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MultiProcessor Specification 1.49 R2 I+ o8 _# J
8 ~2 C' E) Y& j" I* x/ d& rThe MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an" }3 t4 U2 v" ~% n
enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.1 Z9 `1 U" H9 T& h
MP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor" b n# n- @; O
systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor
4 n' L2 v) G. e6 `" ~0 F6 @system will be able to run their choice of operating systems.6 Q1 `# p. N, }. ]# l
The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor
+ s( D1 _/ |9 }6 ]5 narchitectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term
+ |, S1 E$ |( n; {( e% r“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware) n) J2 u/ a4 Q
features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of9 i( s# B" A. B/ F; K4 k" A
this specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,* u' \8 a& [( }
PCI, or other OEM-specific buses. |
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