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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4
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The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an: ~0 Y0 g6 k% B: Y, e9 \
enhancement to the standard to which PC manufacturers design DOS-compatible systems.
% { \* }! S: B: s- \7 C& JMP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
0 X& j8 g) q$ U/ L I8 asystems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor
# k/ O- ?5 N! {- Usystem will be able to run their choice of operating systems.
; d5 Z9 a" t' x5 T+ f" f0 rThe MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor
& `0 \$ T: P2 o' E: Farchitectures and Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) architectures. The term B$ v3 m( j% n5 A
“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware0 {. q/ V- Z1 i' G h& y
features, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of
3 T2 l% C, G9 i. O( E8 Q& Kthis specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,
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