coreboot January 2016

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by A. Veek

1 year, 9 months

Re: [coreboot] No VGA output on e350m1 after flashing. what to do?

by Reiner Luett

Hi! On 30.06.2013 19:28, Christian Weinz wrote: > Maybe I didn't include the VGA option in the make menuconfig process. > How can I solve this problem? You need to add the VGA Option ROM (VGA BIOS -> Add VGA BIOS image). I've extracted it from the UEFI, but you also could use these: http://www.coreboot.org/index.php?title=ASRock_E350M1&oldid=11114 at the end of the page or you also may be able to use the default AMD fam14 (Persimmon) vbios. You will need to agree to the click through: http://wwwd.amd.com/support/vbioslic.nsf/userverify?openform http://www.coreboot.org/AMD_DB-FT1_PERSIMMON It's a pity, that bios_extract didn't work for now. You could use the AMI Aptio EFI MMTool with wine: http://win-lite.de/benutzer/fernando/BIOS-Tools/AMI_Aptio_EFI_MMTool_v4.50.… You need to extract OntarioEFIVbios with PCI ID 1002,9802 as Option ROM. Regards, Reiner --

3 years

ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation board port offer

by Timothy Pearson

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3 years, 8 months

Re: [coreboot] Where is the first instrucion?

by Alex G.

On 01/10/2016 10:23 AM, ron minnich wrote: > One thing I think you'd enjoy doing is building the qemu target, setting > up qemu with gdb, and just watching what happens, instruction by > instruction, as the system boots. One exercise I liked doing was to rewrite the entire boot flow, from reset vector to protected mode entry. Tested on qemu, put it on hardware, nothing burned. Alex > ron > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 3:28 AM Rafael Machado > <rafaelrodrigues.machado(a)gmail.com > <mailto:rafaelrodrigues.machado@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Peter and Rudolf. > Thanks for the answers and tips. They are realy helpfull ! > I'll take a look. > > Rafael R. Machado > > > Em Sáb, 9 de jan de 2016 17:19, Rudolf Marek <r.marek(a)assembler.cz > <mailto:r.marek@assembler.cz>> escreveu: > > Hi, > > I guess your question is more general than the coreboot related > right? > > If you have a firmware image dump of the flash (not the file you > download from > board vendor) then yes, first location to be executed is the > instruction located > 16 bytes before end of the image. > > In coreboot see in build/ bootblock_inc.S which also has > reset16.inc and > entry16.inc which is a real start. Consult the Intel or AMD > manual to see the > CPU state after reset. The CPU starts in real mode, but CS base > is shifted to > last 64KB before end of 4GB address space. In general your CPU > starts in > compatible mode with 8086 manufactured in 1978. > > Thanks > Rudolf > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > <mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org> > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > >

4 years, 2 months

Re: [coreboot] On Intel Boot Guard

by Alexander Couzens

Hi Iru, we aren't still sure which boards use Intel Boot Guard and which doesn't use it. But we expect most board use it, because it's "recommended" by intel - as we dont recommend it. Also there isn't yet a test script for Intel Boot Guard. Can you post a link to that forum post? I would like to look into a x240 flash image. If you have such board it would be nice if you can send me a copy of the flash image via private mail. Cheers, lynxis -- Alexander Couzens mail: lynxis(a)fe80.eu jabber: lynxis(a)jabber.ccc.de mobile: +4915123277221

4 years, 5 months

Re: [coreboot] [RFC] Proposal for policy for changing the development guidelines

by Alex G.

On 01/30/2016 11:30 AM, ron minnich wrote: > The change to the guidelines is hence a codification of a practice that > goes back to the project's beginnings. I find that statement inaccurate. This practice had not been an issue in the past, on patches that you yourself approved. Mixed syntaxes have been present in the codebase for a while. See EXHIBIT A. EXHIBIT B shows a patch, mid last year, when a new intel_syntax code was introduced. There was only one comment (following) about the syntax. The patch was approved by you, Ron, without mentioning what you claim has been a practice. > Patrick Georgi, Jul 13, 2015 > follow up patch: we don't really want two _syntaxes in one file_, right? (emphasis added) The comment clearly addresses the issue of mixing two syntaxes within a file. It does not mention "a practice that goes back to the project's beginnings", nor does it mention that either "AT&T syntax is to be used through-out the project", or "No new Intel syntax code is allowed into the project." EXHIBIT C, shows another such patch that, you, have also approved, Ron. The comment got no replies. > Ronald G. Minnich, Oct 30 10:43 AM > why intel syntax _in a file that is att syntax_? it's a real oportunity for a buggy time.+2'ing because you promised me you're rewrite it. (emphasis added) Notice how the issue here is strictly the mixing of syntaxes within the same file. EXHIBIT D shows another such patch, this time approved by me. I have made a comment about the issue of mixed syntax. > Alexandru Gagniuc, Jul 17, 2015 > Really? Mixed syntax in the same file? This also addresses strictly the issue of mixing of syntaxes within the same file. EXHIBIT E shows another patch, that you yourself approved. This time, there was not even a mention of mixed syntaxes. I conclude from these, that your assertion that this has been an unspoken rule, is not true. Furthermore, I believe that this arbitrary change was done as an act of spite towards a set of engineers. Also, since you, and the rest of the coreboot leadership have shown a pattern of first discussing changes to the project publicly, on the mailing list, I conclude that a discussion about this issue was deliberately avoided in order to prevent those engineers, as well as other coreboot community members, from presenting their arguments. Alex ### EXHIBIT A: Presence of .intel_syntax ### * 4a30ab9 cpu/amd: remove .intel_syntax * 0302b06 arch/x86: remove .intel_syntax * c7b2b7c cbfstool: Fix potential error when using hash attribute $ git reset --hard c7b2b7c67dc8afb52c3dc8e9297e5ed81fa22674 $ git grep intel_syntax src/arch/x86/boot.c: ".intel_syntax noprefix\n\t" src/arch/x86/c_start.S:.intel_syntax noprefix src/arch/x86/wakeup.S: .intel_syntax noprefix src/cpu/amd/agesa/cache_as_ram.inc: .intel_syntax noprefix src/cpu/amd/pi/cache_as_ram.inc: .intel_syntax noprefix ### EXHIBIT B: src/arch/x86/[boot.c, c_start.S] ### $ git blame src/arch/x86/boot.c |grep intel_syntax 9693885a src/arch/x86/boot/boot.c (Stefan Reinauer 2015-06-18 01:23:48 -0700 63) ".intel_syntax noprefix\n\t" $ git blame src/arch/x86/c_start.S |grep intel_syntax 9693885a src/arch/x86/lib/c_start.S (Stefan Reinauer 2015-06-18 01:23:48 -0700 403) .intel_syntax noprefix $ git show 9693885a commit 9693885ad88d21ead7bd9ebc32f3e4901841b18b Author: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Date: Thu Jun 18 01:23:48 2015 -0700 x86: Port x86 over to compile cleanly with x86-64 Change-Id: I26f1bbf027435be593f11bce4780111dcaf7cb86 Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Signed-off-by: Scott Duplichan <scott(a)notabs.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/10586 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Tested-by: Raptor Engineering Automated Test Stand <noreply(a)raptorengineeringinc.com> Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> ### EXHIBIT C: src/arch/x86/wakeup.S ### $ git blame src/arch/x86/wakeup.S |grep intel_syntax ac901e6b src/arch/x86/wakeup.S (Stefan Reinauer 2015-07-31 16:46:28 -0700 32) .intel_syntax noprefix $ git show ac901e6b commit ac901e6bedc98d115ebb8089afd8f67aef39c000 Author: Stefan Reinauer <reinauer(a)chromium.org> Date: Fri Jul 31 16:46:28 2015 -0700 wakeup: Switch back to 32bit mode first On x86_64 we need to leave long mode before we can switch to 16bit mode. Oh joy! When's my 64bit resume pointer coming? Why didn't this get caught earlier? Seems the Asrock E350M2 didn't do Suspend/Resume? Yes, I know it's Intel syntax. Will be converted to AT&T syntax as soon as the whole thing actually works.. 8) Change-Id: Ic51869cf67d842041f8842cd9964d72a024c335f Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/11106 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> ### EXHIBIT D: src/cpu/amd/agesa/cache_as_ram.inc ### $ git blame src/cpu/amd/agesa/cache_as_ram.inc |grep intel_syntax 67b9430b src/cpu/amd/agesa/cache_as_ram.inc (Stefan Reinauer 2015-06-18 01:14:01 -0700 66) .intel_syntax noprefix $ git show 67b9430b commit 67b9430b367a9f9a884043f14365a55b7ef3c45c Author: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Date: Thu Jun 18 01:14:01 2015 -0700 cpu: port amd/agesa to 64bit Change-Id: I8644b04f4b57db5fc95ec155d3f78d53c63c9831 Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Signed-off-by: Scott Duplichan <scott(a)notabs.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/10579 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me(a)gmail.com> Tested-by: Raptor Engineering Automated Test Stand <noreply(a)raptorengineeringinc.com> ### EXHIBIT E: src/cpu/amd/pi/cache_as_ram.inc ### $ git blame src/cpu/amd/pi/cache_as_ram.inc |grep intel_syntax f7613eca (Stefan Reinauer 2015-07-21 13:34:01 -0700 67) .intel_syntax noprefix $ git show f7613eca commit f7613ecacc02d486caa868a1f494dc46983aeb3d Author: Stefan Reinauer <reinauer(a)chromium.org> Date: Tue Jul 21 13:34:01 2015 -0700 cpu: port amd/pi to 64bit Change-Id: I66ef081fa1a520f0199366587800783ea1ef8719 Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer(a)coreboot.org> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/11023 Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)

4 years, 8 months

berlin coreboot user group meeting 17.02.2016 18:00

by Alexander Couzens

hey, the next coreboot user group meeting is on 17.02. at 1800 as usual at club discordia / cccb. everybody is welcome. I'll take some flasher with me, but it's still a good idea to send me an email so everything is prepared for your coreboot installation ;) best, lynxis -- Alexander Couzens mail: lynxis(a)fe80.eu jabber: lynxis(a)fe80.eu mobile: +4915123277221 gpg: 390D CF78 8BF9 AA50 4F8F F1E2 C29E 9DA6 A0DF 8604

4 years, 8 months

[regression] Increased romstage boot time on ASRock E350M1 (AMD Family 14h)

by Paul Menzel

Dear coreboot folks, on the ASRock E350M1, I lately noticed that the SeaBIOS banner takes longer to appear. And looking at the logs board status [1], the time stamps stored in CBMEM confirm this. ``` $ grep 1st asrock/e350m1/4.2-*/*/coreboot_timestamps.txt asrock/e350m1/4.2-33-g42444f6/2015-10-30T17:54:28Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,199 asrock/e350m1/4.2-36-g0ace013/2015-10-31T13:22:12Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,416 asrock/e350m1/4.2-37-gab35575/2015-10-31T18:23:47Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 367,904 asrock/e350m1/4.2-41-g3c47e8a/2015-10-31T20:39:02Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 367,829 asrock/e350m1/4.2-42-g0746452/2015-10-31T21:11:04Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,081 asrock/e350m1/4.2-43-g160ad6a/2015-10-31T21:12:09Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,290 asrock/e350m1/4.2-44-gbabb2e6/2015-10-31T21:14:48Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,023 asrock/e350m1/4.2-53-gf6dc544/2015-11-01T13:27:02Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 368,470 asrock/e350m1/4.2-58-g65eec4d/2015-11-02T15:41:33Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 679,462 asrock/e350m1/4.2-628-g62c0276/2015-12-29T17:17:01Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 1,528,198 asrock/e350m1/4.2-701-gb95a074/2016-01-08T01:44:15Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 1,298,841 asrock/e350m1/4.2-702-gfecc24a/2016-01-08T16:21:59Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 1,289,489 asrock/e350m1/4.2-703-g8846382/2016-01-09T21:18:59Z/coreboot_timestamps.txt: 0:1st timestamp 1,289,756 ``` Unfortunately, there was a time, where I had forgotten to select this option, so I am still bisecting this. I thought, it might have been fixed with the commit 4.2-630-g65e33c0 below [1], but it’s not. ``` commit 65e33c08a9a88c52baaadaf515b9591856115a77 Author: Nico Huber <nico.huber(a)secunet.com> Date: Mon Dec 28 20:17:13 2015 +0100 x86: Align CBFS on top of ROM Since the introduction of the new (interim?) master header, coreboot searches the whole ROM for CBFS entries. Fix that by aligning it on top of the ROM. Change-Id: I080cd4b746169a36462a49baff5e114b1f6f224a […] ``` Do you know, which commit the commit message referred to? Looking more into it, Nico’s commit was reverted in commit 4.2-673- g12c55ed [3] and the logic reworked. ``` commit 12c55eda11453ed1e7a24e218338831f67cd5de6 Author: Aaron Durbin <adurbin(a)chromium.org> Date: Mon Jan 4 13:57:07 2016 -0600 Revert "x86: Align CBFS on top of ROM" This reverts commit 65e33c08a9a88c52baaadaf515b9591856115a77. This was the wrong logic to fix the master header. Change-Id: I4688034831f09ac69abfd0660c76112deabd62ec […] ``` If you have any suggestions, please tell me. Otherwise, I’d continue trying to bisect this. And unfortunately, I am unable to provide romstage messages, as I still haven’t got the serial header for the board. So if somebody else, Stefan, Martin, Kevin, could provide that, that would be awesome. Thanks, Paul PS: I’ll try to create a ticket for this issue in the bug tracker [4] this evening. [1] https://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=board-status.git;a=summary [2] https://review.coreboot.org/12810 [3] https://review.coreboot.org/12824 [4] https://ticket.coreboot.org/

4 years, 8 months

Re: [coreboot] [RFC] Proposal for policy for changing the development guidelines

by Martin Roth

Alex, Please stop already. We know you don't agree with the decision. Stefan has agreed privately that he shouldn't have submitted those, and that it set a bad precedent. As you say in your email, *YOU* even questioned it when he did it, and he agreed that he would change them from Intel syntax to AT&T syntax. The "change" WAS to formalize an unwritten rule that had been broken a few times in the past. There was significant discussion in several meetings about the reasons for and against standardizing on AT&T syntax. Many of us, including myself, learned x86 assembly using Intel syntax, and find it easier to read. Mixing Intel syntax with AT&T syntax is just confusing and seems like bad practice. Because of this, the decision was made to go with AT&T syntax only. It was NOT done to spite you, whatever you might believe. If you have a reason for using Intel syntax that is really more persuasive than keeping the asm code in the project consistent, feel free to state it. Otherwise, PLEASE let's move on. Martin On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 5:44 PM, ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 3:06 PM Alex G. <mr.nuke.me(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Furthermore, I believe that this arbitrary >> change was done as an act of spite towards a set of engineers. > > > Well, wow. This just got weird. I think I'm done with this discussion. > > ron > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

4 years, 8 months

[RFC] Proposal for policy for changing the development guidelines

by Paul Menzel

Dear coreboot folks, I’d like to request for a policy on how the coreboot development guidelines are changed. ### Background ### The discussion in patch set #11784 [1] confused me quite a bit. Especially, seeing Aaron’s quote of the development guidelines I thought, why is this even discussed. > https://www.coreboot.org/Development_Guidelines#Assembly_Language states: > "To keep the code consistent across the different supported > platforms, AT&T syntax is to be used through-out the project. We are > working actively on replacing the existing Intel syntax code with > AT&T syntax. No new Intel syntax code is allowed into the project." But then, I wondered why I was not aware of that section in the development guidelines [2], and wanted to read up on it. While at it, I also looked through the history, and there I see, that it was only added [3] on the same day. I thought that editing rights for that page were blocked, because changes without discussion shouldn’t be made. Further on, I’d like changes to the development guidelines be announced in the official forum, which is this mailing list, so that developers, normally not reading the guidelines every day, are made aware of that. ### Proposal ### Changes to the development guidelines can only be made, when the following criteria are met. 1. A proposal of the change was sent to the list tagged with [RFC]. 2. The proposal was up for discussion for at least two weeks. 3. If there is no objection, the change can be made. 4. If there is objection, and no agreement can be reached, the proposal(s) should go up for a vote. The vote period should be at least one week. 5. Changes have to be announced to the list. ### Past changes ### No idea, but I’d think it’d be only fair to revert the changes made this months, and discuss them first. Thanks, Paul [1] https://review.coreboot.org/11784 [2] https://www.coreboot.org/Development_Guidelines#Assembly_Language [3] https://www.coreboot.org/index.php?title=Development_Guidelines&type=revisi…

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