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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4
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The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an
3 I: ] D( K3 h/ Venhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
# s: x; V, ~) Q2 I eMP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor" M* x6 W9 |% R4 o% S
systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor p& d. y6 J3 _ N7 c
system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.# g: W' N7 l( G3 ^& Z( M
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor1 w9 }' r" e) J- D, Y$ _
architectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
9 g. z, Z1 p3 G" e E“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware
* t. }: \2 U( u3 l# ]features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of
4 ?; }2 N% {# @, Rthis specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,
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