Re: [coreboot] via vt82c686 southbridge

[Daniel Lindenaar]

Corey Osgood wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Daniel Lindenaar
>  wrote:
> > Corey Osgood wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Daniel Lindenaar 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi everybody,
> > > > Too bad, first test boot didn't work... at all... I expected the early
> > > > serial stuff to work at least (as this was already in svn, but...)
> > > >
> > > > I'm using a very simple null-modem cable with only rx,tx and ground
> > > > wired.
> > > > Is this enough or does coreboot require a more complete cable?
> > > >
> > > > Also, do I need some special settings to enable the debugging output?
> > > >
> > > > I really feel like the newbie now, asking these basic questions :), but I
> > > > also would really like to get this thing working on this motherboard...
> > > >
> > > > regards Daniel
> > >
> > > Nope, that cable should be plenty, as long as it's good. A couple
> > > things to check, when I wrote vt82c686's early serial stuff, I may
> > > have configured it to use the second serial output, because I think
> > > that's all my board had. I can't remember though, so check the
> > > datasheet (I can't right now). Also, check that your debugging setup
> > > actually works, boot linux with the stock bios and "console=tty0
> > > console=ttyS0,115200" passed to linux. If you don't get a linux boot
> > > log, something's wrong with your serial setup. If everything checks
> > > out, send me a compressed copy of your tree, and I'll try to find the
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > -Corey
> >
> > Great! the com port was indeed nr2. That works better... well the
> > minimal version of better actually :/
> >
> > coreboot-2.0.0.0Fallback Wed Sep  3 22:07:38 UTC 2008 starting...
> >
> > This is all I'm seeing... I guess I should check loglevel and such.
> >
> > Corey, If you're willing to help I'll be glad to send you my tree, but I
> > don't want to impose too much; but if you're willing ;)
>
> Well, serial's working now ;) Looks like you're dying either somewhere
> in SMBus or ram init. I'd start with inserting LOTS of debug messages,
> and turning the log level up to 9. The more messages you have, the
> easier it is to pinpoint where it dies. I can try to help, but I'm not
> sure how much I can ;)
>
> -Corey

hmmm it's working partly, it seems. First i did something wrong that 
skrewed up the com port setup, which I fixed. I now get the debug 
messages I added via the serial line, but, strangely, only when i do a 
(warm) reboot from a running linux, not with a cold boot... probably 
something needs to be set that doesn't get set by default on cold reboot.

Anyway, it's the SMBus controller where things go wrong; the log says:

SMBUS controller not found

as the last item. At least some progress is made. Besides the logging 
not working on cold boot, which it should at some point, I've now got 
something that works well enough to start proper debugging.

regards,
Daniel
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