Re: [coreboot] [patch][v2]:fam10 microcode

[Marc Jones]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Christian Leber
 wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 June 2009 22:27:58 Marc Jones wrote:
>
> Hi Marc
> > You are the first to try this on a real system.
>
> I also just tried it, it does not work (but fails a little bit later than
> Ward), log attached.
> The System is a tyan s2912_fam10 with the very same CPUs (00100f42).
> Without microcode patch we can boot the system, given that a HTX card is in
> the system. Without HTX card coreboot will fail.

Thanks for testing. It helps to have a few different cases to narrow
down the problems. My guess is that the HTX card forces the HT link
speed to a lower speed and that allows it to work.

Marc