Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:45:28 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: Local APIC(?)+PIII mobile |
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the intel 440mx chipset that the asus is based on doesn't include an apic. an apic is for doing multiprocessor interupt managemnet. across multiple I/O subsystem each can have it own set of interupts...
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, João Seabra wrote:
> Hi all > > I have an Asus S8600. > Mobile PIII 800Mhz + 192M RAM. > If i select "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" the kernel while booting > says there's no APIC present.Why? > I know the same problem with some other laptops. > Others detect it. > > > At home my Athlon Tunderbird + Asus A7V133-C with local APIC enabled detects > it but doesn seem to use it ... > > cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 375529 XT-PIC timer > 1: 7452 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 5: 113246 XT-PIC bttv, eth0 > 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc > 10: 144373 XT-PIC EMU10K1 > 11: 382444 XT-PIC nvidia > 12: 153864 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 12346 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 12 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > ERR: 0 > > Anyway why do I need local APIC :) ?What are the advantages?Links? > > Thank you very much for your kindness > > Best Regards, > > João Seabra > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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