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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 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