Intel MultiProcessor manual Table of Contents

			Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1	Goals			1-1
1.2	Features of the Specification			1-2
1.3	Scope			1-2
1.4	Target Audience		.......................................................................................	1-3
1.5	Organization of This Document			1-3
1.6	Conventions Used in This Document			1-4
1.7	For More Information			1-4
Chapter 2 System Overview
2.1	Hardware Overview			2-2
	2.1.1	System Processors		2-2
	2.1.2 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller			2-3
	2.1.3	System Memory		2-4
	2.1.4	I/O Expansion Bus		2-4
2.2	BIOS Overview			2-5
2.3	Operating System Overview			2-5
Chapter 3 Hardware Specification
3.1	System Memory Configuration			3-1
3.2	System Memory Cacheability and Shareability			3-2
3.3	External Cache Subsystem			3-4
3.4	Locking	.....................................................................................................		3-4
3.5	Posted Memory Write			3-5
3.6	Multiprocessor Interrupt Control			3-5
	3.6.1	APIC Architecture		3-5
	3.6.2	Interrupt Modes		3-6
		3.6.2.1	PIC Mode	3-7
		3.6.2.2	Virtual Wire Mode	3-9
		3.6.2.3	Symmetric I/O Mode	3-11
	3.6.3 Assignment of System Interrupts to the APIC Local Unit			3-12
	3.6.4 Floating Point Exception Interrupt			3-12
	3.6.5	APIC Memory Mapping		3-12

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