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   mp.os.os2.misc:3612 comp.os.os2.apps:1947   
   From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
      
   >>> 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 :-)   
      
   ACPI is complex and - alas! - not as well standardized as it should be.    
     This makes it non-trivial to implement operating system support for it    
   that will work across a wide range of mainboards.   
      
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