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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   Lars,   
      
   On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:47:53 UTC, "Lars Erdmann"  wrote:   
      
   > Hallo,   
   >    
   > since OS2APIC.PSD is pretty old I would think that it exclusively follows   
   > Intel's multiprocessor specification Version 1.4 and completely ignores what    
   > the ACPI multiprocessor table has to offer   
   > (which eventually will replace the MP tables):   
   >    
   > http://www.intel.com/design/pentium/datashts/242016.htm   
   >    
   > Get that document to gain a better understanding. In particular it has some    
   > nice diagrams   
   > that will tell you more than a thousand words.   
      
   ...snip...snip...   
      
   > If I ever find the time, I could write a utility that dumps the MP tables    
   > content (if you have Linux I would   
   > guess that utility already exists). That would also help to find out if your    
   > MP tables are broken or incomplete   
   > (for example, if the NMI is not routed via any local APIC pin, then NMIs    
   > will obviously not work).   
      
   I started reading through the Intel MPS specs...and started looking at porting    
   the Unix 'mptable' utility...wish me luck...it's been a LOOONG time since I   
   last   
   compiled anything on my machine...but to be honest...in my work I moved away    
   from coding a few years back and miss it badly...LOL...time to put some of   
   that    
   gray metter back to work!!!   
      
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