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Vol. 3   10-11
ADVANCED PROGRAMMABLE INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (APIC)
1. Using the APIC global enable/disable flag in the IA32_APIC_BASE MSR (MSR 
address 1BH; see 
):
— When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is 0, the processor is functionally equivalent to 
an IA-32 processor without an on-chip APIC. The CPUID feature flag for the 
APIC (see 
) is also set to 0.
— When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is set to 0, processor APICs based on the 3-wire 
APIC bus cannot be generally re-enabled until a system hardware reset. The 
3-wire bus loses track of arbitration that would be necessary for complete re-
enabling. Certain APIC functionality can be enabled (for example: 
performance and thermal monitoring interrupt generation).
— For processors that use Front Side Bus (FSB) delivery of interrupts, software 
may disable or enable the APIC by setting and resetting 
IA32_APIC_BASE[11]. A hardware reset is not required to re-start APIC 
functionality, if software guarantees no interrupt will be sent to the APIC as 
IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is cleared.
— When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is set to 0, prior initialization to the APIC may be 
lost and the APIC may return to the state described in 
2. Using the APIC software enable/disable flag in the spurious-interrupt vector 
register (see Figure 10-31):
— If IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is 1, software can temporarily disable a local APIC at 
any time by clearing the APIC software enable/disable flag in the spurious-
interrupt vector register (see Figure 10-31). The state of the local APIC when 
in this software-disabled state is described in 
 
— When the local APIC is in the software-disabled state, it can be re-enabled at 
any time by setting the APIC software enable/disable flag to 1.
For the Pentium processor, the APICEN pin (which is shared with the PICD1 pin) is 
used during power-up or RESET to disable the local APIC.
Note that each entry in the LVT has a mask bit that can be used to inhibit interrupts 
from being delivered to the processor from selected local interrupt sources (the 
LINT0 and LINT1 pins, the APIC timer, the performance-monitoring counters, the 
thermal sensor, and/or the internal APIC error detector).
10.4.4 
Local APIC Status and Location
The status and location of the local APIC are contained in the IA32_APIC_BASE MSR 
(see 
). MSR bit functions are described below:
BSP flag, bit 8 ⎯ Indicates if the processor is the bootstrap processor (BSP). 
 Following a power-up or 
RESET, this flag is set to 1 for the processor selected as the BSP and set to 0 for 
the remaining processors (APs).