Timothy Pearson (tpearson@raptorengineeringinc.com) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at https://review.coreboot.org/12064
-gerrit
commit 3158f09884d96a77e91d376db5b58a8d6c54f802 Author: Timothy Pearson tpearson@raptorengineeringinc.com Date: Thu Sep 3 17:39:51 2015 -0500
mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16: Limit HT speed to 2.6GHz
The CPU <--> CPU HT wiring on this board has only been validated to 2.6GHz. While higher frequencies appear to function initially, and in fact function when only one CPU package is installed, dual CPU package systems will lock up after around 6 - 12 hours of uptime due to presumed HT link errors at the higher (>= 2.8GHz) HT clocks.
If applications are not being used that stress the coherent fabric, then the uptime before hang may be much longer. Users attempting to overclock the HT links are advised to "burn in test" the HT links by running memtester locked to a node with no local memory installed.
Change-Id: I8fae90c67aa0e8b103e9b8906dea50d1e92ea5a9 Signed-off-by: Timothy Pearson tpearson@raptorengineeringinc.com --- src/mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16/romstage.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16/romstage.c index ccb85f4..df76ab4 100644 --- a/src/mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16/romstage.c +++ b/src/mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16/romstage.c @@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ void cache_as_ram_main(unsigned long bist, unsigned long cpu_init_detectedx)
struct sys_info *sysinfo = &sysinfo_car;
+ /* Limit the maximum HT speed to 2.6GHz to prevent lockups + * due to HT CPU <--> CPU wiring not being validated to 3.2GHz + */ + sysinfo->ht_link_cfg.ht_speed_limit = 2600; + uint32_t bsp_apicid = 0, val; uint8_t byte; msr_t msr;