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35.Dd February 17, 2017
36.Dt AUTOCONF 4 x86
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm autoconf
40.Nd diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42When
43.Nx
44bootstraps it probes the innards of the machine
45on which it is running
46and locates controllers, drives, and other devices, printing out
47what it finds on the console.
48This procedure is driven by a system
49configuration table which is processed by
50.Xr config 1
51and compiled into each kernel.
52Devices which exist in the machine but are not configured into the
53kernel are not detected.
54.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
55.Bl -diag
56.It CPU class not configured.
57You tried to boot
58.Nx
59on a class of
60.Tn CPU
61type which it doesn't
62(or at least this compiled version of
63.Nx
64doesn't) understand.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr config 1 ,
68.Xr intro 4 ,
69.Xr boot 8
70