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MultiProcessor Specification 1.49 S+ |! ^/ y8 b! i3 i
6 v7 w! u! A/ A- O3 T* L) n- mThe MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an$ Q6 E' M4 S M! _) C
enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
0 O5 `0 G& o. u+ n" {. ^MP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor2 V% M; u% k6 w' ~- i" k2 Q8 y) ?
systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor: a) j: b; P% @0 H4 W( z& }
system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.
6 t) Y2 T! g, k+ J0 T/ p0 hThe MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor& L" D, @1 d' M; ]' G3 h# m' ~
architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term2 Y+ C5 S9 W9 {8 [# G9 y
“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware; {5 E% j; a% w
features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of1 `/ J( C4 t) h. b
this specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,
) k' K/ \# ]+ H4 L$ zPCI, or other OEM-specific buses. |
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