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9 The Compaq Multiprocessor HAL (HALMPS.DLL) provides the same basic functionality as the Microsoft Multiprocessor HAL and includes additional functionality to take advantage of the features built into the Compaq ProLiant 5000. Additional features include: s Performance Monitoring support. s Insight Management Agents support that provide error logging features to the system management driver. s Problem resolution with built in mechanisms for Compaq device drivers to dynamically call the HAL and intuitively determine which updates have been applied. s Announcement of Compaq HAL during blue screen initialization. s Printer support during blue screen crashes. s Mechanism to control thread time slice. s Mechanism to determine Compaq problem resolution. s Bus mastering of Direct Memory Access (DMA) above 16-megabyte limit. s Problem resolution for IOCheck during a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI). s Problem resolution for a PCI map register limitation. s Support for greater than 8 PCI Buses.

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The Compaq Multiprocessor HAL (
HALMPS.DLL
) provides the same basic
functionality as the Microsoft Multiprocessor HAL and includes additional
functionality to take advantage of the features built into the Compaq
ProLiant 5000.
Additional features include:
Performance Monitoring support.
Insight Management Agents support that provide error logging
features to the system management driver.
Problem resolution with built in mechanisms for Compaq device
drivers to dynamically call the HAL and intuitively determine which
updates have been applied.
Announcement of Compaq HAL during blue screen initialization.
Printer support during blue screen crashes.
Mechanism to control thread time slice.
Mechanism to determine Compaq problem resolution.
Bus mastering of Direct Memory Access (DMA) above 16-megabyte
limit.
Problem resolution for IOCheck during a Non-Maskable Interrupt
(NMI).
Problem resolution for a PCI map register limitation.
Support for greater than 8 PCI Buses.