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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4+ g2 \0 S3 o8 z, R: ?. u
& J' o3 b( Z' |) m0 ^& F- ]The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an
8 o" Q8 h3 y. M7 V: g/ j# E5 cenhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
3 y+ {7 }+ D2 _1 T* N: H6 ZMP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor: p- x% j' b+ `' e+ A( r
systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor) W/ J, x+ P) ~9 B6 W0 w$ x
system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.& j% q1 u8 d5 H1 Q- K8 K9 s: y
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor
6 t1 a9 u0 x* L. ^' y3 varchitectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
# G, W& s1 H- n) [/ d3 x' ]“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware
* Z4 Y+ O7 e) G [0 R8 E* ufeatures, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of$ P7 z' N$ K' x. E7 ]) T
this specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,) b; B+ J) u5 A2 {( f1 K
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