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-SMP on x86/Linux is now an official feature and is not experimental.
-Experimental SMP support for other architectures is underway.
-
-Please view linux/Documentation/smp.txt for more information about enabling SMP.
-
-SMP support for Linux with up to 16 processors using the Intel MP
-specification. 
-
-To fix:
-
-o	Clean up processor specific/independent split.
-o	Document it all.	[PARTLY DONE]
-o	Halting other CPUs on reset or panic doesn't always work.
-o	Don't waste page at 4 K--don't need it now (watch the GDT code).
-o	Dump bootup pages once booted somehow.
-o	Clean up warnings/volatiles.
-o	486 startup code.
-o	How to handle mixed FPU/non FPU processors.
-o	Test IO-APIC on various hardware.
-o	Separate IO-APIC from SMP.

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