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From: Nemo <nemo.mbox@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 21:46:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BAB73145-2BF6-4FF9-99FB-6B4EF796902B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22263eec1b0d388a329ea8d386620a9f@ladd.quanstro.net>

apic ids can be found in the madt table, from acpi, iirc.

On Feb 22, 2011, at 9:27 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> On Tue Feb 22 15:11:29 EST 2011, rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
>> let me ask the question again. I know what the difference between APIC
>> and ACPI means.
>
> i wasn't implying that you didn't.  i was saying that i sometimes
> think one and say the other.
>
>> Why is it that they don't think anyone needs that register any more?
>> What are they suggesting people use instead?
>
> good question.  as i said before, i have to chalk it up to
> hurried documentation.  i'm quite sure apic ids are still
> important.
>
> - erik
>



  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-22 20:46 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
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 [this message]
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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