ia32 port ========= ia32 port is the oldest and the most advanced one. It was originally written by Jakub Jermar. It is meant to support ordinary PC's based on IA-32 architecture. Both uniprocessor and multiprocessor modes are supported. It runs both in emulated environment and on real hardware. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS o IA-32 processor (Pentium and successors) SMP COMPATIBILITY o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2.6 o 2x-8x 686 CPU o Simics 2.0.28 - Simics 2.2.19 o 2x-15x Pentium 4 CPU o VMware Workstation 5.5 o 2x CPU o QEMU 0.8.0 - QEMU 0.8.1 o 2x-15x CPU o ASUS P/I-P65UP5 + ASUS C-P55T2D REV. 1.41 o 2x 200Mhz Pentium CPU o ASUS PCH-DL o 2x 3000Mhz Pentium 4 Xeon (HT) CPU o MSI K7D Master-L o 2x 2100MHz Athlon MP CPU o ECS 865PE-A REV : 2.0 o 1x 2800MHz Pentium 4 Prescott (HT) CPU EMULATORS AND VIRTUALIZERS o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2.6 o VMware Workstation 4, VMware Workstation 5, VMware Workstation 5.5 o Simics 2.2.19 o QEMU 0.8.0 - QEMU 0.8.1 TOOLCHAIN REQUIREMENTS o binutils 2.15, 2.16, 2.16.1 o gcc 3.3.5, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, 4.1.1 o older versions may do as well, but are now obsoleted