Subject: Re: About SMP
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Heiko W.Rupp <hwr@pilhuhn.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/24/1998 11:54:05
Matthias Scheler wrote:
|I suppose it is a matter of cost. They have to sell their CPUs cheaper than

In a recent german c't magazine, they explained it with the fact, that you
need some specific interrupt register/controller on the cpu. Intel uses
its proprietary controller for this, while the others adhere to some
open standard. Dunno if this is right though.
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