[coreboot] Request for Intel Haswell info

[ron minnich]

My advice if you're working with those chromebooks is to start with the
chromeos tree, not the upstream.

ron


On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  While a couple of the Haswell-based ChromeBooks have been added to
> upstream coreboot, but have not heard of anyone with them actually running
> yet.  I know John Lewis had tried to get the HP ChromeBook 14 (falco) going
> but was not successful (though he does have the Chromium/falco branch
> working), and I assume the same is true for the Acer C720 (peppy) too, as
> they are nearly identical.  Looking at it briefly, I'd suspect the issues
> are related to the display init or Google's EC, but haven't had a chance to
> play with one myself yet.
>
> I have upstream coreboot running on the Haswell-based Asus ChromeBox
> (panther), and have submitted patches for it, but they have not yet been
> accepted/merged in.  Also works for the nearly-identical HP ChromeBox
> (zako).  I can throw my branch up on github in the meantime if would be
> useful, but that's where I'd recommend starting (vs the ChromeBooks).
>
> cheers,
> Matt
>
>
> On 7/2/2014 11:09 AM, ron minnich wrote:
>
> As always, when doing a new board, get a system that is known to work with
> coreboot and has your chipset in it. You should get several (never just
> one!) of the haswell chromebooks, build coreboot, make sure you can make it
> all work, then try the port to your board.
>
>  ron
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:11 AM, David Hendricks <
> david.hendricks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Paul Wilcox-Baker <
>> wilcoxbaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear coreboot,
>>>
>>> We are interested in coreboot for the Intel Haswell processors.
>>> coreboot appears to be used in the Acer C720 and HP Chromebooks
>>> that use Haswell processors.  I see no reference to this processor,
>>> or to these products in the source code that I downloaded recently.
>>>
>>
>>  Are you sure? 'git grep haswell' turns up 160 references as of 931c1d.
>>
>>
>>  There is also no reference to these products in the "products
>>> supported" web page of coreboot.org.
>>>
>>
>>  http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#Laptops
>>
>>
>>> We are developing hardware using the Haswell processor and 82C226
>>> PCH part.  How do we port coreboot to these devices?  As Acer and HP
>>> have done it, it's obviously possible.
>>>
>>
>>  Start by grepping for NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_HASWELL in the source tree.
>>
>>  Note: The following URL has a codename <--> marketing name decoder for
>> Chromebooks:
>> http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices
>>
>>
>>  Any advice gratefully received!
>>>
>>> Thanks, Paul.
>>>
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