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SubjectRe: Regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500
Sean Young wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:42:47PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe it really does require the far jump immediately after setting PE
>>> in cr0...
>>>
>>> Hm, I don't remember this paragraph being in vol 3a, section 8.9.1
>>> before. Is it a recent addition?
>>>
>>> Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps
>>> 3 and 4 above. Failures will be readily seen in some situations,
>>> such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between
>>> steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode.
>>>
>>>
>> I don't remember that, either.
>>
>
> Which document are we talking about?
>

*The* document ;)
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/ specifically, Volume
3a: System Programming Guide, Part 1.

Section 8.9.1 describes the steps needed to turn on protected mode
correctly. It says that you need to do a far jump or call immediately
after turning on protected mode. Linux has not done it immediately, and
there has been a school of thought that this advice is a workaround for
some obsolete CPU, and is not something we have to worry about now.

However, the paragraph I quoted was added since the previous release of
the manual, and so presumably documents a current concern.
Specifically, the mention of SMM is interesting, because I gather that
embedded-class processors like the Elan are very SMM-dependent.

>> Sean: could you try the following patch?
>>
>> -hpa
>>
>
>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
>> index ab049d4..141b6e2 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
>> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ protected_mode_jump:
>> movw %cs, %bx
>> shll $4, %ebx
>> addl %ebx, 2f
>> + jmp 1f # Short jump to serialize on 386/486
>> +1:
>>
>> movw $__BOOT_DS, %cx
>> movw $__BOOT_TSS, %di
>> @@ -40,8 +42,6 @@ protected_mode_jump:
>> movl %cr0, %edx
>> orb $X86_CR0_PE, %dl # Protected mode
>> movl %edx, %cr0
>> - jmp 1f # Short jump to serialize on 386/486
>> -1:
>>
>> # Transition to 32-bit mode
>> .byte 0x66, 0xea # ljmpl opcode
>>
>
> I'm afraid it doesn't work. Maybe I can find something in the AMD Elan
> documentation. Would a fence make sense?
>

Not really, but if it fixes the bug it won't hurt anyone else (unless
older processors treat it as an illegal instruction).

J


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