Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Double x86 initialise fix. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 26 Oct 2002 16:46:20 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 16:00, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >> 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?
Ok its a logical ID - so yes
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