New subject: Asus AM1I-A

10 Feb 2018

      Thank you for your kind reply Gergely.
I think the cable is not the problem, I have been using it for years and 
it's intact.
I am using a usb dongle but not a cheap one. Tomorrow I will try with 
another cable and a real COM port. Just to be 100% sure.
Console is fast at the very first time (just the "normal") but after two 
seconds it becomes extremely slow.
Please, can you say me which is the git revision you are using?
The console log I attached is from a SPEW debug level, not corresponding 
with the config.. I tried several configs today :-) .
Is it possible to share your config with me?
Best regards,
Eli
On 10/02/18 21:44, Gergely Kiss wrote:
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Hi Eli,
I've been using Coreboot on my board for several weeks, it is serving 
as an HTPC running 24/7 and it's working perfectly stable which 
suggests the firmware should be free of bugs. It is likely that you 
are facing some configuration or hardware issue here.
I didn't see any issues with the serial output while working with the 
board once the SuperIO chip started to work. Make sure the cable you 
use is intact and try to attach it to another machine. At the time I 
was working with my board, I used a Dell Port Replicator with a native 
COM port so I could use a standard null-modem cable and it was working 
flawlessly. In case you use a USB serial adapter, try replacing it or 
attach the serial cable directly to a COM port if you have one available.
Also, please enable debug_level=Spew as it seems the console log you 
attached comes from a less verbose setting and therefore it's not as 
useful as it should be.
Note that the VBIOS image is executed by SeaBIOS which means you won't 
see anything on your display until the payload is executed.
If all else fails, you can still attach a POST debug module to the LPC 
header of the board [1] which can help a lot to find out where the 
boot process hangs.
Feel free to contact me if you need some more help or information, I'm 
happy to assist!
Regards,
Gergely
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGqsWx3-1c
On 10 February 2018 at 18:17, Elisenda Cuadros <lists@e4l.es 
mailto:lists@e4l.es> wrote:
Hello,

I'm trying to use Coreboot in an Asus AM1I-A board recently ported
by Gergely Kiss (thank you!).

I am using the default config settings and added vga rom extracted
with UEFITool from the vendor bios.

After flashing and booting I get no output from vga.

Serial console is extremely slow too (30 minutes to write the log)

I attach the coreboot console log, config and cbfs.txt.

Any hints?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

-- Eli

Re: [coreboot] Asus AM1I-A