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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 19:11:57 -0700
From:      Arun Sharma <arun-public@sharma-home.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hlt when idle?
Message-ID:  <20020506021157.GA30659@sharma-home.net>
In-Reply-To: <3CD022A2.FACD21E9@mindspring.com>
References:  <15567.62317.677224.3470@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3CD022A2.FACD21E9@mindspring.com>

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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:15:14AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:

Terry,

> In theory, you want to run in "virtual wire mode", which means
> that the CPUs get the interrupt, and then contend in order to
> see who services it.

I think you're confused between "virtual wire mode" and the
"Symmetric I/O mode" for quite some time (going by your previous
messages on the topic).

Virtual wire mode is for DOS compatibility. Symmetric I/O mode is what
most MP operating systems use.

	-Arun

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