Intel MultiProcessor manual System Initial State, Support for Fault-resilient Booting

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MultiProcessor Specification

3.8 System Initial State

The system initial state is the state before the BIOS gives control to the operating system. It is identical to the system initial state of a typical PC/AT system, with the additional MP components in the following state:

1.All local APICs are disabled, except for the local APIC of the BSP if the system starts in Virtual Wire Mode.

2.All pending I/O APIC interrupts are cleared and disabled.

3.If IMCR is present, it should be set to 0 or 1 depending on the interrupt mode chosen for startup.

4.All APs are in Real Mode.

5.All APs are in HALT state or off the system bus.

The BIOS must disable interrupts to all processors and set the APICs to the system initial state before giving control to the operating system. The operating system is responsible for initializing all of the APICs.

3.9 Support for Fault-resilient Booting

OEMs may choose not to implement a fault-resilient booting capability in their systems. However, if such a capability is provided, systems developers must observe the following guidelines:

∙BSP determination may be performed by special hardware or by the BIOS, but it must be totally transparent to the operating system.

∙NMI and INTR must be connected to the BSP.

∙FERR# and IGNNE# signals from the designated BSP must be used to support IRQ13.

∙The A20M# signal from the designated BSP must be used to support the masking of physical address bit 20 on the BSP (to support DOS compatibility).

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Contents MultiProcessor Specification Copyright 1993-1997. Intel Corporation, All Rights Reserved Revision History Revision Revision History DatePage Table of Contents MP Configuration Table Default ConfigurationsContents Appendix a System Bios Programming Guidelines Appendix B Operating System Programming GuidelinesAppendix E Errata Glossary Figures TablesExamples Page Goals Conceptual OverviewFeatures of the Specification MultiProcessor SpecificationScope Target Audience Organization of This DocumentDocument Organization IntroductionConventions Used in This Document For More InformationSystem Overview Hardware Overview System ProcessorsAdvanced Programmable Interrupt Controller System OverviewSystem Memory 4 I/O Expansion BusBios Overview Operating System OverviewPage Hardware Specification System Memory ConfigurationSystem Memory Cacheability and Shareability System Memory Address MapHardware Specification Memory Cacheability MapExternal Cache Subsystem LockingPosted Memory Write Multiprocessor Interrupt ControlApic Architecture Interrupt Modes Apic VersionsPIC Mode PIC Mode Virtual Wire Mode Virtual Wire Mode via Local ApicVirtual Wire Mode via I/O Apic Symmetric I/O Mode Symmetric I/O ModeAssignment of System Interrupts to the Apic Local Unit Floating Point Exception InterruptApic Memory Mapping Apic Interval Timers Apic IdentificationReset Support System-wide ResetSystem-wide Init Processor-specific InitSupport for Fault-resilient Booting System Initial StateMP Configuration Table MultiProcessor Specification MP Configuration Table MP Floating Pointer StructureOffset Length Field Bytesbits in bits Description MP Feature Offset Length Field Bytesbits Bits DescriptionInformation Byte Information BytesMP Configuration Table Header MP Configuration Table HeaderBase MP Configuration Table Entries MP Configuration Table Header FieldsOffset Length Field Bytes Bits Description Base MP Configuration Table Entry Types Processor EntriesLength Entry Description Entry Type Code Bytes Comments ApicProcessor Entry Fields Feature Flags from Cpuid Instruction Intel486 and Pentium Processor SignaturesFamily Model Stepping a Description Bit Name Description CommentsBus Entries BUS IDBUS Type StringBus Type String Values Bus Type String Description3 I/O Apic Entries 4 I/O Interrupt Assignment EntriesApic Entry I/O Apic Entry FieldsI/O Interrupt Entry 10. I/O Interrupt Entry Fields Local Interrupt Assignment Entries 11. Interrupt Type ValuesInterrupt Type Description Comments 12. Local Interrupt Entry Fields Destination Local Apic IDDestination Local Apic LINTIN#Extended MP Configuration Table Entries System Address Space Mapping Entries 14. System Address Space Mapping Entry Fields 10. Example System with Multiple Bus Types and Bridge Types Bus Hierarchy Descriptor Entry Compatibility Bus Address Space Modifier Entry 12. Compatibility Bus Address Space Modifier Entry 16. Compatibility Bus Address Space Modifier Entry Fields Default Configurations Discrete Apic Configurations Default ConfigurationsDefault Number Bus Config Code CPUs Type Variant SchematicDefault Configuration for Discrete Apic Default ConfigurationsIntegrated Apic Configurations Default Configuration for Integrated Apic Default Configuration Interrupt Assignments Config INTINx CommentsAssignment of I/O Interrupts to the Apic I/O Unit First I/OAll Local APICs Config LINTINx Comments Assignment of System Interrupts to the Apic Local UnitEisa and IRQ13 Level-triggered Interrupt SupportMultiProcessor Specification System Bios Programming Guidelines Bios Post InitializationProgramming the Apic for Virtual Wire Mode Controlling the Application ProcessorsExample A-1. Programming Local Apic for Virtual Wire Mode System Bios Programming GuidelinesConstructing the MP Configuration Table NMISystem Bios Programming Guidelines Page Operating System Boot-up Operating System Programming GuidelinesOperating System Booting and Self-configuration Interrupt Mode Initialization and HandlingApplication Processor Startup Operating System Programming GuidelinesUsing Init IPI Using Startup IPI AP Shutdown HandlingOther IPI Applications Spurious Apic InterruptsHandling Cache Flush Handling TLB InvalidationSupporting Unequal Processors Page System Compliance Checklist Page Interrupt Routing with Multiple APICs Variable Interrupt RoutingFixed Interrupt Routing Bus Entries in Systems with More Than One PCI Bus I/O Interrupt Assignment Entries for PCI DevicesMultiple I/O Apic Multiple PCI Bus Systems INTD#Page Errata 126 System Address Space Mapping Entries System Address Space Entry14. System Address Space Mapping Entry Fields Entry LengthAddress Type Address BaseBus Hierarchy Descriptor Entry Space records must also be providedBUS Informationsd Parent BUSGlossary Glossary-2 Order Number