[coreboot] AP cores not starting

Timothy Pearson tpearson at raptorengineeringinc.com
Sat Jan 31 01:06:14 CET 2015


All,

I have a bit of a strange problem here.  When I install an 6-core 
(Istanbul) Opteron processor the AP cores don't start:

POST: 0x93
Setting up local apic... apic_id: 0x00 done.
POST: 0x9b
CPU model: Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2419 EE
siblings = 05, CPU #0 initialized
CPU1: stack_base 00157000, stack_end 00157ff8
Asserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+Deasserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+#startup loops: 2.
Sending STARTUP #1 to 1.
After apic_write.
Startup point 1.
Waiting for send to finish...
+Sending STARTUP #2 to 1.
After apic_write.
Startup point 1.
Waiting for send to finish...
+After Startup send_status: 0 accept_status: 0.
CPU 0x01 would not start!
CPU2: stack_base 00156000, stack_end 00156ff8
Asserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+Deasserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+#startup loops: 2.
Sending STARTUP #1 to 2.
After apic_write.
Startup point 1.
Waiting for send to finish...
+Sending STARTUP #2 to 2.
After apic_write.
Startup point 1.
Waiting for send to finish...
+After Startup send_status: 0 accept_status: 0.
CPU 0x02 would not start!
CPU3: stack_base 00155000, stack_end 00155ff8
Asserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+Deasserting INIT.
Waiting for send to finish...
+#startup loops: 2.
Sending STARTUP #1 to 3.
After apic_write.
Startup point 1.
Waiting for send to finish...

Quad core (Barcelona) CPUs function normally.  It almost looks like the 
siblings are not executing any code whatsoever, but I'm not sure.  All 5 
siblings are enabled in the appropriate registers.

Any hints?

-- 
Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
+1 (415) 727-8645
http://www.raptorengineeringinc.com



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