April 2011 - SeaBIOS - mail.coreboot.org

Re: [SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] SeaBIOS error with Juniper FreeBSD kernel
by Kevin O'Connor July 11, 2011

July 11, 2011

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 04:18:38PM -0700, Brandon Bennett wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Kevin O'Connor <kevin(a)koconnor.net> wrote: > >> Should a kernel fail during boot, I'd suspect it doesn't like one of > >> the apm/pcibios callbacks, or it doesn't like one of the > >> smbios/mptable/acpi tables. You could try compiling the SeaBIOS code > >> (see http://seabios.org/Download ) and increasing the debugging by > >> modifying src/config.h. Specifically, you could increase > >> CONFIG_DEBUG_LEVEL, and set DEBUG_HDL_pcibios32 and DEBUG_HDL_apm to > >> 1. Also, you could try disabling some of the features to see if that > >> prevents the fault (eg, disabling CONFIG_ACPI / CONFIG_SMBIOS / > >> CONFIG_MPTABLE). > > > > I have narrowed it down to SMBIOS. If I disable CONFIG_SMBIOS the > image boots up fine. Gleb, have you seen this thread? Some of the recent changes to smbios that look like possible culprits are: Make SMBIOS table pass MS SVVP test Use MaxCountCPUs during building of per cpu tables. Add malloc_high/fseg() and rework bios table creation to use them. There were other changes, but the comments indicate they were only ports of changes already in bochs. I suppose it's also possible the lack of smbios is turning off some other feature in the guest (eg, acpi) that's the real culprit. -Kevin

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[PATCH] support piix PAM registers in KVM
by Gleb Natapov June 19, 2011

June 19, 2011

Without this BIOS fails to remap 0xf0000 memory from ROM to RAM so writes to F-segment modify ROM content instead of memory copy. Since QEMU does not reloads ROMs during reset on next boot modified copy of BIOS is used. Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb(a)redhat.com> diff --git a/hw/piix_pci.c b/hw/piix_pci.c index 933ad86..0bf435d 100644 --- a/hw/piix_pci.c +++ b/hw/piix_pci.c @@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ static void i440fx_update_memory_mappings(PCII440FXState *d) int i, r; uint32_t smram, addr; - if (kvm_enabled()) { - /* FIXME: Support remappings and protection changes. */ - return; - } update_pam(d, 0xf0000, 0x100000, (d->dev.config[I440FX_PAM] >> 4) & 3); for(i = 0; i < 12; i++) { r = (d->dev.config[(i >> 1) + (I440FX_PAM + 1)] >> ((i & 1) * 4)) & 3; -- Gleb.

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Re: [SeaBIOS] non-emulated AHCI hardware
by Scott Duplichan May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

17 Feb 15:28 2011 Jonathan Kollasch wrote: ]I have it (mostly) working now, just have to get it polished up a bit. ] ] Jonathan Kollasch Hello Jonathan, Right now I am trying to debug the same AHCI problem. The Host To Device FIS length change also gets me past the first polling loop in ahci_command, thanks for the tip. Do you have any fixes beyond that one I should try? Thanks, Scott

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[PATCH V4 0/8] Add TPM support to SeaBIOS
by Stefan Berger May 18, 2011

May 18, 2011

The following set of patches add TPM and Trusted Computing support to SeaBIOS. In particular the patches add: - a TPM driver for the Qemu's TPM TIS emulation (not yet in Qemu git) - ACPI support for the TPM device (SSDT table) - ACPI support for measurement logging (TCPA table) - Support for initialzation of the TPM - Support for the TCG BIOS extensions (1ah handler [ah = 0xbb]) (used by trusted grub; http://trousers.sourceforge.net/grub.html) - Static Root of Trusted for Measurement (SRTM) support - Support for S3 resume (sends command to TPM upon resume) - TPM-specific menu for controlling aspects of the TPM - [An optional test suite for the TIS interface] All implementations necessarily follow specifications. When all patches are applied the following services are available - SSDT ACPI table for TPM support - initialization of the TPM upon VM start and S3 resume - Static root of trust for measurements (SRTM) that measures (some) data of SeaBIOS in TCPA ACPI table - 1ah interrupt handler offering APIs for measuring and sending commands to the TPM (trusted grub uses them) - User menu for controlling aspects of the state of the TPM v4: - if ! has_working_tpm() now returns error code everywhere - tis_test.c now also under LGPLv3 - in inthandler, pulled set_cf() out of switch and then only call it in the default case where we need to indicate that a function is not implemented v3: - some nits here and there - calling timer_setup now after S3 resume v2: - following Kevin's comment - refactoring code so that every patch compiles Regards, Stefan

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[PATCH] Add DMI configuration
by Sven Schnelle May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

This patch adds configuration for DMI configuration data. This is useful if you want to run SeaBIOS on real Hardware, and the OS selects drivers based on hw manufacturer/model. Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens(a)stackframe.org> --- src/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/config.h | 1 - src/smbios.c | 15 +++++++-------- 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig index 6d55b23..db88e22 100644 --- a/src/Kconfig +++ b/src/Kconfig @@ -368,3 +368,29 @@ menu "Debugging" Send characters that SeaBIOS writes to the screen to the debug ports. endmenu + +menu "DMI data" + config DMI_BIOS_VENDOR + string "BIOS Vendor" + default "Bochs" + + config DMI_BIOS_VERSION + string "BIOS Version" + default "1.0" + + config DMI_BIOS_RELEASE_DATE + string "BIOS release date" + default "01/01/2007" + + config DMI_MANUFACTURER + string "Hardware Manufacturer" + default "Unknown" + + config DMI_PRODUCT_NAME + string "Hardware Product name" + default "Unknown" + + config DMI_PROCESSOR_VENDOR + string "Processor vendor" + default "Unknown" +endmenu diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h index 5b40488..5249d0f 100644 --- a/src/config.h +++ b/src/config.h @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ //#define CONFIG_CPUNAME8 "QEMUCPU " //#define CONFIG_APPNAME6 "QEMU " //#define CONFIG_APPNAME4 "QEMU" -#define CONFIG_APPNAME "Bochs" #define CONFIG_CPUNAME8 "BOCHSCPU" #define CONFIG_APPNAME6 "BOCHS " #define CONFIG_APPNAME4 "BXPC" diff --git a/src/smbios.c b/src/smbios.c index 8df0f2d..df3b687 100644 --- a/src/smbios.c +++ b/src/smbios.c @@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ smbios_entry_point_init(u16 max_structure_size, } while (0) /* Type 0 -- BIOS Information */ -#define RELEASE_DATE_STR "01/01/2007" static void * smbios_init_type_0(void *start) { @@ -97,12 +96,12 @@ smbios_init_type_0(void *start) p->header.length = sizeof(struct smbios_type_0); p->header.handle = 0; - load_str_field_with_default(0, vendor_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); - load_str_field_with_default(0, bios_version_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); + load_str_field_with_default(0, vendor_str, CONFIG_DMI_BIOS_VENDOR); + load_str_field_with_default(0, bios_version_str, CONFIG_DMI_BIOS_VERSION); p->bios_starting_address_segment = 0xe800; - load_str_field_with_default(0, bios_release_date_str, RELEASE_DATE_STR); + load_str_field_with_default(0, bios_release_date_str, CONFIG_DMI_BIOS_RELEASE_DATE); p->bios_rom_size = 0; /* FIXME */ @@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ smbios_init_type_1(void *start) p->header.length = sizeof(struct smbios_type_1); p->header.handle = 0x100; - load_str_field_with_default(1, manufacturer_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); - load_str_field_with_default(1, product_name_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); + load_str_field_with_default(1, manufacturer_str, CONFIG_DMI_MANUFACTURER); + load_str_field_with_default(1, product_name_str, CONFIG_DMI_PRODUCT_NAME); load_str_field_or_skip(1, version_str); load_str_field_or_skip(1, serial_number_str); @@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ smbios_init_type_3(void *start) p->header.length = sizeof(struct smbios_type_3); p->header.handle = 0x300; - load_str_field_with_default(3, manufacturer_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); + load_str_field_with_default(3, manufacturer_str, CONFIG_DMI_MANUFACTURER); set_field_with_default(3, type, 0x01); /* other */ load_str_field_or_skip(3, version_str); @@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ smbios_init_type_4(void *start, unsigned int cpu_number) set_field_with_default(4, processor_type, 0x03); /* CPU */ set_field_with_default(4, processor_family, 0x01); /* other */ - load_str_field_with_default(4, processor_manufacturer_str, CONFIG_APPNAME); + load_str_field_with_default(4, processor_manufacturer_str, CONFIG_DMI_PROCESSOR_VENDOR); if (!qemu_cfg_smbios_load_field(4, offsetof(struct smbios_type_4, processor_id), p->processor_id)) { -- 1.7.4.1

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[PATCH v2] Make pci memory window configurable.
by Gerd Hoffmann May 5, 2011

May 5, 2011

This patch makes the memory window for PCI memory bars configurable via Kconfig. [ v2: handle old pcimem assignment method ] Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel(a)redhat.com> --- src/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ src/config.h | 9 ++++----- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig index 6d55b23..91a89e3 100644 --- a/src/Kconfig +++ b/src/Kconfig @@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ menu "Hardware support" depends on EXTRA_PCI_ROOTS hex "Extra secondary PCI root bus number" default 0x00 + config PCIMEM_ENABLE_PREFETCH + bool "Use separate window for prefetchable PCI memory" + default y + config PCIMEM_START + hex "PCI memory window start address" + default 0xf0000000 + config PCIMEM_SIZE + depends on PCIMEM_ENABLE_PREFETCH + hex "PCI memory window size for non-prefetchable memory" + default 0x08000000 config USE_SMM depends on !COREBOOT diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h index 5b40488..2aa14c5 100644 --- a/src/config.h +++ b/src/config.h @@ -47,18 +47,17 @@ #define BUILD_BIOS_TMP_ADDR 0x30000 #define BUILD_MAX_HIGHMEM 0xe0000000 +#ifndef CONFIG_PCIMEM_ENABLE_PREFETCH // Support old pci mem assignment behaviour -//#define CONFIG_OLD_PCIMEM_ASSIGNMENT 1 -#if CONFIG_OLD_PCIMEM_ASSIGNMENT -#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START 0xf0000000 +#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START CONFIG_PCIMEM_START #define BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE (BUILD_PCIMEM_END - BUILD_PCIMEM_START) #define BUILD_PCIMEM_END 0xfec00000 /* IOAPIC is mapped at */ #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_START 0 #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_SIZE 0 #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_END 0 #else -#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START 0xf0000000 -#define BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE 0x08000000 /* half- of pci window */ +#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START CONFIG_PCIMEM_START +#define BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE CONFIG_PCIMEM_SIZE #define BUILD_PCIMEM_END (BUILD_PCIMEM_START + BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE) #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_START BUILD_PCIMEM_END #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_SIZE (BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_END - BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_START) -- 1.7.1

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[PATCH] skip interactive boot menu if only one boot device present
by Sven Schnelle April 30, 2011

April 30, 2011

There's no point in presenting a menu to the user if there's only one option to choose from. In that case skip this menu to save some waiting time during boot. Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens(a)stackframe.org> --- src/boot.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/boot.c b/src/boot.c index 1cd4126..df26d33 100644 --- a/src/boot.c +++ b/src/boot.c @@ -360,6 +360,11 @@ interactive_bootmenu(void) if (! CONFIG_BOOTMENU || ! qemu_cfg_show_boot_menu()) return; + /* If we have only one bootdevice, + skip interactive menu */ + if (!BootList->next) + return; + while (get_keystroke(0) >= 0) ; -- 1.7.4.4

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[PATCH] Make pci memory window configurable.
by Gerd Hoffmann April 28, 2011

April 28, 2011

This patch makes the memory window for PCI memory bars configurable via Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel(a)redhat.com> --- src/Kconfig | 6 ++++++ src/config.h | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig index 6d55b23..c68a815 100644 --- a/src/Kconfig +++ b/src/Kconfig @@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ menu "Hardware support" depends on EXTRA_PCI_ROOTS hex "Extra secondary PCI root bus number" default 0x00 + config PCIMEM_START + hex "PCI memory window start address" + default 0xf0000000 + config PCIMEM_SIZE + hex "PCI memory window size size" + default 0x08000000 config USE_SMM depends on !COREBOOT diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h index 5b40488..4500669 100644 --- a/src/config.h +++ b/src/config.h @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_SIZE 0 #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_END 0 #else -#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START 0xf0000000 -#define BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE 0x08000000 /* half- of pci window */ +#define BUILD_PCIMEM_START CONFIG_PCIMEM_START +#define BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE CONFIG_PCIMEM_SIZE #define BUILD_PCIMEM_END (BUILD_PCIMEM_START + BUILD_PCIMEM_SIZE) #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_START BUILD_PCIMEM_END #define BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_SIZE (BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_END - BUILD_PCIPREFMEM_START) -- 1.7.1

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my bios.bin.elf is too big
by Rock Cui April 6, 2011

April 6, 2011

hello, everyone, I'm a seabios newer. I want to build a coreboot image with seabios as its payload. I need the seabios(bios.bin.elf) to be smaller then 1M, but I got a 1.3M one after building . I did not change anything in my seabios host directory. I don't know how to decrease the size. My colleague had built a smaller image(64k) with cygwin in win7, but he also does not know how to help me. So if anyone could give me some advices, that will be highly appreciated!^_^ PS: I don't know whether this subject line meets the requirements, if not, please tell me, thinks a lot!

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GSoC: Xen.org project to implement PV driver frontend for SeaBIOS
by Ian Campbell April 6, 2011

April 6, 2011

Hi, (I was unsure what the appropriate mailing list for this was, apologies for the cross post) You may or may not be aware that Xen intends to switch to using SeaBIOS as part of switching to using upstream qemu as our device model (hopefully in our next major release later this year). The switch to SeaBIOS is currently a WIP by Anthony Perard (who did the Xen port to upstream qemu). This is mainly a heads up that we have several students interested in a project which I am mentoring to add Xen PV frontends (particularly disk) to SeaBIOS . You can see a brief description of the project near the end of the table at http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/GSoC_2011_ideas. Obviously one of the main goals will be to work with the SeaBIOS (and if necessary qemu) communities as well as Xen.org in order to produce patches which can can be submitted to the relevant upstreams. If/when we have an actual student assigned to the project I will ask them introduce themselves too. If anyone want to be more involved with this work (e.g. as a backup mentor or whatever) then please do let me know. Cheers, Ian.

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