September 2013 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

Re: [coreboot] No VGA output on e350m1 after flashing. what to do?
by Reiner Luett Sept. 12, 2017

Sept. 12, 2017

Hi! On 30.06.2013 19:28, Christian Weinz wrote: > Maybe I didn't include the VGA option in the make menuconfig process. > How can I solve this problem? You need to add the VGA Option ROM (VGA BIOS -> Add VGA BIOS image). I've extracted it from the UEFI, but you also could use these: http://www.coreboot.org/index.php?title=ASRock_E350M1&oldid=11114 at the end of the page or you also may be able to use the default AMD fam14 (Persimmon) vbios. You will need to agree to the click through: http://wwwd.amd.com/support/vbioslic.nsf/userverify?openform http://www.coreboot.org/AMD_DB-FT1_PERSIMMON It's a pity, that bios_extract didn't work for now. You could use the AMI Aptio EFI MMTool with wine: http://win-lite.de/benutzer/fernando/BIOS-Tools/AMI_Aptio_EFI_MMTool_v4.50.… You need to extract OntarioEFIVbios with PCI ID 1002,9802 as Option ROM. Regards, Reiner --

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#95: Run coreboot in VirtualBox
by coreboot Dec. 10, 2014

Dec. 10, 2014

#95: Run coreboot in VirtualBox ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: misc | Version: Keywords: | Dependencies: Patchstatus: there is no patch | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ It would be nice if we could test coreboot images in VirtualBox, see http://virtualbox.org/. VirtualBox does not (yet) provide a simple mechanism to use a different BIOS in their emulated machines (something like "-L" in qemu). Instead the BIOS image (a custom bochs BIOS + LGPL'g VGABIOS) is converted to C code (an array of bytes, or the like) and merged into the VirtualBox executable. The relevant files are {{{ src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevPcBios.cpp bldprogs/bin2c.c }}} if someone want to hack VirtualBox to easily support using coreboot images instead of their usual BIOS. -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/95> coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>

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EHCI debug port finder
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

I wanted to know which physical port of my multiple USB controllers have the debug capability. There was no way to find that easily, so I created a tool which will do most of the work for the user. Example output: The following PCI devices support a USB debug port (says lspci): 0000:00:1d.7 The following PCI devices support a USB debug port (says the kernel): 0000:00:1d.7 PCI device 0000:00:1d.7, USB bus 3, USB physical port 1 Currently connected high-speed devices: /: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/6p, 480M |__ Port 2: Dev 20, If 0, Class=stor., Driver=usb-storage, 480M The output can be improved, but it's a good start. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Dual SPI Flash adapter attempt 2.0
by Oliver Schinagl March 9, 2014

March 9, 2014

Hi list(s), Here's my second attempt at routing the previously mailed png of my schema. It was a lot trickier to route then my previous version, but I think it worked out! As mentioned, S1 and S2 need to be shorted if U3 is to be omitted. RN1 should be 10k or ideally 100k, as Peter mentioned earlier. Hopefully there's no obvious mistakes and can start working on alternative layouts (so it is insert-able in different angles). DRC Check fails on S1, S2 and U3. It thinks the distance is to shallow. That said, DRC check passes when I set the copper width/distance to 7mil's instead of the current 8 mils. I'm planning on having these PCB's manufactured by Seeed studio and their minimal width is much smaller. Minimum trace width: 6mil Minimum trace/vias/pads space : 6mil Minimum silkscreen width : 4mil Minimum silkscreen text size : 32mil I've used a grid size of 10mil and distances of 8 mils, as I didn't want to rely on the minimum of seed. The silkscreen I positioned using a grid size of 5 mil's however. Not sure what they mean with a 'minimum silkscreen text size' however. Anyhow, feedback greatly appreciated, so I can start working on alternative layouts :)

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fixed AMD SPI speed settings (leading to problems on E350M1/USB3)
by Stefan Tauner Feb. 2, 2014

Feb. 2, 2014

Hi, andor reported a problem where flashrom does reproducibly not work with coreboot but does with the vendor BIOS http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1614 Apparently it is related to fast reads and/or the frequency. We have forced the fastReadEnable bit in the SPI_Cntrl0 from 1 to 0 and also set NormSpeed in SPI_Cntrl1 to 16.5 Mhz (previously was 0 i.e. 66 MHz) in flashrom and the problem vanished. Coreboot hard codes the fast read setting in src/southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800/bootblock.c: static void enable_spi_fast_mode(void) { u8 byte; u32 dword; device_t dev = PCI_DEV(0, 0x14, 0x03); // set temp MMIO base volatile u32 *spi_base = (void *)0xa0000000; u32 save = pci_io_read_config32(dev, 0xa0); pci_io_write_config32(dev, 0xa0, (u32) spi_base | 2); // early enable of SPI 33 MHz fast mode read byte = spi_base[3]; spi_base[3] = (byte & ~(3 << 14)) | (1 << 14); spi_base[0] = spi_base[0] | (1 << 18); // fast read enable pci_io_write_config32(dev, 0xa0, save); } Marc suggested that this should be configurable in the devicetree or by a kconfig setting. Also, the statements using "byte" do not make a lot of sense to me. Shouldn't that be a u32 instead? The public documentation of the fastReadEnable is lacking any detail and I don't have access to the NDAed version of the RRG. Is my theory correct that the controller uses the 0x0B opcode with a fixed frequency (33 MHz?) instead of 0x03 with the frequency set by NormSpeed? -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem
by coreboot Jan. 11, 2014

Jan. 11, 2014

#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem -----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: jeroenkrabbendam@… | Owner: stepan@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: coreboot | Keywords: gpxe Dependencies: | Patch Status: there is no patch -----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Although (or: just because) novice in the field, I encountered some problems with netbooting with coreboot. Mobo's tried: Asus P2B, VTech with bios id ITE8671-2A69KV3IC-00. All mobo's boot '''harddisk''' fine with Asus P2B / Gigabyte GA-6BX{CE} respectively. NIC ROM is started, and loads the kernel by tftp. This is vvvveeeerrrryyy slow! Although loading, the kernel is never able to start itself. Same kernel on HDU is no problem at all (GRUB2) Note: the gpxe-image is on the nic, coreboot payload is seabios. -- Ticket URL: <https://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/186> coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>

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#191: Coreboot:libpayload-size_t conflicting types compiler error
by coreboot Nov. 5, 2013

Nov. 5, 2013

#191: Coreboot:libpayload-size_t conflicting types compiler error ---------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: Pradish | Owner: uwe@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: Component: libpayload | Keywords: Dependencies: | Patch Status: there is no patch ---------------------------+---------------------------------- Hi I have question related to libpayload, which I am trying to solve, but not able to. I have successfully build the coreboot.rom for QEMU x86. Now when I try to build the libpayload project it throws error. System configuration: Virtual Box –Ubuntu 11.10 version Building for X86 Paltform Earlier I have run the cross toolchain using the command ‘make crossgcc’ and it was succcessfull Error information: /coreboot/payloads/libpayload$ make install CC libpci/libpci.libpci.o In File included from include/libpayload.h:54:0, from libpci/libpci.c:30: include/x86/arch/types.h:56:22: error: conflicting types for 'size_t' In file included from include/libpayload.h:49:0, from libpci/libpci.c:30: /home/pradish/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2/include/stdded.h:213:23: note: previous declaration of 'size_t' was here make: ***[build/libpci/libpci.libpci.o] Error 1 pradish@pradish-VrtualBox:~/coreboot/paylaods/libpayload$ can you tell me, how to resolve this , I have not done any changes to the source code. Just performed ‘make’ regards pradish -- Ticket URL: <https://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/191> coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>

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The OS of open source solution
by Free_QP＠hotmail.com Oct. 16, 2013

Oct. 16, 2013

Hi Maillinglist, I’m now trying to boot OS with open source solution (Coreboot + SeaBIOS), but have some questions. For example, 1.Which OS can be supported by this kind of solution? For example, is Win7 or Win8 supported? 2.How to build/create or customize the OS images? Thanks， Free_QP

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New Kabini Hardware
by Andrew DeAngelis Sept. 30, 2013

Sept. 30, 2013

Hello all, I am a computer engineer from Cogent Computer Systems. I'm bringing up Coreboot on our new CSB1890t10/CSB1801t10 system which is based largely on the AMD Olivehill platform. Is there anyone out there who has experience with Coreboot on Kabini and may be able to answer questions about unexpected resets when using the AMD Catalyst graphics driver? We're booting Ubuntu and Windows 7 right now with a barely modified mainboard code brought over from Olivehill, but I'm sure there must be some things we are doing wrong, esp. ACPI. Also, are there any candidates who may be interested in trading our potentially buggy hardware system for some expert help with the board port? Please let me know! Andrew DeAngelis Design Engineer Cogent Computer Systems 17 Industrial Drive Smithfield, RI 02917 tel: 401-349-3999 fax: 401-349-3998 E-mail: andrew(a)cogcomp.com

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How to best add new boards derived from existing board?
by Paul Menzel Sept. 30, 2013

Sept. 30, 2013

Dear coreboot folks, it is great to see patches adding new boards to our repository. Lately this was AMD Olive Hill [1], ASRock IMB-A180 [2] and just now the Micro Passion Kratos-X1 [3]. The Olive Hill took a AMD Family 15 board as a template, the IMB-A180 was derived from the Olive Hill and, I believe, the Kratos-X1 is also derived from one of these two. (Derived means, an existing board’s directory was copied and then adapted.) With the current approach it is difficult to see the actual changes to the template board. Especially in Gerrit. Therefore these board support patches are hard to review. Do you know, how to avoid this problem? Currently, I came only up with adding a “copy-commit” with just the Kconfig name changes and then the actual changes in a separate commit on top of it. Jens Rottmann did the same when adding the LiPPERT (now ADLINK) boards [4][5]. Thanks, Paul [1] http://review.coreboot.org/3784 [2] http://review.coreboot.org/3880 [3] http://review.coreboot.org/3951 [4] http://review.coreboot.org/2552 [5] http://review.coreboot.org/2553

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