February 27, 2006 CPU_STARTUP 9

### NAME

cpu_startup - machine-dependent CPU startup

### SYNOPSIS

```void` cpu_startup(```void`)

### DESCRIPTION

cpu_startup(``) is invoked early during system bootstrap, after the console has been set up and immediately after uvm(9) has been initialized. cpu_startup(``) performs the following tasks:

- prints the initial copyright message

- allocate memory and buffers for kernel tables

- initialize the CPU

### SEE ALSO

autoconf(9), uvm(9)