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Subject: Re: Local APIC(?)+PIII mobile
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o?= Seabra <seabra@aac.uc.pt>
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On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:56, Jo?o Seabra wrote:
>  I have an Asus S8600. 
>  Mobile PIII 800Mhz + 192M RAM.
>  If i select "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" the kernel while booting 
> says there's no APIC present.Why?
>  I know the same problem with some other laptops.
>  Others detect it.

Because there isn't one present 8)

The APIC although on processor isnt present in all processors - at least
not all older ones. Its not a required CPU feature so not every
processor vendor includes it on all their processors.

Alan


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