On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Rafael Machado <rafaelrodrigues.mach...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I'm currently doing my MSc in Computer Science and my idea is to do this > task as my final work: > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=Tasks/UefiCpuPkg/CpuDxe_MP_support > > I still have some time (two years) to finish the course, but I'l already > talking with a teacher to help me. During our last meeting, the teacher > asked me: > > "What are the goals of doing this ?" > > On my point of view, one of the goals is to be able to use all processors > during the boot process, so the main processor can delegate taks to the > other processors. > > Is this really the idea of this task ?
Roughly speak, I think the answer is yes. This task is to implement the MpServices protocol. https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/MdePkg/Include/Protocol/MpService.h This protocol is an interface that allows UEFI code to run code on the other processors in a system. So, yes, code on the main processor will use it to run code on the other processors. > As is described on the details of this taks, the Intel material has all > information needed to do this and I'm already reding it, but Is there any > other kind of material that I can read to understand better the boot of > multiprocessor ? I already have some books, but maybe some other source of > information can help even more. I think the best reference in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1, which is linked on that wiki page. But, I also think there are some helpful resources available to use while working on the task. I updated the wiki page to add a link to the initial code that I have for this task. I also added a link to the StartCore tianocore project, which provides a consumer of the MpServices protocol. I also added to the wiki page that our #edk2 IRC is another place where you might be able to discuss the project. -Jordan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
