Dear Stefan, I'm in contact with the BIOs developer of this mainboard. I get the original BIOs and the flash and recovery tool from him.
Now I will start with the D945GCLF and try to get work the superIO.
Kind Regards, Wolfgang
Stefan Reinauer wrote:
On 1/28/10 5:40 PM, Wolfgang Schaefer wrote:
Hello all,
I'm trying to get coreboot to work on a MSC COM Express Module: CXB-A945M. < http://www.msc-ge.com/en/produkte/com/com_express/cxb_a945m.html >
My knowledge from this board is: CPU: Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Northbridge 945GME Southbridge ICH7M DH superIOchip FDC37N972 PhoenixBIOS: BIOS Version V2.00 HW revision 1.1
Please find attached the output from flashrom and superiotool.
The current PhoenixBIOS takes nearly 15 seconds to boot. This is too much for us! We aspire to boot linux and start our application under 20 seconds.
What we need from the board environment is: USB AC97 LAN LVDS PATA for CF-Card I2C RTC
Now my question: can I get coreboot to work with this board and what can/must I do?
Best Regards, Wolfgang
Dear Wolfgang,
First, you should make sure you can recover from any failed flashing attempts, so you need a SPI programmer.
Next, you should start with another Atom + i945 target in the tree, such as the Intel D945GCLF and start adapting it.
The first task you need to get right is SuperIO initialization, so you can get messages on the COM port (on the carrier?). Check auto.c of that board for hints on how it's done on the d945gclf. You might need to change the defines to select a 945 mobile chipset like on the Kontron 986LCD-M. The d945gclf uses a non-mobile version of the chipset.
Once you see coreboot messages on the serial console, you can start debugging other issues as they might appear.
The Kontron 986LCD-M we ported coreboot to has an LVDS slot, too, but I believe LVDS on i945 was not tested so far. It might just be an issue of the right answer to the int15 calls of the VGA OPROM though.
Best regards, Stefan