qemu-e2k/docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt

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QEMU<->ACPI BIOS CPU hotplug interface
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QEMU supports CPU hotplug via ACPI. This document
describes the interface between QEMU and the ACPI BIOS.
ACPI BIOS GPE.2 handler is dedicated for notifying OS about CPU hot-add
and hot-remove events.
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Legacy ACPI CPU hotplug interface registers:
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CPU present bitmap for:
ICH9-LPC (IO port 0x0cd8-0xcf7, 1-byte access)
PIIX-PM (IO port 0xaf00-0xaf1f, 1-byte access)
One bit per CPU. Bit position reflects corresponding CPU APIC ID. Read-only.
The first DWORD in bitmap is used in write mode to switch from legacy
to new CPU hotplug interface, write 0 into it to do switch.
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QEMU sets corresponding CPU bit on hot-add event and issues SCI
with GPE.2 event set. CPU present map is read by ACPI BIOS GPE.2 handler
to notify OS about CPU hot-add events. CPU hot-remove isn't supported.
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ACPI CPU hotplug interface registers:
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Register block base address:
ICH9-LPC IO port 0x0cd8
PIIX-PM IO port 0xaf00
Register block size:
ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_REG_LEN = 12
read access:
offset:
[0x0-0x3] reserved
[0x4] CPU device status fields: (1 byte access)
bits:
0: Device is enabled and may be used by guest
1: Device insert event, used to distinguish device for which
no device check event to OSPM was issued.
It's valid only when bit 0 is set.
2: Device remove event, used to distinguish device for which
no device eject request to OSPM was issued.
3-7: reserved and should be ignored by OSPM
[0x5-0x7] reserved
[0x8] Command data: (DWORD access)
in case of error or unsupported command reads is 0xFFFFFFFF
current 'Command field' value:
0: returns PXM value corresponding to device
write access:
offset:
[0x0-0x3] CPU selector: (DWORD access)
selects active CPU device. All following accesses to other
registers will read/store data from/to selected CPU.
[0x4] CPU device control fields: (1 byte access)
bits:
0: reserved, OSPM must clear it before writing to register.
1: if set to 1 clears device insert event, set by OSPM
after it has emitted device check event for the
selected CPU device
2: if set to 1 clears device remove event, set by OSPM
after it has emitted device eject request for the
selected CPU device
3: if set to 1 initiates device eject, set by OSPM when it
triggers CPU device removal and calls _EJ0 method
4-7: reserved, OSPM must clear them before writing to register
[0x5] Command field: (1 byte access)
value:
0: selects a CPU device with inserting/removing events and
following reads from 'Command data' register return
selected CPU (CPU selector value). If no CPU with events
found, the current CPU selector doesn't change and
corresponding insert/remove event flags are not set.
1: following writes to 'Command data' register set OST event
register in QEMU
2: following writes to 'Command data' register set OST status
register in QEMU
other values: reserved
[0x6-0x7] reserved
[0x8] Command data: (DWORD access)
current 'Command field' value:
0: OSPM reads value of CPU selector
1: stores value into OST event register
2: stores value into OST status register, triggers
ACPI_DEVICE_OST QMP event from QEMU to external applications
with current values of OST event and status registers.
other values: reserved
Selecting CPU device beyond possible range has no effect on platform:
- write accesses to CPU hot-plug registers not documented above are
ignored
- read accesses to CPU hot-plug registers not documented above return
all bits set to 0.