[PATCH] ASRock E350M1 update

[Scott Duplichan]

The attached changes for the ASRock E350M1 board improve OS support and
reduce boot time. DOS boot from SSD drive takes 690 ms. Windows 7,
Windows XP, and linux can install from DVD and boot from hard disk.

Signed-off-by: Scott Duplichan

OS install test:
Using SeaBIOS 0.6.2 plus AHCI patch,
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.coreboot.seabios/1663.

Windows XP SP3 X86
    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches (removed rev 6579 AHCI
enable).
    Setup from CD-ROM: pass.
    Install latest graphics driver 11-5_xp32_dd_ccc_ocl.exe: 8.850.0.0
(4/19/2011): pass. 
Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
    Setup from DVD: pass.
    Install latest graphics driver 11-5_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe:
8.850.0.0 (4/19/2011): pass. 
Ubuntu 11.04 beta

http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/natty/beta-2/ubuntu-11.04-b
eta2-dvd-amd64.iso
    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
    Setup from DVD: pass.

Thanks,
Scott

[Marc Jones]

Hi Scott,

i have not forgotten about these. I'll try to get to these this week.

Marc

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Scott Duplichan  wrote:
> The attached changes for the ASRock E350M1 board improve OS support and
> reduce boot time. DOS boot from SSD drive takes 690 ms. Windows 7,
> Windows XP, and linux can install from DVD and boot from hard disk.
>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Duplichan
>
> OS install test:
> Using SeaBIOS 0.6.2 plus AHCI patch,
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.coreboot.seabios/1663.
>
> Windows XP SP3 X86
>    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches (removed rev 6579 AHCI
> enable).
>    Setup from CD-ROM: pass.
>    Install latest graphics driver 11-5_xp32_dd_ccc_ocl.exe: 8.850.0.0
> (4/19/2011): pass.
> Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
>    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
>    Setup from DVD: pass.
>    Install latest graphics driver 11-5_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe:
> 8.850.0.0 (4/19/2011): pass.
> Ubuntu 11.04 beta
>
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/natty/beta-2/ubuntu-11.04-b
> eta2-dvd-amd64.iso
>    Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
>    Setup from DVD: pass.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

[Marshall Buschman]

Marc:

After taking a quick look through the git log, it looks like we've 
probably applied all of the patches you mentioned to me besides these:

"Move SB800 clock init earlier to fix problem where initial serial port 
output is garbled."
"Skip memory clear for boot time reduction. Memory clear is not required 
for non-ECC boards."

I'd confirm manually, but I don't know where to find the actual patches.

Thanks!
-Marshall

On 06/02/2011 11:03 AM, Marc Jones wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> i have not forgotten about these. I'll try to get to these this week.
>
> Marc
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Scott Duplichan  wrote:
> > The attached changes for the ASRock E350M1 board improve OS support and
> > reduce boot time. DOS boot from SSD drive takes 690 ms. Windows 7,
> > Windows XP, and linux can install from DVD and boot from hard disk.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Scott Duplichan
> >
> > OS install test:
> > Using SeaBIOS 0.6.2 plus AHCI patch,
> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.coreboot.seabios/1663.
> >
> > Windows XP SP3 X86
> >     Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches (removed rev 6579 AHCI
> > enable).
> >     Setup from CD-ROM: pass.
> >     Install latest graphics driver 11-5_xp32_dd_ccc_ocl.exe: 8.850.0.0
> > (4/19/2011): pass.
> > Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
> >     Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
> >     Setup from DVD: pass.
> >     Install latest graphics driver 11-5_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe:
> > 8.850.0.0 (4/19/2011): pass.
> > Ubuntu 11.04 beta
> >
> > http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/natty/beta-2/ubuntu-11.04-b
> > eta2-dvd-amd64.iso
> >     Tested with revision 6600 plus attached patches.
> >     Setup from DVD: pass.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott

[Scott Duplichan]

Marshall Buschman wrote:

]Marc:
]
]After taking a quick look through the git log, it looks like we've 
]probably applied all of the patches you mentioned to me besides these:
]
]"Move SB800 clock init earlier to fix problem where initial serial port 
]output is garbled."
]"Skip memory clear for boot time reduction. Memory clear is not required 
]for non-ECC boards."
]
]I'd confirm manually, but I don't know where to find the actual patches.
]
]Thanks!
]-Marshall

Hello Marshall and Marc,

Thanks for committing these patches. The two mentioned above are
items "17-early-serial-fix.patch" and "skip-memclr.patch" from 
this set:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bios/66598

Thanks,
Scott