Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 11:22:10 -0800 From: Erich Boleyn <erich@uruk.org> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: Terje Normann Marthinussen <Terje.N.Marthinussen@cc.uit.no>, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: >2 CPU SMP test Message-ID: <E0vVjN4-0005HN-00@uruk.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Dec 1996 09:51:49 MST." <199612051651.JAA13340@clem.systemsix.com>
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Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> writes:
...
> some possible reasons:
>
> the bootstrap code, bootMP & MPentry, gets corrupted by being run the 1st
> time.
>
> the code in startAP() somehow leaves its APIC registers in a state where
> a second run of startAP() doesn't function the same.
>
> the first run of startAP() somehow affects all APs, leaving them in a state
> where they can't respond properly. (partially INITed, or ?)
>
> ???
>
> one good test of several of the above would be to modify startAllAPs()"
>
> /* install the AP 1st level boot code */
> installApTramp( bootAddr );
>
> /* save the current value of the warm-start vector */
> mpbioswarmvec = *((u_long*)WARMBOOT_OFF);
> outb( CMOS_REG, BIOS_RESET );
> mpbiosreason = inb( CMOS_DATA );
>
> /* setup a vector to our boot code */
> *((volatile u_short *)WARMBOOT_OFF) = WARMBOOT_TARGET;
> *((volatile u_short *)WARMBOOT_SEG) = (bootAddr >> 4);
> outb( CMOS_REG, BIOS_RESET );
> outb( CMOS_DATA, BIOS_WARM ); /* write 'warm-start' */
>
> /* start each AP */
> for ( x = 1; x <= mp_naps; ++x ) {
> startAP( CPU_TO_ID( x ), (bootAddr >> 12) & 0xff );
> cpuApicVersions[ x ] = cpuApicVersions[ 0 ];
> }
>
> to:
...
Your problem here is definitely that the warm reset code and vector
are not being set for each CPU. The *entire* setup sequence for
AP CPU bootup must be done for each CPU (except maybe a memcpy
that isn't overwritten by anything the AP CPU does).
In particular, on an XXPRESS-based Pentium system, the STARTUP IPI is
ignored, and it needs the warm reset code and vector.
The problem here is that the reset code is changed to indicate what
happened to the CPU after it was reset.
For a Pentium Pro-based system, your code would work correctly,
since all of them that I've ever heard of use the integrated APIC
stuff correctly (and therefore use the STARTUP IPI).
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