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48063 Rev. 3.18 October 2012 Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors 709 Processor May Be Limited to Minimum P-state After a Pstate Limit Change Description Following a change to the P-state limit or a core C6 (CC6) exit, the processor may incorrectly restrict the processor to the lowest-performing P-state (Clock Power/Timing Control 2 Register[HwPstateMaxVal], D18F3xDC[10:8]). This restriction may not match any of the actual P-state limits and does not get removed until a processor reset occurs. P-state limit changes that may cause this erratum may be due to SB-RMI (SBI P-state Limit[PstateLimit], MSRC001_0072[10:8]), software (Software P-state Limit Register[SwPstateLimit], D18F3x68[30:28]), or hardware thermal control (entering HTC-active state, i.e. PROCHOT# assertion). Potential Effect on System Processor performance is limited to the lowest-performing P-state. Suggested Workaround Contact your AMD representative for information on a BIOS update. Fix Planned No fix planned Product Errata 73

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709
Processor
May
Be
Limited
to
Minimum
P-state
After
a
P-
state
Limit
Change
Description
Following
a
change
to
the
P-state
limit
or
a
core
C
6 (
CC
6
exit
,
the
processor
may
incorrectly
restrict
the
processor
to
the
lowest-performing
P-state
(
Clock
Power
/
Timing
Control
2
Register
[
HwPstateMaxVal
],
D
18
F
3
xDC
[10:8] .
This
restriction
may
not
match
any
of
the
actual
P-state
limits
and
does
not
get
removed
until
a
processor
reset
occurs
.
P-state
limit
changes
that
may
cause
this
erratum
may
be
due
to
SB-RMI
(
SBI
P-state
Limit
[
PstateLimit
],
MSRC
001_0072[10:8] ,
software
(
Software
P-state
Limit
Register
[
SwPstateLimit
],
D
18
F
3
x
68[30:28] ,
or
hardware
thermal
control
(
entering
HTC-active
state
,
i
.
e
.
PROCHOT
#
assertion
.
Potential
Effect
on
System
Processor
performance
is
limited
to
the
lowest-performing
P-state
.
Suggested
Workaround
Contact
your
AMD
representative
for
information
on
a
BIOS
update
.
Fix
Planned
No
fix
planned
48063
Rev
. 3.18
October
2012
Revision
Guide
for
AMD
Family
15
h
Models
00
h-
0
Fh
Processors
Product
Errata
73