Re: SMP processor rework help needed

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:07:09 +0200

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:50:50PM +0200, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> This may sound like a dumb question but wouldn't simply swapping the CPUs
> have the same affect?

In theory yes, assuming the determination of the boot cpu is fully
deterministic. the spec says it is the one with the lowest apic number; but
who knows if that is true in every weird board.

-Andi

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