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#95: Run coreboot in VirtualBox
by coreboot Dec. 9, 2014

Dec. 9, 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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#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem
by coreboot Jan. 10, 2014

Jan. 10, 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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New patch to review: 49493f5 T60: add volume CMOS setting
by gerrit＠coreboot.org Jan. 28, 2013

Jan. 28, 2013

Sven Schnelle (svens(a)stackframe.org) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at http://review.coreboot.org/12 -gerrit

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#131: New flashrom motherboard support
by coreboot Sept. 17, 2012

Sept. 17, 2012

#131: New flashrom motherboard support ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: anonymous | Owner: somebody Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: trivial | Milestone: Going mainstream Component: flashrom | Version: v2 Keywords: flashrom asus | Dependencies: Patchstatus: there is no patch | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Did not know where I should put this but the bugtracker seemed like the right place. I tried flashrom and it could not detect my chip on my ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe motherboard. The board has a SST49LF004B flash chip and after enforcing the right chip flashrom seems to work fine. {{{ # ./flashrom -V -f -r -c SST49LF004A/B test Calibrating delay loop... 796M loops per second, 100 myus = 201 us. OK. No coreboot table found. WARNING: No chipset found. Flash detection will most likely fail. Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB: probe_jedec: id1 0x21, id2 0x5e, id1 parity violation No EEPROM/flash device found. Force read (-f -r -c) requested, forcing chip probe success: Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB: Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB) at physical address 0xfff80000. Force reading flash... done. }}} This should probably apply to the P5ND-SLI board, too. What do you need from me for adding autodetection of this board/chip? -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/131> coreboot <http://www.coreboot.org/>

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Re: [coreboot] how to delete symbol link created at compile time
by She, Kerry July 17, 2012

July 17, 2012

> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Jones [mailto:marcj303@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:39 AM > To: Stefan Reinauer > Cc: She, Kerry; coreboot > Subject: Re: [coreboot] how to delete symbol link created at compile time > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Stefan Reinauer > <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> wrote: > > * Marc Jones <marcj303(a)gmail.com> [111016 10:10]: > >> >> > I have created 2 devicetree file : > >> >> > > >> >> > devicetree_f15.cb for platform with family 15 CPU > >> >> > > >> >> > devicetree_f10.cb for platform with family 10 CPU > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > I changed the makefile to create a symbol link "devicetree.cb" > link to > >> >> > devicetree_f10.cb or devicetree_f15.cb at compile time. > >> >> > > >> >> > The problem is that I can't delete the symbol link when make > >> >> > clean/distclean. > >> > > >> > Please fix the problem by using one device tree for both platforms. > > > >> Stefan, > >> > >> Can you explain your thoughts on how that would work? Can we put a #if > >> in the devicetree.cb? It uses the c precompiler? It requires different > >> CPU files/device locations. We can try it next week. > > > > Usually the way this is handled in coreboot is that there is one socket > > that binds together all CPU types. Then in the device tree only the > > socket type is specified, and code for both CPUs is pulled in. > > Maybe we need something like a socket for northbridge code, since the > > northbridge now lives in the CPU? > > > > It seems like a bad idea to have to recompile your BIOS because you > > change the CPU. We did a lot of nastyness with K8 and Fam10, but we > > should find a better way to do this for future chipsets/CPUs. > > > Yes, we are discussing how the AGESA code would work. The socket > decision is rather complicated as we need a way to handle multiple > calls with the same names (function point tables etc). I think that > there may be a solution within AGESA, but the device tree may still be > a problem as the CPUs have different HT link numbering. This makes it > hard to have the same device tree layout for the same socket. Because of the function name conflict, put cpu code of 2 families together would not compile. We need to dig into AGESA more to figure out a solution. As for the devicetree problem, following text is the devicetree difference in detail: --- devicetree_fam10.cb 2011-08-15 15:00:14.426692437 +0800 +++ devicetree_fam15.cb 2011-08-15 15:00:14.426692437 +0800 @@ -16,19 +16,17 @@ # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA # -chip northbridge/amd/agesa/family10/root_complex +chip northbridge/amd/agesa/family15/root_complex device lapic_cluster 0 on - chip cpu/amd/agesa/family10 - device lapic 0x10 on end + chip cpu/amd/agesa/family15 + device lapic 0x20 on end end end device pci_domain 0 on subsystemid 0x15d9 0xab11 inherit #SuperMicro - chip northbridge/amd/agesa/family10 # CPU side of HT root complex - device pci 18.0 on end # link 0 - device pci 18.0 on end # link 1 - device pci 18.0 on end # link 2 - device pci 18.0 on # link 3, SB on socket0 link 2, on internal Node0 Link 3 + chip northbridge/amd/agesa/family15 # CPU side of HT root complex + device pci 18.0 on end # Link 0 + device pci 18.0 on # Link 1, IO-HUB on socket0 link 2(internal Node0 Link 1) chip northbridge/amd/cimx/rd890 # Southbridge PCI side of HT Root complex device pci 0.0 on end # HT Root Complex 0x9600

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Asus M2N68-LA HP Narra 2
by Marc Dunivan April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012

I have and old HP Pavillion with an Asus M2N68-LA Narra 2 mother board. Coreboot hasn't been ported to it. Not asking for it either. I just want to know the northbridge and southbridge it has.

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Re: [coreboot] Dual SPI Flash
by Oliver Schinagl April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

Well My electrical engineering knowledge does not reach as far that I would know where to connect what :) I can read a schematic and solder based on that, but those pictures from the wiki that I linked, http://www.coreboot.org/Developer_Manual/Tools/Dual_Flash has a small PCB, with 2 flash chips on it, but I can't figure out where to connect what. I do think it's a great idea, and maybe it would be an idea to draw the PCB in kicad/geda or the like, and actually have small batches made. I know dangerousprototypes.com has loads of small PCB's made for a few bux. Having a few on hand of these, and be able to send them to people would be great! Stuff one in an envelope and mail it out for the price of a stamp. On 06-03-12 09:55, Peter Stuge wrote: > Oliver Schinagl wrote: >> Oh wow, that's some nice work there, unfortunatly I only have 1 bios >> socket on my motherboard(s) and would use have to 'stack' the bios >> chips. > It works fine if you keep the switch wires very short. > > Or you can build a transistor-based or IC-based switch circuit which > stays very close by, and then gets remote controlled by a switch on a > long cable. > > > //Peter

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New patch to review for coreboot: c2e50ec Use fast memset in SMM mode, too
by Stefan Reinauer April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

Stefan Reinauer (stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at http://review.coreboot.org/827 -gerrit commit c2e50ece4dec0fbfdc714b171530a658b8d8d13a Author: Stefan Reinauer <reinauer(a)chromium.org> Date: Fri Mar 30 16:28:20 2012 -0700 Use fast memset in SMM mode, too ... and always include IP checksumming in romstage. It's generally useful and our upcoming port needs it. Change-Id: I248402d96a23e58354744e053b9d5cca6b74ad3a Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <reinauer(a)google.com> --- src/arch/x86/lib/Makefile.inc | 1 + src/lib/Makefile.inc | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/arch/x86/lib/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/x86/lib/Makefile.inc index 8f5fd5f..4375952 100644 --- a/src/arch/x86/lib/Makefile.inc +++ b/src/arch/x86/lib/Makefile.inc @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ romstage-y += cbfs_and_run.c romstage-y += memset.c romstage-y += memcpy.c +smm-y += memset.c smm-y += memcpy.c $(obj)/arch/x86/lib/console.ramstage.o :: $(obj)/build.h diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.inc b/src/lib/Makefile.inc index 8ce72b2..7c081ac 100644 --- a/src/lib/Makefile.inc +++ b/src/lib/Makefile.inc @@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ romstage-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250) += uart8250.c romstage-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250MEM) += uart8250mem.c romstage-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_CBMEM) += cbmem_console.c romstage-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_NE2K) += ne2k.c -romstage-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_NE2K) += compute_ip_checksum.c romstage-$(CONFIG_USBDEBUG) += usbdebug.c romstage-$(CONFIG_COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS) += timestamp.c +romstage-y += compute_ip_checksum.c +romstage-y += memmove.c ifneq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET),y) ramstage-y += memset.c @@ -51,10 +52,13 @@ ramstage-$(CONFIG_COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS) += timestamp.c driver-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_NE2K) += ne2k.c +ifneq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET),y) +smm-y += memset.c +endif ifneq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY),y) smm-y += memcpy.c endif -smm-y += cbfs.c memset.c memcmp.c +smm-y += cbfs.c memcmp.c smm-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250) += uart8250.c smm-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250MEM) += uart8250mem.c smm-$(CONFIG_USBDEBUG) += usbdebug.c

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Re: [coreboot] Asus M5A88-v evo
by HighlyCaffeinated April 3, 2012

April 3, 2012

>I bought an M5A88-v Motherboard ( >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131733&Tpk=m5a88-v >) and an amd FX-4170 ( >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106009 ) > >I use Fedora 16 on this machine. Compiled coreboot with a vga bios >from my board, flashed it, and in doing managed to brick the board. I >have another computer I was able to use to flash a vendor bios onto >the rom chip. Compiled again without video bios, and used a >pci-express graphics card. Still no luck. I'm running the machine with >stock firmware, but I'd love to be able to try out coreboot and >seabios. > >With Coreboot on it, The machine powered on and the fans spun up. >That's about it. No HD activity beyond power being applied. Ethernet >port never powered, screen never came out of power save. Seems to have >been bricked. > >Any ideas? > >Jonathan Bennett Jonathan- I'm very new to Coreboot myself, but high on the list of things to acquire I'd put a second flash chip and a serial crossover cable. I'm playing with one of the E350M1 boards with an 8-pin DIP SPI ROM onboard, and I have a laptop next to it running Windows. By running a header cable from the E350M1 to a serial Null Modem cable, then into a serial-to-USB adapter plugged into the Windows machine you can monitor the full progress of the Coreboot load. This makes it significantly easier to understand what is (or is not) happening during the boot process. Highly recommended. Before messing with the BIOS I got Linux up and running on the E350M1. Booting the board to the factory 4MB ROM allows me to build and flash the replacement 8MB ROM. The nice thing about using a ROM chip that is larger than factory is that flashrom -w verifies the coreboot.rom will fit on the chip so you don't accidentally try to flash the wrong ROM chip. It's saved me once already! Just a couple of pointers from someone in a similar situation. Mine boots now (yay!). One thing I have noticed - at least on my board - is that I cannot flash the ROM when I have booted from Coreboot. I MUST boot from the factory ROM to sucessfully flash the chip. I haven't yet looked into that, but plan to as time is available. Good luck -Todd

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