Re: Multi processor

[Ulrich Weigand]

Valery Brasseur wrote:

> In the same way : did the guest OS know about the multi-cpu hardware ?

No.  To allow this would be a *lot* of effort: not only would we need
to present emulated APICs and SMP-BIOS and whatnot to the guest, but
also the various monitor algorithms would need to be MP safe, which 
makes things like 'lets change a descriptor table and trial-execute
one instruction' rather impossible ...

Bye,
Ulrich

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