[coyotos-dev] SMP Terminology (was: Re[2]: Coyotos SMP?)

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 00:19 +0200, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> On 25/10/2007, at 7.52, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> >Have a look at section 7.5.1 of the IA-32 Software Developer's Manual,
> >Vol 3.
> 
> Thank you, I have looked  at it.
> That section, does not specify how the boot-strap processor is elected. I
> guess that if CPU0 fails it is elected in sequential order.
> If CPU0 fails, it cannot be an AP either, and so forth.
> Hmm.


I think it is undocumented how the BSP is elected. This is a low-level
hardware matter.

shap