git: kernel - SMP - "Fix AP #%d (PHY# %d) failed" issues

[Matthew Dillon]

commit bb467734fc407e2c2de7f8314c63dd9f708f4df4
Author: Matthew Dillon <dillon at apollo.backplane.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 10 00:45:02 2010 -0800

    kernel - SMP - "Fix AP #%d (PHY# %d) failed" issues
    
    Ok, here's what is going on.  If an SMI interrupt occurs while
    an AP is going through the INIT/STARTUP IPI sequence the AP will
    brick, and nothing you do will resurrect it.
    
    BIOSes typically set up SMI interrupts when emulating (for example)
    a PS/2 keyboard with a USB keyboard, or even if just implementing
    BIOS support for a USB keyboard.  Even worse, the BIOS may set up
    the interrupt to poll at 1000hz.  And, EVEN WORSE, it can totally
    depend on which USB port you've plugged your keyboard in.  And, on top
    of all of that, the SMI interrupt is not consistent.
    
    The INIT/STARTUP code contains a 10ms delay (as per Intel spec) between
    the INIT IPI and the STARTUP IPI.  Well, you can do the math.
    
    In order to reliably boot a SMP system where the BIOS has set up
    SMI interrupts this patch uses a nifty bit of code to detect when
    the SMI interrupt has occurred and tries to shift the INIT/STARTUP
    sequence into a gap between SMI interrupts.  If it has to it will
    reduce the 10ms spec delay all the way down to 150us.  In many
    cases we really have no choice for reliable operation.  Even a 300uS
    delay is too much in the tests I performed on a Shuttle Phenom and
    Phenom II cube.  I don't honestly know if this will break other SMP
    configurations, we'll have to see.
    
    On the particular shuttle I tested on, one of the four USB connections
    on the backpanel (the upper left when looking at it from the back)
    seemed to cause the BIOS to set up SMI interrupts at a high rate and
    caused kernel boots to fail.  With this commit those boots now succeed.

Summary of changes:
 sys/platform/pc32/apic/apicreg.h      |    2 +-
 sys/platform/pc32/apic/mpapic.c       |    5 +
 sys/platform/pc32/i386/mp_machdep.c   |  166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 sys/platform/pc32/include/smp.h       |    1 +
 sys/platform/pc64/apic/apicreg.h      |    2 +-
 sys/platform/pc64/apic/mpapic.c       |    5 +
 sys/platform/pc64/include/smp.h       |    1 +
 sys/platform/pc64/x86_64/mp_machdep.c |  155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 8 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commitdiff/bb467734fc407e2c2de7f8314c63dd9f708f4df4


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