Hi !
Thanks to a face to face talk at FOSDEM 2019 in Brussels, with Philippe, a German Coreboot speaker (and developer ? He knows better than me), I was said that dropping a mail to the list and asking for possible support of my desktop motherboard would not break your rules. So I do now.
We are dealing here with legacy Pentium IV hardware (circa 2004, ugh!)
Northbridge: SIS 651 http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-SiS_(chipsets)/651.html
iGPU: SIS 315 (w/ SIS 301B) (unused, PCI GPU GT430 in use)
Southbridge: SIS 962
Processor: Pentium IV Northwood 3.06Ghz HT 512K L2 533MT/s FSB http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Pentium_4/RK80532PE083512.html
I may provide more details, but I guess this is enough to check if I am facing a wall, or if most of the work has been already done at tuning Coreboot for firing up this kind of hardware.
Thank you !
Frederic
PS: I attached here below a lspci -v output.
-- Frédéric Dumas f.dumas@ellis.siteparc.fr
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8081 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0 Kernel driver in use: agpgart-sis Kernel modules: sis_agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller (rev 14) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller Flags: medium devsel I/O ports at e600 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: sis96x_smbus Kernel modules: i2c_sis96x
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller (prog-if 80 [ISA Compatibility mode-only controller, supports bus mastering]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 807a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) I/O ports at b400 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: pata_sis Kernel modules: pata_acpi
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8095 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 I/O ports at a400 [size=256] I/O ports at a000 [size=128] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0 Kernel modules: snd_intel8x0
00:03.0 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 807a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9 Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:03.1 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 807a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at e3800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:03.2 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 807a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22 Memory at e3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:03.3 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 807a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23 Memory at e2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX8112 x1 Lane PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev aa) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff Memory behind bridge: e0800000-e27fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e5f00000-f3efffff Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [60] Express PCI/PCI-X to PCI-Express Bridge, MSI 00 Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X motherboard Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: b44 Kernel modules: b44
00:10.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-710/2/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ENE Technology Inc CB-710/2/4 Cardbus Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16 Memory at fe800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 80000000-83ffffff (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 84000000-87ffffff I/O window 0: 00001000-000010ff I/O window 1: 00001400-000014ff 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1 Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:10.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc CB710 Memory Card Reader Controller Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1724 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 8800 [size=128] Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: cb710 Kernel modules: cb710
00:13.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-4000-HD Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at df000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: cx8800 Kernel modules: cx8800
00:13.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-4000-HD Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: cx88_audio Kernel modules: cx88_alsa
00:13.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-4000-HD Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at dd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager Kernel modules: cx8802
00:13.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-4000-HD Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255 Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M] Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2200 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24 Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at e6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at 9800 [size=128] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?> Kernel driver in use: nouveau Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2200 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Memory at e0800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
Frederic Dumas wrote on 2/13/19 4:55 PM:
Hi !
Thanks to a face to face talk at FOSDEM 2019 in Brussels, with Philippe, a German Coreboot speaker (and developer ? He knows better than me), I was said that dropping a mail to the list and asking for possible support of my desktop motherboard would not break your rules. So I do now.
We are dealing here with legacy Pentium IV hardware (circa 2004, ugh!)
Northbridge: SIS 651 http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-SiS_(chipsets)/651.html
iGPU: SIS 315 (w/ SIS 301B) (unused, PCI GPU GT430 in use)
Southbridge: SIS 962
Processor: Pentium IV Northwood 3.06Ghz HT 512K L2 533MT/s FSB http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Pentium_4/RK80532PE083512.html
I may provide more details, but I guess this is enough to check if I am facing a wall, or if most of the work has been already done at tuning Coreboot for firing up this kind of hardware.
Not seeing any SiS chipsets on https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html or in src/northbrige or src/southbridge, so unless those are 100% compatible with one of the others listed I expect you'd be in for a difficult time.
Thank you, your answer makes the case to be simply closed.
Not seeing any SiS chipsets on https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html or in src/northbrige or src/southbridge, so unless those are 100% compatible with one of the others listed I expect you'd be in for a difficult time.
I will play around with Modbin and CBRom, in order to insert Plop boot manager into the existing Award BIOS of this machine. This is the best which I may try to do for making that BIOS slightly better, I guess.
BTW, the BIOS EPROM of the motherboard is of PLCC32 type. When buying a few compatible spare parts for testing purposes, is it worthwhile to choose ones with a larger memory capacity than the original? Will this give me additional space for flashing a bigger than original modded BIOS ? Does the question make sense at all?
I wish all of you the best results with your coming work on CoreBoot in the next years, and hope to see it on a next PC of mine.
Regards.
-- Frédéric Dumas f.dumas@ellis.siteparc.fr
Le 14/02/2019 à 00:59, awokd via coreboot a écrit :
Frederic Dumas wrote on 2/13/19 4:55 PM:
Northbridge: SIS 651 http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-SiS_(chipsets)/651.html
Southbridge: SIS 962
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:19 AM Frederic Dumas f.dumas@ellis.siteparc.fr wrote:
Thank you, your answer makes the case to be simply closed.
Don't give up that quickly :-) It's an old chipset and I you may just need to checkout coreboot-v1 (aka LinuxBIOS). SiS 635/735/950 were some of the first chipsets with coreboot support, thanks to a SiS engineer named Li-Ta "Ollie" Lo who eventually came to work for Ron at LANL.
Here's a good starting point: https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/coreboot.git/log/?h=coreboot-v1&qt=auth...
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