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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4
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The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an* `+ f J1 }' w
enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
8 L& @6 V! I, A2 E0 J6 hMP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
1 J4 M6 \4 h& j6 j0 ]systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor
- d# D- X5 W* y) A# m3 D4 t1 Nsystem will be able to run their choice of operating systems.( F1 t+ t1 {! H9 P, v
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor2 l8 g$ W6 R" C, l2 @- I% P) E
architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term" D7 d1 r9 W0 B7 V7 r
“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware5 ^, {5 Z4 P- ^, `
features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of0 d5 v0 Q, Z9 z: s0 _8 e
this specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,8 \/ B8 k, a. A" G ?
PCI, or other OEM-specific buses. |
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