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MultiProcessor Specification 1.47 O2 X. i/ o; i+ s
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The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an, K2 l2 y: T2 L" _1 T2 V! p2 [
enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
% e6 c- G; n. ?3 q6 q/ DMP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
% g# ^6 I. I" x6 n e# C/ usystems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor6 q1 _. ^, ?! Q6 p
system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.& B2 N$ G$ [& e v2 Z% x$ }! I
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor+ P- o7 o8 K9 t3 q' D
architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
, H: k! q G, U( ]: O. q- Q& m2 [“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware
% F9 P. t& O6 C' I2 M+ zfeatures, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of
) b2 ^! h* {. r( Y* jthis specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,4 R7 ^/ \+ \3 A; V2 d7 b4 t! Y& ~
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