apic.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_X86_X64_APIC
#define INCLUDED_X86_X64_APIC

typedef u8 ApicId;  // not necessarily contiguous values

/**
 * @return APIC ID of the currently executing processor or zero if the
 * platform does not have an xAPIC (i.e. 7th generation x86 or below).
 *
 * rationale: the alternative of accessing the APIC mmio registers is not
 * feasible - mahaf_MapPhysicalMemory only works reliably on WinXP. we also
 * don't want to interfere with the OS's constant use of the APIC registers.
 **/
LIB_API ApicId GetApicId();

// if this returns false, apicId = contiguousId = processor.
// otherwise, there are unspecified but bijective mappings between
// apicId<->contiguousId and apicId<->processor.
LIB_API bool AreApicIdsReliable();

LIB_API size_t ProcessorFromApicId(ApicId apicId);
LIB_API size_t ContiguousIdFromApicId(ApicId apicId);

LIB_API ApicId ApicIdFromProcessor(size_t contiguousId);
LIB_API ApicId ApicIdFromContiguousId(size_t contiguousId);

#endif  // #ifndef INCLUDED_X86_X64_APIC