lapic@2k interrukts eating CPU cycles

[Wilkinson, Alex]

    0n Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 09:06:18AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: 

    >Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl at gmx.net> writes:
    >> I don't know what lapic stands for (the l, if apic means
    >> AdvancedProgrammableInterruptController)
    >
    >local, meaning per-CPU as opposed to the IOAPIC which is located in
    >the south bridge and shared by all CPUs.

Why do we need both LAPIC *and* an IO-APIC ?

 - aW