USB debug port in ICH5?

[ron minnich]

I'm looking but don't see info yet on a USB debug port in ICH5, anyone know?

The issue is that the Dell Server 1850 node I'm trying to get working
doesn't give direct COM1 access to the P4; it goes through a (ack!
Ptui!) baseboard maintenance controller. So to talk to COM1 you have
to know how to talk to the BMC. This may just be another non-standard
IPMI interface or something else, not sure, but in any case I figure
the USB debug port might be easier.

ron

[Ed Swierk]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:13 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> I'm looking but don't see info yet on a USB debug port in ICH5, anyone know?
>
> The issue is that the Dell Server 1850 node I'm trying to get working
> doesn't give direct COM1 access to the P4; it goes through a (ack!
> Ptui!) baseboard maintenance controller. So to talk to COM1 you have
> to know how to talk to the BMC. This may just be another non-standard
> IPMI interface or something else, not sure, but in any case I figure
> the USB debug port might be easier.

Sec. 5.20.10 of the ICH5 datasheet
(http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/embedded/docs/865g.htm)
describes the EHCI debug port.

I suppose you could also try reverse-engineering Dell's configuration
utilities (bioscfg.exe and bmccfg.exe) to see how they configure the
COM1 port.

--Ed

[Ed Swierk]

Also see the ICH5 EHCI programming manual:
http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/manual/298656.pdf

--Ed