the following patch was just integrated into master: commit 375e6ce4aeee449c34a6d3efb6374c5684f7b32f Author: Scott Radcliffe sradcliffe@microind.com Date: Fri Oct 10 16:26:05 2014 -0400
intel/fsp_baytrail: Clear the GNVS area prior to filling
Zero out the GNVS area so that uninitialized portions are defined.
Tests using Microsoft Windows (XP/7/8) gave a bluescreen bugcheck: A5 (ACPI_BIOS_ERROR) with the first parameter (0x00001000) (ACPI_BIOS_USING_OS_MEMORY). Some ACPI enumerated devices use the GNVS area to define whether they're enabled and their MMIO regions. On my custom baytrail-based board and build, these devices were disabled but GNVS had uninitialized data indicating the devices were enabled with improper MMIO regions.
Should investigate further to see where the GNVS device values are set if enabled and make sure they're set to valid values even when the devices are disabled via the mainboard/devicetree.cb.
Change-Id: I2b575c65bfaab58ae6206ac6f457c259c27a7d97 Signed-off-by: Scott Radcliffe sradcliffe@microind.com Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/7040 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net Reviewed-by: Marc Jones marc.jones@se-eng.com
See http://review.coreboot.org/7040 for details.
-gerrit