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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: SMP_PRIVPAGES 
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Hi,

> I couldn't parse the following sentence in your email message:
> 
>    "Not that it is automatic, ie you don't need to add the option to your
      ^^^
>     config file."
> 
> Does one have to add the option or not?  What's not automatic about

that should have been:

Note that it is automatic, ie you don't need to add the option to your
config file.

---
> it?  How does it affect the system structure?  I.e., does the system
> still make a call to some assembly code to figure out its CPU ID?

no, thats in a CPU private page, both as a number, and as the 24<< mask.

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