On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > ah yes, that clears it up > > 19.4.22 > APICID > This register uniquely identifies an APIC in the system. This register > is not used by > OS'es anymore and is still implemented in hardware because of FUD. > > (Intel® 5520 chipset and Intel® 5500 chipset datasheet pub 321328)
Did intel claim that the OSes should be using ACPI? What do they use instead? ron p.s. I appreciate the humor but it does lead to a serious question.
