Re: Linux 2.4.0test11-ac1

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
21 Nov 2000 16:19:13 -0800


Followup to: <E13yNmg-0005QD-00@the-village.bc.nu>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Nononono... the 82489DX is an *external* APIC, which should be usable
> > on any Socket 5/7 CPU...
>
> I know of no socket 7 board with an 82489DX, and no board on the planet which
> has 82489DX and works SMP with a non intel processor. I accept its a heuristic
> but so is the current behaviour, and the current heuristic isnt working for
> as many cases.
>

Fair enough.

-hpa

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