From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] tech writer humor
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:53:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimRk72qcgP1aiFs12NTuK+x4a+QR+zoVFxu3hkb@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <601efb4e455d06e4f21af17a0daf8900@ladd.quanstro.net>
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> ah yes, that clears it up
>
> 19.4.22
> APICID
> This register uniquely identifies an APIC in the system. This register is not used by
> OS'es anymore and is still implemented in hardware because of FUD.
>
> (Intel® 5520 chipset and Intel® 5500 chipset datasheet pub 321328)
Did intel claim that the OSes should be using ACPI? What do they use instead?
ron
p.s. I appreciate the humor but it does lead to a serious question.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-22 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-22 1:45 erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 17:53 ` ron minnich [this message]
2011-02-22 18:22 ` erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 19:20 ` erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 20:09 ` ron minnich
2011-02-22 20:26 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2011-02-22 20:27 ` erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 20:46 ` Nemo
2011-02-22 20:47 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-02-22 20:54 ` erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 20:57 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-02-22 21:02 ` erik quanstrom
2011-02-22 21:09 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-02-23 17:26 ` ron minnich
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