Re: [coreboot] Creating PIRQ table

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

> Try to boot linux in legacy mode (enable CSM and set all boot options to

legacy mode)...

For this to happen (to boot Linux in legacy mode with CSM set in BIOS),
such Linux must be installed with BIOS
already using Legacy/with CSM mode set.

It is impossible to set CSM mode in UEFI BIOS, and then boot Linux
installed using CSM OFF (UEFI mode).

Zoran

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Sergej Ivanov  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Try to boot linux in legacy mode(enable CSM and set all boot options to
> legacy mode), and run getpir, i've made my table this way. I also recommend
> to enable AGESA debug output to serial port, it can help you with ddr
> training problems.
>
> 29 нояб. 2017 г. 12:40 пользователь "Gergely Kiss" 
> написал:
>
> Hi Sergej,
> > thanks a lot for your feedback, it's much appreciated.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, my board only has 8 IRQ slots while the one you
> > ported has 10. I believe this is (partially) due to the number of PCI-e
> > slots does not match (the Biostar board has one extra PCI-e x16 slot) so
> > there definitely is a difference regardless of sharing the same chipset.
> >
> > Can you please share some information on how you fetched the PIRQ table
> > from the vendor firmware? I have tried the (now deprecated) getpir utility
> > but it could not find a PIRQ table neither in the vendor firmware nor in
> > the memory.
> >
> > Is there some other tool I could use?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gergely
> >
> > On 28 November 2017 at 19:59, Sergej Ivanov  wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Almost everyone socket AM1 boards have same PIRQ tables. While porting
> > > Biostar AM1ML i've dumped this table from vendor UEFI (using old method,
> > > that was depricated long time ago). BTW don't forget to remove additional
> > > SIO config code from romstage.
> > >
> > > 28 нояб. 2017 г. 19:16 пользователь "Gergely Kiss" 
> > > написал:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > my name is Gergely Kiss and I'm currently working on porting Coreboot
> > > > to the ASUS AM1I-A board.
> > > >
> > > > I'm a great fan of open source software, I've contributed a few times
> > > > to some well-known projects like Squid, Monodevelop and Openwrt, just to
> > > > name a few.
> > > >
> > > > I would need a little bit of help from the devs about how to create the
> > > > PCI IRQ routing table for my board (the easiest way possible).
> > > >
> > > > I'm using the Biostar AM1ML board as a template as it looks to be a
> > > > very similar board as the one I have. The only differences I can see is the
> > > > SuperIO (ITE 8623E) & the audio chip (Realtek ALC887-VD) and also some
> > > > minor things with the board layout so I'm not expecting to have too much
> > > > difficulties.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the file https://review.coreboot.org/cg
> > > > it/coreboot.git/tree/src/mainboard/biostar/am1ml/irq_tables.c, the
> > > > following questions came to my mind:
> > > > Do I really have to follow the "long way" as outlined in the Wiki
> > > >
> > > > page at https://www.coreboot.org/Creating_Valid_IRQ_Tables? Couldn't I
> > > > just fetch the routing table from the OEM BIOS somehow and implement it in
> > > > the source?
> > > > What's the meaning of the fields "link" & "bitmap"? Are these common
> > > >
> > > > for all boards with the same chipset? Where should I look up this
> > > > information?
> > > > I believe I have to create as many entries within the struct as many
> > > >
> > > > IRQ slots exist for the board. Am I right?
> > > >
> > > > I found a table in the board's manual (attached) which looks useful but
> > > > I'm afraid it might not contain all the information I need to construct a
> > > > valid routing table.
> > > >
> > > > As for the SuperIO chip, I think I won't have too much issues getting
> > > > it to work as it looks like ITE SIO chips are quite similar from the
> > > > developer's perspective but I still miss having a datasheet available. I'll
> > > > try to reach out to the vendor to see if they are willing to share a
> > > > datasheet with me.
> > > >
> > > > Any help from you guys is much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks & Regards,
> > > > Gergely