Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

[Thierry Laurion]

Better here, sorry.
https://github.com/osresearch/heads/issues/134

Le ven. 23 févr. 2018 00:26, Thierry Laurion  a
écrit :
> Actually if others of you want to contribute, there is this heads kgpe-d16
> port that permits to flash directly from the heads coreboot payload with
> Timothy's patches on the flashrom tools. You may want to take a look here :
> https://github.com/flammit/heads/pull/9#issuecomment-362022411
>
> Le jeu. 22 févr. 2018 16:37, Timothy Pearson <
> [e-mail]> a écrit :
> > Actually, for OpenBMC work, hotplugging is often the only way to go.
> > Just be very careful to align the pins correctly the first time; you
> > don't have a second chance if you misalign the pins and fry the module...
> >
> > On 02/22/2018 03:22 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > On 02/17/2018 09:46 AM, Elisenda Cuadros wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Now I trying to use your OpenBMC port.
> > > >
> > > > I followed the instructions and everything was fine (compiling,
> > > > reading and flashing). I waited several minutes after flashing, but
> > > > the module didn 't blinked like in the vendor rom, nor did it receive
> > > > an ip.
> > > >
> > > > I halted the system because I thought maybe it needs a cold start.
> > > >
> > > > After this, the system doesn't boot with the module plugged in. The
> > > > fans begin to spin for approximately 1/4 second, but nothing else.
> > > >
> > > > My two fans (1 cpu & 1 chassis) have 3 pins and are low speed
> >
> > (~1000rpm)
> > > > In the case I have to reflash the module, is it possible to hotplug it?
> > >
> > > Hotplugging is dangerous and not supported, don't do it.
> > > > Thank you very much for your support.
> > >
> > > You can use a test clip to externally flash it via a flashing device
> > > (not sure which can do 16 pins though, I would inquire on the flashrom
> > > mailinglist)
> > >
> > > Are you using the latest coreboot? AFAIK coreboot was patched to support
> > > OpenBMC, so you need a new version with the patches.