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From: Thomas Davis <tadavis@lbl.gov>
To: Mark <mark@harddata.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dual Athlon CPU detection..
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:47:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <405A1900.6020400@lbl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403181352.34737.mark@harddata.com>

Mark wrote:
> 
> 
> AFAIK this information comes from the Bios. Some bioses don't verify that the 
> second CPU as being an MP. It's been known for some time. Some people were 
> using this to run 1 MP and 1 XP to save money on processors. However if you 
> were to update your bios, it might start checking both for being MPs. 
> Original bioses didn't even check for the first processor at one time but AMD 
> complained and the bioses were modified.
> 

ah, yes, that's right.

I checked - stupid bios.  Thanks!

thomas

      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-03-18 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-18 19:47 Dual Athlon CPU detection Thomas Davis
2004-03-18 20:52 ` Mark
2004-03-18 21:42   ` Willy Tarreau
2004-03-18 21:47   ` Thomas Davis [this message]

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