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Re: [coreboot] Hi-DPI displays and showing text information for kevin in depthcharge
by Paul Kocialkowski 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Le lundi 17 juillet 2017 à 10:55 +0200, Patrick Georgi a écrit : > 2017-07-16 11:32 GMT+02:00 Paul Kocialkowski <contact(a)paulk.fr>: > > So I am wondering what the best way to solve this would be. I see a > > few > > options: > > * Having larger fonts for hi-dpi displays > > I'd go with that. Plus, maybe, a function to select the right font > given a few constraints (display resolution, desired terminal grid > size) > > There are a bunch of font options with higher resolutions in the Linux > sources (lib/fonts) that could be lifted into libpayload. Sounds reasonable enough! > > * Scaling the font to reach a particular DPI (e.g. based on the > > physical > > screen size reported from the EDID) > > This could be a reasonable fallback (eg in case payloads are storage > constrained and can't ship x fonts, or if even the largest font is > intolerably small). > Going for integer multiples (and statically generating the fonts in > the internal format, registering it just like any shipped font) should > be good enough. > No need for any fancy scaling algo either, just duplicate the pixels > in all directions. Yeah, that would totally do. > > * Reducing the resolution, by optionally providing a preferred one > > from > > the config > > Besides the potential dependency on resolution in later stages that > you mentioned, the panel may or may not work well with a lower > resolution, or might just show the same tiny pixels - just fewer of > them with a nice, shiny, black border. Hehe, that is a very good point. This approach is too device-dependent anyways. I'll wait for more feedback before starting the work on this (I have a lot on my plate anyway so this probably won't be a priority for some time). If anyone else feels like starting an implementation, I'd be overly grateful though! Cheers, -- Paul Kocialkowski, developer of free digital technology and hardware support. Website: https://www.paulk.fr/ Coding blog: https://code.paulk.fr/ Git repositories: https://git.paulk.fr/ https://git.code.paulk.fr/

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Re: [coreboot] "Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip" is corrupted
by Nico Huber 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Hi, On 17.07.2017 14:23, Utku Gültopu wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to run the "coreinfo" payload on Qemu using the prebuilt > image from the link: > > http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/06/Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip > > However, the ZIP file seems to be corrupted, I cannot extract the > file. Could you update the link with the uncorrupted ZIP file? looks like the file gets unzipped somewhere on the road without rena- ming. If yours is 262144 Bytes in length too, you can simply treat it as `coreboot.rom`. Although, it shouldn't be hard to build your own, see: https://www.coreboot.org/Lesson1 Nico > > Regards > > Source: https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU#coreboot_.2B_libpayload_.2B_coreinfo >

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"Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip" is corrupted
by Utku Gültopu 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Hello, I am trying to run the "coreinfo" payload on Qemu using the prebuilt image from the link: http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/06/Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip However, the ZIP file seems to be corrupted, I cannot extract the file. Could you update the link with the uncorrupted ZIP file? Regards Source: https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU#coreboot_.2B_libpayload_.2B_coreinfo

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Gerrit: Can't abandon patch
by Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Hi, In the (javascript) web interface, I find no way to abandon a change. Through ssh I can't either: > $ ssh review.coreboot.org gerrit review --abandon 15072,1 > error: fatal: abandon not permitted > > fatal: one or more reviews failed; review output above 15072 is supposed to be the following change: Kconfig: Clarify FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE. Denis.

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Re: [coreboot] for Lenovo G505S owners: AtomBIOS ROMs (discrete too!), binaries, datasheets...
by Paul Kocialkowski 16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17

Le dimanche 16 juillet 2017 à 11:10 +0300, Mike Banon a écrit : > Hi Paul, here is my proposed fix for ./origami-ec/tools/segments to > make it more portable across the different bash versions : I think the problem is that you are not using bash in this case. The script has /bin/sh as shebang, but it's really written in bash (with non-POSIX extensions). Given the number of non-POSIX things that I'm using in there, it's probably easier to just switch: #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash Could you try that and report back? > 1) replace > > if (( $size > $size_limit )) > > with > > if [ $(printf "%d" ${size}) -gt $(printf "%d" ${size_limit}) ] > > 2) replace > > if (( $offset < $map )) > > with > > if [ $(printf "%d" ${offset}) -lt $(printf "%d" ${map}) ] > > After these changes the hexadecimal numbers are converted to decimal > before the comparison. Now this script works OK and the whole build > completes without any error > > I have tested your firmware at my G505S, the LEDs are working ;-) and > are changing their state if I press a button. Cool! You may also want to close and open the lid ;) Also if you attach the UART to it, you will get a functional console. > Maybe its a good idea to launch this project publicly by creating a > mirror at GitHub, so that the people could easily commit the pull > requests and send their comments - and then the merged pull requests > could be synchronized with your home repository at git.code.paulk.fr ? > What do you think about this idea? I already have very specific plans about launching the project publicly (that do not involve using github). I am working hard on that. In order to drag some interest in the project at the time it is launched, I would ask that you don't spread big news about it yet. I'd really like to keep it semi-public for now. Also I strongly prefer to do code review via dedicated mailing lists, with text patches instead of web interfaces (that really do not fit well with my workflow). Thanks for your suggestions and interest in the project! Cheers, Paul > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Paul Kocialkowski <contact(a)paulk.fr> > wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Le samedi 15 juillet 2017 à 16:53 +0300, Mike Banon a écrit : > > > Dear Damien, thank you for your interest! > > > > > > These repositories are not raising G505S free-as-in-freedom level, > > > just trying to improve the things: e.g. make a discrete GPU > > > working > > > and erase serial IDs from EC KB9012 proprietary firmware. To > > > clarify: > > > > > > 1) g505s-atombios : contains the AtomBIOS ROMs for discrete GPU of > > > G505S. > > > AFAIK nobody has successfully extracted these discrete ROMs > > > before! > > > If your G505S had integrated GPU only you couldn't benefited from > > > them, > > > but my G505S has a discrete GPU also - which does not work with > > > coreboot. > > > And I really hope that having two AtomBIOS ROMs inside > > > coreboot.rom > > > (integrated + discrete, e.g. both pci1002,990b.rom and > > > pci1002,6663.rom ) > > > will help me to make this discrete GPU working. Going to test it > > > soon > > > :D > > > > > > 2) g505s-proprietary : contains the motherboard's LA-A091P and EC > > > KB9012 > > > keyboard controller datasheets, and Lenovo's Hardware Maintenance > > > Manual > > > (sometimes helps to find the replacement parts, such as the new > > > screws) > > > Of course many of us already had these files, but it also contains > > > a > > > clean EC KB9012 ROM - extracted directly from BIOS updating > > > software! > > > Compared to what is flashed at G505S by default, this clean ROM > > > doesn't > > > have any IDs, therefore flashing it slightly improves your > > > anonymity > > > > > > > It would be good to get this chipset working with Timothy's > > > > non-AGESA ram init, which I was working on at an earlier time > > > > but > > > > got > > > > stuck and ran out of time. > > > > > > Please tell, have you uploaded your unfinished work somewhere? > > > > > > > I believe the EC has been done too by Paul > > > > > > Thank you very much for this information! Do you know whether > > > it has been 100% completed and G505S boots with it, by a chance? > > > > > > http://git.code.paulk.fr/gitweb/?p=origami-ec.git;a=summary > > > > > > I am getting a few problems while trying to build: > > > > > > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x000016A4: not found > > > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x00000C2C: not found > > > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x00000E07: not found > > > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: cannot open 0x0000: No such > > > file > > > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 0: not found > > > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 49152: not found > > > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: cannot open 0x10000: No such > > > file > > > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 65536: not found > > > > > > Perhaps the tools/segments bash script is not portable enough, > > > I will try to fix it and contribute a solution in the near future > > > > To answer the question, no, it is not finished. Far from it. There > > is > > very little visibility regarding the project as it was not launched > > publicly yet (even though the source code I'm working on is already > > available). > > > > Too bad that the script does not work with your setup, reasonable > > fixes > > to make it work would indeed be welcome! It works fine on my setup. > > > > > > the only thing remaining apart from the hardest part (ram init) > > > > would be > > > > the vga init, (which Alex already did 95% for this particular > > > > hardware) > > > > > > Curious to hear about Alex's open source VGA init. Most likely it > > > has > > > been > > > written with integrated-only GPU in the mind, but if it will > > > become > > > the last > > > obstacle before fully liberating G505S --> then I could try to > > > complete it > > > > > > > I no longer have the laptop hardware with me so this is going to > > > > be > > > > problematic for me to do much work on it in the near future. > > > > > > Its very sad to hear. G505S is the most powerful portable coreboot > > > hardware > > > without Intel ME / PSP backdoors, and I hope that more of these > > > wonderful > > > laptops will end up at the hands of opensource/privacy-caring > > > people > > > > > > Luckily this laptop's default thermal paste is of very poor > > > quality, > > > and > > > when it starts easily overheating after a couple of years - a lot > > > of > > > people > > > are simply selling it instead of changing its' thermal paste! > > > Partially > > > because of that, partially because a lot of G505S have been > > > manufactured, > > > it is easy to find this laptop at eBay/craigslist for a very cheap > > > price! > > > > > > For example, just $100 dollars: > > > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-G505s-20255-AMD-A10-6gb-Ram-No-Hdd- > > > Part > > > s-Repair-/332298782671 > > > > > > If I were at USA I would have definitely bought, need just $59 to > > > refurbish > > > > > > 1) 8cells battery, more capacity than original! $33 - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/8-Cell-Battery-for-Lenovo-IdeaPad- > > > G400 > > > s-G405s-G505s-G410s-G510s-S410p-S510p-Z710-L12L4A02- > > > L12M4A02/32819127987.html > > > > > > 2) replacement keyboard, $12 - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-US-keyboard-for-leno > > > vo-I > > > deapad-G505S-FLEX-15-G500S-S500-Z510-US-laptop- > > > keyboard/1945098518.html > > > > > > 3) bottom cover, $14 - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-For-Lenovo-G500S-G505S-Bottom- > > > RAM- > > > HDD-Hard-Drive-Cover-Door-balck/32819067218.html > > > > > > + new thermal paste and some 100% alcohol for disinfection, > > > then could put SSD and 16 GB of RAM there for a beast machine ;) > > > > > > > I'm not sure if you are allowed to redistribute proprietary > > > > roms/datasheets > > > > > > It depends on your location - different countries have different > > > laws. > > > At my place I am allowed to use and even distribute them for not- > > > commercial > > > purposes (e.g. reverse engineering or just a hobby), at some other > > > places > > > the people are allowed to download these files but aren't allowed > > > to > > > share > > > > > > Sadly some countries have very strict copyright laws, e.g. at USA > > > I > > > would > > > have had to wait 75 years :P Many (if not all) GitHub servers are > > > at > > > USA > > > jurisdiction, but they can't sue me - only to take down my > > > repositories, > > > which I could easily re-upload to GitHub again or to somewhere > > > else... > > > > > > However, these datasheets have been at GitHub for almost a year > > > ( https://github.com/mikebdp2/kb9012-g505s-official ) and still > > > available! > > > > > > Probably because these datasheets aren't like a game or a movie > > > (when the manufacturer is losing money if someone else is > > > distributing > > > it) > > > in reality - nobody cares if you are distributing them. Multiple > > > times > > > I > > > have honestly tried to contact both Compal and ENE asking them if > > > they > > > don't mind me sharing the datasheets, but they have never replied > > > to > > > me > > > > > > Good luck to your projects, > > > Mike Banon > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Damien Zammit <damien(a)zamaudio.co > > > m> > > > wrote: > > > > Dear Mike, > > > > > > > > I am not sure what this is all about, but we already ported the > > > > G505s to > > > > coreboot. I believe the EC has been done too by Paul, > > > > so the only thing remaining apart from the hardest part (ram > > > > init) > > > > would > > > > be the vga init, (which Alex already did 95% for this particular > > > > hardware). I no longer have the laptop hardware with me so this > > > > is > > > > going to be problematic for me to do much work on it in the near > > > > future. > > > > > > > > By the way, I'm not sure if you are allowed to redistribute > > > > proprietary > > > > roms/datasheets, but IANAL. > > > > > > > > I wish you luck, > > > > > > > > Damien > > > > > > > > On 15/07/17 07:48, Mike Banon wrote: > > > > > Good day! Together with my friend Ivan we have opened a new > > > > > GitHub > > > > > page, > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/g505s-opensource-researcher > > > > > > > > > > and created 3 repositories there: > > > > > > > > > > 1) g505s-atombios > > > > > AMD AtomBIOS video bios releases for G505S Integrated HD-8650G > > > > > and > > > > > discrete HD-8570M / R5-M230 GPUs > > > > > > > > > > 2) g505s-proprietary > > > > > Proprietary stuff: InsydeH20 closed source BIOS files, > > > > > documents, > > > > > binaries and datasheets for G505S > > > > > > > > > > Their files were described at our previous messages: > > > > > > > > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084660. > > > > > html > > > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084671. > > > > > html > > > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-June/084569. > > > > > html > > > > > > > > > > All the SHA-256 checksums are available at sha256sum.txt text > > > > > files > > > > > > > > > > Also, we are going to set up 3) a bit later: > > > > > > > > > > 3) g505s-coreboot > > > > > coreboot open source BIOS releases for AMD-based Lenovo G505S > > > > > laptop > > > > > with A10-5750M quad core APU > > > > > > > > > > "3)" could be especially useful for the people who just > > > > > recently > > > > > became interested at coreboot/SeaBIOS projects - and would > > > > > like to > > > > > quickly test on their G505S laptop because of the official > > > > > BIOS > > > > > shortcomings (WiFi whitelist / poor thermal management) > > > > > > > > > > By the way, there were two typos at Ivan's cbfstool.sh script > > > > > - > > > > > two > > > > > missing "\" characters at the end of line. g505s-atombios > > > > > repository > > > > > has a working version > > > > > > > > > > Have the great weekends and happy hacking ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Wish you all the best, > > > > > Mike Banon > > > > > > > > > -- > > Paul Kocialkowski, > > > > developer of free digital technology and hardware support. > > > > Website: https://www.paulk.fr/ > > Coding blog: https://code.paulk.fr/ > > Git repositories: https://git.paulk.fr/ https://git.code.paulk.fr/ -- Paul Kocialkowski, developer of free digital technology and hardware support. Website: https://www.paulk.fr/ Coding blog: https://code.paulk.fr/ Git repositories: https://git.paulk.fr/ https://git.code.paulk.fr/

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[RFT] Linux 4.13: Intel 945 graphics driver changes
by Paul Menzel 16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17

Dear coreboot folks, As some of us still use Intel 945 devices, this is a heads-up, that the Linux Intel graphics driver was cleaned up in Linux 4.13 [1], whose first release candidate was published yesterday. There was at least one regression [2], so I encourage everyone to test the Linux 4.13 release candidates to ensure there are no other regressions. The Intel graphics driver in Linux has a good test suite (Intel GPU Tools, Piglit) [3][4], so this is also something coreboot users with Intel devices could do, who want to contribute but don’t want to code. Kind regards, Paul [1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/159458/ [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101790 [3] https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/igt/ [4] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/

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Re: [coreboot] for Lenovo G505S owners: AtomBIOS ROMs (discrete too!), binaries, datasheets...
by Paul Kocialkowski 16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17

Hey, Le samedi 15 juillet 2017 à 16:53 +0300, Mike Banon a écrit : > Dear Damien, thank you for your interest! > > These repositories are not raising G505S free-as-in-freedom level, > just trying to improve the things: e.g. make a discrete GPU working > and erase serial IDs from EC KB9012 proprietary firmware. To clarify: > > 1) g505s-atombios : contains the AtomBIOS ROMs for discrete GPU of > G505S. > AFAIK nobody has successfully extracted these discrete ROMs before! > If your G505S had integrated GPU only you couldn't benefited from > them, > but my G505S has a discrete GPU also - which does not work with > coreboot. > And I really hope that having two AtomBIOS ROMs inside coreboot.rom > (integrated + discrete, e.g. both pci1002,990b.rom and > pci1002,6663.rom ) > will help me to make this discrete GPU working. Going to test it soon > :D > > 2) g505s-proprietary : contains the motherboard's LA-A091P and EC > KB9012 > keyboard controller datasheets, and Lenovo's Hardware Maintenance > Manual > (sometimes helps to find the replacement parts, such as the new > screws) > Of course many of us already had these files, but it also contains a > clean EC KB9012 ROM - extracted directly from BIOS updating software! > Compared to what is flashed at G505S by default, this clean ROM > doesn't > have any IDs, therefore flashing it slightly improves your anonymity > > > It would be good to get this chipset working with Timothy's > > non-AGESA ram init, which I was working on at an earlier time but > > got > > stuck and ran out of time. > > Please tell, have you uploaded your unfinished work somewhere? > > > I believe the EC has been done too by Paul > > Thank you very much for this information! Do you know whether > it has been 100% completed and G505S boots with it, by a chance? > > http://git.code.paulk.fr/gitweb/?p=origami-ec.git;a=summary > > I am getting a few problems while trying to build: > > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x000016A4: not found > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x00000C2C: not found > tools/segments: 19: tools/segments: 0x00000E07: not found > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: cannot open 0x0000: No such file > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 0: not found > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 49152: not found > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: cannot open 0x10000: No such file > tools/segments: 69: tools/segments: 65536: not found > > Perhaps the tools/segments bash script is not portable enough, > I will try to fix it and contribute a solution in the near future To answer the question, no, it is not finished. Far from it. There is very little visibility regarding the project as it was not launched publicly yet (even though the source code I'm working on is already available). Too bad that the script does not work with your setup, reasonable fixes to make it work would indeed be welcome! It works fine on my setup. > > the only thing remaining apart from the hardest part (ram init) > > would be > > the vga init, (which Alex already did 95% for this particular > > hardware) > > Curious to hear about Alex's open source VGA init. Most likely it has > been > written with integrated-only GPU in the mind, but if it will become > the last > obstacle before fully liberating G505S --> then I could try to > complete it > > > I no longer have the laptop hardware with me so this is going to be > > problematic for me to do much work on it in the near future. > > Its very sad to hear. G505S is the most powerful portable coreboot > hardware > without Intel ME / PSP backdoors, and I hope that more of these > wonderful > laptops will end up at the hands of opensource/privacy-caring people > > Luckily this laptop's default thermal paste is of very poor quality, > and > when it starts easily overheating after a couple of years - a lot of > people > are simply selling it instead of changing its' thermal paste! > Partially > because of that, partially because a lot of G505S have been > manufactured, > it is easy to find this laptop at eBay/craigslist for a very cheap > price! > > For example, just $100 dollars: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-G505s-20255-AMD-A10-6gb-Ram-No-Hdd-Part > s-Repair-/332298782671 > > If I were at USA I would have definitely bought, need just $59 to > refurbish > > 1) 8cells battery, more capacity than original! $33 - > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/8-Cell-Battery-for-Lenovo-IdeaPad-G400 > s-G405s-G505s-G410s-G510s-S410p-S510p-Z710-L12L4A02- > L12M4A02/32819127987.html > > 2) replacement keyboard, $12 - > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-US-keyboard-for-lenovo-I > deapad-G505S-FLEX-15-G500S-S500-Z510-US-laptop- > keyboard/1945098518.html > > 3) bottom cover, $14 - > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-For-Lenovo-G500S-G505S-Bottom-RAM- > HDD-Hard-Drive-Cover-Door-balck/32819067218.html > > + new thermal paste and some 100% alcohol for disinfection, > then could put SSD and 16 GB of RAM there for a beast machine ;) > > > I'm not sure if you are allowed to redistribute proprietary > > roms/datasheets > > It depends on your location - different countries have different laws. > At my place I am allowed to use and even distribute them for not- > commercial > purposes (e.g. reverse engineering or just a hobby), at some other > places > the people are allowed to download these files but aren't allowed to > share > > Sadly some countries have very strict copyright laws, e.g. at USA I > would > have had to wait 75 years :P Many (if not all) GitHub servers are at > USA > jurisdiction, but they can't sue me - only to take down my > repositories, > which I could easily re-upload to GitHub again or to somewhere else... > > However, these datasheets have been at GitHub for almost a year > ( https://github.com/mikebdp2/kb9012-g505s-official ) and still > available! > > Probably because these datasheets aren't like a game or a movie > (when the manufacturer is losing money if someone else is distributing > it) > in reality - nobody cares if you are distributing them. Multiple times > I > have honestly tried to contact both Compal and ENE asking them if they > don't mind me sharing the datasheets, but they have never replied to > me > > Good luck to your projects, > Mike Banon > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Damien Zammit <damien(a)zamaudio.com> > wrote: > > Dear Mike, > > > > I am not sure what this is all about, but we already ported the > > G505s to > > coreboot. I believe the EC has been done too by Paul, > > so the only thing remaining apart from the hardest part (ram init) > > would > > be the vga init, (which Alex already did 95% for this particular > > hardware). I no longer have the laptop hardware with me so this is > > going to be problematic for me to do much work on it in the near > > future. > > > > By the way, I'm not sure if you are allowed to redistribute > > proprietary > > roms/datasheets, but IANAL. > > > > I wish you luck, > > > > Damien > > > > On 15/07/17 07:48, Mike Banon wrote: > > > Good day! Together with my friend Ivan we have opened a new GitHub > > > page, > > > > > > https://github.com/g505s-opensource-researcher > > > > > > and created 3 repositories there: > > > > > > 1) g505s-atombios > > > AMD AtomBIOS video bios releases for G505S Integrated HD-8650G and > > > discrete HD-8570M / R5-M230 GPUs > > > > > > 2) g505s-proprietary > > > Proprietary stuff: InsydeH20 closed source BIOS files, documents, > > > binaries and datasheets for G505S > > > > > > Their files were described at our previous messages: > > > > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084660.html > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084671.html > > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-June/084569.html > > > > > > All the SHA-256 checksums are available at sha256sum.txt text > > > files > > > > > > Also, we are going to set up 3) a bit later: > > > > > > 3) g505s-coreboot > > > coreboot open source BIOS releases for AMD-based Lenovo G505S > > > laptop > > > with A10-5750M quad core APU > > > > > > "3)" could be especially useful for the people who just recently > > > became interested at coreboot/SeaBIOS projects - and would like to > > > quickly test on their G505S laptop because of the official BIOS > > > shortcomings (WiFi whitelist / poor thermal management) > > > > > > By the way, there were two typos at Ivan's cbfstool.sh script - > > > two > > > missing "\" characters at the end of line. g505s-atombios > > > repository > > > has a working version > > > > > > Have the great weekends and happy hacking ;-) > > > > > > Wish you all the best, > > > Mike Banon > > > -- Paul Kocialkowski, developer of free digital technology and hardware support. Website: https://www.paulk.fr/ Coding blog: https://code.paulk.fr/ Git repositories: https://git.paulk.fr/ https://git.code.paulk.fr/

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Re: [coreboot] Any intro available for adding cbmem support to an old platform?
by Paul Menzel 15 Jul '17

15 Jul '17

Dear Keith, Am Freitag, den 07.07.2017, 21:55 -0400 schrieb Keith Hui: > Hi (again) coreboot: Welcome back! > My original question got lost in the list probably because of a bad > subject, so I'm asking again with a better one. Indeed, a good, descriptive subject line is useful. > I read that after 4.7 we are going to drop older platforms without > "cbmem support in romstage", and that includes one that I brought into > coreboot. I am interested in bringing this platform up to standard. > Where can I read up on adding this cbmem support? I am probably not the best person to answer the question, but see commit 3bf38548 (CBMEM: Tag chipsets with LATE_CBMEM_INIT) [1]: > In preparation to remove the static CBMEM allocator, tag the chipsets > that still do not implement get_top_of_ram() for romstage. So you need to implement that function for your chipset, remove the Kconfig selection, and if I remember correctly, everything else should then start working nicely. If I am not mistaken, Kyösti did a lot of the work during Google Summer of Code some years back. Maybe you find some information in the corresponding blog posts [2]. The next step is then to also add time-stamps to CBMEM, that you can read out with `cbmem -t`. > I just checked out the master from git in case they are part of the readings. Did you also test the latest code with your board? Could you please upload the *current* status to the board status repository [3]? Then it will also automatically be correctly tagged on the Wiki page *Supported Motherboards* [4]. Thanks, Paul [1] https://review.coreboot.org/7850 [2] https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/author/kmalkki/ [3] https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/coreboot.git/tree/util/board_status/README [4] https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards

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Re: [coreboot] for Lenovo G505S owners: AtomBIOS ROMs (discrete too!), binaries, datasheets...
by Damien Zammit 15 Jul '17

15 Jul '17

Dear Mike, I am not sure what this is all about, but we already ported the G505s to coreboot. It would be good to get this chipset working with Timothy's non-AGESA ram init, which I was working on at an earlier time but got stuck and ran out of time. I believe the EC has been done too by Paul, so the only thing remaining apart from the hardest part (ram init) would be the vga init, (which Alex already did 95% for this particular hardware). I no longer have the laptop hardware with me so this is going to be problematic for me to do much work on it in the near future. By the way, I'm not sure if you are allowed to redistribute proprietary roms/datasheets, but IANAL. I wish you luck, Damien On 15/07/17 07:48, Mike Banon wrote: > Good day! Together with my friend Ivan we have opened a new GitHub page, > > https://github.com/g505s-opensource-researcher > > and created 3 repositories there: > > 1) g505s-atombios > AMD AtomBIOS video bios releases for G505S Integrated HD-8650G and > discrete HD-8570M / R5-M230 GPUs > > 2) g505s-proprietary > Proprietary stuff: InsydeH20 closed source BIOS files, documents, > binaries and datasheets for G505S > > Their files were described at our previous messages: > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084660.html > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084671.html > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-June/084569.html > > All the SHA-256 checksums are available at sha256sum.txt text files > > Also, we are going to set up 3) a bit later: > > 3) g505s-coreboot > coreboot open source BIOS releases for AMD-based Lenovo G505S laptop > with A10-5750M quad core APU > > "3)" could be especially useful for the people who just recently > became interested at coreboot/SeaBIOS projects - and would like to > quickly test on their G505S laptop because of the official BIOS > shortcomings (WiFi whitelist / poor thermal management) > > By the way, there were two typos at Ivan's cbfstool.sh script - two > missing "\" characters at the end of line. g505s-atombios repository > has a working version > > Have the great weekends and happy hacking ;-) > > Wish you all the best, > Mike Banon >

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for Lenovo G505S owners: AtomBIOS ROMs (discrete too!), binaries, datasheets...
by Mike Banon 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Good day! Together with my friend Ivan we have opened a new GitHub page, https://github.com/g505s-opensource-researcher and created 3 repositories there: 1) g505s-atombios AMD AtomBIOS video bios releases for G505S Integrated HD-8650G and discrete HD-8570M / R5-M230 GPUs 2) g505s-proprietary Proprietary stuff: InsydeH20 closed source BIOS files, documents, binaries and datasheets for G505S Their files were described at our previous messages: https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084660.html https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-July/084671.html https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-June/084569.html All the SHA-256 checksums are available at sha256sum.txt text files Also, we are going to set up 3) a bit later: 3) g505s-coreboot coreboot open source BIOS releases for AMD-based Lenovo G505S laptop with A10-5750M quad core APU "3)" could be especially useful for the people who just recently became interested at coreboot/SeaBIOS projects - and would like to quickly test on their G505S laptop because of the official BIOS shortcomings (WiFi whitelist / poor thermal management) By the way, there were two typos at Ivan's cbfstool.sh script - two missing "\" characters at the end of line. g505s-atombios repository has a working version Have the great weekends and happy hacking ;-) Wish you all the best, Mike Banon

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