Hi Tahnia,
On 10.10.2017 10:29, Tahnia Lichtenstein wrote:
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Then I built this version of coreboot with a self-compiled payload, such as Tianocore UDK2017 CorebootPayloadPkg or SeaBIOS, using the .confg files provided by Intel for UEFI payloads or legacy payloads respectively (just modified for specific payload type and path, and disabling verified and measured boot). I stitched the coreboot output with the Intel-provided blobs using the exact same method as before. Then, in run-time, coreboot transitions to the payload and nothing happens from then on (i.e. no further serial debug messages, no change to display monitor).
you've only attached config files for your coreboot but not for the payloads. It's hard to tell what output to expect without that (e.g. do you have serial output enabled in your SeaBIOS build? if you let the coreboot build environment configure SeaBIOS it is enabled expli- citly). So with the current information you've provided, it could just be that the payloads don't try to output anything on serial.
Output on a monitor is a little more complicated and depends on each payload. SeaBIOS expects a Video BIOS to be present. This can either be an option ROM from a gfx adapter card (looking at your logs, you don't seem to have one), a Video BIOS file in CBFS matching the inte- grated gfx adapter, or, in case coreboot already configured a frame- buffer, a Video BIOS shim called SeaVGABIOS (aka. cbvga in this case, it's a separate component in the SeaBIOS source).
Current CorebootPayloadPkg *should* be able to use a preconfigured framebuffer. I never tried it, though, and there are reports that it doesn't always work... It's generally possible that Intel's precom- piled UEFI payload has it's own gfx driver (GOP) built in.
... Am I not specifying the correct configuration options for Tianocore and SeaBIOS? I.e. is there more to it than just selecting the payload type and specifying the payload path? Do I need to configure or update memory addresses or ranges to match payload sizes, or some such? Do I need to make specific changes to the payloads' source code to support the platform? Any advice on how/where to start debugging?
Usually there is nothing more to specify. The best option, IMO, is to get one of the simpler payloads (SeaBIOS should do) to output on serial. You can also test your SeaBIOS binary in QEMU to make sure it does out- put something.
Hope that helps, Nico