Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Oct 2002 08:00:05 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Double x86 initialise fix. |
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>> Isn't this always the case on x86 ? >> /me waits to hear gory details of some IBM monster. > > It isnt. The boot CPU may be any number. In addition you can strap dual > pentium boxes to arbitrate for who is boot cpu (this is used for fault > tolerance).
Eh? I don't understand this, and I think Dave is right for all the IBM monsters I know of ;-) The *apicid* may not be 0 but the CPU numbers are dynamically assigned as we boot, so the boot CPU will always get 0, surely?
M.
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