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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4( J2 L' b! K" G D/ L
6 U P' h! M* F- ?* ?/ K, AThe MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an
8 E# U$ \8 @9 @. J4 }enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems." u* i: X5 G# b# G$ ~
MP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
; @) H6 p8 R+ I2 A# O$ s7 Ksystems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor
( |; y% } C6 z+ T8 Esystem will be able to run their choice of operating systems.4 N7 K/ P8 i5 G' M# Q8 E
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor
; m# y. K$ s+ b; }5 v( \architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
5 K7 W: t2 @, l$ Q5 z“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware
! G. k/ L% _) b% ~& vfeatures, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of% x9 T/ ~+ T: W4 _
this specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,
: ]9 ~$ ?! [" y a" t6 D8 NPCI, or other OEM-specific buses. |
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