Is there an instruction that waits for all CPU's to be enabled at least once?

Jon Perryman.


----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Mulder <[email protected]>
> 
> CPU Offline processing turns off the CSD alive bit, and zeros the 
> PCCAVT and LCCAVT entries for the CPU that is going offline.  Then 
> a Bind Break is done, and this does not complete until every other
> CPU has enabled at least once.  After that, the LCCA, PCCA, and PSA
> can be freed.  So if you disable, and then fetch a non-zero address
> for a PCCA from the PCCAVT or LCCA from the LCCAVT, the PCCA, LCCA, 
> and associated PSA will not be freed as long as you remain disabled. 


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