Current coreboot source tree ( revision 6084 ) for ASUS M2V-MX SE cannot boot?

[Fengwei Zhang]

Hi all,

I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source tree 
(revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning when 
booting.
Below are the info from serial port:

coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
now booting...

INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---

Issuing SOFT_RESET...
soft reset

I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I just 
random picked up and tested it)

I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?

Best,
Fengwei

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Fengwei Zhang  [101117 22:41]:
> Hi all,
>
> I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source
> tree (revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
> It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning
> when booting.
> Below are the info from serial port:
>
> coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
> now booting...
>
> INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
>
> Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> soft reset
>
> I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I
> just random picked up and tested it)
>
> I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?

Can you please find out which revision broke it?

Stefan

[Fengwei Zhang]

The broken version is 6062, version 6061 is good.
there is the diff

http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/changeset?old_path=%2Ftrunk&ol...

Best,
Fengwei

On 11/17/2010 06:08 PM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Fengwei Zhang  [101117 22:41]:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source
> > tree (revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
> > It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning
> > when booting.
> > Below are the info from serial port:
> >
> > coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
> > now booting...
> >
> > INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
> >
> > Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> > soft reset
> >
> > I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I
> > just random picked up and tested it)
> >
> > I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?
>
> Can you please find out which revision broke it?
>
> Stefan

[Stefan Reinauer]

CCing author and reviewer.. Tobias, Peter, any idea?

* Fengwei Zhang  [101118 01:24]:
> The broken version is 6062, version 6061 is good.
> there is the diff
>
> http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/changeset?old_path=%2Ftrunk&ol...
>
> Best,
> Fengwei
>
> On 11/17/2010 06:08 PM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > Fengwei Zhang  [101117 22:41]:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source
> > > tree (revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
> > > It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning
> > > when booting.
> > > Below are the info from serial port:
> > >
> > > coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
> > > now booting...
> > >
> > > INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
> > >
> > > Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> > > soft reset
> > >
> > > I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I
> > > just random picked up and tested it)
> > >
> > > I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?
> >
> > Can you please find out which revision broke it?
> >
> > Stefan

Current coreboot source tree ( revision 6084 ) for ASUS M2V-MX SE cannot boot?

[Tobias Diedrich]

That looks very unlikely to be the real rootcause I think.
For the M2V-MX SE the added code path shouldn't be taken anyway.
And given that you do get output on the serial console the bootblock
should be working just fine I think.

Fengwei:
Can you check that reverting just the bootblock.c changes from the
current revision fixes it?
I think it's more likely that the changes to
src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c
cause the problem.

Tobias

Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> CCing author and reviewer.. Tobias, Peter, any idea?
> Fengwei Zhang  [101118 01:24]:
> > The broken version is 6062, version 6061 is good.
> > there is the diff
> >
> > http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/changeset?old_path=%2Ftrunk&ol...
> >
> > Best,
> > Fengwei
> >
> > On 11/17/2010 06:08 PM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > > Fengwei Zhang  [101117 22:41]:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source
> > > > tree (revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
> > > > It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning
> > > > when booting.
> > > > Below are the info from serial port:
> > > >
> > > > coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
> > > > now booting...
> > > >
> > > > INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
> > > >
> > > > Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> > > > soft reset
> > > >
> > > > I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I
> > > > just random picked up and tested it)
> > > >
> > > > I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?
> > >
> > > Can you please find out which revision broke it?
> > >
> > > Stefan

[Fengwei Zhang]

Yes, I just checked reverting the bootblock.c changes from the current 
revision. it fixes the problem.

Best,
Fengwei

On 11/18/2010 08:18 AM, Tobias Diedrich wrote:
> That looks very unlikely to be the real rootcause I think.
> For the M2V-MX SE the added code path shouldn't be taken anyway.
> And given that you do get output on the serial console the bootblock
> should be working just fine I think.
>
> Fengwei:
> Can you check that reverting just the bootblock.c changes from the
> current revision fixes it?
> I think it's more likely that the changes to
> src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c
> cause the problem.
>
> Tobias
>
> Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > CCing author and reviewer.. Tobias, Peter, any idea?
> > Fengwei Zhang  [101118 01:24]:
> > > The broken version is 6062, version 6061 is good.
> > > there is the diff
> > >
> > > http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/changeset?old_path=%2Ftrunk&ol...
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Fengwei
> > >
> > > On 11/17/2010 06:08 PM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > > > Fengwei Zhang   [101117 22:41]:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am not sure if this is true. I just tried current coreboot source
> > > > > tree (revision 6084) for ASUS M2V-MX SE, it cannot boot.
> > > > > It could compile successfully, and it will be dead at the beginning
> > > > > when booting.
> > > > > Below are the info from serial port:
> > > > >
> > > > > coreboot-4.0-r6070M Wed Nov 17 16:20:19 EST 2010 starting...
> > > > > now booting...
> > > > >
> > > > > INIT detected from  --- { APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
> > > > >
> > > > > Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> > > > > soft reset
> > > > >
> > > > > I also compiled old versions, it could boot. such as version 5555(I
> > > > > just random picked up and tested it)
> > > > >
> > > > > I am wondering if there is anyone has some problem?
> > > >
> > > > Can you please find out which revision broke it?
> > > >
> > > > Stefan

[Rudolf Marek]

hi,

This is strange. Can you check what code romcc generated?

Also a assembly check would be nice. I seem to have kind of dejavu
although i dont recall what it was ;)

Thanks,
Rudolf

[Rudolf Marek]

Hi

Just for a record I use the latest version without problems. Maybe your 
binutils/gcc is wrong? What distribution/version you use?

Thanks,
Rudolf