Re: [Qemu-devel] target-i386: clear bsp bit when designating bsp

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 07/04/2015 15:24, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> >     /* We hard-wire the BSP to the first CPU. */
>> >     if (s->cpu_index == 0) {
>> >         apic_designate_bsp(cpu->apic_state);
>> >     }
> I know, that's what this patch is changing, and I am saying that by the
> same logic the CPU has no business fiddling with the APIC's apicbase
> field when the APIC's reset is touching that very same field.

That's exactly what a real CPU does on power up or #RESET, though.

Paolo