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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:30:12 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r191405 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 i386/i386
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730904221530u786464d3v2dc05b0bb2f1218a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200904221759.04446.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200904222140.n3MLebn3068260@svn.freebsd.org> <200904221759.04446.jhb@freebsd.org>

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2009/4/22 John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>:
> On Wednesday 22 April 2009 5:40:37 pm John Baldwin wrote:
>> Author: jhb
>> Date: Wed Apr 22 21:40:37 2009
>> New Revision: 191405
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191405
>>
>> Log:
>> =C2=A0 Adjust the way we number CPUs on x86 so that we attempt to "group=
" all
>> =C2=A0 logical CPUs in a package. =C2=A0We do this by numbering the non-=
boot CPUs
>> =C2=A0 by starting with the first CPU whose APIC ID is after the boot CP=
U and
>> =C2=A0 wrapping back around to APIC ID 0 if needed rather than always st=
arting
>> =C2=A0 at APIC ID 0. =C2=A0While here, adjust the cpu_mp_announce() rout=
ine to list
>> =C2=A0 CPUs based on the mapping established by assign_cpu_ids() rather =
than
>> =C2=A0 making assumptions about the algorithm assign_cpu_ids() uses.
>
> An example is probably in order for this to make sense. =C2=A0Suppose you=
 have a
> system with two quad-core CPUs. =C2=A0Package 0 has CPUs numbered 0, 1, 2=
, and 3.
> Package 1 has CPUs numbered 4, 5, 6, and 7. =C2=A0With the old code, if p=
ackage 0
> won the election to be the boot processor, then CPU 0 would be the BSP an=
d
> the logical IDs would match the APIC IDs. =C2=A0However, if package 1 won=
 the
> election during POST, then CPU 0 would be APIC ID 4 on package 0 followed=
 by
> CPU 1 being APIC ID 0, CPU 2 being APIC ID 1, etc. =C2=A0Thus, when CPU 0=
 was the
> boot CPU you had a nice grouping where CPUs 0-3 were a single package and
> CPUs 4-7 were another package. =C2=A0However, when CPU 4 was the boot CPU=
, CPUs 0
> and 5-7 where one package, and CPUs 1-4 where the second package. =C2=A0T=
he effect
> of this patch is to change the case when CPU 4 is the boot CPU such that =
CPUs
> 0-3 are now all from CPU 4's package (APIC IDs 4-7), and CPUs 4-7 are fro=
m
> the other package (APIC IDs 0-3). =C2=A0What this means, in turn, is that=
 in both
> cases you now always have CPUs 0-3 as one package and CPUs 4-7 as another
> package regardless of which CPU wins the boot-time election.

I like that the new numbering is more elegant, but this is orthogonal
to ULE topology detection, right?



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