[coreboot] Microcode problem with Braswell CPU

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

Hello Alex,

Glad if you solved at least initial problem. Glad if I helped at least a
pinch. :-)

Now... As much as I know, FSP is initial part of the BIOS itself, or BIOS
elements. Namely, SEC and PEI phases. My best guess is that* INTEL retained
POST codes to be the same as while in (UEFI) BIOS*. UEFI in parenthesis,
since these two phases are common/default ones, they belong to legacy as
well as to UEFI BIOSes. DXE is the phase legacy and UEFI start to diverge
(my best guess).

York can help you more with the POST codes, York should know (much) more
than me, considering FSP. Yang, could you, please, come with the FSP POST
code table, it will be very beneficial to this community?

Now, assuming that my initial cludge (in *RED*) is correct, you can find
the meanings of POST 0x52:
http://www.congatec.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Others/AMI_Aptio_4.x_Status_Codes_PUB_01.pdf

PEI Error Codes:
0x50 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory type or incompatible
memory speed.
0x51 Memory initialization error. SPD reading has failed.
*0x52 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory size or memory modules do
not match.*
0x53 Memory initialization error. No usable memory detected.
0x54 Unspecified memory initialization error.
0x55 Memory not installed.
0x56 Invalid CPU type or Speed.

*Error Code*

*Port 0x80 Code*

*Description*

PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_TYPE

0x50

Memory Type Invalid

PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SPEED

0x50

Memory Speed Invalid

PEI_MEMORY_SPD_FAIL

0x51

Memory SPD failure

*PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SIZE*

*0x52*

*Memory Size Invalid*

*PEI_MEMORY_MISMATCH*

*0x52*

*Memory Mismatch*

PEI_MEMORY_NOT_DETECTED

0x53

Memory not detected

PEI_MEMORY_NONE_USEFUL

0x53

None of the Memory installed valid

PEI_MEMORY_ERROR

0x54

Memory Error

PEI_MEMORY_NOT_INSTALLED

0x55

Memory not installed

PEI_CPU_INVALID_TYPE

0x56

CPU type invalid

What I am reading from POST error codes is that you did not define your
DRAM memory size (probably in Coreboot .config file) correctly.

(and, yes, I am also learning from this conversation ;-) )

Zoran
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On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Alexander Böcken <
Alexander.Boecken at junger-audio.com> wrote:

> Hello Zoran,
>
> I really appreciate your help. I was able to resolve the problem on late
> Friday. I cannot exactly tell what the reason was, however, I set up a
> fresh install of coreboot, just using my old .config and microcode. Then I
> saw that the board gets past the microcode update. I must have introduced a
> bug somewhere... sorry, for the noise...
>
> Now the board stops at TempRamInit in FSP. I'm already using the FSP for
> Braswell from the Intel link you referenced. The function does not return,
> but the board shows me post code 0x52. I'm pretty sure the post code comes
> from FSP because I temporarily redirected all post codes to port 0x84 in
> the coreboot configuration.
>
> From src/drivers/intel/fsp1_1/cache_as_ram.inc I see that TempRamInit gets
> a pointer to CAR_init_params which is generated from .config. Those values
> seem okay.
>
> #define CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_LOC 0xFFE68400 #define
> CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_LEN 0x10C00
> #define CONFIG_ROM_SIZE               0x200000
>
> Has anyone any experiences with FSP post codes? I can't find any
> documentation about that.
>
> Thank you,
> Alex
>
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