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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.



  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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