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cbfstool without cloning the whole repos? Use this script for <4MB download
by Mike Banon 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

The original script has been created by my friend Ivan Ivanov aka qmastery [1] but I noticed that it doesn't work anymore - because a cbfstool got a lot more new dependencies: 4MB of sources, compared to the previous 2MB. Had to update this script heavily [2] and now it's working fine as of today. [1] https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/seabios@seabios.org/thread/VQHRAE… [2] https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/51393 -- Best regards, Mike Banon Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/

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EC config registers?
by crabstorage＠getbackinthe.kitchen 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

I've now run autoport to compare in tree T440P and stock bios. I didn't get as much output as expected and not as many differences save for one. In devicetree.cb there are changes to the config0-config3 registers. Is this notable and can it cause pcie issues? Also the subsystemid is listed for devices in autoport, is it superfluous or should I append it to the current devicetree? Autoport chip ec/lenovo/h8 # FIXME: has_keyboard_backlight, has_power_management_beeps, has_uwb register "beepmask0" = "0x00" register "beepmask1" = "0x86" register "config0" = "0xa7" register "config1" = "0x05" register "config2" = "0xa8" register "config3" = "0xc6" register "event2_enable" = "0xff" register "event3_enable" = "0xff" register "event4_enable" = "0xd0" register "event5_enable" = "0x3c" register "event7_enable" = "0x01" register "event8_enable" = "0x7b" register "event9_enable" = "0xff" register "eventc_enable" = "0xff" register "eventd_enable" = "0xff" register "evente_enable" = "0x9d" Tree chip ec/lenovo/h8 register "beepmask0" = "0x00" register "beepmask1" = "0x86" register "config0" = "0xa6" register "config1" = "0x0d" register "config2" = "0xa8" register "config3" = "0xc4" register "has_keyboard_backlight" = "1" register "event2_enable" = "0xff" register "event3_enable" = "0xff" register "event4_enable" = "0xd0" register "event5_enable" = "0x3c" register "event7_enable" = "0x01" register "event8_enable" = "0x7b" register "event9_enable" = "0xff" register "eventc_enable" = "0xff" register "eventd_enable" = "0xff" register "evente_enable" = "0x9d"

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by Igor Skochinsky 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

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Unable to run KolibriOS in QEMU with coreboot and SeaBIOS
by Paul Menzel 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

Dear coreboot folks, I am failing to run KolibriOS [1] in QEMU with coreboot. ``` $ wget -4 --quiet https://builds.kolibrios.org/eng/latest-img.7z --2021-03-03 15:38:28-- https://builds.kolibrios.org/eng/latest-img.7z Auflösen des Hostnamens builds.kolibrios.org (builds.kolibrios.org)… 46.4.23.4 Verbindungsaufbau zu builds.kolibrios.org (builds.kolibrios.org)|46.4.23.4|:443 … verbunden. HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, auf Antwort wird gewartet … 200 OK Länge: 1314127 (1,3M) [application/octet-stream] Wird in »latest-img.7z« gespeichert. latest-img.7z 100%[================================>] 1,25M 3,78MB/s in 0,3s 2021-03-03 15:38:28 (3,78 MB/s) - »latest-img.7z« gespeichert [1314127/1314127] $ 7z e latest-img.7z 7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21 p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=de_DE.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,4 CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz (306D4),ASM,AES-NI) Scanning the drive for archives: 1 file, 1314127 bytes (1284 KiB) Extracting archive: latest-img.7z -- Path = latest-img.7z Type = 7z Physical Size = 1314127 Headers Size = 130 Method = LZMA2:1536k Solid = - Blocks = 1 Everything is Ok Size: 1474560 Compressed: 1314127 $ md5sum kolibri.img ac33f21d7c8ba576fa33558f9e98d899 kolibri.img ``` It works with QEMU: qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -smp cpus=2 -m 512M -fda kolibri.img -nic none But with QEMU/i440fx (increase image size to 2 MB) it works neither without nor with compression. ``` $ git log --oneline -1 b77cf2299c (HEAD -> master, origin/master) soc/intel/common/block/smbus: Add config to use ACPI $ more .config CONFIG_ANY_TOOLCHAIN=y CONFIG_NO_POST=y CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_2048=y $ make olddefconfig $ make -j$(nproc) $ build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n img/kolibrios.lzma -f kolibri.img -t raw -c none ``` ``` $ qemu-system-i386 -bios build/coreboot.rom -L /dev/shm -enable-kvm -smp cpus=2 -m 512M -serial stdio -nic none coreboot-4.13-2450-gb77cf2299c Wed Mar 3 09:36:07 UTC 2021 bootblock starting (log level: 7)... […] SeaBIOS (version rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a) […] Select boot device: 1. DVD/CD [ata1-0: QEMU DVD-ROM ATAPI-4 DVD/CD] 2. Payload [kolibrios.img] Searching bootorder for: HALT Space available for UMB: ca000-ed000, f5c00-f62a0 Returned 262144 bytes of ZoneHigh e820 map has 6 items: 0: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 = 1 RAM 1: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 = 2 RESERVED 2: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 = 2 RESERVED 3: 0000000000100000 - 000000001ff7b000 = 1 RAM 4: 000000001ff7b000 - 0000000020000000 = 2 RESERVED 5: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 = 2 RESERVED enter handle_19: NULL Booting from CBFS... Run img/kolibrios.img No support for compression type 42494c4f enter handle_18: NULL Booting from DVD/CD... Device reports MEDIUM NOT PRESENT Boot failed: Could not read from CDROM (code 0003) […] ``` The full log is attached at ticket #296 [2]. Is this a SeaBIOS issue? No support for compression type 42494c4f Kind regards, Paul [1]: https://www.kolibrios.org/ [2]: https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/296

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Running QEMU targets in Jenkins
by Julius Werner 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

I'm just curious... have we ever considered booting some of our QEMU targets as part of the Jenkins CI? I know they don't do a lot but they do cover some stuff (e.g. CBFS). I randomly happened to boot one of my in-flight patch trains on qemu-i440fx recently and discovered that I accidentally broke rmodule loading. Would be nice if Jenkins could just do that for you automatically. Just wanted to know whether this had been discussed before and people have come up with good reasons not to do it, or if it's just a matter of nobody had time to implement it yet. (And if someone wanted to implement it, what would be the best hook point? Put it into abuild?)

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what are requirements for coreboot IOMMU support?
by ludphaeus 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

Hi I am trying to port a Haswell laptop and I would want it to have IOMMU support. My chipset supports VT-d but CPU does not. The official info from Intel says the PC needs chipset, CPU and BIOS to support VT-d to use IOMMU. I think this is not true because I saw some boards in board status have working IOMMU with no VT-d support in chipset but with coreboot advertising DMAR table to OS and CPU with VT-d support. Sapphire H61 is a example of this. But other H61 coreboot boards such as P8H61-M LX that have CPU without VT-d advertise no IOMMU capability. So what is really required for full IOMMU ? Do I have chance for full, working IOMMU on this laptop? Thanks, Lud

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Display Port Monitor turns off during Ubuntu OS boot
by Rao G 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

Hi Coreboot Team, There is an external Monitor which works on HDMI/DVI and also DP , In BIOS the display is good whereas in OS (Ubuntu 18.04) until the kernel is initialized and i915 Video driver is loaded display is perfect, looks like the i915 OS driver switches off the monitor and there is no signal Does ACPI GFX method have to return any External display specific data to the OS driver ? Tried to make changes to VBIOS but did not help, thought ASL code is missing under GFX0 From the OS following data can be read 1. External Monitor's EDID data can be read from I2C Bus 2. Even VBT data from ACPI NVS can be read Tried to dig into some of these files https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display intel_dp.c, intel_acpi.c to understand what function is turning off DP link when i have the OS debug driver logs, can send it across Any clues will help, appreciate your time PS:The platform has Intel BayTrail SoC, ValleyView chipset and VBIOS. The bios do not use GOP driver which replaces VBIOS Thanks Rao

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Re: [flashrom] error bios
by Mike Banon 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Glad to help you. For your future replies, make sure that you're reposting to the mailing list as well. On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 9:39 PM edvaldo silva <edvaldo.silva(a)zohomail.com> wrote: > > I performed all the tests I was using another version of linux I switched to linux manjaro and apparently it worked out I changed the recording mode. before I was using: > sudo apt flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w (bios name) .bin, in manjaro I'm using it like this and it's working: sudo --programmer ch341a_spi -w (bios name) .bin and now it's recording normal. > > thanks > > > Att, > > Edvaldo Silva > edvaldo.set(a)zohomail.com > +55 12 9 8209 6114 > > > > > ---- Ativado Ter, 02 mar 2021 13:24:31 -0300 Mike Banon <mikebdp2(a)gmail.com> escreveu ---- > > Well, it looks like your flashing has failed. Why? Maybe your flashing > setup wasn't reliable enough: long wires etc. Until we'll learn more > of it, we can't help you > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:55 PM edvaldo silva via flashrom > <flashrom(a)flashrom.org> wrote: > > > > Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25Q64(B)" (8192 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. > > Reading old flash chip contents... done. > > Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done. > > Verifying flash... FAILED at 0x00004500! Expected=0x45, Found=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x007fffff: 0x156b2 > > Your flash chip is in an unknown state. > > > > Att, > > > > Edvaldo Silva > > edvaldo.silva(a)zohomail.com > > +55 12 9 8209 6114 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > flashrom mailing list -- flashrom(a)flashrom.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-leave(a)flashrom.org > > > > -- > Best regards, Mike Banon > Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ > > > -- Best regards, Mike Banon Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/

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Lenovo T410: Regression in coreboot 4.13?
by Daniel Kulesz 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Hi folks, I spent a long time trying to get coreboot 4.13 to work on a Lenovo T410, trying various configuration options etc. but it never worked (fan, keyboard LED and thinklight went on, screen stayed dark). I tried even the most basic config, but no luck. I tried the same with coreboot 4.12 and this seems to work fine. Unfortunately, this is not my laptop and the owner needs his laptop back asap, so I don't have the time to further debug this issue. Yet, I wanted to report this regression as I I am wondering if anyone else is running 4.13 on a T410 with success? Cheers, Daniel

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Question regarding reflashing/updating
by Louis 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Hello, Just wanted to say thank you for creating this firmware it is a great project and I hope I can contribute to it one day. I have an x230 preinstalled with Coreboot skulls, am I able to re-flash Coreboot skulls internally just through the OS or is there a way to verify that the firmware installed on the system hasn't been modified in any way, thank you. Kindest regards, Louis

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