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Re: [coreboot] tool to rearrange firmware volumes
by ron minnich 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

we've been using that. The minnowmax image is just weird. There is a Volume nested in a Volume nested in a Volume ... On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:40 PM Martin Roth <gaumless(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think you want ifdtool -n > > -n | --newlayout <filename> update regions using a flashrom layout > file > > Martin > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:03 PM, ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > the minnowmax has nested firmware volumes. We'd like to rearrange things > now > > that the wonderful mecleaner has freed up 3 meg :-) > > > > anybody know of a tool that would let us do this rearrangement? > > > > -- > > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >

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Re: [coreboot] tool to rearrange firmware volumes
by Martin Roth 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

I think you want ifdtool -n -n | --newlayout <filename> update regions using a flashrom layout file Martin On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:03 PM, ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > the minnowmax has nested firmware volumes. We'd like to rearrange things now > that the wonderful mecleaner has freed up 3 meg :-) > > anybody know of a tool that would let us do this rearrangement? > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

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tool to rearrange firmware volumes
by ron minnich 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

the minnowmax has nested firmware volumes. We'd like to rearrange things now that the wonderful mecleaner has freed up 3 meg :-) anybody know of a tool that would let us do this rearrangement?

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Re: [coreboot] success with mecleaner and minnowmax turbot
by ron minnich 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

the network is fine. ron On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:02 AM ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'll do that, thanks! > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:01 AM Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi(a)google.com> > wrote: > > Ron, thanks for the report. Did you also check if the ethernet port is > still functional? > > 2017-03-23 18:55 GMT+01:00 ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com>: > > just an FYI, I was not sure where else to tell people. But the mecleaner > > works! > > > > what a neat tool :-) > > > > -- > > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > > > -- > Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg > Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: > Hamburg > Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle > >

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Re: [coreboot] success with mecleaner and minnowmax turbot
by ron minnich 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

I'll do that, thanks! On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:01 AM Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi(a)google.com> wrote: > Ron, thanks for the report. Did you also check if the ethernet port is > still functional? > > 2017-03-23 18:55 GMT+01:00 ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com>: > > just an FYI, I was not sure where else to tell people. But the mecleaner > > works! > > > > what a neat tool :-) > > > > -- > > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > > > -- > Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg > Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: > Hamburg > Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle >

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Re: [coreboot] success with mecleaner and minnowmax turbot
by Patrick Georgi 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Ron, thanks for the report. Did you also check if the ethernet port is still functional? 2017-03-23 18:55 GMT+01:00 ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com>: > just an FYI, I was not sure where else to tell people. But the mecleaner > works! > > what a neat tool :-) > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot -- Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle

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success with mecleaner and minnowmax turbot
by ron minnich 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

just an FYI, I was not sure where else to tell people. But the mecleaner works! what a neat tool :-)

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Re: [coreboot] Flash error - Board information not found
by Martin Roth 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Hi Kory, I'm not sure what the proprietary software is, but you're going to want to use flashrom or a hardware flash tool instead of the proprietary software to flash the ROM. https://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom And just since it always needs to be said: You need to make sure you have a backup of *YOUR* original ROM before you flash to coreboot. Do NOT rely on the OEM's ROM file for recovery, as there may be information specific to your board stored on your ROM chip. Save this backup, as you may discover you needed something from it at some later date. Using a hardware solution to create this backup is the best method because the onboard SPI controller may not be able to read from the entire chip. Updating your board to coreboot has a high chance of bricking your board. It's recommended that you have a sure way of recovering - Get a spare ROM chip if the chip is socketed. If it's not, get a hardware flash solution so you can re-flash the chip even if the board is dead. The Raspberry-pi or BeagleBone Black are two popular solutions. You can search for information about how to do this. Martin On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Kory Maincent <kmaincent(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I tried to flash Fujitsu D2990-A1 Board with winbound ROM with coreboot and > a coreinfo payload. > No probleme in compiling and adding the blobs. > But when I use the proprietary software with FreeDOS to flash the Bios I > have this error : > Error - No Board Information found in update file > > Is anybody has already seen this error? > Is it possible to add a special file to the rom with the board information. > Or do I have to contact them to solve it because it is a verification done > by the software? > > I am new to coreboot > > Thanks, Kory > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

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Flash error - Board information not found
by Kory Maincent 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Hi everyone, I tried to flash Fujitsu D2990-A1 Board with winbound ROM with coreboot and a coreinfo payload. No probleme in compiling and adding the blobs. But when I use the proprietary software with FreeDOS to flash the Bios I have this error : Error - No Board Information found in update file Is anybody has already seen this error? Is it possible to add a special file to the rom with the board information. Or do I have to contact them to solve it because it is a verification done by the software? I am new to coreboot Thanks, Kory

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Re: [coreboot] USB Support on Apollo Lake
by Peter Stuge 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > since BSW (including APL-I, former BXT-I), there is ONLY USB 3.0 xHCI root > hub. It's too bad that EHCI has been removed. The xHCI register model is broken in that it requires dedicated hardware (registers) for each connected USB device, and Intel's xHCI implementation included hardware registers for only 32 connected devices, thus actually not being compliant with the basic requirement of up to 127 devices. > The (maybe) efficient method is to put on xHCI 3.0 passive Belkin USB > 2.0 bridge as bypass, maybe this can make this transition smooth. That can unfortunately not work. The root *hub* is actually not a problem, but as Werner pointed to it's the xHCI register and operational model, which is incompatible with that of EHCI. xHCI means (completely) different hardware than EHCI. Only the ports on the user side of an xHCI host controller are backwards compatible, not the interface on the CPU side. In fact that's why the name changed. The HCI part of EHCI and xHCI stands for Host Controller Interface, ie. the CPU side of the USB controller. Gailu Singh wrote: > If I understood it correctly the usb 2.0 card I was planning to use > over pcie is not going to work as we can't mix with usb3.0 root > hub, so not worth even trying that option. Not correct. An additional EHCI host controller has nothing to do with any host controller built-into CPU, chipset or SoC. I think your additional EHCI HC will work fine, as long as the EHCI- supporting software (I suppose GRUB 2) discovers and uses that HC instead of trying to use the Intel xHCI one. I do not expect any problem here, specifically because xHCI even appears different from EHCI on the PCI bus. It should just work. > Would you mind sharing the product details of xHCI 3.0 passive Belkin USB > 2.0 bridge so that I can buy and try that. This however can not work, again because xHCI hardware is per definition not supported by EHCI-supporting software, regardless of what you connect to a USB port on the other end of the controller. //Peter

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