#95: Run coreboot in VirtualBox
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Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: misc | Version:
Keywords: | Dependencies:
Patchstatus: there is no patch |
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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.
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Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/95>
coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>
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
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http://www.hailfinger.org/
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 :)
#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem
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Reporter: jeroenkrabbendam@… | Owner: stepan@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: coreboot | Keywords: gpxe
Dependencies: | Patch Status: there is no patch
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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.
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Ticket URL: <https://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/186>
coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>
I try to get coreboot working with asrock 880g pro3 board.
First problem: spd eprom say that memory ddr1600 capable, but it is not
so, is there are right way to limit memory frequency at ddr1333?
Other problem, may be related as machine with broken memory are very
unpredictable: boot process stop with "It is not SB800 or SB810"
message. I try to enable sb850 by this patch, but looks like it is not
enough, most of time coreboot does not detect hdd. Sometimes in very
rare case it is possible to boot from sata. Are sb850 supported by
coreboot?
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diff -urN a/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/early_setup.c
b/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/early_setup.c
--- a/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/early_setup.c 2012-07-14
19:00:40.000000000 +0400
+++ b/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/early_setup.c 2012-07-14
21:49:54.000000000 +0400
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@
rev = REV_SB800_A11;
} else if (rev_id == 0x41) {
rev = REV_SB800_A12;
- } else {
+ } else if (rev_id == 0x42) {
+ rev = REV_SB800_A13;
+ }
+ else {
die("It is not SB800 or SB810\r\n");
}
diff -urN a/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/sb800.h
b/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/sb800.h
--- a/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/sb800.h 2012-07-14 19:00:40.000000000
+0400
+++ b/src/southbridge/amd/sb800/sb800.h 2012-07-14 21:49:10.000000000
+0400
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
#define REV_SB800_A11 0x11
#define REV_SB800_A12 0x12
-
+#define REV_SB800_A13 0x13
#ifdef __PRE_RAM__
void sb800_lpc_port80(void);
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:25:58PM +0200, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> 2012/10/17 Kevin O'Connor <kevin(a)koconnor.net>:
> > The controller is supposed to update the toggle bit in the qh. The
> > same qh is used for all transfers, so it should already be up to date
> > between transfers. It is possible something subtle is going on here.
>
> USB is finally working :) http://dpaste.com/815054/
Great! Can you post the EHCI patch you used to make this work?
Thanks,
-Kevin
Hi all,
I think it is time to finally get new FM2 board! I have in mind some version of
the F2A85-V PRO. Best would be to coordinate bit the efforts and choose some
board which is long term supported. Also, everything costs quite some money and
it would be nice if maybe someone already owns it to get some lspci/flash dumps
etc in advance.
So far I have learned:
1) it has socketed BIOS
2) there seems to be some hw way how to unbrick that, but question is if it will
accept our images
USB BIOS Flashback - Easy, worry-free USB BIOS
I suspect it is done by some 8051 controller, possibly some of those chips:
http://detail.zol.com.cn/picture_index_975/index9747187_0_p336189.shtml
Looks like independent of any other chips, it could be cool feature for coreboot
users.
3) it has serial port
4) it has NCT6779D which has no public datasheet
5) I was able to decompress the EFI firmware (skip first 2KB) with the
bios_extract with some enhancements for compressed volumes. I think I got this
from Patrick? I found there at least one 8051 firmware which looks like it is
providing the EPU function. I suspect this runs inside southbridge, because the
usual AMD signature is wiped with "xxxxxxxx" at 0x2000 ;) I think this can be a
PITA but I dont know if it will work without this. Or if we would have to
provide a way how to include that in the resulting image. I did not find a
decompressed version of this fw. I suspect it lives iniside the flash after
first flashing or so...
5) some of firmware files are quite funny and include cryptographic keys for
microsoft and canonical also, it seems the "secure part" of the image updater is
packed with UPX and this is then used by flashers (maybe extra other SMI layer
is involved I dont know) (look for ASEX_update_bios_firmware does the trick)
All in all, I'm nearly convinced I will try to do it, but of course it is hard
not to imagine some showstoper and all the money invested to new coreboot hw as
wasted.
Thanks
Rudolf
