Re: [coreboot] [SOLVED] Internal Ethernet controller on Mohon Peak CRB failed to get activated

[WANG FEI]

Patrick,

It's great to know the issue has been solved with my suggestion.

Thanks your update.

-Fei

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Patrick Agrain <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This issue is solved.
> Fei, your tip concerning the Intel Firmware Descriptor was good.
>
> Another tip came from here: http://www.sublab.org/wiki/coreboot-x201/
>
> I've found an Intel tool 'fict', with which I could build a valid
> descriptor (checked by the 'ifdtool').
> Enabling the INCLUDE_ME and ME_PATH in coreboot does the rest.
>
> Now, the Mohon Peak CRB boots with all internal GbE enabled and
> functionning.
>
> Thank to all.
> Kind regards,
> Patrick Agrain
>
> Le 05/01/2015 15:37, Alexander Couzens a écrit :
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> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:49:05 +0100
> > Patrick Agrain  wrote:
> >
> > Hello Fei,
> > > Thanks for your answer.
> > > Indeed, the INCLUDE_ME and ME_PATH are not configured, because I do not
> > > really know what is the constitution of a "descriptor.bin" file.
> > >
> > > May anybody have any pointer which could explain me what it is ?
> >
> > It's the intel management engine. It's does some power management and a
> > lot "other" things. It's a cpu
> > and has access to *everything* like ram, chipset, ...
> >
> > http://www.coreboot.org/Intel_Management_Engine
> >
> > Best,
> > lynxis
> > -- Alexander Couzens
> >
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