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Re: error in k8 ram setup
by Stefan Reinauer 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

* Yinghai Lu <yhlu(a)tyan.com> [050124 04:44]: > what's other SPD about your DIMM? Brand & model.... > > That bit means x4 DIMM. > > YH I don't have the list at hand, but the only difference in SPD-ROM that is actually read by LinuxBIOS is the "Primary SDRAM Width" byte. As far as I see it, there are 8x and 16x DIMMs as well, and they also need the x4 DIMM bit set in the DRAM controller to work. With that bit set they do work nicely though. Stefan.

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error in k8 ram setup
by Stefan Reinauer 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

Hi, The following function in freebios2/src/northbridge/amd/amdk8/raminit.c is obviously wrong. static int update_dimm_x4(const struct mem_controller *ctrl, const struct mem_param *param, int i) { uint32_t dcl; int value; int dimm; value = spd_read_byte(ctrl->channel0[i], 13); if (value < 0) { return -1; } dimm = i; dimm += DCL_x4DIMM_SHIFT; dcl = pci_read_config32(ctrl->f2, DRAM_CONFIG_LOW); dcl &= ~(1 << dimm); if (value == 4) { dcl |= (1 << dimm); } pci_write_config32(ctrl->f2, DRAM_CONFIG_LOW, dcl); return 1; } Especially the part that checks the Primary SDRAM Width for a value of 4. The SPD roms I am using have the value 8 in there and memory does not initialize correctly. Checking (value == 4 || value == 8) or (value >= 0x4) helps, but I have no idea whether that is correct. It appears that something else has to be done. I've also seen RAMs with a value of 0x10. Comments? Otherwise I am going to check (value >= 0x4) in somewhen next week. Stefan

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OT, Linuxbios usage...
by Peter Karlsson 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Hi! I was just wondering if it's possible to use linuxbios as a kind of virtualisation machine, meaning that I could use linuxbios to snoop windows drivers for register hunting (to get real 3D-gfx-support for instance)? This means that windows would run as a virtual os. Best regards Peter K -- We Can Put an End to Word Attachments: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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auto.c questions
by Richard Smith 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

What's the functional purpose of auto.c? Obvously to turn on the ram but what else? Are the #includes distributed through the file for a romcc reason? -- Richard A. Smith

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RE: LOGLEVEL
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

> > > > I changed mainboard/vendor/board/Options.lb: > > > > ## Request this level of debugging output > > default DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=9 > > ## At a maximum only compile in this level of debugging > > default MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=9 > > you don't change it there, you change it in your targets file. > OK, so do I change the targets/vendor/board/Config.lb file: target board mainboard vendor/board romimage "normal" option DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=7 <<=== add this line? option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x12000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0-Normal" payload ../../../../../util/filo/filo.elf end romimage "fallback" option DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=7 <<=== add this line? option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x12000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0-Fallback" payload ../../../../../util/filo/filo.elf end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "normal" "fallback" where the levels are defined in include/console/loglevel.h #define BIOS_EMERG 0 /* system is unusable */ #define BIOS_ALERT 1 /* action must be taken immediately */ #define BIOS_CRIT 2 /* critical conditions */ #define BIOS_ERR 3 /* error conditions */ #define BIOS_WARNING 4 /* warning conditions */ #define BIOS_NOTICE 5 /* normal but significant condition */ #define BIOS_INFO 6 /* informational */ #define BIOS_DEBUG 7 /* debug-level messages */ #define BIOS_SPEW 8 /* Way too many details */ Steve

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Move apic cluster before pci_domain in MB Config.lb
by YhLu 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Accoding to Eric's idea to move cpu init before pci_device. Move apic cluster before pci_domain in MB Config.lb add some lines in northbridge.c So in the MB Config.lb apic cluster can only have one child. Also can remove the northbridge/amd/k8 there is incoherent device under it. For my 8 way system can keep MB Config.lb shorter. Regards Yinghai Lu

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EPIA, vt8231: southbridge_init not being called?
by Al Hooton 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

With the log level up at 8, I have confirmed that my via/epia build is not calling southbridge_init to set up the vt8231. I have confirmed that the code from vt8231.c, is in the binary, it's just not getting invoked. With the exception of enabling the serial console and boosting the log level, my target Config.lb, mainboard Config.lb and Options.lb files are identical to those in CVS (copied below). Can anybody point me at some likely places to dive in and figure out why the build is putting this code in the LB binary, but it's not getting called at run time? I believe this is the reason that once control is passed off to the payload (filo), it can't see any ide devices. I'm working my way through the config/build/boot paths, trying to understand how the config tool uses the Config.lb and Options.lb files to assemble the build tree, but it's really slow going. It's a very cool system that has been put together, but like all cool systems that do hard stuff, it's got a pretty serious learning curve.... 8^)= Thanks! -Al ------mainboard Config.lb------- ## ## Compute the location and size of where this firmware image ## (linuxBIOS plus bootloader) will live in the boot rom chip. ## if USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE default ROM_SECTION_SIZE = FALLBACK_SIZE default ROM_SECTION_OFFSET = ( ROM_SIZE - FALLBACK_SIZE ) else default ROM_SECTION_SIZE = ( ROM_SIZE - FALLBACK_SIZE ) default ROM_SECTION_OFFSET = 0 end ## ## Compute the start location and size size of ## The linuxBIOS bootloader. ## default CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START = (0xffffffff - ROM_SIZE + ROM_SECTION_OFFSET + 1) default PAYLOAD_SIZE = ( ROM_SECTION_SIZE - ROM_IMAGE_SIZE ) ## ## Compute where this copy of linuxBIOS will start in the boot rom ## default _ROMBASE = ( CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START + PAYLOAD_SIZE ) ## ## Compute a range of ROM that can cached to speed up linuxBIOS, ## execution speed. ## ## XIP_ROM_SIZE must be a power of 2. ## XIP_ROM_BASE must be a multiple of XIP_ROM_SIZE ## default XIP_ROM_SIZE=65536 default XIP_ROM_BASE = ( _ROMBASE + ROM_IMAGE_SIZE - XIP_ROM_SIZE ) ## ## Set all of the defaults for an x86 architecture ## arch i386 end ## ## Build the objects we have code for in this directory. ## driver mainboard.o if HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE object irq_tables.o end #object reset.o ## ## Romcc output ## makerule ./failover.E depends "$(MAINBOARD)/failover.c ./romcc" action "./romcc -E -O --label-prefix=failover -I$(TOP)/src -I. $(CPPFLAGS) $(MAINBOARD)/failover.c -o $@" end makerule ./failover.inc depends "$(MAINBOARD)/failover.c ./romcc" action "./romcc -O --label-prefix=failover -I$(TOP)/src -I. $(CPPFLAGS) $(MAINBOARD)/failover.c -o $@" end makerule ./auto.E depends "$(MAINBOARD)/auto.c option_table.h ./romcc" action "./romcc -E -mcpu=c3 -O -I$(TOP)/src -I. $(CPPFLAGS) $(MAINBOARD)/auto.c -o $@" end makerule ./auto.inc depends "$(MAINBOARD)/auto.c option_table.h ./romcc" action "./romcc -mcpu=c3 -O -I$(TOP)/src -I. $(CPPFLAGS) $(MAINBOARD)/auto.c -o $@" end ## ## Build our 16 bit and 32 bit linuxBIOS entry code ## mainboardinit cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc mainboardinit cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.inc ldscript /cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.lds ldscript /cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.lds ## ## Build our reset vector (This is where linuxBIOS is entered) ## if USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE mainboardinit cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc ldscript /cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.lds else mainboardinit cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.inc ldscript /cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.lds end ### Should this be in the northbridge code? mainboardinit arch/i386/lib/cpu_reset.inc ## ## Include an id string (For safe flashing) ## mainboardinit arch/i386/lib/id.inc ldscript /arch/i386/lib/id.lds ### ### This is the early phase of linuxBIOS startup ### Things are delicate and we test to see if we should ### failover to another image. ### if USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE ldscript /arch/i386/lib/failover.lds mainboardinit ./failover.inc end ### ### O.k. We aren't just an intermediary anymore! ### ## ## Setup RAM ## mainboardinit cpu/x86/fpu/enable_fpu.inc mainboardinit cpu/x86/mmx/enable_mmx.inc mainboardinit ./auto.inc mainboardinit cpu/x86/mmx/disable_mmx.inc ## ## Include the secondary Configuration files ## dir /pc80 config chip.h chip northbridge/via/vt8601 device pci_domain 0 on device pci 0.0 on chip southbridge/via/vt8231 register "enable_usb" = "0" register "enable_native_ide" = "0" register "enable_com_ports" = "1" register "enable_keyboard" = "0" register "enable_nvram" = "1" device pci 11.0 on # Southbridge device pci 11.1 on end # Ide device pci 11.2 off end # Usb device pci 11.3 off end # Usb device pci 11.4 off end # ACPI device pci 11.5 off end # Audio device pci 11.6 on # Com chip superio/winbond/w83627hf device pnp 2e.0 on # Floppy io 0x60 = 0x3f0 irq 0x70 = 6 drq 0x74 = 2 end device pnp 2e.1 off # Parallel Port io 0x60 = 0x378 irq 0x70 = 7 end device pnp 2e.2 on # Com1 io 0x60 = 0x3f8 irq 0x70 = 4 end device pnp 2e.3 off # Com2 io 0x60 = 0x2f8 irq 0x70 = 3 end device pnp 2e.5 on # Keyboard io 0x60 = 0x60 io 0x62 = 0x64 irq 0x70 = 1 irq 0x72 = 12 end device pnp 2e.6 off end # CIR device pnp 2e.7 off end # GAME_MIDI_GIPO1 device pnp 2e.8 off end # GPIO2 device pnp 2e.9 off end # GPIO3 device pnp 2e.a off end # ACPI device pnp 2e.b on # HW Monitor io 0x60 = 0x290 end register "com1" = "{1}" end end device pci 12.0 on end # Ethernet end end end end chip cpu/via/model_centaur end end -------target Config.lb-------- # Sample config file for EPIA # This will make a target directory of ./epia target epia mainboard via/epia # # Via Epia romimage "normal" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Normal" # payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi # payload ../../../../../../filo.elf payload ../../../../../../filo-0.4.2/filo.elf end romimage "fallback" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Fallback" # payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi # payload ../../../../../../filo.elf payload ../../../../../../filo-0.4.2/filo.elf end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "normal" "fallback" -------mainboard Options.lb-------- uses HAVE_MP_TABLE uses HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE uses USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE uses HAVE_FALLBACK_BOOT uses HAVE_HARD_RESET uses HAVE_OPTION_TABLE uses USE_OPTION_TABLE uses CONFIG_ROM_STREAM uses IRQ_SLOT_COUNT uses MAINBOARD uses MAINBOARD_VENDOR uses MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER uses LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION uses ARCH uses FALLBACK_SIZE uses STACK_SIZE uses HEAP_SIZE uses ROM_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_SIZE uses ROM_IMAGE_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_OFFSET uses CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START uses PAYLOAD_SIZE uses _ROMBASE uses _RAMBASE uses XIP_ROM_SIZE uses XIP_ROM_BASE uses HAVE_MP_TABLE uses CROSS_COMPILE uses CC uses HOSTCC uses OBJCOPY ## ARH 01/19/05 uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250 uses DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL default CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250=1 default DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=8 ## ARH 01/19/05 ## ROM_SIZE is the size of boot ROM that this board will use. default ROM_SIZE = 256*1024 ### ### Build options ### ## ## Build code for the fallback boot ## default HAVE_FALLBACK_BOOT=1 ## ## no MP table ## default HAVE_MP_TABLE=0 ## ## Build code to reset the motherboard from linuxBIOS ## default HAVE_HARD_RESET=1 ## ## Build code to export a programmable irq routing table ## default HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE=1 default IRQ_SLOT_COUNT=5 #object irq_tables.o ## ## Build code to export a CMOS option table ## default HAVE_OPTION_TABLE=1 ### ### LinuxBIOS layout values ### ## ROM_IMAGE_SIZE is the amount of space to allow linuxBIOS to occupy. default ROM_IMAGE_SIZE = 65536 default FALLBACK_SIZE = 131072 ## ## Use a small 8K stack ## default STACK_SIZE=0x2000 ## ## Use a small 16K heap ## default HEAP_SIZE=0x4000 ## ## Only use the option table in a normal image ## #default USE_OPTION_TABLE = !USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE default USE_OPTION_TABLE = 0 default _RAMBASE = 0x00004000 default CONFIG_ROM_STREAM = 1 ## ## The default compiler ## default CROSS_COMPILE="" default CC="$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -m32" default HOSTCC="gcc" end -- Al Hooton al-at-hootons-dot-org ======== Maintainer of the linux-based open-source project Parapin. http://www.sf.net/projects/parapin/ ========

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EPIA going immediately to fallback image?
by Al Hooton 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Mainboard: EPIA 800. Building LB appears to go well, using these steps (my Options.lb and Config.lb are listed at the end of this note): - cd <stuff>/targets - ./buildtarget via/epia - cd via/epia/epia - make The build appears to go without a hitch. At that point I write targets/via/epia/epia/linuxbios.rom to my flash part, and boot the board, only to be greeted with this: LinuxBIOS-1.1.7.0Fallback Wed Jan 19 16:11:07 PST 2005 starting... vt8601 init starting Slot 00 is SDRAM 04000000 bytes x2 Slot 01 is empty Slot 02 is empty Slot 03 is empty vt8601 done Can somebody let me know what might cause it to immediately go to the fallback image, instead of the normal image that has my filo payload in it? My Options.lb and Config.lb are below -- I didn't include the build output because it's so big, but if it would help anyone I can send it along. Thanks for any and all help! -Al ------<Options.lb>-------- uses HAVE_MP_TABLE uses HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE uses USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE uses HAVE_FALLBACK_BOOT uses HAVE_HARD_RESET uses HAVE_OPTION_TABLE uses USE_OPTION_TABLE uses CONFIG_ROM_STREAM uses IRQ_SLOT_COUNT uses MAINBOARD uses MAINBOARD_VENDOR uses MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER uses LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION uses ARCH uses FALLBACK_SIZE uses STACK_SIZE uses HEAP_SIZE uses ROM_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_SIZE uses ROM_IMAGE_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_SIZE uses ROM_SECTION_OFFSET uses CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START uses PAYLOAD_SIZE uses _ROMBASE uses _RAMBASE uses XIP_ROM_SIZE uses XIP_ROM_BASE uses HAVE_MP_TABLE uses CROSS_COMPILE uses CC uses HOSTCC uses OBJCOPY ## ARH -- added to get the EPIA 800 board to use the serial console uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250 default CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250=1 ## ROM_SIZE is the size of boot ROM that this board will use. default ROM_SIZE = 256*1024 ### ### Build options ### ## ## Build code for the fallback boot ## default HAVE_FALLBACK_BOOT=1 ## ## no MP table ## default HAVE_MP_TABLE=0 ## ## Build code to reset the motherboard from linuxBIOS ## default HAVE_HARD_RESET=1 ## ## Build code to export a programmable irq routing table ## default HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE=1 default IRQ_SLOT_COUNT=5 #object irq_tables.o ## ## Build code to export a CMOS option table ## default HAVE_OPTION_TABLE=1 ### ### LinuxBIOS layout values ### ## ROM_IMAGE_SIZE is the amount of space to allow linuxBIOS to occupy. default ROM_IMAGE_SIZE = 65536 default FALLBACK_SIZE = 131072 ## ## Use a small 8K stack ## default STACK_SIZE=0x2000 ## ## Use a small 16K heap ## default HEAP_SIZE=0x4000 ## ## Only use the option table in a normal image ## #default USE_OPTION_TABLE = !USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE default USE_OPTION_TABLE = 0 default _RAMBASE = 0x00004000 default CONFIG_ROM_STREAM = 1 ## ## The default compiler ## default CROSS_COMPILE="" default CC="$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -m32" default HOSTCC="gcc" end ------<Config.lb>------- # Sample config file for EPIA # This will make a target directory of ./epia target epia mainboard via/epia # # Via Epia romimage "normal" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Normal" # payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi # payload ../../../../../../filo.elf payload ../../../../../../filo-0.4.2/filo.elf end romimage "fallback" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Fallback" # payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi # payload ../../../../../../filo.elf payload ../../../../../../filo-0.4.2/filo.elf end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "normal" "fallback" -- Al Hooton al-at-hootons-dot-org ======== Maintainer of the linux-based open-source project Parapin. http://www.sf.net/projects/parapin/ ========

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Clarification about TianoCore licensing (fwd)
by Ronald G. Minnich 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

An FYI from intel. Thanks, Andrew! ron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:12:02 -0800 From: Andrew Kelly <akelly(a)collab.net> To: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> Subject: Clarification about TianoCore licensing Ron, I noticed on the Linuxbios mailing list that there was a misinterpretation of the TianoCore licensing and I wanted to clear it up. In the thread http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2005-January/010286.html its stated: --------------------------- Grant of License to Use [..] You acknowledge and agree that You will not, directly or indirectly: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the underlying source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of the Software; (ii) modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Software; (iii) rent, lease, distribute, sell, resell or assign, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software; or (iv) remove any proprietary notices in the Software. [..] ------------------ This is correct verbage, but it describes the use of the CollabNet platform that the site is built upon, not the source code Intel has opened up (in other words, CollabNet's Enterprise Edition collaborative development platform is indeed proprietary). However this in no way is related to the code being developed using this platform. The license for each project's codebase is defined on a project-by-project basis, with the only restriction being that they are open source (we anticipate other platform firmware-related projects starting up on the site, both from inside and outside of Intel). Section 3 of the site Terms of Service describes this: <snip> 3. Other Licenses This site contains other licenses applicable to content on this site ("Other Licenses"), which are chosen on a project-by-project basis. All content within a project is governed by the license referenced on that project's homepage. All Intel-sponsored projects (as indicated on the project homepage) will be governed by the BSD License from Intel <http://www.tianocore.org/intelbsd.html> , with the exception of the Fat-Driver project, which is governed by the BSD License (Modified for FAT32 by Intel) <http://www.tianocore.org/fat32license.html> . All non-Intel sponsored projects will be governed by the license of choice of the project owner, so long as the license is approved by the Open Source Initiative <http://www.opensource.org/> . <snip> Rest assured the Intel code on TianoCore is released under BSD. Sorry for the confusion, and I'd appreciate it if you'd pass this on when you feel its appropriate. Thanks, Andrew K.

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fallback/normal
by Stefan Reinauer 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Hi, What's the most comfortable way to switch between normal and fallback images in LinuxBIOS on AMD64. I was using lxbios from http://www.llnl.gov/linux/lxbios/lxbios.html But when changing the parameters to Normal, the next boot LinuxBIOS still says "Invalid CMOS LB checksum" and it sets "boot_option" back to Fallback. Stefan

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