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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU tha
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT |
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Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:24:51 +0200 |
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On 23/10/2015 20:20, Jordan Justen wrote:
>>>> It's not worth the hassle to relocate the SMBASE of the APs?
>>>> So, basically, write to 0x30000-0x38000, then send an SMI IPI to the
>>>> AP and now you have the AP running in SMI and it has extra privileges?
>>>
>>> Extra privileges compared to what? Legacy BIOS does not really put
>>> anything privileged in SMRAM,
>
> Why does seabios even bother relocating the BSP's SMBASE if it doesn't
> relocate the SMBASE for the APs?
It uses SMM to run INT 13h in 32-bit real mode, basically. It's for
MS-DOS usage only, so the APs don't matter.
>> So what are we thinking about a magic APM_STS value to trigger an SMI
>> for all VCPUs? 0x51 ('Q') would be cool. :)
>
> This seems like a further deviation from the actual hardware. I
> understand that QEMU draws a line about strict hardware emulation, but
> I just wanted to point out the discrepancy.
Yeah, I am also a bit doubtful about that.
> So, the trouble with changing QEMU to better emulate the hardware is
> that seabios can't handle multiple processors entering SMM?
Yes.
Paolo
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Jordan Justen, 2015/10/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/10/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Kevin O'Connor, 2015/10/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/10/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Jordan Justen, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Jordan Justen, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Kevin O'Connor, 2015/10/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/isa/lpc_ich9: inject the SMI on the VCPU that is writing to APM_CNT, Paolo Bonzini, 2015/10/23