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disabling SMI
I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on
has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these accesses. Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? TIA! -larry |
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oups.com... I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these accesses. Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? Are you using an Intel processor with this, or a compatible non Intel part? I have experienced a similar problem when we switched components once, but I forget which (non Intel) part was giving us the grief. It turned out to be some silicon bug which had been mentioned on the On-Time support archive. Sorry my memory of it is too sketchy but I think there was some way of disabling the SMI in software during the start-up routine - but this then lead me to a different problem and in the end I just ditched the processor for a different variant. It might be that your problem is completely different but I suggest looking through the On-Time support archive for SMI or SMM. You should hit some info if you go back far enough. Regards, Richard. http://www.FreeRTOS.org *Now for ARM CORTEX M3!* |
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Richard wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these accesses. Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? Are you using an Intel processor with this, or a compatible non Intel part? I am using an Intel 3.6 GHz P4 (775 socket) I have experienced a similar problem when we switched components once, but I forget which (non Intel) part was giving us the grief. It turned out to be some silicon bug which had been mentioned on the On-Time support archive. Sorry my memory of it is too sketchy but I think there was some way of disabling the SMI in software during the start-up routine - but this then lead me to a different problem and in the end I just ditched the processor for a different variant. It might be that your problem is completely different but I suggest looking through the On-Time support archive for SMI or SMM. You should hit some info if you go back far enough. I've been told this by others as well, but my searches in the archives have not turned up any hits. Thanks! -larry |
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Cyril Novikov wrote: On 01.06.2006 15:51, wrote: I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these accesses. Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? We've seen this (150+ us delays in our case), and it was caused by SMI's. Most BIOS'es do not allow you to disable SMI's. You'll have to program the South Bridge to disable them yourself. This is highly dependent on the particular chipset, so you should download chipset documentation from Intel (freely available). In the power management registers of the South Bridge, there's usually a "SMI global enable" bit, which you want to set to zero. Thanks very much for this reply Cyril. It was very helpful. It led me to discover that my motherboard does not have a Northbridge/Southbridge architecture; it has the newer IHA with a GMCH and ICH. I got the docs on my ICH, found the SMI control and enable register, and modified my program to clear the global SMI enable bit. This has stopped the SMI's. Thanks again! -larry |
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Armin Steinhoff wrote:
wrote: I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these accesses. Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? https://mail.rtai.org/pipermail/rtai...ly/012391.html http://www.mail-archive.com/xenomai-.../msg01507.html The code at this link is for the AMD Geode GX-1. It is not applicable to the P4. -larry |
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I also have a real-time app that runs on P4. It is running on AAEON MB-845GE
motherboard. CPU stalls for 250us for unknown reason. This event is not periodic, sometimes it is after less than a minute, sometimes you have to wait for few minutes. Motherboard is using Intel 845GE chipset. I downloaded datasheet for South Bridge and wrote small program to read SMI enable registers. All values are default (as specified in datasheet), that is, SMI disabled. After that, I disabled Thermal Monitor on CPU (TM1 & TM2) by writing to MSR IA32_MISC_ENABLE (bits 3 and 13). No change. Still have 250us stall. 'cli' did not help, disabling APIC didn't help, disabling ALL interrupts on PIC didn't help, writing to Intel Software Developers Forum didn't help... Slavisa Zigic In comp.realtime wrote: : Armin Steinhoff wrote: : wrote: : I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on : has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. : We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running : for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that : between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes : running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, : EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses : are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - : USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, : MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these : accesses. : : Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? : : https://mail.rtai.org/pipermail/rtai...ly/012391.html : http://www.mail-archive.com/xenomai-.../msg01507.html : The code at this link is for the AMD Geode GX-1. It is not applicable : to the P4. : -larry |
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I found a way to disable SMI. Furthermore, I found that TCO_EN bit is
causing SMI#. I am using Intel 82801DB ICH4. How safe it is to disable SMIs? Is there any problem with overheating of CPU or any other side effect? Thanks, Slavisa Zigic In comp.realtime Slavisa Zigic wrote: : I also have a real-time app that runs on P4. It is running on AAEON MB-845GE : motherboard. CPU stalls for 250us for unknown reason. This event is not : periodic, sometimes it is after less than a minute, sometimes you have to : wait for few minutes. Motherboard is using Intel 845GE chipset. I downloaded : datasheet for South Bridge and wrote small program to read SMI enable : registers. All values are default (as specified in datasheet), that is, SMI : disabled. : After that, I disabled Thermal Monitor on CPU (TM1 & TM2) by writing to MSR : IA32_MISC_ENABLE (bits 3 and 13). No change. Still have 250us stall. : 'cli' did not help, disabling APIC didn't help, disabling ALL interrupts on : PIC didn't help, writing to Intel Software Developers Forum didn't help... : Slavisa Zigic : In comp.realtime wrote: : : Armin Steinhoff wrote: : : wrote: : : I have a real-time app that runs on a P4. The box we are running it on : : has an Aopen i865PEa-7IF motherboard. We are using the On-Time RTOS. : : We have found that every 37 seconds the app completely stops running : : for 250 microseconds. Using a PCI bus analyzer we discovered that : : between the last operation done by my app and when my app resumes : : running shows 100's and 100's of I/O reads and writes to addresses B3, : : EB, and 61. Googling on this has led me to believe that these accesses : : are related to SMI's and SMM. I have disabled everything in the BIOS - : : USB, LAN, power management, serial and parallel ports, modem, firewire, : : MIDI and game ports - yet my app still stops and I still see these : : accesses. : : : : Does anyone know how I can totally disable the SMI's? : : : : https://mail.rtai.org/pipermail/rtai...ly/012391.html : : http://www.mail-archive.com/xenomai-.../msg01507.html : : The code at this link is for the AMD Geode GX-1. It is not applicable : : to the P4. : : -larry |
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