RE: SMP on AMD K7
Paul Jakma (Paul.Jakma@Digital.com)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:57:17 +0100
> I would be skeptical this could work because such a motherboard would
> probably not have a BIOS that would be compatible the K7 that could boot
> anything.
>
> --------------------------------
> Ryan Moore rmoore@rmoore.i.seawood.org
>
somebody on slashdot had a bright idea: x86 and alpha architectures firmware
are located at different memory addresses. so you could have one board with
both bioses/firmware. If you have an alpha cpu, it will jump to the alpha
firmware at the usual alpha address, and if you have a k7 it will jump to
the usual x86 address.
I don't know the relevant addresses, so i don't know if things would clash
anywhere, but it seems possible.
regards,
paul.
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