[PATCH 14/21] i386 Apm is on cpu zero only

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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>>APM BIOS code has a protective wrapper that runs it only on CPU zero.  
>>Thus, no need to set APM BIOS segments in the GDT for other CPUs.
> 
> hm, do we want (need) to have that CPU#0 assumption forever?
> 

APM BIOS should only ever run on the BSP, and I believe in Linux the BSP 
is always 0.  Since APM is obsolete, there is no future to consider.

	-hpa

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