Re: APIC support on Slot-A Athlon, K6

[William Lee Irwin III]

At some point in the past, someone wrote:
>> Furthermore, I/O-APIC usage requires (in hardware) that the
>> processor has a local APIC.

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:58:59AM -0600, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> What can the APIC support alone accomplish, without an I/O-APIC?
> Just NMI watchdog and related things? (looking at CONFIG_APIC help)
> Looks like I/O-APIC is the real desired feature, but a functioning local
> APIC, though not very useful by itself, is a prerequisite for it.

LVT interrupts are likely still usable in such scenarios.


-- wli
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