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diff --git a/Documentation/soc/intel/index.md b/Documentation/soc/intel/index.md index 8a4c297f4a..4f6b4f21b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/soc/intel/index.md +++ b/Documentation/soc/intel/index.md @@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ This section contains documentation about coreboot on specific Intel SOCs. - [Common code development strategy](code_development_model/code_development_model.md) - [FSP](fsp/index.md) - [Ice Lake/9th Gen Core-i series](icelake/index.md) +- [MP Initialization](mp_init/mp_init.md) diff --git a/Documentation/soc/intel/mp_init/mp_init.md b/Documentation/soc/intel/mp_init/mp_init.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f81ffc143e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/soc/intel/mp_init/mp_init.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +# Multiple Processor (MP) Initialization + +This section is intended to document the purpose of performing multiprocessor +initialization and its possible ways in coreboot space. + +Entire CPU multiprocessor initialization can be divided into two parts +1. BSP (Boot Strap Processor) Initialization +2. AP (Application Processor) Initialization + +* [Multiple Processor Init](https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/manuals/64-ia-32-architectures-software-developer-vol-3a-part-1-manual.pdf) - section 8.4 + +## Problem Statement + +1. coreboot is capable enough to handle multiprocessor initialization on +IA platforms. + +2. With restricted CPU programming logic, there might be some cases where +certain feature programming can't be open sourced at early development of SOC. + +Platform code might need to compromise on those closed source nature of CPU +programming if we don't plan to provide an alternate interface which can be +used by coreboot to get rid of such close sourced CPU programming. + +## Possible Solution Space + +Considering these facts, there are 3 possible solutions to perform MP +initialization from coreboot + FSP space. + +1. coreboot to perform complete MP initialization by its own. This includes +BSP and AP programming of CPU features mostly non-restricted one. Preferred +Kconfig is USE_COREBOOT_NATIVE_MP_INIT. SoCs like SKL, KBL, APL are okay to +make use of same Kconfig option for MP initialization. + +2. Alternatively, SoC users also can skip coreboot doing MP initialization +and make use of FSP binary to perform same task. This can be achieved by using +Kconfig name USE_INTEL_FSP_MP_INIT. As of 2019 all Google Chrome products are +using coreboot native MP initialization mechanism and some IOTG platforms +are using FSP MP Init solution as well. + +3. Final option is to let coreboot publish PPI (PEIM to PEIM Interface) to +perform some restricted (closed source) CPU programming. In that case, +coreboot will use its native MP init and additionally publish MP service PPI +for FSP to consume. FSP will execute some CPU programming using same PPI +service from its own context. One can use +USE_INTEL_FSP_TO_CALL_COREBOOT_PUBLISH_MP_PPI Kconfig to perform this +operation. + +For latest SoCs like CNL, WHL, ICL, etc, its recommended to make use of this +option in order to perform SGX and C6DRAM enabling. + +Typically all platforms supported by FSP 2.1 specification will have +external PPI service feature implemented. + +[References] +- [PPI](../fsp/ppi/ppi.md) +- [MP Service PPI](../fsp/ppi/mp_service_ppi.md) |