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@@ -258,6 +258,17 @@ Modern CPUs usually require a special bit stream called microcode [6] to be
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loaded on the processor after power up in order to function properly. U-Boot
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has already integrated these as hex dumps in the source tree.
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+SMP Support
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+-----------
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+On a multicore system, U-Boot is executed on the bootstrap processor (BSP).
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+Additional application processors (AP) can be brought up by U-Boot. In order to
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+have an SMP kernel to discover all of the available processors, U-Boot needs to
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+prepare configuration tables which contain the multi-CPUs information before
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+loading the OS kernel. Currently U-Boot supports generating two types of tables
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+for SMP, called Simple Firmware Interface (SFI) [7] and Multi-Processor (MP) [8]
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+tables. The writing of these two tables are controlled by two Kconfig options
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+GENERATE_SFI_TABLE and GENERATE_MP_TABLE.
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+
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Driver Model
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------------
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x86 has been converted to use driver model for serial and GPIO.
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@@ -362,3 +373,5 @@ References
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[4] http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/design-tools/evaluation-platforms/atom-e660-eg20t-development-kit.html
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[5] http://www.intel.com/fsp
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[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode
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+[7] http://simplefirmware.org
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+[8] http://www.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pro/docs/242016.htm
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