core boot & ehci debug

Hi,

I've been trying to get coreboot to work a machine i have (
http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-November/061987.html) but
have so far have not had any luck.  I've tried most board types that are
similar but all result in the same scenario, flash the rom,
reboot....nothing on screen.

This system does not have serial port available (the closest thing on the
board appears to be solder contacts labeled COMB).  The southbridge is a
SB700.  Is the EHCI Debug Port support usuable on these (the wiki says WIP
but it seems the code is there) and do you think it would help to go this
route?

Is there anything else you could suggest in helping me make any progress on
this board?

Cheers,
Trevor Davenport

[Scott Duplichan]

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Subject: [coreboot] core boot & ehci debug

Hi,

I've been trying to get coreboot to work a machine i have (http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-November/061987.html) but
have so far have not had any luck.  I've tried most board types that are similar but all result in the same scenario, flash the rom,
reboot....nothing on screen.

This system does not have serial port available (the closest thing on the board appears to be solder contacts labeled COMB).  The
southbridge is a SB700.  Is the EHCI Debug Port support usuable on these (the wiki says WIP but it seems the code is there) and do
you think it would help to go this route?

Is there anything else you could suggest in helping me make any progress on this board?

Cheers,
Trevor Davenport

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Video comes very late in the sequence of events so watching for video is not a good way to debug. Hopefully someone can answer your
EHCI debug port question. I would try to get the serial port going. If a volt meter shows that any of the pads are at a negative
level, then you have RS-232 levels and only need to figure out which is tx and rx. If there is only positive, then the pads probably
lead directly to the ITE SIO. If that were the case, you would have to somehow invert tx & rx. Boot with minimal memory. Make sure
you have included a video option rom. You could probably sanity check your coreboot image by downloading simnow. It includes a model
'shiner_family10h.bsd', which is RS780/SB700, DDR2, ITE SIO board. There is more simnow info at coreboot.org.

Thanks,
Scott

[Stefan Reinauer]

* [e-mail]  [110127 02:56]:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to get coreboot to work a machine i have (http://
> www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-November/061987.html) but have so far
> have not had any luck.  I've tried most board types that are similar but all
> result in the same scenario, flash the rom, reboot....nothing on screen.
>
> This system does not have serial port available (the closest thing on the board
> appears to be solder contacts labeled COMB).

If you are skilled with soldering or know someone close by who is, that
might be an option...
> The southbridge is a SB700.  Is
> the EHCI Debug Port support usuable on these (the wiki says WIP but it seems
> the code is there) and do you think it would help to go this route?
>
> Is there anything else you could suggest in helping me make any progress on
> this board?
>
> Cheers,
> Trevor Davenport

You will need the patch sent to the list a few minutes ago. Plus, an
Ajays NET20DC.

Stefan