coreboot January 2018

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor
by 戴，曉政 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

Dear Taiidan, I have read letter from Kyosti, he said ‘AGESA family15 boards and chipset vendorcode for older than Trinity has been/will be removed on 4.7 release’. In this case, whether I still can use H8SCM for my first coreboot mainboard or not? And I will try to port KGPE-D16 after I complete porting of H8SCM with coreboot. In addition, I apologize again for my poor English. --- Avast 防毒軟體已檢查此封電子郵件的病毒。 https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: [coreboot] Gigabyte Brix
by Igor Skochinsky 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

Hello Konrad, Sunday, January 21, 2018, 9:02:30 AM, you wrote: KE> I would like to control the DCI and Debug bits in the boot process KE> and dont want to mess with the AMI bios patching. You can probably set the DCI enable bit in the PCH softstraps in the descriptor, no need to mess with the BIOS editing. It seems to be bit 17 in strap 0, right next to the HAP bit: <LayoutEntry name="PchStrapDciEnabled" type="bitfield32" value="0x1" offset="0x0" bitfield_high="17" bitfield_low="17" /> <LayoutEntry name="reserve_hap" type="bitfield32" value="0x0" offset="0x0" bitfield_high="16" bitfield_low="16" /> (xml from the Intel Flash Image Tool). KE> I was wondering weather KE> there is a port that is near enough so that it might boot at lease long enough KE> so that I can hook up with the DCI cable... I think there are some Skylake-based boards in the tree (using Intel FSP), you could try to start with those if you want to go down that road. KE> 2018-01-20 23:56 GMT+00:00 Taiidan(a)gmx.com <Taiidan(a)gmx.com>: KE> On 01/20/2018 06:38 PM, Konrad Eisele wrote: KE> Is there a chance to get coreboot running KE> on a GB-BKi5HA-7200 (i5-7200 Kabylake) or KE> a GB-BSi3-6100 (i3-6100 Skylake)? KE> You would have to do a port, which requires you have extensive KE> programming skills or a large amount of money to pay someone to do it. KE> What are you hoping to get out of coreboot? maybe there is an KE> already supported board that would suit you? -- WBR, Igor mailto:skochinsky@mail.ru

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Re: [coreboot] Gigabyte Brix
by Taiidan＠gmx.com 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

On 01/20/2018 06:38 PM, Konrad Eisele wrote: > Is there a chance to get coreboot running > on a GB-BKi5HA-7200 (i5-7200 Kabylake) or > a GB-BSi3-6100 (i3-6100 Skylake)? You would have to do a port, which requires you have extensive programming skills or a large amount of money to pay someone to do it. What are you hoping to get out of coreboot? maybe there is an already supported board that would suit you?

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Gigabyte Brix
by Konrad Eisele 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

Is there a chance to get coreboot running on a GB-BKi5HA-7200 (i5-7200 Kabylake) or a GB-BSi3-6100 (i3-6100 Skylake)?

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Interested in offering motherboards for autotest
by Jeremy Banks 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

Hello, I have some older motherboards I'd like to offer as QA targets for autotest as described in the Testing section of Development Guidelines on the wiki.[1] They are older boards, ranging from Slot 1 to Socket AM3. Would the coreboot team have any interest in these, or are they too obsolete to serve as QA targets? Assuming there is interest, what is required for an autotest setup? The wiki says "a permanent connection to the net, a host system and some special circuitry," are required. How permanent of a connection is required? Is something like a cable or DSL line in the US sufficient, or is something closer to leased space at a datacenter facility needed? Are there any particular requirements of a host system that necessitate a particularly powerful system, or would a small single-board system like a Raspberry Pi suffice? Regarding the special circuitry: I assume this includes equipment for flashing the ROM chip on the motherboard under test, a means of controlling at least the motherboard's power switch and reset line, and something to monitor output from the board so to verify it did boot successfully (serial port?). Is this roughly accurate? Are there other bits of the special circuitry that I am missing, or specific brands/models of tools required to implement the special circuitry? Regards, Jeremy Banks 1. https://www.coreboot.org/Development_Guidelines#Testing

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)
by Taiidan＠gmx.com 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

On 01/20/2018 02:09 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 11:07 AM Taiidan(a)gmx.com <Taiidan(a)gmx.com> wrote: > >> >> Have you tried the D8/D16 OpenBMC port yet? >> > I'll take a look. I suspect I am going to do a u-root based openbmc release > for contrast. The openbmc work I've seen to date does not impress. I don't > think using C++ and Boost was a good decision. > > ron > Can you explain why this is a bad thing? And in terms of quality you mean when it comes to the port?, the facebook OpenBMC? or the IBM OpenBMC? (what is the difference anyway? why did facebook make their own?) Thanks!

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)
by Taiidan＠gmx.com 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

On 01/20/2018 01:34 PM, ron minnich wrote: > But ... if you've never installed coreboot before, you really want to start > with a supported, known working board so you understand all the moving > parts, at least that's my belief. Yeah mine too but he didn't ask for a rec for that, I do agree that physical hardware will always be better than qemu. If cloud-dai wants a working board to start and has the cash I would recommend the KGPE-D16 as it is the ultimate coreboot board with the most features, and it is fast enough to be useful for other stuff like a gaming pc or sane gentoo compile times, otherwise yeah the pcengines APU1 is a good more affordable choice. Have you tried the D8/D16 OpenBMC port yet?

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)
by Taiidan＠gmx.com 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

On 01/20/2018 12:44 PM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > There is no record of anyone having booted H8SCM with coreboot since > 2012. In contrary, I think it was reported that even serial console > from coreboot did not work. Definetely _not_ a good candidate to start > with coreboot. > > Per previous discussions, AGESA family15 boards and chipset vendorcode > for older than Trinity has been/will be removed on 4.7 release. > > Kyösti > I know this, he said he wanted to port a board to coreboot and I thought that was a good candidate (to port to native init)

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)
by ron minnich 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

If you're just wanting to get a start on coreboot, with boards that are currently sold, I personally like the PC Engines boards. On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 9:45 AM Kyösti Mälkki <kyosti.malkki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Taiidan(a)gmx.com <Taiidan(a)gmx.com> wrote: > > On 01/19/2018 10:04 AM, 戴，曉政 via coreboot wrote: > > > >> Dear Taiidan, > >> > >> According to your previous letter, does H8SCM be a pre-PSP AMD > mainboard? > >> If yes, I will buy one as soon as possible. > >> Thank for your response. > > > > Yes it is pre-PSP, only $30. > > > > The H8SCM-F has the (closed source) BMC, but removing the ROM chips > > de-activates it, whereas the H8SCM doesn't have the BMC. > > > > There is no record of anyone having booted H8SCM with coreboot since > 2012. In contrary, I think it was reported that even serial console > from coreboot did not work. Definetely _not_ a good candidate to start > with coreboot. > > Per previous discussions, AGESA family15 boards and chipset vendorcode > for older than Trinity has been/will be removed on 4.7 release. > > Kyösti > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

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Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)
by Taiidan＠gmx.com 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

On 01/19/2018 10:04 AM, 戴，曉政 via coreboot wrote: > Dear Taiidan, > > According to your previous letter, does H8SCM be a pre-PSP AMD mainboard? If yes, I will buy one as soon as possible. > Thank for your response. Yes it is pre-PSP, only $30. The H8SCM-F has the (closed source) BMC, but removing the ROM chips de-activates it, whereas the H8SCM doesn't have the BMC.

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