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MultiProcessor Specification 1.4
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! O0 L" e9 i* I6 J$ ~The MultiProcessor Specification, hereafter known as the “MP specification,” defines an
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MP-capable operating systems will be able to run without special customization on multiprocessor
: ]3 Q( @9 X" J" @systems that comply with this specification. End users who purchase a compliant multiprocessor
" {+ C3 L4 j0 zsystem will be able to run their choice of operating systems.
+ D$ q( s7 i; ]1 u) ] ?The MP specification covers PC/AT-compatible MP platform designs based on Intel processor
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“PC/AT-compatible” here refers to the software-visible components of the PC/AT, not to hardware
* v) V- N' T: u8 r, efeatures, such as the bus implementation, that are not visible to software. An implementation of
) b t7 C- G# g. E- ]0 E- pthis specification may incorporate one or more industry standard buses, such as ISA, EISA, MCA,2 g7 k1 L* e* f9 z, P9 Z+ L
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