August 2012 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

#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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Dual SPI Flash adapter attempt 2.0
by Oliver Schinagl March 9, 2014

March 9, 2014

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 :)

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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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unsupported mb questions (amd fam10h)
by Roman Elshin July 21, 2013

July 21, 2013

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? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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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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Fintek F81865 patch
by Juha Tuomala Sept. 4, 2012

Sept. 4, 2012

Hi, Below is a patch for Fintek f81865 superio register dump. Datasheet: http://www.fintek.com.tw/files/productfiles/F81865_V028P.pdf Patch url: http://tuju.fi/tmp/f81865.patch diff --git a/util/superiotool/fintek.c b/util/superiotool/fintek.c index fc1d3f2..8703f68 100644 --- a/util/superiotool/fintek.c +++ b/util/superiotool/fintek.c @@ -279,6 +279,54 @@ static const struct superio_registers reg_table[] = { {0x00,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,EOT}}, {EOT}}}, {0x0407, "F81865F/F-I", { + {NOLDN, NULL, + {0x02,0x07,0x20,0x21,0x23,0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,0x28,0x29,0x2a-1,0x2a-2,0x2b,0x2c,0x2d,EOT}, + {NANA,0x00,0x07,0x04,0x19,0x34,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x1f,0x00,0x08,EOT}}, + {0x00, "FDC", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0x74,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf0,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x03, "LPT", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0x74,0xf0,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0x78,NANA,NANA,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x04, "HWMON", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,EOT}, + {NANA,0x02,0x95,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x05, "KBC", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0x72,0xfe,0xf0,EOT}, + {NANA,0x00,0x60,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x71,EOT}}, + {0x06, "GPIO", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf1,0xf2,0xf3,0xf3,0xf4,0xf5,0xf6,0xf7,0xf8,0xf9,0xe0,0xe1,0xe2,0xe3,0xef,0xd0,0xd1,0xd2,0xd3,0xc0,0xc1,0xc2,0xc3,0xb0,0xb1,0xb2,0xb3,0xa0,0xa1,0xa2,0xa3,0x90,0x91,0x92,0x93,EOT}, + {NANA,0x00,0x60,NANA,0x00,NANA,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xff,NANA,0x00,NANA,0x00,0xff,NANA,0x00,0x00,0xff,NANA,0x00,0x00,0xff,NANA,0x00,0x00,0xff,NANA,0x00,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x07, "WDT", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0xf5,0xf6,0xfa,EOT}, + {NANA,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x08, "SPI", + {0xf0,0xf1,0xf2,0xf3,0xf4,0xf5,0xf6,0xf7,0xf8,0xfa,0xfb,0xfc,0xfd,0xfe,0xff,EOT}, + {0x10,0x04,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x0a, "PME & ACPI", + {0x30,0xf0,0xf1,0xf2,0xf3,0xf4,0xf5,0xf6,EOT}, + {NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x06,NANA,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x0b, "RTC", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,EOT}, + {NANA,0x00,0x00,NANA,EOT}}, + {0x10, "UART1", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x11, "UART2", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x12, "UART3", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x13, "UART4", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x14, "UART5", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, + {0x15, "UART6", + {0x30,0x60,0x61,0x70,0xf0,0xf2,0xf4,0xf5,EOT}, + {NANA,0x03,0xf8,NANA,NANA,NANA,0x00,0x00,EOT}}, {EOT}}}, {EOT} }; Tuju --

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Re: [coreboot] Coreboot with a Linux kernel and initramfs as payload.
by Patrick Georgi Aug. 31, 2012

Aug. 31, 2012

Am 31.08.2012 16:41, schrieb ron minnich: > It's been several years since I've done this. However, I don't believe > mkelfimage is needed. > > You need to build a kernel image that contains the kernel, initramfs, > and command line args. If my memory is correct, this is now possible > with the standard kernel build process and it creates and ELF file. > Since cbfstool can parse and ELF file, you should be able to use the > standard coreboot flow. That won't work since Linux still requires the "bootblock" at 0x7d000 (or whereever that was). You only get that when using a "linux" loader. Still, mkelfimage isn't exactly a well thought out tool. Take an ELF linux image and add the bootblock section and you avoid a copy on runtime and lots of complication of mkelfimage (eg. that stub it adds). Never found the time to implement that, though. Patrick

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Re: [coreboot] Coreboot with a Linux kernel and initramfs as payload.
by ron minnich Aug. 31, 2012

Aug. 31, 2012

It's been several years since I've done this. However, I don't believe mkelfimage is needed. You need to build a kernel image that contains the kernel, initramfs, and command line args. If my memory is correct, this is now possible with the standard kernel build process and it creates and ELF file. Since cbfstool can parse and ELF file, you should be able to use the standard coreboot flow. I'm going to try to get this working anyway in a week or so so I'm interested to hear how it goes for you. ron

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