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MultiProcessor Specification 1.49 n4 K; Y% O: D, b; l& k3 R
- R3 _ w) v5 }. g6 d! ?The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an
$ u1 G& A l' r: I+ H2 `2 fenhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.0 m# o, m+ _* H* d$ B
MP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
/ F% n2 R' Y0 t& ?systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor% z3 W& e: l4 Y( N- {! E- ?
system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.
. C: B, S" ~; u( uThe MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor4 @0 |& R7 t: E$ q+ ]( t; }
architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
6 q, |7 K% r; |; }6 ]“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware4 ~1 b. _$ R6 ]
features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of
7 y7 b; }) N7 b8 t, t/ Lthis specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,
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