What's an "apic"

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Author: Deepak Saxena
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Subject: What's an "apic"
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. It's basically
a part of the x86 chipset that's in charge of routing interrupts
from devices to the CPU. What's the problem you're trying to
solve? I believe (not 100% sure) that on Linux, the kernel
just re-programs the APIC anyways, so BIOS setting shouldn't
matter. But this is x86, so who knows. :)

~Deepak

On Jan 23 2003, at 18:42, Gene Holmerud was caught saying:
> A tech support person suggested "disabling apic in
> your bios". I looked in my CMOS setup, but nothing
> looked like "apic". An acronym?
>
> Gene
>
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