Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] First support for HP DL145 G3

[Myles Watson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> On Behalf Of samuel
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:00 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Cc: Anton Borisov; Mondrian Nuessle
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] First support for HP DL145 G3
>
> Hi,
>
> Status of dl145g3:
> 2 Opteron 2218HE's working in the machine. No problem
> both cpu's got 4GB of ram, NUMA is working :)
> booting with filo works
> converted the patches of Mondrian to the last revision of coreboot.
>
> (original patches are on trac, issue 127)
> src/mainboard/hp/dl145g3/Config.lb:
>
> http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/config/srcConfig.lb
> src/mainboard/hp/dl145g3/Options.lb:
>
> http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/config/srcOptions.lb
> targets/hp/dl145g3/Config.lb:
>
> http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/config/Config.lb
> Contacted Anton Borisov to extract the VGA rom of the orginal HP
>
> bios: http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/OPROM.00.rom
>
> 2 concerns:
> CPU0 gets very hot during idling. Not really sure what is going on
>
> there. Does the code take into account that this is actually a HE (low
> power opteron)? or is that ignored? How can i check that the voltage
> applied by coreboot is correct? Maybe it's ok.. I just want a
> confirmation on this.
> 2. VGA output is still not working. I have tried both YABEL and
> X86BIOS to load the vga rom but i get errors...
> X86BIOS: http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/vgarom/corebootx86bios.log
> relevant part:
> On mainboard, rom address for PCI: 00:04.0 = fff00000
> copying VGA ROM Image from fff00000 to 0xc0000, 0x8000 bytes
> entering emulator
> int1a vector at 274af
>
> YABEL: http://merlin.ugent.be/~samuel/dl145g3/vgarom/corebootYABEL.log
> relevant part:
> On mainboard, rom address for PCI: 00:04.0 = fff00000
> copying VGA ROM Image from fff00000 to 0xc0000, 0x8000 bytes
> pci_cfg_read(): Config read access invalid device! bus: 00 (00),
> devfn: 00 (20), offs: 00
>
> I've also tried with a seperate VGA card on the pci-e slot on the
> machine but that doesn't seem to work either.

Have you tried SeaBIOS for your payload?  It runs the option ROMS directly
instead of emulating them.  As an added bonus it will use your original grub
installation.

If SeaBIOS doesn't work for the onboard graphics or the VGA card, send the
logs.

Thanks,
Myles