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Re: SMP/UP kernel S01E02

From: "Thomas E. Spanjaard" <tgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:48:14 +0000
Matthew Dillon wrote: 
    Only newer cpus have APICs and IOAPICs regardless of whether they
    are SMP-capable or not.  Older ones do not.

Afaik, at least any CPU since the Pentium has a LAPIC; and perhaps some late 486 models as well; as for IOAPICs, that's a feature of mainboard chipsets.

Cheers,
--
        Thomas E. Spanjaard
        tgen@netphreax.net

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