Here is a revised patch which works in the Intel world. Let me know if this causes any problems in the AMD world.
I'm still planning on making the comment changes to src/config/Options.lb, unless someone thinks I've made things more confusing.
PATCH:
--- src/cpu/x86/lapic/lapic_cpu_init.c.orig 2005-09-09 09:29:25.156250000 -0500 +++ src/cpu/x86/lapic/lapic_cpu_init.c 2005-09-09 14:54:51.218750000 -0500 @@ -227,20 +227,26 @@ }
/* C entry point of secondary cpus */ + +// secondary_cpu_lock is used to serialize initialization of secondary CPUs +// This can be used to avoid interleaved debugging messages. + +static spinlock_t secondary_cpu_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + void secondary_cpu_init(void) { atomic_inc(&active_cpus); + #if SERIAL_CPU_INIT == 1 - #if CONFIG_MAX_CPUS>2 - spin_lock(&start_cpu_lock); - #endif + spin_lock(&secondary_cpu_lock); #endif + cpu_initialize(); + #if SERIAL_CPU_INIT == 1 - #if CONFIG_MAX_CPUS>2 - spin_unlock(&start_cpu_lock); - #endif + spin_unlock(&secondary_cpu_lock); #endif + atomic_dec(&active_cpus); stop_this_cpu(); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven J. Magnani "I claim this network for MARS! www.digidescorp.com Earthling, return my space modulator!"
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