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> The APIC register reference takes so long that the array reference is
> simply absorbed in the overhead.  I always get the virtual number (and
> possibly the APIC id, if necessary), then operate from there.

Doesn't it gall you anyway?  8-) 8-).

Guess I'm just a computational nanosecond kind of guy -- it's people
like me what cause unrest (and research into quantum computing).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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