Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Dec 2003 04:06:15 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: APIC support on Slot-A Athlon, K6 |
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At some point in the past, someone wrote: >> Furthermore, I/O-APIC usage requires (in hardware) that the >> processor has a local APIC.
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:58:59AM -0600, Ryan Underwood wrote: > What can the APIC support alone accomplish, without an I/O-APIC? > Just NMI watchdog and related things? (looking at CONFIG_APIC help) > Looks like I/O-APIC is the real desired feature, but a functioning local > APIC, though not very useful by itself, is a prerequisite for it.
LVT interrupts are likely still usable in such scenarios.
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