Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)

[Mark C. Mason]

I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180,
the H version with the LVDS port.

I've read previous posts regarding the "IMB-A180 won't boot" on this group,
and tried the .config that was posted, but the result is the same.

The debugging output shows things progressing until agesawwrapper_amdinitmid
is called, then the boot restarts, then stops cold at the same point:

PCI: 00:18.4
          PCI: 00:18.5
       Done allocating resources.
       BS: BS_DEV_RESOURCES times (us): entry 0 run 1095130 exit 0
       POST: 0x74
       Enabling resources...

Fam16 - domain_enable_resources: AmdInitMid.
       agesawrapper_amdinitmid
<garbage characters>     Tue Feb 4     16:46:38 PST
2014 starting...

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Full serial debug
output and .config are attached below.

Best regards,

Mark Mason
Engineering Design Team

[Kyösti Mälkki]

On 02/13/2014 07:58 PM, Mark C. Mason wrote:
> I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180,
> the H version with the LVDS port.

Hey

You seem to build with coreboot source from Aug 2013. There has been 
several changes affecting this board since then, some more critical than 
others so please update your tree.

$ git log -- src/mainboard/asrock/imb-a180/

We generally do not trust the distributions' compiler toolchains, have 
you run:

$ make crossgcc

Regards,
   Kyösti

[Mark C. Mason]

I thought the instructions from the coreboot HOWTO web page would give
me the latest code.  The git log command (below) did show recent
changes, but when I "cd coreboot; git pull", none of them came down.

What is the command to update src/mainboard/asrock/imb-a180?

Thanks,
Mark

On 02/13/2014 10:51 AM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote:
> On 02/13/2014 07:58 PM, Mark C. Mason wrote:
> > I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180,
> > the H version with the LVDS port.
>
> Hey
>
> You seem to build with coreboot source from Aug 2013. There has been 
> several changes affecting this board since then, some more critical 
> than others so please update your tree.
>
> $ git log -- src/mainboard/asrock/imb-a180/
>
> We generally do not trust the distributions' compiler toolchains, have 
> you run:
>
> $ make crossgcc
>
> Regards,
>   Kyösti

[Wim Vervoorn]

Hello Mark,

Have you tried using a slower SODIMM yet? I have seen issues here myself that were caused by the faster especially dual rank SODIMMs.

The easy solution is to simply use a slower or single rank SODIMM. The real solution is to manipulate the AGESA code for correct initialization of the memory controller.

Best Regards,

Wim Vervoorn
Eltan B.V.

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Subject: [coreboot] Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)

I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180, the H version with the LVDS port.

I've read previous posts regarding the "IMB-A180 won't boot" on this group, and tried the .config that was posted, but the result is the same.

The debugging output shows things progressing until agesawwrapper_amdinitmid is called, then the boot restarts, then stops cold at the same point:

PCI: 00:18.4
          PCI: 00:18.5
       Done allocating resources.
       BS: BS_DEV_RESOURCES times (us): entry 0 run 1095130 exit 0
       POST: 0x74
       Enabling resources...

Fam16 - domain_enable_resources: AmdInitMid.
       agesawrapper_amdinitmid
<garbage characters>     Tue Feb 4     16:46:38 PST
2014 starting...

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Full serial debug output and .config are attached below.

Best regards,

Mark Mason
Engineering Design Team

Success! Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)

[Mark C. Mason]

Wim, you nailed it.  With a single-rank SODIMM the ASROCK IMB_A180 
coreboot build succeeds.

Much obliged!

We will look into the memory controller code next, as our design will 
use double-rank SODIMMs.

Mark Mason
Engineering Design Team
> Hello Mark,
>
> Have you tried using a slower SODIMM yet? I have seen issues here myself that were caused by the faster especially dual rank SODIMMs.
>
> The easy solution is to simply use a slower or single rank SODIMM. The real solution is to manipulate the AGESA code for correct initialization of the memory controller.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Wim Vervoorn
> Eltan B.V.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Mark C. Mason
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:59 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [coreboot] Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)
>
> I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180, the H version with the LVDS port.
>
> I've read previous posts regarding the "IMB-A180 won't boot" on this group, and tried the .config that was posted, but the result is the same.
>
> The debugging output shows things progressing until agesawwrapper_amdinitmid is called, then the boot restarts, then stops cold at the same point:
>        PCI: 00:18.4
>        PCI: 00:18.5
>     Done allocating resources.
>     BS: BS_DEV_RESOURCES times (us): entry 0 run 1095130 exit 0
>     POST: 0x74
>     Enabling resources...
>
>     Fam16 - domain_enable_resources: AmdInitMid.
>     agesawrapper_amdinitmid
>
> <garbage characters>     Tue Feb 4     16:46:38 PST
> 2014 starting...
>
> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Full serial debug output and .config are attached below.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Mason
> Engineering Design Team