Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | RE: SMP on AMD K7 | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:57:17 +0100 |
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> I would be skeptical this could work because such a motherboard would > probably not have a BIOS that would be compatible the K7 that could boot > anything. > > -------------------------------- > Ryan Moore rmoore@rmoore.i.seawood.org > somebody on slashdot had a bright idea: x86 and alpha architectures firmware are located at different memory addresses. so you could have one board with both bioses/firmware. If you have an alpha cpu, it will jump to the alpha firmware at the usual alpha address, and if you have a k7 it will jump to the usual x86 address.
I don't know the relevant addresses, so i don't know if things would clash anywhere, but it seems possible.
regards,
paul.
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