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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts7
-rw-r--r--configs/qemu-x86_defconfig2
-rw-r--r--doc/README.x865
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts b/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts
index c26c71bcf7..fc74cd0f01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts
+++ b/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
reg = <0>;
intel,apic-id = <0>;
};
+
+ cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "cpu-x86";
+ reg = <1>;
+ intel,apic-id = <1>;
+ };
};
pci {
diff --git a/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts b/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts
index 2e785fa4bf..7f16971783 100644
--- a/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts
+++ b/arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
reg = <0>;
intel,apic-id = <0>;
};
+
+ cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "cpu-x86";
+ reg = <1>;
+ intel,apic-id = <1>;
+ };
};
pci {
diff --git a/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig b/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
index 4b18d51738..e579c36200 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-x86_i440fx"
+CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_MAX_CPUS=2
CONFIG_GENERATE_PIRQ_TABLE=y
CONFIG_GENERATE_MP_TABLE=y
CONFIG_CMD_CPU=y
diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86
index 5d712445df..1cab42cc41 100644
--- a/doc/README.x86
+++ b/doc/README.x86
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ QEMU emulates a graphic card which U-Boot supports. Removing '-nographic' will
show QEMU's VGA console window. Note this will disable QEMU's serial output.
If you want to check both consoles, use '-serial stdio'.
+Multicore is also supported by QEMU via '-smp n' where n is the number of cores
+to instantiate. Currently the default U-Boot built for QEMU supports 2 cores.
+In order to support more cores, you need add additional cpu nodes in the device
+tree and change CONFIG_MAX_CPUS accordingly.
+
CPU Microcode
-------------
Modern CPUs usually require a special bit stream called microcode [8] to be
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