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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 1996 02:02:57 -0600
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        erich@uruk.org
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, peter@spinner.dialix.com, rv@groa.uct.ac.za, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: (long) Intel SMP info (was -> Re: Intel XXpress - some SMP  benchmarks) 
Message-ID:  <199609130802.CAA23090@clem.systemsix.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Sep 1996 00:16:18 PDT." <199609130716.AAA14688@uruk.org> 

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Hi,

its all starting to make sense...

> That sequence is only valid for when the "secondary processor" flag
> is set.  In many cases (such as with the XXPRESS), this flag isn't
> set, and an INIT is REALLY a RESET, and it doesn't halt in the

is there anyway to programmatically determine the state of this flag?


> Yes, the XXPRESS architecture doesn't use the "secondary process" flags at
> all (again, fault tolerance stuff...  so you can yank any CPU and have

is this because of the mb design, ie what pins are strapped during RESET,
or is it accomplished by the BIOS doing something?
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