AMD-K6 Datasheet, PDF (220/346 Pages) Advanced Micro Devices – AMD-K6 Processor

AMD-K6^® Processor Data Sheet
Preliminary Information
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The processor initializes the I/O trap restart slot to 0000h upon
entry into SMM. If SMM was entered due to a trapped I/O
instruction, the processor indicates the validity of the I/O
instruction by setting or clearing bit 1 of the I/O trap dword at
offset FFA4h in the SMM state-save area. The SMM service
routine should test bit 1 of the I/O trap dword to determine if a
valid I/O instruction was being executed when entering SMM
and before writing the I/O trap restart slot. If the I/O instruction
is valid, the SMM service routine can safely rewrite the I/O trap
restart slot with the value 00FFh, which causes the processor to
re-execute t he trapped I/O instruction w hen the RSM
instruction is executed. If the I/O instruction is invalid, writing
the I/O trap restart slot has undefined results.
If a second SMI# is asserted and a valid I/O instruction was
trapped by the first SMM handler, the CPU services the second
SMI# prior to re-executing the trapped I/O instruction. The
second entry into SMM never has bit 1 of the I/O trap dword set,
and the second SMM service routine must not rewrite the I/O
trap restart slot.
During a simultaneous SMI# I/O instruction trap and debug
breakpoint trap, the AMD-K6 processor first responds to the
SMI# and postpones recognizing the debug exception until
after returning from SMM via the RSM instruction. If the debug
registers DR3–DR0 are used while in SMM, they must be saved
and restored by the SMM handler. The processor automatically
saves and restores DR7–DR6. If the I/O trap restart slot in the
SMM state-save area contains the value 00FFh when the RSM
instruction is executed, the debug trap does not occur until
after the I/O instruction is re-executed.
Exceptions, Interrupts, and Debug in SMM
During an SMI# I/O trap, the exception/interrupt priority of the
AMD-K6 processor changes from its normal priority. The
normal priority places the debug traps at a priority higher than
the sampling of the FLUSH# or SMI# signals. However, during
an SMI# I/O trap, the sampling of the FLUSH# or SMI# signals
takes precedence over debug traps.
The processor recognizes the assertion of NMI within SMM
immediately after the completion of an IRET instruction. Once
NMI is recognized within SMM, NMI recognition remains
enabled until SMM is exited, at which point NMI masking is
restored to the state it was in before entering SMM.
System Management Mode (SMM)
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