Re: [Qemu-devel] E5-2620v2 - emulation stop error

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>]

* Kevin O'Connor (kevin@koconnor.net) wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 02:45:31PM -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 02:40:39PM -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > For what it's worth, I can't seem to trigger the problem if I move the
> > > cmos read above the SIPI/LAPIC code (see patch below).
> > 
> > Ugh!
> > 
> > That's a seabios bug.  Main processor modifies the rtc index
> > (rtc_read()) while APs try to clear the NMI bit by modifying the rtc
> > index (romlayout.S:transition32).
> > 
> > I'll put together a fix.
> 
> The seabios patch below resolves the issue for me.

Thanks! Looks good here.

Andrey, Paolo, Bandan: Does it fix it for you as well?

Dave

> -Kevin
> 
> 
> --- a/src/romlayout.S
> +++ b/src/romlayout.S
> @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
>  // %edx = return location (in 32bit mode)
>  // Clobbers: ecx, flags, segment registers, cr0, idt/gdt
>          DECLFUNC transition32
> -transition32_for_smi:
> +transition32_nmi_off:
> +        // transition32 when NMI and A20 are already initialized
>          movl %eax, %ecx
>          jmp 1f
>  transition32:
> @@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ __farcall16:
>  entry_smi:
>          // Transition to 32bit mode.
>          movl $1f + BUILD_BIOS_ADDR, %edx
> -        jmp transition32_for_smi
> +        jmp transition32_nmi_off
>          .code32
>  1:      movl $BUILD_SMM_ADDR + 0x8000, %esp
>          calll _cfunc32flat_handle_smi - BUILD_BIOS_ADDR
> @@ -216,8 +217,10 @@ entry_smi:
>          DECLFUNC entry_smp
>  entry_smp:
>          // Transition to 32bit mode.
> +        cli
> +        cld
>          movl $2f + BUILD_BIOS_ADDR, %edx
> -        jmp transition32
> +        jmp transition32_nmi_off
>          .code32
>          // Acquire lock and take ownership of shared stack
>  1:      rep ; nop
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK