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- on 45 nm Process in the 775-land LGA Package January 2012

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Contents

Revision History .................................................................................................................5

Preface...............................................................................................................................6

Summary Tables of Changes.............................................................................................8

Identification Information..................................................................................................14

Component Identification Information...............................................................................15

Errata................................................................................................................................17

Specification Changes......................................................................................................40

Specification Clarifications ...............................................................................................41

Documentation Changes..................................................................................................42

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Revision History

Version Description Date

-001 Initial release January 2008

-002 Added Erratum AAA52 February 1, 2008

-003

-004

-005 Added Errata AAA58-AAA60 July 2008

-006 Added Errata AAA61-AAA62 August 2008

-007

-008 Updated Component Identification section with L3360 processor info February 2009

-009 Updated Component Identification section with X3380 processor info March 2, 2009

-010 Updated Erratum AAA1 March 11, 2009

-011

Added Errata AAA53-AAA54 Updated Erratum AAA18

Added Errata AAA55-AAA57 Added Spec Clarification AAA1

Added Errata AAA63-AAA75 Updated Erratum table with M0/R0/E0 info Updated Component Information Table

Added Erratum AAA76 Added Erratum AAA77

February 13, 2008

May 2008

January 2009

January 2012

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Preface

This document is an update to the specifications contained in the documents listed in the following Affected Documents/Related Documents table. It is a compilation of device and document errata and specification clarifications and changes, and is intended for hardware system manufacturers and for software developers of applications, operating system, and tools.

Information types defined in the Nomenclature section of this document are consolidated into this update document and are no longer published in other documents. This document may also contain information that has not been previously published.

Affected Documents

Intel

Xeon® Processor 3300 Series Datasheet 319005

Related Documents

Intel

64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 1:

Basic Architecture

64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 2A:

Intel Instruction Set Reference Manual A–M

64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 2B:

Intel Instruction Set Reference Manual, N–Z

64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3A:

Intel System Programming Guide

64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3B:

Intel System Programming Guide

Document Title Document Number

Document Title Document Location

http://www.intel.com/products/

processor/manuals/index.htm

Nomenclature

S-Spec Number is a five-digit code used to identify products. Products are

differentiated by their unique characteristics (for example, core speed, L2 cache size, package type, and so forth) as described in the processor identification information table. Care should be taken to read all notes associated with each S-Spec number

Errata are design defects or errors. Errata may cause the processor’s behavior to deviate from published specifications. Hardware and software designed to be used with any given stepping must assume that all errata documented for that stepping are present on all devices.

Specification Changes are modifications to the current published specifications. These changes will be incorporated in the next release of the specifications.

Specification Clarifications describe a specification in greater detail or further highlight a specification’s impact to a complex design situation. These clarifications will be incorporated in the next release of the specifications.

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Documentation Changes include typos, errors, or omissions from the current published specifications. These changes will be incorporated in the next release of the specifications.

Note: Errata remain in the specification update throughout the product’s life cycle, or until a

particular stepping is no longer commercially available. Under these circumstances, errata removed from the specification update are archived and available upon request. Specification changes, specification clarifications and documentation changes are removed from the specification update when the appropriate changes are made to the appropriate product specification or user documentation (datasheets, manuals, and so forth).

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Summary Tables of Changes

The following table indicates the Specification Changes, Errata, Specification Clarifications or Documentation Changes, which apply to the listed MCH steppings. Intel intends to fix some of the errata in a future stepping of the component, and to account for the other outstanding issues through documentation or Specification Changes as noted. This table uses the following notations:

Codes Used in Summary Table Stepping

X: Erratum, Specification Change or Clarification that

(No mark) or (Blank Box): This erratum is fixed in listed stepping or specification

Status

Doc: Document change or update that will be implemented. Plan Fix: This erratum may be fixed in a future stepping of the

Fixed: This erratum has been previously fixed. No Fix: There are no plans to fix this erratum.

Row

Shaded: This item is either new or modified from the previous version of the

Item Numbering

Each Specification Update item is prefixed with a capital letter to distinguish the product. The key below details the letters that are used in Intel’s microprocessor specification updates:

applies to this stepping.

change does not apply to listed stepping.

product.

document.

A = Intel® Xeon® processor 7000 sequence C = Intel® Celeron® processor D = Intel® Xeon® processor 2.80 GHz E = Intel® Pentium® III processor F = Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition and Intel® Pentium® D

processor I = Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 series J = 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor MP with 1 MB L2 cache K = Mobile Intel® Pentium® III processor

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L = Intel® Celeron® D processor M = Mobile Intel® Celeron® processor N = Intel® Pentium® 4 processor O = Intel® Xeon® processor MP P = Intel ® Xeon® processor Q = Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting Hyper-Th reading technology

on 90-nm process technology R = Intel® Pentium® 4 processor on 90 nm process S = 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor with 800 MHz system bus (1 MB and 2 MB L2

cache versions) T = Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor-M U = 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor MP with up to 8MB L3 cache V = Mobile Intel® Celeron® processor on .13 micron process in Micro-FCPGA

package W= Intel® Celeron® M processor X = Intel® Pentium® M processor on 90nm process with 2-MB L2 cache and

Intel® processor A100 and A110 with 512-KB L2 cache Y = Intel® Pentium® M processor Z = Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with 533 MHz system bus AA = Intel® Pentium® D processor 900 sequence and Intel® Pentium® processor

Extreme Edition 955, 965 AB = Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 6x1 sequence AC = Intel® Celeron® processor in 478 pin package AD = Intel® Celeron® D processor on 65 nm processor AE = Intel® Core™ Duo processor and Intel® Core™ Solo processor on 65 nm

process AF = Intel® Xeon® processor LV AG = Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series AH = Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/Solo processor for Intel® Centrino® Duo processor

technology AI = Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor X6800 and Intel® Core™ 2 Duo desktop

processor E6000 and E4000 sequence AJ = Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series AK = Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6000 sequence and Intel®

Core™ 2 Quad processor Q6000 sequence AL = Intel® Xeon® processor 7100 series AM= Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence AN = Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor AO = Intel® Xeon® processor 3200 series AP = Intel® Xeon® processor 3000 series AQ = Intel® Pentium® dual-core desktop processor E2000 sequence

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AR = Intel® Celeron® processor 500 series AS = Intel® Xeon® processor 7200, 7300 series AT = Intel® Celeron® processor 200 series AV = Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor QX9650 Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme

Processor QX9650 and Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9000 Series AW = Intel® Core™ 2 Duo desktop processor E8000 and E7000 series AX = Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series AY = Intel® Xeon® processor 5200 series AAA = Intel® Xeon® processor 3300 series AAB = Intel® Xeon® processor 3100 series AAC= Intel® Celeron® dual-core processor E1000 series

The Specification Updates for the Pentium® processor, Pentium® Pro processor, and other Intel products do not use this convention.

Table 1. Errata (Sheet 1 of 4)

NO C0 M0 C1 M1 E0 R0 Plan ERRATA

AAA1 XX X X X X No Fix

AAA2 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA3 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA4 X X X X X X No Fix Non-Temporal Data Store May be Observed in Wrong Program Order

AAA5 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA6 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA7 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA8 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA9 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA10XXX XXXNo FixPerformance Monitoring Event MISALIGN_MEM_REF May Over Count AAA11XXX XXXNo FixThe Processor May Report a #TS Instead of a #GP Fault AAA12XXX XXXNo FixCode Segment limit violation may occur on 4 Gigabyte limit check

AAA13XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA14XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA15XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA16XXX XXXNo Fix

EFLAGS Discrepancy on a Page Fault After a Multiprocessor TLB Shootdown

EFLAGS Discrepancy on Page Fault After a Translation Change INVLPG Operation for Large (2M/4M) Pages May be Incomplete

Under Certain Conditions Store to WT Memory Data May be Seen in Wrong Order by Two

Subsequent Loads

Page Access Bit May be Set Prior to Signaling a Code Segment Limit Fault

Updating Code Page Directory Attributes without TLB Invalidation May Result in Improper Handling of Code #PF

Storage of PEBS Record Delayed Following Execution of MOV SS or STI

Performance Monitoring Event FP_MMX_TRANS_TO_MMX May Not Count Some Transitions

A REP STOS/MOVS to a MONITOR/MWAIT Address Range May Prevent Triggering of the Monitoring Hardware

A Write to an APIC Register Sometimes May Appear to Have Not Occurred

Last Branch Records (LBR) Updates May be Incorrect after a Task Switch

REP MOVS/STOS Executing with Fast Strings Enabled and Crossing Page Boundaries with Inconsistent Memory Types may use an Incorrect Data Size or Lead to Memory-Ordering Violations.

Upper 32 bits of ‘From’ Address Reported thr ough B T Ms or B TSs May be Incorrect

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Table 1. Errata (Sheet 2 of 4)

NO C0 M0 C1 M1 E0 R0 Plan ERRATA

AAA17 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA18 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA19 X X X X X X No Fix Store Ordering May be Incorrect between WC and WP Memory Types

AAA20 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA21 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA22 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA23 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA24 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA25 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA26 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA27 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA28 X X X X X X No Fix INIT Does Not Clear Global Entries in the TLB AAA29 X X X X X X No Fix Split Locked Stores May not Trigger the Monitoring Hardware

AAA30 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA31 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA32 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA33 X X X X X X No Fix An Asynchronous MCE During a Far Transfer May Corrupt ESP

AAA34 X X X X X X Plan Fix

AAA35 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA36 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA37 X X X X Fixed

AAA38 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA39 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA40 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA41 X X X X Fixed

AAA42 X X X X X X No Fix

Address Reported by Machine-Check Architecture (MCA) on Singlebit L2 ECC Errors May be Incorrect

Code Segment Limit/Canonical Faults on RSM May be Serviced before Higher Priority Interrupts/Exceptions

EFLAGS, CR0, CR4 and the EXF4 Signal May be Incorrect after Shutdown

Premature Execution of a Load Operation Prior to Exception Handler Invocation

Performance Monitoring Events for Retired Instructions (C0H) May Not Be Accurate

Returning to Real Mode from SMM with EFLAGS.VM Set May Result in Unpredictable System Behavior

CMPSB, LODSB, or SCASB in 64-bit Mode with Count Greater or Equal to 248 May Terminate Early

Writing the Local Vector Table (LVT) when an Interrupt is Pending May Cause an Unexpected Interrupt

Pending x87 FPU Exceptions (#MF) Following STI May Be Serviced Before Higher Priority Interrupts

VERW/VERR/LSL/LAR Instructions May Unexpectedly Update the Last Exception Record (LER ) MSR

Programming the Digital Thermal Sensor (D TS) Threshold May Cause Unexpected Thermal Interrupts

Writing Shared Unaligned Data that Crosses a Cache Line without Proper Semaphores or Barriers May Expose a Memory Ordering Issue

General Protection (#GP) Fault May Not Be Signaled on Data Segment Limit Violation above 4-G Limit

CPUID Reports Architectural Performance Monitoring Version 2 is Supported, When Only Version 1 Capabilities are Available

B0-B3 Bits in DR6 May Not be Properly Cleared Af ter Code Breakpoint

An xTPR Update Transaction Cycle, if Enabled, May be Issued to the FSB after the Processor has Issued a Stop-Grant Special Cycle

Performance Monitoring Event IA32_FIXED_CTR2 May Not Function Properly when Max Ratio is a Non-Integer Core-to-Bus Ratio

Instruction Fetch May Cause a Liv elock During Snoop s of the L1 Data Cache

Use of Memory Aliasing with Inconsistent Memory T yp e may Cause a System Hang or a Machine Check Exception

A WB Store Following a REP STOS/MOVS or FXSAVE May Lead to Memory-Ordering Violations

VM Exit with Exit Reason “TPR Below Th reshold” Can Cause the Blocking by MOV/POP SS and Blocking by STI Bits to be Cleared in the Guest Interruptibility-State Field

Using Memory Type Aliasing with cacheable and WC Memory Types May Lead to Memory Ordering Violations

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Table 1. Errata (Sheet 3 of 4)

NO C0 M0 C1 M1 E0 R0 Plan ERRATA

AAA43XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA44 X X X X Fixed NMIs May Not Be Blocked by a VM-Entry Failure

AAA45 X X X X Fixed

AAA46 X X X X Fixed

AAA47 X X X X Fixed

AAA48XXX XXXPlan Fix

AAA49 X X X X Fixed

AAA50XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA51XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA52XXX XXXPlan Fix

AAA53XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA54XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA55XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA56XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA57XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA58XXX XXXPlan FixPSI# Signal Asserted During Reset

AAA59XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA60XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA61XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA62XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA63XXX XXXNo Fix

AAA64 X X No Fix

AAA65 X X No Fix VM Entry May Use Wrong Address to Access Virtual-APIC Page AAA66 X X No Fix XRSTORE Instruction May Cause Extra Memory Reads AAA67 X X Plan Fix CPUID Instruction May Return Incorrect Brand String

AAA68 X X No Fix

VM Exit Caused by a SIPI Results in Zero to be Saved to the Guest RIP Field in the VMCS

Partial Streaming Load Instruction Sequence May Cause the Processor to Hang

Self/Cross Modifying Code May Not be Detected or May Cause a Machine Check Exception

Data TLB Eviction Condition in the Middle of a Cacheline Split Load Operation May Cause the Processor to Hang

Update of Read/Write (R/W) or User/Super visor (U/S) or Presen t (P) Bits without TLB Shootdown May Cause Unexpected Processor Behavior

RSM Instruction Execution under Certain Conditions May Cause Processor Hang or Unexpected Instruction Execution Results

Benign Exception after a Double Fault May Not Cause a Triple Fault Shutdown

LER MSRs May be Incorrectly UpdatedThe LER (Last Exception Record) MSRs, MSR_LER_FROM_LIP (1DDH) and MSR_LER_TO_LIP (1DEH) may contain incorrect values after any of the following:

Short Nested Loops That Span Multiple 16-Byte Boundaries May Cause a Machine Check Exception or a System Hang

An Enabled Debug Breakpoint or Single Step Trap May Be T aken after MOV SS/POP SS Instruction if it is Followed by an Instruction That Signals a Floating Point Exception

IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR Bit[60] Does Not Reflect Machine Check Error Reporting Enable Correctly

A VM Exit Due to a Fault While Delivering a Software Interrupt May Save Incorrect Data into the VMCS

A VM Exit Occurring in IA-32e Mode May Not Produce a VMX Abort When Expected

IRET under Certain Conditions May Cause an Unexpected Alignment Check Exception

Thermal Interrupts are Dropped During and While Exiting Deep Power Down State

VM Entry May Fail When Attempting to Set IA32_DEBUGCTL.FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN

Corruption of CS Segment Register During RSM While Transitioning From Real Mode to Protected Mode

LBR, BTS, BTM May Report a Wrong Address when an Exception/ Interrupt Occurs in 64-bit Mode

Memory Ordering Violation With Stores/Loads Crossing a Cacheline Boundary

Processor May Hold-off / Delay a PECI Transaction Longer than Specified by the PECI Protocol

Global Instruction TLB Entries May Not be Invalidat ed on a VM Exit or VM Entry

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Table 1. Errata (Sheet 4 of 4)

NO C0 M0 C1 M1 E0 R0 Plan ERRATA

AAA69 X X No Fix

AAA70 X X No Fix

AAA71 X X No Fix INIT Incorrectly Resets IA32_LSTAR MSR

AAA72 X X No Fix

AAA73 X X No Fix

AAA74 X X No Fix Store Ordering Violation When Using XSAVE

AAA75 X X Plan Fix

AAA76 X X X X X X No Fix

AAA77 X X X X X X No Fix Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ACM Revocation

Number SPECIFICATION CHANGES

- There are no Specification Changes in this Specification Update revision.

Number SPECIFICATION CLARIFICATIONS

- There are no Specification Clarifications in this Specification Update revision.

When Intel® Deep Power-Down State is Being Used, IA32_FIXED_CTR2 May Return Incorrect Cycle Counts

Enabling PECI via the PECI_CTL MSR Does Not Enable PECI and May Corrupt the CPUID Feature Flags

The XRSTOR Instruction May Fail to Cause a General-Protection Exception

The XSAVE Instruction May Erroneously Set Reserved Bits in the XSTATE_BV Field

Unsynchronized Cross-Modifying Code Operations Can Cause Unexpected Instruction Execution Results

A 64-bit Register IP-relative Instruction May Return Unexpected Results

Number DOCUMENTATION CHANGES

- There are no Documentation Changes in this Specification Update revision.

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Identification Information

ATPO

S/N

INTEL ©'06 3300 INTEL® XEON® SLxxx [COO]

2.83GHZ/2M/1333/05 [FPO]

Figure 1. Processor Package Example

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Component Identification Information

The Intel® Xeon® Processor 3300 Series can be identified by the following values:

Reserved

31:28 27:20 19:16 15:14 13:12 11:8 7:4 3:0

Extended

Family

00000000b 0001b 00b 0110b 0111b XXXXb

Extended

Model

Reserved

Processor

Type

Family

Code

Model

Number

Stepping

When EAX is initialized to a value of 1, the CPUID instruction returns the Extended Family, Extended Model, Type, Family, Model and Stepping value in the EAX register. Note that the EDX processor signature value after reset is equivalent to the processor signature output value in the EAX register.

Notes:

1. The Extended Family, bits [27:20] are used in conjunction with the Family Code, specified in bits [11:8], to indicate whether the processor belongs to the Intel386, Intel486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium 4, Intel® Core

, or Enhanced Intel®

CoreTM processor family.

2. The Extended Model, bits [19:16] in conjunction with the Model Number, specified in bits [7:4], are used to identify the model of the processor within the processor’s family.

3. The Processor Type , spec ified in bits [1 3:12] indicates whether the processor is an original OEM processor or a Dual CPU Socket system.

4. The Family Code corresponds to bits [11:8] of the EDX register after RESET, bits [11:8] of the EAX register after the CPUID instruction is executed with a 1 in the EAX register, and the generation field of the Device ID register accessible through Boundary Scan.

5. The Model Number corresponds to bits [7:4] of the EDX register after RESET, bits [7:4] of the EAX register after the CPUID instruction is executed with a 1 in the EAX register, and the model field of the Device ID register accessible through Boundary Scan.

6. The Stepping ID in bits [3:0] indicates the revision number of that model. See

Table 2, “Intel® Xeon® Processor 3300 Series Identification Information” for the

processor stepping ID number in the CPUID information.

Cache and TLB descriptor parameters are provided in the EAX, EBX, ECX and EDX registers after the CPUID instruction is executed with a 2 in the EAX register. Refer to the Intel Processor Identification and the CPUID Instruction Application Note (AP-485) for further information on the CPUID instruction.

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Table 2. Intel® Xeon® Processor 3300 Series Identification Information

S-Spec

Core

Stepping

SLAN5 C0

SLAN7 C0

SLAWZ C1

SLAX2 C1

SLAWF M1

SLB8Y E0

SLB8X E0

SLB8Z E0

SLGPG E0

SLGPF E0

SLB69 R0

SLB6C R0

L2 Cache

Size

(bytes)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

6 MB

(2x3 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

12 MB

(2x6 MB)

6 MB

(2x3 MB)

6 MB

(2x3 MB)

Processor Signature

Processor

Number

10676h X3360

10676h X3350

10676h X3360

10676h X3350

10676h X3320

1067Ah X3350

1067Ah X3360

1067Ah X3370

1067Ah X3380

1067Ah L3360

1067Ah X3320

1067Ah X3330

Speed Core/

Bus

2.83 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.66 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.83 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.66 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.50 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.66 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.83 GHz / 1333 MHz

3.00 GHz / 1333 MHz

3.16 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.83 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.50 GHz / 1333 MHz

2.66 GHz / 1333 MHz

Package Notes

775-land LGA

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

10, 11, 12, 13, 14

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Notes:

1. These processors support the 775_VR_CONFIG_05A specifications.

2. These parts support Intel

3. These parts support Intel

4. These parts support Execute Disable Bit Feature.

5. These parts have PROCHOT# enabled.

6. These parts have THERMTRIP# enabled.

7. These parts support Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) feature.

8. These parts have PECI enabled.

9. These parts have Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

10. T he se parts have Extended HALT State (C1E) enabled.

11. These parts have Extended Stop Grant State (C 2E) enabled.

12. These parts have Deep Sleep State (C3E) enabled.

13. T he se parts have Deeper Sleep State (C4E) enabled.

64.

Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT).

Technology enabled.

14. These processors support the 775_VR_CONFIG_06A specifications.

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Errata

AAA1. EFLAGS Discrepancy on Page Fault After a Translation Change

Problem: This erratum is regarding the case where paging structures are modified to change a

linear address from writable to non-writable without software performing an appropriate TLB invalidation. When a subsequent access to that address by a specific instruction (ADD, AND, BTC, B TR, B TS, CMPXCHG, DEC, INC, NEG, NOT, OR, ROL/ROR, SAL/SAR/SHL/SHR, SHLD, SHRD, SUB , XOR, an d XADD) causes a page fault, the v alue saved for EFLAGS may incorrectly contain the arithmetic flag values that the EFLAGS register would have held had the instruction completed without fault. This can occur even if the fault causes a VM exit or if its delivery causes a nested fault.

Implication: None identified. Although the EFLAGS value sav ed may contain incorrect arithmetic flag

values, Intel has not identified software that is affected by this erratum. This erratum will have no further effects once the original instruction is restarted because the instruction will produce the same results as if it had initially completed without a page fault.

Workaround: If the page fault handler inspects the arithmetic portion of the saved EFLAGS value,

then system software should perform a synchronized paging structure modification and TLB invalidation.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA2. INVLPG Operation for Large (2M/4M) Pages May be Incomplete Under

Certain Conditions

Problem: The INVLPG instruction may not completely invalidate Translation Look-aside Buffer

(TLB) entries for large pages (2M/4M) when both of the following conditions exist:

• Address range of the page being invalidated spans several Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) with different memory types specified

• INVLPG operation is preceded by a Page Assist Event (Page Fault [#PF] or an access that results in either A or D bits being set in a Page Table Entry [PTE])

Implication: Stale translations may remain valid in TLB after a PTE update resulting in unpredictable

system behavior. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: Software should ensure that the memory type specified in the MTRRs is the same for

the entire address range of the large page.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA3. Store to WT Memory Data May be Seen in Wrong Order by Two

Subsequent Loads

Problem: When data of Store to WT memory is used by two subsequent loads of one thread and

another thread performs cacheable write to the same address the first load may get the data from external memory or L2 written by another core, while the second load will get the data straight from the WT Store.

Implication: Software that uses WB to WT memory aliasing may violate proper store ordering. Workaround: Do not use WB to WT aliasing. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA4. Non-Temporal Data Store May be Observed in Wrong Program Order

Problem: When non-temporal data is accessed by multiple read operations in one thread while

another thread performs a cacheable write operation to the same address, the data stored may be observed in wrong program order (that is, later load operations may read older data).

Implication: Software that uses non-temporal data without proper serialization before accessing the

non-temporal data may observe data in wrong program order.

Workaround: Software that conforms to the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's

Manual, Volume 3A, section “Buffering of Write Combining Memory Locations” will operate correctly.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA5. Page Access Bit May be Set Prior to Signaling a Code Segment Limit

Fault

Problem: If code segment limit is set close to the end of a code page, then due to this erratum

the memory page Access bit (A bit) may be set for the subsequent page prior to general protection fault on code segment limit.

Implication: When this erratum occurs, a non-accessed page which is present in memory and

follows a page that contains the code segment limit may be tagged as accessed.

Workaround: Erratum can be avoided by placing a guard page (non-present or non-executable page)

as the last page of the segment or after the page that includes the code segment limit.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA6. Updating Code Page Directory Attributes without TLB Invalidation May

Result in Improper Handling of Code #PF

Problem: Code #PF (Page Fault exception) is normally handled in lower priority order relative to

both code #DB (Debug Exception) and code Segment Limit Violation #GP (General Protection Fault). Due to this erratum, code #PF may be handled incorrectly, if all of the following conditions are met:

• A PDE (Page Directory Entry) is modified without invalidating the corresponding TLB (Translation Look-aside Buffer) entry

• Code execution transitions to a different code page such that both

— The target linear address corresponds to the modified PDE — The PTE (Page T able Entry) for the target linear address has an A (Accessed) bit

that is clear

• One of the following simultaneous exception conditions is present following the code transition

— Code #DB and code #PF — Code Segment Limit Violation #GP and code #PF

Implication: Software may observe either incorrect processing of code #PF before code Segment

Limit Violation #GP or processing of code #PF in lieu of code #DB.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA7. Storage of PEBS Record Delayed Following Execution of MOV SS or STI

Problem: When a performance monitoring counter is configured for PEBS (Precise Event Based

Sampling), overflow of the counter results in storage of a PEBS record in the PEBS

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buffer. The information in the PEBS record represents the state of the next instruction to be executed following the counter overflow. Due to this erratum, if the counter overflow occurs after executio n of eithe r MOV SS or STI, storage of the PEBS record is delayed by one instruction.

Implication: When this erratum occurs, software may observe storage of the PEBS record being

delayed by one instruction following execution of MOV SS or STI. The state information

in the PEBS record will also reflect the one instruction delay.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA8. Performance Monitoring Event FP_MMX_TRANS_TO_MMX May Not

Count Some Transitions

Problem: Performance Monitor Event FP_MMX_TRANS_T O_MMX (Event CCH, Umask 01H) coun ts

transitions from x87 Floating Point (FP) to MMX™ instructions. Due to this erratum, if

only a small number of MMX instructions (including EMMS) are executed immediately

after the last FP instruction, a FP to MMX transition may not be counted.

Implication: The count value for Performance Monitoring Event FP_MMX_TRANS_TO_MMX may be

lower than expected. The degree of undercounting is dependent on the occurrences of

the erratum condition while the counter is active. Intel has not observed this erratum

with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA9. A REP STOS/MOVS to a MONITOR/MWAIT Address Range May Prevent

Triggering of the Monitoring Hardware

Problem: The MONITOR instruction is used to arm the address monitoring hardware for the

subsequent MWAIT instruction. The hardware is triggered on subsequent memory

store operations to the monitored address range. Due to this erratum, REP STOS/

MOVS fast string operations to the monitored address range may prevent the actual

triggering store to be propagated to the monitoring hardware.

Implication: A logical processor executing an MWAIT instruction may not immediately continue

program execution if a REP STOS/MOVS targets the monitored address range.

Workaround: Software can avoid this erratum by not using REP STOS/MOVS store operations within

the monitored address range.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA10. Performance Monitoring Event MISALIGN_MEM_REF May Over Count

Problem: Performance monitoring event MISALIGN_MEM_REF (05H) is used to count the number

of memory accesses that cross an 8-byte boundary and are blocked until retirement.

Due to this erratum, the performance monitoring event MISALIGN_MEM_REF also

counts other memory accesses.

Implication: The performance monitoring event MISALIGN_MEM_REF may over count. The extent of

the over counting depends on the number of memory accesses retiring while the

counter is active.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA11. The Processor May Report a #TS Instead of a #GP Fault

Problem: A jump to a busy TSS (Task-State Segment) may cause a #TS (invalid TSS exception)

instead of a #GP fault (general protection exception).

Implication: Operation systems that access a busy TSS may get invalid TSS fault instead of a #GP

fault. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA12. Code Segment limit violation may occur on 4 Gigabyte limit check

Problem: Code Segment limit violation may occur on 4 Gigabyte limit check when the code

streamwraps around in a way that one instruction ends at the last byte of the segment and the next instruction begins at 0x0.

Implication: This is a rare condition that may result in a system hang. Intel has not observed this

erratum with any commercially available software, or system.

Workaround: Avoid code that wraps around segment limit. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA13. A Write to an APIC Register Sometimes May Appear to Have Not

Occurred

Problem: With respect to the retirement of instructions, stores to the uncacheable memory-

based APIC register space are handled in a non-synchronized way. For example if an

instruction that masks the interrupt flag, for example, CLI is executed soon after an

uncacheable write to the Task Priority Register (TPR) that lowers the APIC priority, the

interrupt masking operation may take effect before the actual priority has been

lowered. This may cause interrupts whose priority is lower than the initial TPR, but

higher than the final TPR, to not be serviced until the interrupt enabled flag is finally

set, that is, by STI instruction. Interrupts will remain pending and are not lost.

Implication: In this example the processor may allow interrupts to be accepted but may delay their

service.

Workaround: This non-synchronization can be avoided by issuing an APIC register read after the

APIC register write. This will force the store to the APIC register before any subsequent

instructions are executed. No commercial operating system is known to be impacted by

this erratum.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA14. Last Branch Records (LBR) Updates May be Incorrect after a Task

Switch

Problem: A Task-State Segment (TSS) task switch may incorrectly set the LBR_FROM value to

the LBR_TO value.

Implication: The LBR_FROM will have the incorrect address of the Branch Instruction. Workaround: None identified.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA15. REP MOVS/STOS Executing with Fast Strings Enabled and Crossing

Page Boundaries with Inconsistent Memory Types may use an

Incorrect Data Size or Lead to Memory-Ordering Violations.

Problem: Under certain conditions as described in the Software Developers Manual section “Out-

of-Order Stores For String Operations in Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, and P6 Family

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Processors” the processor performs REP MOVS or REP STOS as fast strings. Due to this erratum fast string REP MOVS/REP STOS instructions that cross page boundaries from WB/WC memory types to UC/WP/WT memory types, may start using an incorrect data size or may observe memory ordering violations.

Implication: Upon crossing the page boundary the following may occur, dependent on the new page

memory type:

• UC the data size of each write will now always be 8 bytes, as opposed to the original data size.

• WP the data size of each write will now always be 8 bytes, as opposed to the original data size and there may be a memory ordering violation.

• WT there may be a memory ordering violation.

Workaround: Software should avoid crossing page boundaries from WB or WC memory type to UC,

WP or WT memory type within a single REP MOVS or REP STOS instruction that will execute with fast strings enabled.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA16. Upper 32 bits of ‘From’ Address Reported through BTMs or BTSs May

be Incorrect

Problem: When a far transfer switches the processor from 32-bit mode to IA-32e mode, the

upper 32 bits of the ‘From’ (source) addresses reported through the BTMs (Branch Trace Messages) or BTSs (Branch Trace Stores) may be incorrect.

Implication: The upper 32 bits of the ‘From’ address debug information reported through BTMs or

BTSs may be incorrect during this transition.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA17. Address Reported by Machine-Check Architecture (MCA) on Single-bit

L2 ECC Errors May be Incorrect

Problem: When correctable Single-bit ECC errors occur in the L2 cache, the address is logged in

the MCA address register (MCi_ADDR). Under some scenarios, the address reported may be incorrect.

Implication: Software should not rely on the value reported in MCi_ADDR, for Single-bit L2 ECC

errors.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA18. Code Segment Limit/Canonical Faults on RSM May be Serviced before

Higher Priority Interrupts/Exceptions

Problem: Normally, when the processor encounters a Segment Limit or Canonical Fault due to

code execution, a #GP (General Protection Exception) fault is generated after all higher priority Interrupts and exceptions are serviced. Due to this erratum, if RSM (Resume from System Management Mode) returns to execution flow that results in a Code Segment Limit or Canonical Fault, the #GP fault may be serviced before a higher priority Interrupt or Exception (for example, NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt), Debug break(#DB), Machine Check (#MC), and so forth).

Implication: Operating systems may observe a #GP fault being serviced before higher priority

Interrupts and Exceptions. Intel has not observed this erratum on any commercially available software.

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Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA19. Store Ordering May be Incorrect between WC and WP Memory Types

Problem: According to Intel® 64 and IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual,

Volume 3A "Methods of Caching Available", WP (Write Protected) stores should drain the WC (Write Combining) buffers in the same way as UC (Uncacheable) memory type stores do. Due to this erratum, WP stores may not drain the WC buffers.

Implication: Memory ordering may be violated between WC and WP stores. Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA20. EFLAGS, CR0, CR4 and the EXF4 Signal May be Incorrect after

Shutdown

Problem: When the processor is going into shutdown due to an RSM inconsistency failure,

EFLAGS, CR0 and CR4 may be incorrect. In addition the EXF4 signal may still be asserted. This may be observed if the processor is taken out of shutdown by NMI#.

Implication: A processor that has been taken out of shutdown may have an incorrect EFLAGS, CR0

and CR4. In addition the EXF4 signal may still be asserted.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA21. Premature Execution of a Load Operation Prior to Exception Handler

Invocation

Problem: If any of the below circumstances occur, it is possible that the load portion of the

instruction will have executed before the exception handler is entered.

1. If an instruction that performs a memory load causes a code segment limit violation.

2. If a waiting X87 floating-point (FP) instruction or MMX™ technology (MMX) instruction that performs a memory load has a floating-point exception pending.

3. If an MMX or SSE/SSE2/SSE3/SSSE3 extensions (SSE) instruction that perfor ms a memory load and has either CR0.EM=1 (Emulation bit set), or a floating-point Topof-Stack (FP TOS) not equal to 0, or a DNA exception pending.

Implication: In normal code execution where the target of the load operation is to write back

memory there is no impact from the load being prematurely executed, or from the restart and subsequent re-execution of that instruction by the exception handler. If the target of the load is to uncached memory that has a system side-effect, restarting the instruction may cause unexpected system behavior due to the repetition of the sideeffect. Particularly, while CR0.TS [bit 3] is set, a MOVD/MOVQ with MMX/XMM register operands may issue a memory load before getting the DNA exception.

Workaround: Code which performs loads from memory that has side-effects can effectively

workaround this behavior by using simple integer-based load instructions when accessing side-effect memory and by ensuring that all code is written such that a code segment limit violation cannot occur as a part of reading from side-effect memory.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA22. Performance Monitoring Events for Retired Instructions (C0H) May

Not Be Accurate

Problem: The INST_RETIRED performance monitor may miscount retired instructions as follows:

• R epeat string and repeat I/O operations are not counted when a hardware interrupt is received during or after the last iteration of the repeat flow.

• VMLAUNCH and VMRESUME instructions are not counted.

• HLT and MWAIT instructions are not counted. The following instructions, if executed during HLT or MWAIT events, are also not counted:

a. RSM from a C-state SMI during an MWAIT instruction. b. RSM from an SMI during a HLT instruction.

Implication: There may be a smaller than expected value in the INST_RETIRED performance

monitoring counter. The extent to which this value is smaller than expected is determined by the frequency of the above cases.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA23. Returning to Real Mode from SMM with EFLAGS.VM Set May Result in

Unpredictable System Behavior

Problem: Returning back from SMM mode into real mode while EFLAGS.VM is set in SMRAM may

result in unpredictable system behavior.

Implication: If SMM software changes the values of the EFLAGS.VM in SMRAM, it may result in

unpredictable system behavior. Intel has not observed this behavior in commercially

available software.

Workaround: SMM software should not change the value of EFLAGS.VM in SMRAM. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA24. CMPSB, LODSB, or SCASB in 64-bit Mode with Count Greater or Equal

to 2

May Terminate Early

Problem: In 64-bit Mode CMPSB, LODSB, or SCASB executed with a repeat prefix and count

greater than or equal to 248 may terminate early . Early termination ma y result in one of

the following.

• The last iteration not being executed

• Signaling of a canonical limit fault (#GP) on the last iteration

Implication: While in 64-bit mode, with count greater or equal to 2

, repeat string operations CMPSB, LODSB or SCASB may terminate without completing the last iteration. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: Do not use repeated string operations with RCX greater than or equal to 2

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA25. Writing the Local Vector Table (LVT) when an Interrupt is Pending

May Cause an Unexpected Interrupt

Problem: If a local interrupt is pending when the LVT entry is written, an interrupt may be taken

on the new interrupt vector even if the mask bit is set.

Implication: An interrupt may immediately be generated with the new vector when a LVT entry is

written, even if the new LVT entry has the mask bit set. If there is no Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) set up for that vector the system will GP fault. If the ISR does

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not do an End of Interrupt (EOI) the bit for the vector will be left set in the in-service register and mask all interrupts at the same or lower priority.

Workaround: Any vector programmed into an LVT entry must have an ISR associated with it, even if

that vector was programmed as masked. This ISR routine must do an EOI to clear any unexpected interrupts that may occur. The ISR associated with the spurious vector does not generate an EOI, therefore the spurious vector should not be used when writing the LVT.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA26. Pending x87 FPU Exceptions (#MF) Following STI May Be Serviced

Before Higher Priority Interrupts

Problem: Interrupts that are pending prior to the execution of the STI (Set Interrupt Flag)

instruction are normally serviced immediately after the instruction following the STI. An exception to this is if the following instruction triggers a #MF. In this situation, the interrupt should be serviced before the #MF. Because of this erratum, if following STI, an instruction that triggers a #MF is executed while STPCLK#, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology transitions or Thermal Monitor 1 events occur, the pending #MF may be serviced before higher priority interrupts.

Implication: Software may observe #MF being serviced before higher priority interrupts. Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA27. VERW/VERR/LSL/LAR Instructions May Unexpectedly Update the Last

Exception Record (LER) MSR

Problem: The LER MSR may be unexpectedly updated, if the resultant value of the Zero Flag (ZF)

is zero after executing the following instructions

1. VERR (ZF=0 indicates unsuccessful segment read verification)

2. VERW (ZF=0 indicates unsuccessful segment write verification)

3. LAR (ZF=0 indicates unsuccessful access rights load)

4. LSL (ZF=0 indicates unsuccessful segment limit load)

Implication: The value of the LER MSR may be inaccurate if VERW/VERR/LSL/LAR instructions are

executed after the occurrence of an exception.

Workaround: Software exception handlers that rely on the LER MSR value should read the LER MSR

before executing VERW/VERR/LSL/LAR instructions.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA28. INIT Does Not Clear Global Entries in the TLB

Problem: INIT may not flush a TLB entry when:

• The processor is in protected mode with paging enabled and the page global enable flag is set (PGE bit of CR4 register)

• G bit for the page table entry is set

• TLB entry is present in TLB when INIT occurs

Implication: Software may encounter unexpected page fault or incorrect address translation due to

a TLB entry erroneously left in TLB after INIT.

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Workaround: Write to CR3, CR4 (setting bits PSE, PGE or PAE) or CR0 (setting bits PG or PE)

registers before writing to memory early in BIOS code to clear all the global entries from TLB.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA29. Split Locked Stores May not Trigger the Monitoring Hardware

Problem: Logical processors normally resume program execution following the MWAIT, when

another logical processor performs a write access to a WB cacheable address within the address range used to perform the MONITOR operation. Due to this erratum, a logical processor may not resume execution until the next targeted interrupt event or O/S timer tick following a locked store that spans across cache lines within the monitored address range.

Implication: The logical processor that executed the MWAIT instruction may not resume execution

until the next targeted interrupt event or O/S timer tick in the case where the

monitored address is written by a locked store which is split across cache lines.

Workaround: Do not use locked stores that span cache lines in the monitored address range. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA30. Programming the Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) Threshold May Cause

Unexpected Thermal Interrupts

Problem: Software can enable DTS thermal interrupts by programming the thermal threshold

and setting the respective thermal interrupt enable bit. When programming D T S v alue,

the previous DTS threshold may be crossed. This will generate an unexpected thermal

interrupt.

Implication: Software may observe an unexpected thermal interrupt occur after reprogramming the

thermal threshold.

Workaround: In the ACPI/OS implement a workaround by temporarily disabling the DTS threshold

interrupt before updating the DTS threshold value.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA31. Writing Shared Unaligned Data that Crosses a Cache Line without

Proper Semaphores or Barriers May Expose a Memory Ordering Issue

Problem: Software which is written so that multiple agents can modify the same shared

unaligned memory location at the same time may experience a memory ordering issue

if multiple loads access this shared data shortly thereafter. Exposure to this problem

requires the use of a data write which spans a cache line boundary.

Implication: This erratum may cause loads to be observed out of order. Intel has not observed this

erratum with any commercially available software or system.

Workaround: Software should ensure at least one of the following is true when modifying shared

data by multiple agents:

• The shared data is aligned

• Proper semaphores or barriers are used in order to prevent concurrent data accesses.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA32. General Protection (#GP) Fault May Not Be Signaled on Data Segment

Limit Violation above 4-G Limit

Problem: In 32-bit mode, memory accesses to flat data segments (base = 00000000h) that

occur above the 4G limit (0ffffffffh) may not signal a #GP fault.

Implication: When such memory accesses occur in 32-bit mode, the system may not issue a #GP

fault.

Workaround: Software should ensure that memory accesses in 32-bit mode do not occur above the

4G limit (0ffffffffh).

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA33. An Asynchronous MCE During a Far Transfer May Corrupt ESP

Problem: If an asynchronous machine check occurs during an interrupt, call through gate, FAR

RET or IRET and in the presence of certain internal conditions, ESP may be corrupted.

Implication: If the MCE (Machine Check Exception) handler is called without a stack switch, then a

triple fault will occur due to the corrupted stack pointer, resulting in a processor shutdown. If the MCE is called with a stack switch, for example, when the CPL (Current Privilege Level) was changed or when going through an interrupt task gate, then the corrupted ESP will be saved on the new stack or in the TSS (Task State Segment), and will not be used.

Workaround: Use an interrupt task gate for the machine check handler. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA34. CPUID Reports Architectural Performance Monitoring Version 2 is

Supported, When Only Version 1 Capabilities are Available

Problem: CPUID leaf 0Ah reports the architectural performance monitoring version that is

available in EAX[7:0]. Due to this erratum CPUID reports the supported version as 2 instead of 1.

Implication: Software will observe an incorrect version number in CPUID.0Ah.EAX [7:0] in

comparison to which features are actually supported.

Workaround: Software should use the recommended enumeration mechanism described in the

Architectural Performance Monitoring section of the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3: System Programming Guide.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA35. B0-B3 Bits in DR6 May Not be Properly Cleared After Code Breakpoint

Problem: B0-B3 bits (breakpoint conditions detect flags, bits [3:0]) in DR6 may not be properly

cleared when the following sequence happens:

1. POP instruction to SS (Stack Segment) selector;

2. Next instruction is FP (Floating Point) that gets FP assist followed by code breakpoint.

Implication: B0-B3 bits in DR6 may not be properly cleared. Workaround: None identified.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA36. An xTPR Update Transaction Cycle, if Enabled, May be Issued to the

FSB after the Processor has Issued a Stop-Grant Special Cycle

Problem: According to the FSB (Front Side Bus) protocol specification, no FSB cycles should be

issued by the processor once a Stop-Grant special cycle has been issued to the bus. If xTPR update transactions are enabled by clearing the IA32_MISC_ENABLES[bit 23] at the time of Stop-Clock assertion, an xTPR update transaction cycle may be issued to the FSB after the processor has issued a Stop Grant Acknowledge transaction.

Implication: When this erratum occurs in systems using C-states C2 (Stop-Grant State) and higher

the result could be a system hang.

Workaround: BIOS must leave the xTPR update transactions disabled (default). Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA37. Performance Monitoring Event IA32_FIXED_CTR2 May Not Function

Properly when Max Ratio is a Non-Integer Core-to-Bus Ratio

Problem: Performance Counter IA32_FIXED_CTR2 (MSR 30BH) event counts CPU reference

clocks when the core is not in a halt state. This event is not affected by core frequency

changes (e.g., P states, TM2 transitions) but counts at the same frequency as the

Time-Stamp Counter IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER (MSR 10H). Due to this erratum,

the IA32_FIXED_CTR2 will not function properly when the non-integer core-to-bus

ratio multiplier feature is used and when a non-zero value is written to IA32_

FIXED_CTR2. Non-integer core-to-bus ratio enables additional operating frequencies.

This feature can be detected by IA32_PLATFORM_ID (MSR 17H) bit [23].

Implication: The Performance Monitoring Event IA32_FIXED_CTR2 may result in an inaccurate

count when the non-integer core-to-bus multiplier feature is used.

Workaround: If writing to IA32_FIXED_CTR2 and using a non-integer core-to-bus ratio multiplier,

always write a zero.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA38. Instruction Fetch May Cause a Livelock During Snoops of the L1 Data

Cache

Problem: A livelock may be observed in rare conditions when instruction fetch causes multiple

level one data cache snoops.

Implication: Due to this erratum, a livelock may occur. Intel has not observed this erratum with any

commercially available software.

Workaround: It is possible for BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA39. Use of Memory Aliasing with Inconsistent Memory Type may Cause a

System Hang or a Machine Check Exception

Problem: Software that implements memory aliasing by having more than one linear addresses

mapped to the same physical page with different cache types may cause the system to

hang or to report a machine check exception (MCE). This would occur if one of the

addresses is non-cacheable and used in a code segment and the other is a cacheable

address. If the cacheable address finds its way into the instruction cache, and the non-

cacheable address is fetched in the IFU, the processor may invalidate the non-

cacheable address from the fetch unit. Any micro-architectural event that causes

instruction restart will be expecting this instruction to still be in the fetch unit and lack

of it will cause a system hang or an MCE.

Implication: This erratum has not been observed with commercially available software.

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Workaround: Although it is possible to have a single physical page mapped by two different linear

addresses with different memory types, Intel has strongly discouraged this practice as it may lead to undefined results. Software that needs to implement memory aliasing should manage the memory type consistency.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA40. A WB Store Following a REP STOS/MOVS or FXSAVE May Lead to

Memory-Ordering Violations

Problem: Under certain conditions, as described in the Software Developers Manual section "Out-

of-Order Stores For String Operations in Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, and P6 Family Processors", the processor may perform REP MOVS or REP STOS as write combining stores (referred to as “fast strings”) for optimal performance. FXSAVE may also be internally implemented using write combining stores. Due to this erratum, stores of a WB (write back) memory type to a cache line previously written by a preceding fast string/FXSAVE instruction may be observed before string/FXSAVE stores.

Implication: A write-back store may be observed before a previous string or FXSAVE related store.

Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: Software desiring strict ordering of string/FXSAVE operations relative to subsequent

write-back stores should add an MFENCE or SFENCE instruction between the string/ FXSAVE operation and following store-order sensitive code such as that used for synchronization.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA41. VM Exit with Exit Reason “TPR Below Threshold” Can Cause the

Blocking by MOV/POP SS and Blocking by STI Bits to be Cleared in the Guest Interruptibility-State Field

Problem: As specified in Section, “VM Exits Induced by the TPR Shadow”, in the Intel® 64 and

IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3B, a VM exit occurs

immediately after any VM entry performed with the “use TPR shadow", "activate secondary controls”, and “virtualize APIC accesses” VM-execution controls all set to 1 and with the value of the TPR shadow (bits 7:4 in byte 80H of the virtual-APIC page) less than the TPR-threshold VM-execution control field. Due to this erratum, such a VM exit will clear bit 0 (blocking by STI) and bit 1 (blocking by MOV/POP SS) of the interruptibility-state field of the guest-state area of the VMCS (bit 0 - blocking by STI and bit 1 - blocking by MOV/POP SS should be left unmodified).

Implication: Since the STI, MOV SS, and POP SS instructions cannot modify the TPR shadow, bits

1:0 of the interruptibility-state field will usually be zero before any VM entry meeting the preconditions of this erratum; behavior is correct in this case. However, if VMM software raises the value of the TPR -threshold VM-ex ecution control field above that of the TPR shadow while either of those bits is 1, incorrect behavior may result. This may lead to VMM software prematurely injecting an interrupt into a guest. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: VMM software raising the value of the TPR-threshold VM-execution control field should

compare it to the TPR shadow. If the threshold value is higher, software should not perform a VM entry; instead, it could perform the actions that it would normally take in response to a VM exit with exit reason “TPR below threshold”.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA42. Using Memory Type Aliasing with cacheable and WC Memory Types

May Lead to Memory Ordering Violations

Problem: Memory type aliasing occurs when a single physical page is mapped to two or more

different linear addresses, each with different memory types. Memory type aliasing

with a cacheable memory type and WC (write combining) may cause the processor to

perform incorrect operations leading to memory ordering violations for WC operations.

Implication: Software that uses aliasing between cacheable and WC memory types may observe

memory ordering errors within WC memory operations. Intel has not observed this

erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Intel does not support the use of cacheable and WC memory type

aliasing, and WC operations are defined as weakly ordered.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA43. VM Exit Caused by a SIPI Results in Zero to be Saved to the Guest RIP

Field in the VMCS

Problem: If a logical processor is in VMX non-root operation and in the wait-for-SIPI state, an

occurrence of a start-up IPI (SIPI) causes a VM exit. Due to this erratum, such VM exits

always save zero into the RIP field of the guest-state area of the virtual-machine

control structure (VMCS) instead of the value of RIP before the SIPI was received.

Implication: In the absence of virtualization, a SIPI received by a logical processor in the wait-for-

SIPI state results in the logical processor starting execution from the vector sent in the

SIPI regardless of the value of RIP before the SIPI was received. A virtual-machine

monitor (VMM) responding to a SIPI-induced VM exit can emulate this behavior

because the SIPI vector is saved in the lower 8 bits of the exit qualification field in the

VMCS. Such a VMM should be unaffected by this erratum. A VMM that does not emulate

this behavior may need to recover the old value of RIP through alternative means. Intel

has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: VMM software that may respond to SIPI-induced VM exits by resuming the interrupt

guest context without emulating the non-virtualized SIPI response should (1) save

from the VMCS (using VMREAD) the value of RIP before any VM entry to the wait-for

SIPI state; and (2) restore to the VMCS (using VMWRITE) that value before the next

VM entry that resumes the guest in any state other than wait-for-SIPI.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA44. NMIs May Not Be Blocked by a VM-Entry Failure

Problem: The Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3B:

System Programming Guide, Part 2 specifies that, following a VM-entry failure during

or after loading guest state, “the state of blocking by NMI is what it was before VM

entry.” If non-maskable interrupts (NMIs) are blocked and the “virtual NMIs” VM-

execution control set to 1, this erratum may result in NMIs not being blocked after a

VM-entry failure during or after loading guest state.

Implication: VM-entry failures that cause NMIs to become unblocked may cause the processor to

deliver an NMI to software that is not prepared for it.

Workaround: VMM software should configure the virtual-machine control structure (VMCS) so that

VM-entry failures do not occur.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA45. Partial Streaming Load Instruction Sequence May Cause the Processor

to Hang

Problem: Under some rare conditions, when multiple streaming load instructions (MOVNTDQA)

are mixed with non-streaming loads that split across cache lines, the processor may hang.

Implication: Under the scenario described above, the processor may hang. Intel has not observed

this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. However,

streaming behavior may be re-enabled by setting bit 5 to 1 of the MSR at address 0x21 for software development or testing purposes. If this bit is changed, then a readmodify-write should be performed to preserve other bits of this MSR. When the streaming behavior is enabled and using streaming load instructions, always consume a full cache line worth of data and/or avoid mixing them with non-streaming memory references. If streaming loads are used to read partial cache lines, and mixed with non-streaming memory references, use fences to isolate the streaming load operations from non-streaming memory operations.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA46. Self/Cross Modifying Code May Not be Detected or May Cause a

Machine Check Exception

Problem: If instructions from at least three different ways in the same instruction cache set exist

in the pipeline combined with some rare internal state, self-modifying code (SMC) or cross-modifying code may not be detected and/or handled.

Implication: An instruction that should be overwritten by another instruction while in the processor

pipeline may not be detected/modified, and could retire without detection. Alternatively the instruction may cause a Machine Check Exception. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA47. Data TLB Eviction Condition in the Middle of a Cacheline Split Load

Operation May Cause the Processor to Hang

Problem: If the TLB translation gets evicted while completing a cacheline split load operation,

under rare scenarios the processor may hang.

Implication: The cacheline split load operation may not be able to complete normally, and the

machine may hang and generate Machine Check Exception. Intel has not observed this

erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA48. Update of Read/Write (R/W) or User/Supervisor (U/S) or Present (P)

Bits without TLB Shootdown May Cause Unexpected Processor

Behavior

Problem: Updating a page table entry by changing R/W, U/S or P bits, even when transitioning

these bits from 0 to 1, without keeping the affected linear address range coherent with

all TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffers) and paging-structures caches in the processor,

in conjunction with a complex sequence of internal processor microarchitectural events

and store operations, may lead to unexpected processor behavior.

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Implication: This erratum may lead to livelock, shutdown or other unexpected processor behavior.

Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA49. RSM Instruction Execution under Certain Conditions May Cause

Processor Hang or Unexpected Instruction Execution Results

Problem: RSM instruction execution, under certain conditions triggered by a complex sequence of

internal processor micro-architectural events, may lead to processor hang, or unexpected instruction execution results.

Implication: In the above sequence, the processor may live lock or hang, or RSM instruction may

restart the interrupted processor context through a nondeterministic EIP offset in the code segment, resulting in unexpected instruction execution, unexpected exceptions or system hang. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA50. Benign Exception after a Double Fault May Not Cause a Triple Fault

Shutdown

Problem: According to the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,

Volume 3A, “Exception and Interrupt Reference”, if another exception occurs while

attempting to call the double-fault handler, the processor enters shutdown mode. However due to this erratum, only Contributory Exceptions and Page Faults will cause a triple fault shutdown, whereas a benign exception may not.

Implication: If a benign exception occurs while attempting to call the double-fault handler, the

processor may hang or may handle the benign exception. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA51. LER MSRs May be Incorrectly UpdatedThe LER (Last Exception Record)

MSRs, MSR_LER_FROM_LIP (1DDH) and MSR_LER_TO_LIP (1DEH) may contain incorrect values after any of the following:

• Either STPCLK#, NMI (NonMaskable Interrupt) or external interrupts

• CMP or TEST instructions with an uncacheable memory operand followed by a conditional jump

• STI/POP SS/MOV S S instructions followed by CMP or TEST instructions and then by a conditional jump

Implication: When the conditions for this erratum occur, the value of the LER MSRs may be

incorrectly updated.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA52. Short Nested Loops That Span Multiple 16-Byte Boundaries May Cause

a Machine Check Exception or a System Hang

Problem: Under a rare set of timing conditions and address alignment of instructions in a short

nested loop sequence, software that contains multiple conditional jump instructions

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and spans multiple 16-byte boundaries, may cause a machine check exception or a system hang.

Implication: Due to this erratum, a machine check exception or a system hang may occur. Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA53. An Enabled Debug Breakpoint or Single Step Trap May Be Taken after

MOV SS/POP SS Instruction if it is Followed by an Instruction That Signals a Floating Point Exception

Problem: A MOV SS/POP SS instruction should inhibit all interrupts including debug breakpoints

until after execution of the following instruction. This is intended to allow the sequential execution of MOV SS/POP SS and MOV [r/e]SP, [r/e]BP instructions without having an invalid stack during interrupt handling. However, an enabled debug breakpoint or single step trap may be taken after MOV SS/POP SS if this instruction is followed by an instruction that signals a floating point exception rather than a MOV [r/e]SP, [r/e]BP instruction. This results in a debug exception being signaled on an unexpected instruction boundary since the MOV SS/POP SS and the following instruction should be executed atomically.

Implication: This can result in incorrect signaling of a debug exception and possibly a mismatched

Stack Segment and Stack Pointer. If MOV SS/POP SS is not followed by a MOV [r/e]SP, [r/e]BP, there may be a mismatched Stack Segment and Stack Pointer on any exception. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software, or system.

Workaround: As recommended in the IA32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer’s Manual, the use

of MOV SS/POP SS in conjunction with MOV [r/e]SP, [r/e]BP will avoid the failure since the MOV [r/e]SP, [r/e]BP will not generate a floating point exception. Developers of debug tools should be aware of the potential incorrect debug event signaling created by this erratum.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA54. IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR Bit[60] Does Not Reflect Machine Check Error

Reporting Enable Correctly

Problem: IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR (405H) bit[60] (EN- Error Enabled) is supposed to indicate

whether the enable bit in the IA32_MC1_CTL MSR (404H) was set at the time of the last update to the IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR. Due to this erratum, IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR bit[60] instead reports the current value of the IA32_MC1_CTL MSR enable bit.

Implication: IA32_MC1_STATUS MSR bit [60] may not reflect the correct state of the enable bit in

the IA32_MC1_CTL MSR at the time of the last update.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA55. A VM Exit Due to a Fault While Delivering a Software Interrupt May

Save Incorrect Data into the VMCS

Problem: If a fault occurs during delivery of a software interrupt (INTn) in virtual-8086 mode

when virtual mode extensions are in effect and that fault causes a VM exit, incorrect

data may be saved into the VMCS. Specifically, information about the software

interrupt may not be reported in the IDT-vectoring information field. In addition, the

interruptibility-state field may indicate blocking by STI or by MOV SS if such blocking

were in effect before execution of the INTn instruction or before execution of the VM-

entry instruction that injected the software interrupt.

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Implication: In general, VMM software that follows the guidelines given in the section “Handling VM

Exits Due to Exceptions” of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide should not be affected. If the erratum improperly causes indication of blocking by STI or by MOV SS, the ability of a VMM to inject an interrupt may be delayed by one instruction.

Workaround: VMM software should follow the guidelines given in the section “Handling VM Exits Due

to Exceptions” of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA56. A VM Exit Occurring in IA-32e Mode May Not Produce a VMX Abort

When Expected

Problem: If a VM exit occurs while the processor is in IA-32e mode and the “host address-space

size” VM-exit control is 0, a VMX abort should occur. Due to this erratum, the expected VMX aborts may not occur and instead the VM Exit will occur normally. The conditions required to observe this erratum are a VM entry that returns from SMM with the “IA32e guest” VM-entry control set to 1 in the SMM VMCS and the “host address-space size” VM-exit control cleared to 0 in the executive VMCS.

Implication: A VM Exit will occur when a VMX Abort was expected. Workaround: An SMM VMM should always set the “IA-32e guest” VM-entry control in the SMM VMCS

to be the value that was in the LMA bit (IA32_EFER.LMA.LMA[bit 10]) in the IA32_EFER MSR (C0000080H) at the time of the last SMM VM exit. If this guideline is followed, that value will be 1 only if the “host address-space size” VM-exit control is 1 in the executive VMCS.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA57. IRET under Certain Conditions May Cause an Unexpected Alignment

Check Exception

Problem: In IA-32e mode, it is possible to get an Alignment Check Exception (#AC) on the IRET

instruction even though alignment checks were disabled at the start of the IRET. This can only occur if the IRET instruction is returning from CPL3 code to CPL3 code. IRETs from CPL0/1/2 are not affected. This erratum can occur if the EFLAGS value on the stack has the AC flag set, and the interrupt handler's stack is misaligned. In IA-32e mode, RSP is aligned to a 16-byte boundary before pushing the stack frame.

Implication: In IA-32e mode, under the conditions given above, an IRET can get a #AC even if

alignment checks are disabled at the start of the IRET. This erratum can only be observed with a software generated stack frame.

Workaround: Software should not generate misaligned stack frames for use with IRET. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA58. PSI# Signal Asserted During Reset

Problem: Power Status Indicator (PSI) is a feature that, when available, may be used to enable

voltage regulator power savings while idle and in the Deeper Sleep State (C4 state). Under proper operation the processor will assert the PSI# signal to indicate that the voltage regulator can enter a higher efficiency mode of operation. The processor will incorrectly assert the PSI# signal while the RESET# signal is asserted. This PSI# assertion will extend beyond the deassertion of the RESET# signal for a short duration (maximum of one millisecond).

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Implication: When this erratum occurs on a platform designed to support PSI, the voltage regulator

will transition to mode of operation that may not be capable of supplying the necessary

voltage and current required by the processor.

Workaround: Do not use PSI# signal without blocking the assertion during the error period as

specified from RESET# assertion to a maximum of 1ms from the deasserted edge.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA59. Thermal Interrupts are Dropped During and While Exiting Deep Power

Down State

Problem: Thermal interrupts are ignored while the processor is in Deep Power Down State as

well as during a small window of time while exiting from Deep Power Down State.

During this window, if the PROCHOT signal is driven or the internal value of the sensor

reaches the programmed thermal trip point, then the associated thermal interrupt may

be lost.

Implication: In the event of a thermal event while a processor is waking up from Deep Power Down

State, the processor will initiate an appropriate throttle response. However, the

associated thermal interrupt generated may be lost.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA60. VM Entry May Fail When Attempting to Set

IA32_DEBUGCTL.FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN

Problem: If bit 14 (FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN) is set in the IA32_DEBUGCTL field in the guest-

state area of the VMCS, VM entry may fail as described in Section “VM-Entry Failures

During or After Loading Guest State” of Intel

Developer’s Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide, Part 2. (The exit reason

will be 80000021H and the exit qualification will be zero.) Note that the

FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN bit in the guest IA32_DEBUGCTL field may be set due to a

VMWRITE to that field or due to a VM exit that occurs while

IA32_DEBUGCTL.FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN=1.

Implication: A VMM will not be able to properly virtualize a guest using the FREEZE_WHILE_SMM

feature.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Alternatively, the

following software workaround may be used. If a VMM wants to use the

FREEZE_WHILE_SMM feature, it can configure an entry in the VM-entry MSR-load area

for the IA32_DEBUGCTL MSR (1D9H); the value in the entry should set the

FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN bit. In addition, the VMM should use VMWRITE to clear the

FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN bit in the guest IA32_DEBUGCTL field before every VM entry.

(It is necessary to do this before every VM entry because each VM exit will save that bit

as 1.) This workaround prevents the VM-entry failure and sets the

FREEZE_WHILE_SMM_EN bit in the IA32_DEBUGCTL MSR.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA61. Corruption of CS Segment Register During RSM While Transitioning

From Real Mode to Protected Mode

Problem: During the transition from real mode to protected mode, if an SMI (System

Management Interrupt) occurs between the MOV to CR0 that sets PE (Protection

Enable, bit 0) and the first far JMP, the subsequent RSM (Resume from System

Management Mode) may cause the lower two bits of CS segment register to be

corrupted.

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Implication: The corruption of the bottom two bits of the CS segment register will have no impact

unless software explicitly examines the CS segment register between enabling protected mode and the first far JMP. Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1, in the section titled "Switching to Protected Mode” recommends the far JMP immediately follows the write to CR0 to enable protected mode. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA62. LBR, BTS, BTM May Report a Wrong Address when an Exception/

Interrupt Occurs in 64-bit Mode

Problem: An exception/interrupt event should be transparent to the LBR (Last Branch Record),

BTS (Branch Trace Store) and BTM (Branch Trace Message) mechanisms. However, during a specific boundary condition where the exception/interrupt occurs right after the execution of an instruction at the lower canonical boundary (0x00007FFFFFFFFFFF) in 64-bit mode, the LBR return registers will save a wrong return address with bits 63 to 48 incorrectly sign extended to all 1’s. Subsequent BTS and BTM operations which report the LBR will also be incorrect.

Implication: LBR, BTS and BTM may report incorrect information in the event of an exception/

interrupt.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA63. Memory Ordering Violation With Stores/Loads Crossing a Cacheline

Boundary

Problem: When two logical processors are accessing the same data that is crossing a cacheline

boundary without serialization, with a specific set of processor internal conditions, it is possible to have an ordering violation between memory store and load operations.

Implication: Due to this erratum, proper load/store ordering may not be followed when multiple

logical processors are accessing the same data that crosses a cacheline boundary without serialization.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA64. Processor May Hold-off / Delay a PECI Transaction Longer than

Specified by the PECI Protocol

Problem: PECI (Platform Environment Control Interface) transactions may be held off longer than

the PECI protocol hold-off limit while the processor is exiting C-states. This may occur if STPCLK# has been asserted by the system, the beginning of a PECI message coincides with a C-state transition, and the processor is executing a long instruction flow. Note that the processor can still complete the PECI transaction if the host chooses to process the remainder of the message.

Implication: Due to this erratum, the processor may violate the PECI hold-off protocol. Workaround: PECI hosts can choose to either complete or not complete PECI transactions when the

processor goes beyond the hold-off limit. The processor generates the PECI hold-off indication by keeping the PECI bus high when the PECI host sends the first bit of the address timing negotiation phase. If the PECI host does not choose to complete the transaction, it should consider the transaction a failure and retry 1ms after the processor deactivates the hold-off indication.

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Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA65. VM Entry May Use Wrong Address to Access Virtual-APIC Page

Problem: When XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK register (XCR0) bit 1 (SSE) is 1, a VM entry

executed with the “use TPR shadow” VM-execution control set to 1 may use the wrong

address to access data on the virtual-APIC page.

Implication: An affected VM entry may exhibit the following behaviors: (1) it may use wrong areas

of the virtual-APIC page to determine whether VM entry fails or whether it induces a VM

exit due to the TPR threshold; or (2) it may clear wrong areas of the virtual-APIC page.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA66. XRSTORE Instruction May Cause Extra Memory Reads

Problem: An XRSTOR instruction will cause non-speculative accesses to XSAVE memory area

locations containing the FCW/FSW and FOP/FTW Floating Point (FP) registers even

though the 64-bit restore mask specified in the EDX:EAX register pair does not indicate

to restore the x87 FPU state.

Implication: Page faults, data breakpoint triggers, etc. may occur due to the unexpected non-

speculative accesses to these memory locations.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA67. CPUID Instruction May Return Incorrect Brand String

Problem: When a CPUID instruction is executed with EAX = 8000_0002H, 8000_0003H, or

8000_0004H, the returned EAX, EBX, ECX, and/or EDX values may be incorrect.

Implication: When this erratum occurs, the processor may report an incorrect brand string. Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA68. Global Instruction TLB Entries May Not be Invalidated on a VM Exit or

VM Entry

Problem: If a VMM is using global page entries (CR4.PGE is enabled and any present page-

directories or page-table entries are marked global), then on a VM entry, the

instruction TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) entries caching global page translations

of the VMM may not be invalidated. In addition, if a guest is using global page entries,

then on a VM exit, the instruction TLB entries caching global page translations of the

guest may not be invalidated.

Implication: Stale global instruction linear to physical page translations may be used by a VMM after

a VM exit or a guest after a VM entry.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA69. When Intel® Deep Power-Down State is Being Used,

IA32_FIXED_CTR2 May Return Incorrect Cycle Counts

Problem: When the processor is operating at an N/2 core to front side bus ratio, after exiting

Deep Power-Down State, the internal increment value for IA32_FIXED_CTR2 (Fixed

Function Performance Counter 2, 30BH) will not take into account the half ratio setting.

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Implication: Due to this erratum, IA32_FIXED_CTR2 MSR will not return reliable counts after

returning from an Intel Deep Power-Down State.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA70. Enabling PECI via the PECI_CTL MSR Does Not Enable PECI and May

Corrupt the CPUID Feature Flags

Problem: Writing PECI_CTL MSR (Platform Environment Control Interface Control Register) will

not update the PECI_CTL MSR (5A0H), instead it will write to the VMM Feature Flag Mask MSR (CPUID_FEATURE_MASK1, 478H).

Implication: Due to this erratum, PECI (Platform Environment Control Interface) will not be enabled

as expected by the software. In addition, due to this erratum, processor features reported in ECX following execution of leaf 1 of CPUID (EAX=1) may be masked. Software utilizing CPUID leaf 1 to verify processor capabilities may not work as intended.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Do not initialize

PECI before processor update is loaded. Also, load processor update as soon as possible after RESET as documented in the RS – Wolfdale Processor Family BIOS Writers Guide, Section 14.8.3 Bootstrap Processor Initialization Requirements.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA71. INIT Incorrectly Resets IA32_LSTAR MSR

Problem: In response to an INIT reset initiated either via the INIT# pin or an IPI (Inter Processor

Interrupt), the processor should leave MSR values unchanged. Due to this erratum IA32_LSTAR MSR (C0000082H), which is used by the iA32e SYSCALL instruction, is being cleared by an INIT reset.

Implication: If software programs a value in IA32_LSTAR to be used by the SYSCALL instruction and

the processor subsequently receives an INIT reset, the SYSCALL instructions will not behave as intended. Intel has not observed this erratum in any commercially available

software.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA72. The XRSTOR Instruction May Fail to Cause a General-Protection

Exception

Problem: The XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK register (XCR0) bits [63:9] are reserved and must be

0; consequently , the XRST OR instruction should cause a general-protection exception if

any of the corresponding bits in the XSTATE_BV field in the header of the XSAVE/

XRSTOR area is set to 1. Due to this erratum, a logical processor may fail to cause such

an exception if one or more of these reserved bits are set to 1.

Implication: Software may not operate correctly if it relies on the XRSTOR instruction to cause a

general-protection excepti on when an y of the bits [63 :9] in the XS TATE_BV field in the

header of the XSAVE/XRSTOR area is set to 1.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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AAA73. The XSAVE Instruction May Erroneously Set Reserved Bits in the

XSTATE_BV Field

Problem: XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK bits [63:9] of register (XCR0) are reserved and must be 0;

consequently the XSAVE instruction should not modify the corresponding bits of the XSTATE_BV field in the header of the XSAVE/XRSTOR area. Due to this erratum, a logical processor may erroneously write 1 to one or more of these reserved bits.

Implication: Software may not operate correctly if it relies on the XSAVE instruction not to modify

bits [63:9] of the XSTATE_BV field in the header of the XSAVE/XRSTOR area.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA74. Store Ordering Violation When Using XSAVE

Problem: The store operations done as part of the XSA VE in struction ma y cause a store ordering

violation with older store operations. The store operations done to save the processor context in the XSAVE instruction flow , when XSAVE is used to store only the SSE context, may appear to execute before the completion of older store operations.

Implication: Execution of the stores in XSAVE, when XSAVE is used to store SSE context only, may

not follow program order and may execute before older stores. Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially available software.

Workaround: None identified. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA75. Unsynchronized Cross-Modifying Code Operations Can Caus e

Unexpected Instruction Execution Results

Problem: The act of one processor, or system bus master, writing data into a currently executing

code segment of a second processor with the intent of having the second processor execute that data as code is called cross-modifying code (XMC). XMC that does not force the second processor to execute a synchronizing instruction, prior to execution of the new code, is called unsynchronized XMC.

Implication: Software using unsynchronized XMC to modify the instruction byte stream of a

processor can see unexpected or unpredictable execution behavior from the processor that is executing the modified code.

Workaround: In this case, the phrase "unexpected or unpredictable execution behavior"

encompasses the generation of most of the exceptions listed in the Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 3: System Programming Guide, including a General Protection Fault (GPF) or other unexpected behaviors. In the event that unpredictable execution causes a GPF the application executing the unsynchronized XMC operation would be terminated by the operating system.

In order to avoid this erratum, programmers should use the XMC synchronization algorithm as detailed in the Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 3: System Programming Guide, Section: Handling Self- and Cross-Modifying Code.

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA76. A 64-bit Register IP-relative Instruction May Return Unexpected

Results

Problem: Under an unlikely and complex sequence of conditions in 64-bit mode, a register IP-

relative instruction result may be incorrect.

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Implication: A register IP-relative instruction result may be incorrect and could cause software to

read from or write to an incorrect memory location. This may result in an unexpected

page fault or unpredictable system behavior.

Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

AAA77. Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ACM Revocation

Problem: SINIT ACM Q45_Q43_SINIT_19.BIN or earlier are revoked and will not launch with new

processor configuration information.

Implication: Due to this erratum, SINIT ACM Q45_Q43_SINIT_19.BIN and earlier will be revoked. Workaround: It is possible for the BIOS to contain a workaround for this erratum. All Intel® TXT

enabled software must use SINIT ACM Q45_Q43_SINIT_51.BIN or later .

Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.

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Specification Changes

The Specification Changes listed in this section apply to the following documents:

•Intel

• Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual volumes 1, 2A, 2B ,

All Specification Changes will be incorporated into a future version of the appropriate processor documentation.

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3A, and 3B

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Specification Clarifications

The Specification Clarifications listed in this section apply to the following documents:

•Intel

• Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual volumes 1, 2A, 2B,

All Specification Clarifications will be incorporated into a future version of the

appropriate processor documentation.

AAA1. Clarification of TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFERS (TLBS)

Invalidation

Section 10.9 INVALIDATING THE TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFERS (TLBS) of the

Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3A: System

Programming Guide will be modified to include the presence of page table structure

caches, such as the page directory cache, which Intel processors implement. This

information is needed to aid operating systems in managing page table structure

invalidations properly.

Intel will update the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual,

Volume 3A: System Programming Guide in the coming months. Until that time, an

application note, TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches, and Their Invalidation (http://

www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/index.htm), is available which provides

more information on the paging structure caches and TLB invalidation.

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3A, and 3B

In rare instances, improper TLB invalidation may result in unpredictable system

behavior, such as system hangs or incorrect data. Developers of operating systems

should take this documentation into account when designing TLB invalidation

algorithms. For the processors affected, Intel has provided a recommended update to

system and BIOS vendors to incorporate into their BIOS to resolve this issue.

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Documentation Changes

The Documentation Changes listed in this section apply to the following documents:

•Intel

All Documentation Changes will be incorporated into a future version of the appropriate processor documentation.

Xeon® Processor 3300 Series Datasheet

Note: Documentation changes for Intel

Manual volumes 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B will be posted in a separate document Intel and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Documentation Changes. Follow

the link below to become familiar with this file.

http://www.intel.com/design/processor/specupdt/252046.htm

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