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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] target-i386: move cpu halted decision into
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Andreas Färber |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] target-i386: move cpu halted decision into x86_cpu_reset |
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Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:00:11 +0200 |
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Am 23.07.2012 15:22, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
> MP initialization protocol differs between cpu families, and for P6 and
> onward models it is up to CPU to decide if it will be BSP using this
> protocol, so try to model this. However there is no point in implementing
> MP initialization protocol in qemu. Thus first CPU is always marked as BSP.
>
> This patch:
> - moves decision to designate BSP from board into cpu, making cpu
> self-sufficient in this regard. Later it will allow to cleanup hw/pc.c
> and remove cpu_reset and wrappers from there.
> - stores flag that CPU is BSP in IA32_APIC_BASE to model behavior
> described in Inted SDM vol 3a part 1 chapter 8.4.1
> - uses MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP flag in apic_base for checking if cpu is BSP
>
> patch is based on Jan Kiszka's proposal:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/100806
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>
>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v2:
> - fix build for i386-linux-user
> spotted-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> v3:
> - style change requested by Andreas Färber <address@hidden>
>
> v4:
> - reuse cpu_is_bsp() rather than open code check if apicbase has BSP bit
> set
> requested by Gleb Natapov <address@hidden>
> - hijacked patch [1] to use X86CPU instead of CPUX86State in cpu_is_bsp()
>
> v5:
> - move Changelog under ---
> requested by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
>
> 1) [PATCH qom-next 06/59] pc: Pass X86CPU to cpu_is_bsp()
> SoB: Andreas Färber <address@hidden>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-05/msg03185.html
Reviewed-by: Andreas Färber <address@hidden>
I'm fine with this patch, including the squashing of my trivial patch
without SoB, but would appreciate someone who knows the APIC (Jan?) to
add an explicit Acked-by.
Andreas
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