cpu0: using VERW MDS workaround
pvbus0 at mainbus0: VMware
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
"Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 not configured
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
"Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
"VMware VMCI" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 7 function 7 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware SVGA II" rev 0x00
vga1: aperture needed
wsdisplay at vga1 not configured
ppb1 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VMware PCI" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
vmwpvs0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "VMware PVSCSI" rev 0x02: msi
scsibus0 at vmwpvs0: 65 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 2.0>
sd0: 51200MB, 512 bytes/sector, 104857600 sectors
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ixv0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82599" rev 0x01, msix, 1 queue
ppb4 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci0 dev 21 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
ppb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
ppb7 at pci0 dev 21 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
ppb8 at pci0 dev 21 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci9 at ppb8 bus 9
ppb9 at pci0 dev 21 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci10 at ppb9 bus 10
ppb10 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci11 at ppb10 bus 11
mcx0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx VF" rev 0x00: FW
14.32.2104, msix, 1 queue, address 00:0c:29:61:b6:07
ppb11 at pci0 dev 22 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci12 at ppb11 bus 12
ppb12 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci13 at ppb12 bus 13
ppb13 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci14 at ppb13 bus 14
ppb14 at pci0 dev 22 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci15 at ppb14 bus 15
ppb15 at pci0 dev 22 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci16 at ppb15 bus 16
ppb16 at pci0 dev 22 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci17 at ppb16 bus 17
ppb17 at pci0 dev 22 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci18 at ppb17 bus 18
ppb18 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci19 at ppb18 bus 19
iavf0 at pci19 dev 0 function 0 "Intel XL710/X710 VF" rev 0x01, VF
version 1.1, VF 0 VSI 26, msix, 1 queue, address 00:0c:29:61:b6:08
ppb19 at pci0 dev 23 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci20 at ppb19 bus 20
ppb20 at pci0 dev 23 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci21 at ppb20 bus 21
ppb21 at pci0 dev 23 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci22 at ppb21 bus 22
ppb22 at pci0 dev 23 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci23 at ppb22 bus 23
ppb23 at pci0 dev 23 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci24 at ppb23 bus 24
ppb24 at pci0 dev 23 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci25 at ppb24 bus 25
ppb25 at pci0 dev 23 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci26 at ppb25 bus 26
ppb26 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci27 at ppb26 bus 27
vmx0 at pci27 dev 0 function 0 "VMware VMXNET3" rev 0x01: msix, 1 queue,
address 00:0c:29:61:b6:a2
ppb27 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci28 at ppb27 bus 28
ppb28 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci29 at ppb28 bus 29
ppb29 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci30 at ppb29 bus 30
ppb30 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci31 at ppb30 bus 31
ppb31 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci32 at ppb31 bus 32
ppb32 at pci0 dev 24 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci33 at ppb32 bus 33
ppb33 at pci0 dev 24 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci34 at ppb33 bus 34
isa0 at mainbus0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1
softraid0 at root
scsibus1 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T

Welcome to the OpenBSD/amd64 7.8 installation program.
(I)nstall, (U)pgrade, (A)utoinstall or (S)hell? s
# sysctl hw.ncpufound
hw.ncpufound=8
#


dmesg for latest snapshot
OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC) #258: Fri Mar  6 12:18:01 MST 2026
    deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 8571977728 (8174MB)
avail mem = 8285450240 (7901MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xe0010 (260 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "6.00" date 11/12/2020
bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 4.0
acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP BOOT APIC MCFG SRAT HPET WAET
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S3) USB_(S1) P2P0(S3) PE40(S3) S1F0(S3)
PE50(S3) S1F0(S3) PE60(S3) S1F0(S3) PE70(S3) S1F0(S3) PE41(S3) S1F0(S3)
PE42(S3) PE43(S3) PE44(S3) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095.12 MHz, 06-55-04
cpu0: cpuid 1
edx=1f8bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT>
ecx=f7fa3203<SSE3,PCLMUL,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F1
6C,RDRAND,HV>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=4<ARAT>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0
ebx=d19f27eb<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,AVX512F,AVX512DQ,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,CLWB,AVX512CD,AVX512BW,AVX512VL>
ecx=8<PKU> edx=bc000400<MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,L1DF,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=1, gp=4, gpwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid d.1 eax=f<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES>
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=2c100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG>
ecx=121<LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr 10a=c<RSBA,SKIP_L1DFL>
cpu0: MELTDOWN
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 1MB
64b/line 16-way L2 cache, 22MB 64b/line 11-way L3 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 66MHz
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-127
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"PNP0303" at acpi0 not configured
"VMW0003" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0A05" at acpi0 not configured
com0 at acpi0 COMA addr 0x3f8/0x8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!)
cpu0: using VERW MDS workaround
pvbus0 at mainbus0: VMware
vmt0 at pvbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus
disabled
"VMware VMCI" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 7 function 7 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware SVGA II" rev 0x00
wsdisplay at vga1 not configured
ppb1 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VMware PCI" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
vmwpvs0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "VMware PVSCSI" rev 0x02: msi
scsibus1 at vmwpvs0: 65 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 2.0>
sd0: 51200MB, 512 bytes/sector, 104857600 sectors
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ixv0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82599" rev 0x01, msix, 1 queue
ppb4 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci0 dev 21 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
ppb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
ppb7 at pci0 dev 21 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
ppb8 at pci0 dev 21 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci9 at ppb8 bus 9
ppb9 at pci0 dev 21 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci10 at ppb9 bus 10
ppb10 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci11 at ppb10 bus 11
mcx0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx VF" rev 0x00: FW
14.32.2104, msix, 1 queue, address 00:0c:29:61:b6:07
ppb11 at pci0 dev 22 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci12 at ppb11 bus 12
ppb12 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci13 at ppb12 bus 13
ppb13 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci14 at ppb13 bus 14
ppb14 at pci0 dev 22 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci15 at ppb14 bus 15
ppb15 at pci0 dev 22 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci16 at ppb15 bus 16
ppb16 at pci0 dev 22 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci17 at ppb16 bus 17
ppb17 at pci0 dev 22 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci18 at ppb17 bus 18
ppb18 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci19 at ppb18 bus 19
iavf0 at pci19 dev 0 function 0 "Intel XL710/X710 VF" rev 0x01, VF
version 1.1, VF 0 VSI 26, msix, 1 queue, address 00:0c:29:61:b6:08
ppb19 at pci0 dev 23 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci20 at ppb19 bus 20
ppb20 at pci0 dev 23 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci21 at ppb20 bus 21
ppb21 at pci0 dev 23 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci22 at ppb21 bus 22
ppb22 at pci0 dev 23 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci23 at ppb22 bus 23
ppb23 at pci0 dev 23 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci24 at ppb23 bus 24
ppb24 at pci0 dev 23 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci25 at ppb24 bus 25
ppb25 at pci0 dev 23 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci26 at ppb25 bus 26
ppb26 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci27 at ppb26 bus 27
vmx0 at pci27 dev 0 function 0 "VMware VMXNET3" rev 0x01: msix, 1 queue,
address 00:0c:29:61:b6:a2
ppb27 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci28 at ppb27 bus 28
ppb28 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci29 at ppb28 bus 29
ppb29 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci30 at ppb29 bus 30
ppb30 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci31 at ppb30 bus 31
ppb31 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci32 at ppb31 bus 32
ppb32 at pci0 dev 24 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci33 at ppb32 bus 33
ppb33 at pci0 dev 24 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01: msi
pci34 at ppb33 bus 34
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (9765646af7a1556c.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b