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ia32 port
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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 on both emulated environment and real hardware.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        o IA-32 processor (Pentium and successors)

COMPILER REQUIREMENTS
        o binutils 2.15 and gcc 3.3.5
        o binutils 2.16 and gcc 4.0.1
        o older versions may do as well, but are now obsoleted

SMP COMPATIBILITY
        o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2.1
                o 2x-8x 686 CPU
        o Simics 2.0.28 - Simics 2.2.19
                o 2x-8x Pentium 4 CPU
        o ASUS P/I-P65UP5 + ASUS C-P55T2D REV. 1.41
                o 2x 200Mhz Pentium CPU

EMULATORS AND VIRTUALIZERS
        o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2.1
        o VMware Workstation 4, VMware Workstation 5
        o Simics 2.2.19