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From: Alex Wilkinson <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>
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	On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:56:07PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
	
	Yes.  As long as you have 'device apic' in your kernel config,
	APICs will be used to route interrupts even on UP machines if
	the machine includes an MP Table or ACPI is being used and it
	contains an MADT.

Reading thread and not following the acronyms.

Ok 2 questions:

1. what is an MP Table ?

2. What is MADT ?

 Thanks

 - aW