>
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, DeWitt, Michael wrote:
>
>> But, now it is clear that it wasn't me experimenting -- it was Abit! And
>> not experimenting with the form factor which was hardly real
>> engineering, just ballsy in the face of Intel, but with the Bios. So
>> Abit has pushed out their RD to us to get the kinks worked out of their
>> SMP bios and because they pissed off Intel, they probably had to do it
>> on their own. This is why the BP6 has been so damn painful. I feel
>> used.
>
> Now Now.........Try this........
>
> You have to realize that they are using the off-chip APIC like the classic
> Tyan TomCat III. If you have ever had a P5 SMP, you would know about the
> 82093AA (IOAPIC) and the 82849DX (IOAPIC)
>
> ftp://download.intel.com/design/pro/datashts/29056601.pdf
> ftp://download.intel.com/design/pro/datashts/mp_spec.pdf
>
> This is a start for you to understand what is going on.........
>
> It is an excellent attempt, but with Intel burning the sense-pins and
> apic-lines............well.....
You seem to know so much ... maybe you're part of the conspiracy too!
:)
No really. Do you talk to Abit at all? Have they acknowledged that they
screwed something up yet?
-Pat
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