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   From: Peter Brown    
      
   Hi Lars   
      
   Lars Erdmann wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   >> Maybe it could be incorporated into the acpi driver to help that   
   >> driver get things right (finally :-) - especially if it could also be   
   >> used for non Intel chipsets.   
   >   
   > No, we have to move away from the MP tables. ACPI comes with its own   
   > tables.   
      
      
   Oh, so that is why ACPI does not work  :-)   
      
      
   > I have checked a new machine that claimed to have an MP table but the table   
   > itself could not even be found at the indicated place. It was completely   
   > hosed.   
   >   
   > Forget about the "old fashioned" MP tables. ACPI tables are the future.   
   > The ACPI table equivalent to the MP tables is called "MADT table".   
   >   
   > Lars   
      
      
      
   What is a HPET table? - the only table mentioned in my mainboard BIOS.   
      
   Regards   
      
   Pete   
      
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