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Bochs CPU configurability - go over all CPUID feature extensions and see how and where it affects Bochs configurable CPU engine
1. ISA Feature: X87 (FPU on chip)
The FPU can be present on chip before CPUID as well, for example in 80386.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[0] and x87 instructions.
Without X87 FPU instruction will execute stub FPU_ESC.
Controlled by BX_SUPPORT_X87 configure option only, cannot be toggled in runtime.
2. CPU Feature: VME (Virtual-8086 Mode enhancements)
First introduced in Pentium.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[1] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[0] (VME) and CR4[1] (PVE) bits.
The CR4 controls enable Virtual-8086 Mode enhancements functionality.
Dependency: BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 4 for CR4 support.
3. CPU Feature: Debug Extensions (I/O breakpoints)
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[2] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[3] (Debug Extensions) bit.
The bit controls DR4/DR5 (DR4/DR5 are aliased to DR6/DR7 without CR4.DE set) and enables I/O breakpoints.
Dependency: BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 4 for CR4 support.
4. CPU Feature: Page Size Extensions
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[3] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[4] (PSE) bit.
The bit is checked during page walk in order to enable 4MB pages through PDE.PS bit.
The PDE.PS bit is ignored if CR4.PSE is clear
Dependency: BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 4 for CR4 support.
5. CPU Feature: Time Stamp Counter
First introduced in Pentium.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[4] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[2] (TSD) bit.
Enables RDTSC instruction (the instruction will #UD if the Time Stamp Counter is not supported).
Enables MSR 0x010 IA_MSR_TSC.
Dependency: MSR
6. ISA Feature: MSR
First introduced in Pentium.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[5] flag.
Enables RDMSR/WRMSR instructions (the instructions will #UD if the MSR is not supported).
Enables access to Model Specific MSR registers.
7. CPU Feature: Physical Address Extensions
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[6] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[5] (PAE) bit.
The bit is checked during page walk in order to enable PAE paging mode.
Dependency: BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 4 for CR4 support.
8. CPU Feature: Machine Check
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[7] (Machine Check Exception) flag.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[14] (Machine Check Architecture) flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[6] (MCE) bit.
Enables Machine Check MSR registers and ability to trigger machine check exception.
Note, that Bochs can never trigger the machine check exception.
Dependency: MSR
9. ISA Feature: CMPXCHG8B instruction
First introduced in Pentium.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[8] flag.
Enables CMPXCHG8B instruction (the instruction will #UD otherwise).
10. CPU Feature: APIC on chip
Enables MSR_APIC_BASE register.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[9] (Apic on Chip) flag. The CPUID bit is read from MSR_APIC_BASE[11] (Global Enable Bit).
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EBX[31:24] (Local Apic ID) reporting.
Enables Local APIC functionality.
Without Local APIC the system behaves as Local APIC is globally disabled.
Dependency: MSR
11. ISA Feature: SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support
First introduced in P6.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[11] flag.
Enables IA_SYSENTER_CS_MSR, IA_SYSENTER_ESP_MSR, IA_SYSENTER_EIP_MSR.
Enables SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions (will #UD otherwise)
Dependency: MSR
12. CPU Feature: MTRR
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[12] flag.
Enables MTRR MSR registers.
Enables Memory Type (not yet implemented).
Dependency: MSR
13. CPU Feature: Global Pages
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[13] flag. Controls ability to set CR4[7] (PGE) bit.
Enables PTE Global bit during page walk and global pages support.
Dependency: BX_CPU_LEVEL >= 4 for CR4 support.
14. ISA Feature: CMOV
First introduced in P6.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[15] flag.
Enables CMOV/FCMOV instructions (will #UD otherwise).
15. CPU Feature: PAT
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[16] flag.
Enables PAT MSR register.
Enables PAT bit in page tables.
Extends Memory Type calculation algorithm (not yet implemented).
Dependency: MSR
16. CPU Feature: PSE-36
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[17] flag.
Enables generation of > 32 bit physical address during regular non-PAE page walk.
Current can't be turned on/off on runtime, controlled using BX_PHY_ADDRESS_LONG configure variable.
Dependency: Indicates > 32bit physical address support.
17. CPU Feature: PSN (Processor Serial Number)
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[18] flag.
Enables CPUID leaf 0x00000003 (Processor Serial Number).
Not implemented in Bochs.
18. ISA Feature: CLFLUSH
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[19] flag.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EBX[15:08] (CLFLUSH cache line size) reporting.
Enables CLFLUSH instruction (will #UD otherwise).
19. CPU Feature: Debug Store
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[21] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
20. CPU Feature: ACPI: Thermal Monitor and Software Controlled Clock Facilities
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[22] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
21. ISA Feature: MMX
First introduced in Pentium.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[23] flag.
Enables MMX instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: X87 (sharing the same registers)
22. ISA Feature: FXSAVE/FXRSTOR
First introduced in P6 (together with SSE?).
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[24] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[9] (OSFXSR) bit.
Enables FXSAVE/FXRSTOR instructions (will #UD otherwise).
23. ISA Feature: SSE
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[25] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[10] (OSXMMEXCPT) bit.
Enables SSE decoding scheme (0x66, 0xF2 and 0xF3 prefixes as opcode extension).
Enables MXCSR and SSE registers.
Enables SSE instructions (will #UD otherwise) and new #XF exception.
Dependency: FXSAVE/FXRSTOR
24. ISA Feature: SSE2
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[26] flag.
Enables MXCSR.DAZ bit support.
Enables SSE2 instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSE
25. CPU Feature: Self snoop
Uarch only, not emulation visible.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[27] flag.
26. CPU Feature: Hyper Threading Technology
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[28] flag.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EBX[23:16] (Number of logical processors in one physical processor) reporting.
Indicates that CPU supports hyper-threading technology (not emulation visible).
27. CPU Feature: Thermal Monitor
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[29] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
28. CPU Feature: PBE (Pending Break Enable)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].EDX[31] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
29. ISA Feature: SSE3
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[0] flag.
Enables SSE3 instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSE
30. ISA Feature: AES and PCLMULQDQ instruction
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[1] flag (PCLMULQDQ).
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[25] flag (AES).
Enables PCLMULQDQ instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Enables AES instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSSE3 (3-byte opcode)
31. CPU Feature: DTES64 (64-bit DS area)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[2] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
32. ISA Feature: MONITOR/MWAIT
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[3] flag.
Enables CPUID[0x00000005] leaf (MONITOR/MWAIT).
Enables MONITOR/MWAIT instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Enables power management sleep states (can enter to sleep state with MWAIT).
33. CPU Feature: DS-CPL (CPL qualified debug store)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[4] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
34. ISA Feature: VMX
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[5] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[13] (VMXE) bit.
Enables VMX MSR registers.
Enables VMX instructions (will #UD otherwise).
VMX mode can be enabled only using VMX instructions.
35. ISA Feature: SMX
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[6] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[14] (SMXE) bit.
Enables SMX instruction GETSEC (will #UD otherwise).
SMX mode can be enabled only using SMX instruction.
36. CPU Feature: EST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[7] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
37. CPU Feature: TM2 (Thermal Monitor 2)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[8] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
38. ISA Feature: SSSE3
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[9] flag.
Enables SSSE3 instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Enables 3-byte opcode decoding.
Dependency: SSE
39. CPU Feature: CNXT-ID: L1 context ID
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[10] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
30. ISA Feature: FMA
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[12] flag.
Enables Intel 3-src FMA instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: AVX (VEX encoded)
31. ISA Feature: CMPXCHG16B
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[13] flag.
Enables CMPXCHG16B instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: Long Mode
32. CPU Feature: xTPR update control
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[14] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
33. CPU Feature: PDCM (Perfon and Debug Capability MSR)
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[15] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
34. CPU Feature: PCID
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[17] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[17] (PCID) bit.
PCID functionality is enabled under CR4.PCID set.
Selective TLB flush on PCID switch is not implemented in Bochs (always flush whole TLB).
35. CPU Feature: DCA (Direct Cache Access)
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[18] flag.
Enables IA32_PLATFORM_DCA_CAP MSR register.
Enables CPUID[0x00000009] Direct Cache Access Information Leaf.
Indicates the processor supports the ability to prefetch data from a memory mapped device.
Not implemented in Bochs.
36. ISA Feature: SSE4.1
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[19] flag.
Enables SSE4.1 instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSSE3 (3-byte opcodes)
37. ISA Feature: SSE4.2
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[20] flag.
Enables SSE4.2 instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSSE3 (3-byte opcodes)
38. CPU Feature: X2APIC
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[21] flag.
Enables X2APIC MSR registers.
Enables X2APIC mode in the Local APIC.
39. ISA Feature: MOVBE
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[22] flag.
Enables MOVBE instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSSE3 (3-byte opcodes)
40. ISA Feature: POPCNT
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[23] flag.
Enables POPCNT instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSE (encoded with SSE prefixes)
41. CPU Feature: TSC Deadline
???
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[24] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
42. ISA Feature: XSAVE
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[26] flag.
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[27] flag (copy from CR4.OSXSAVE bit).
Controls ability to set CR4[18] (OSXSAVE) bit.
Enables CPUID[0x0000000D] leaf (XSAVE).
Enables XCR0 register.
Enables XSETBW/XGETBV/XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions (will #UD otherwise).
43. ISA Feature: AVX
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[28] flag.
Enables XCR0[2] (AVX) bit.
Enables CPUID[0x0000000D][2] subleaf leaf.
Enables AVX registers.
Enables VEX prefix decoding and AVX instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: XSAVE
44. ISA Feature: AVX_F16C
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[29] flag.
Enables VCVTPH2PS/VCVTPS2PH instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: AVX (VEX encoded)
45. ISA Feature: RDRAND
Enables CPUID[0x00000001].ECX[30] flag.
Enables RDRAND instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Not implemented in Bochs.
46. ISA Feature: FS_GS_BASE
Enables CPUID[0x00000007].EBX[0] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[16] (FSGSBASE) bit.
Enables FS/GS BASE access instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: Long Mode only
47. CPU Feature: SMEP
Enables CPUID[0x00000007].EBX[7] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[20] (SMEP) bit.
Enables Supervisor Mode Execution Protection during PAE mode page walk.
Dependency: PAE
48. ISA Feature: SYSCALL/SYSRET
First introduced in AMD K6-2 processor.
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[11] flag.
Controls ability to set EFER.SCE bit.
Enables MSR_STAR, MSR_LSTAR, MSR_CSTAR, MSR_FMASK registers (MSR_STAR is required for legacy mode, rest for long64 mode only)
Enables SYSCALL/SYSRET instructions (will #UD otherwise).
On Intel SYSCALL/SYSRET supported in long mode only, AMD allow protected mode as well.
Dependency: MSR
49. CPU Feature: NX
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[20] flag.
Controls ability to set EFER.NX bit.
Enables Non-execute protection during PAE mode page walk.
Dependency: PAE
50. ISA Feature: AMD MMX Extensions
???
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[22] flag.
Not implemented in Bochs.
51. CPU Feature: FFXSR
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[25] flag.
Controls ability to set EFER.FFXSR bit.
Enables Fast FXSAVE/FXRSTOR functionality under long mode.
Dependency: Long Mode
52. CPU Feature: 1G pages
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[26] flag.
Enables PDPE.PS bit and 1G paging support during long mode page walk.
Dependency: Long Mode
53. ISA Feature: RDTSCP
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[27] flag.
Enables MSR_TSC_AUX register.
Enables RDTSCP instruction (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: TSC
54. ISA Feature: Long Mode
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[29] flag.
Controls setting of EFER.LMA (Long Mode Active) and EFER.LME (Long Mode Enabled) bits.
Enables Long Mode with new registers, new instructions and new decoding scheme.
Enables long mode MSR registers.
55. ISA Feature: 3DNow! Ext
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[30] flag.
Enables 3DNow! EXT instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: 3DNOW
56. ISA Feature: 3DNow!
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].EDX[31] flag.
Enables 3DNow! instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: MMX
57. ISA Feature: Long Mode LAHF/SAHF support
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].ECX[0] flag.
Enables LAHF/SAHF instructions in long mode (will #UD otherwise).
58. CPU Feature: Misaligned SSE
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].ECX[7] flag.
Controls setting of MXCSR.MM bit.
Enables misaligned SSE memory accesses without #GP fault.
Enables #AC exception checking on all SSE instruction that previously required alignment and caused #GO for misaligned access.
Dependency: SSE
59. ISA Feature: PrefetchW
Enables CPUID[0x80000001].ECX[8] flag.
Set if PREFETCHW implemented as real HW prefetch.
Uarch only. Has no effect for Bochs.
60. ISA Feature: ADX
Enables CPUID[0x00000007].EBX[19] flag.
Enables ADCX/ADOX instructions (will #UD otherwise).
Dependency: SSSE3 (3-byte opcodes)
61. CPU Feature: SMAP
Enables CPUID[0x00000007].EBX[20] flag.
Controls ability to set CR4[21] (SMAP) bit.
Enables Supervisor Mode Access Protection during page walk.
Enables CLAC/STAC instructions.
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