[coreboot] Status Update of F2A85M
Kinky Nekoboi
kinky_nekoboi at bluetardis.de
Sat Nov 3 00:36:04 CET 2018
i have tried it, microcode is now updated, but this does not help with
linux not wants to boot with iommu enabled
Am 02.11.2018 um 21:29 schrieb Mike Banon:
> For our Richland 15h family AMD CPUs (and for 16h also) , this
> microcode update procedure - accessible from coreboot's configuration
> "menuconfig" menu - is broken, I've observed this 0K problem too. You
> should leave this "Include CPU microcode in CBFS" option as "Do not
> include microcode updates" and just run a script from this wiki -
> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Lenovo_G505S_hacking#AMD_microcode_updates
> - it will patch the AMD microcodes hardcoded inside .c source code
> files as the arrays of hex values. After you'll patch your coreboot,
> rebuild it and install to your motherboard, your microcode's patch
> level should change from 0x0600110f to 0x0600111f (0f->1f)
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Banon
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:51 PM kinky_nekoboi
> <kinky_nekoboi at bluetardis.de> wrote:
>> I tried only the one included in current master tree.
>>
>> But CBFS reports me an 0KB blob as an output ... so that its mostlikele
>> the reason it halts after boot (maybe updating an not working microcode
>> to the cpu than ?)
>>
>> i have microcodes enabled per linux kernel update
>> dmesg | grep microcode:
>> [ 3.794585] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x0600110f
>> [ 3.794588] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x0600110f
>> [ 3.794595] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x0600110f
>> [ 3.794602] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x0600110f
>> [ 3.794653] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
>>
>> Am 02.11.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Mike Banon:
>>> Which microcode gives you a brick? Have you tried those new 2018
>>> microcodes (not merged yet to coreboot) for 15h generation -
>>> https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/28273 ? If not, here is a
>>> quick & secure way to get them -
>>> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Lenovo_G505S_hacking#AMD_microcode_updates
>>> (although this script is at "Lenovo G505S hacking" page, the same
>>> microcodes should work for desktop Richland CPUs as well) . By the
>>> way, it could help you to get your hardware virtualization (IOMMU)
>>> working
>>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 7:06 PM kinky_nekoboi
>>> <kinky_nekoboi at bluetardis.de> wrote:
>>>> Hi Mike, i hope i can help u i am just a User of coreboot and noo skilled coreboot hacker yet lol.
>>>> The A10-6800K should work as its the same CPU core/ gen.
>>>> do not include microcode it makes the rom a brick mode.
>>>> U have to add a VGA bios if u are using the Internal GPU.
>>>> i am using a F2A85M rev 1.1 (not pro and not LE, they are quite rare)
>>>>
>>>> Am 2. November 2018 17:01:24 MEZ schrieb Mike Banon <mikebdp2 at gmail.com>:
>>>>> Nice report. Do you think A10-6800K CPU would have worked at this
>>>>> motherboard? Or only A8-6600K is supported? Also, what hardware
>>>>> revision of this motherboard do you have? (there were F2A85M / --//--
>>>>> PRO and some other revisions, so I'm a bit confused) . I am seriously
>>>>> considering doing a similar build, but would like to get the fastest
>>>>> available CPU you could install there
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:29 AM kinky_nekoboi
>>>>> <kinky_nekoboi at bluetardis.de> wrote:
>>>>>> something like that happens if u connect anything to a USB2 Port
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [ 2600.001601] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-pci
>>>>>> [ 2600.001612] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.001619] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.001624] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.185864] usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -11
>>>>>> [ 2600.293659] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.293669] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.293674] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2600.477668] usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -11
>>>>>> [ 2600.585647] usb usb7-port1: attempt power cycle
>>>>>> [ 2601.090486] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci-pci
>>>>>> [ 2601.090494] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2601.301659] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2601.509672] usb 7-1: device not accepting address 4, error -11
>>>>>> [ 2601.693678] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ohci-pci
>>>>>> [ 2601.693693] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2601.901677] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: dma_direct_map_page: overflow 0x00000001c52c2ea8+8 of device mask ffffffff
>>>>>> [ 2602.109672] usb 7-1: device not accepting address 5, error -11
>>>>>> [ 2602.109723] usb usb7-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 02.11.2018 um 02:01 schrieb kinky_nekoboi:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> heeey
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i am very happy that i have coreboot running now on my desktop machine...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ADDON-GPU card works now
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nvramcui works
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Optionrom execution works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IOMMU does not work .. debian has to boot with iommu=off.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but KVM virtualsation works somehow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suspend does not work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> USB is still extremely buggy ... only the USB3 Ports are useable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> here some output
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Architektur: x86_64
>>>>>> CPU Operationsmodus: 32-bit, 64-bit
>>>>>> Byte-Reihenfolge: Little Endian
>>>>>> CPU(s): 4
>>>>>> Liste der Online-CPU(s): 0-3
>>>>>> Thread(s) pro Kern: 2
>>>>>> Kern(e) pro Socket: 2
>>>>>> Sockel: 1
>>>>>> NUMA-Knoten: 1
>>>>>> Anbieterkennung: AuthenticAMD
>>>>>> Prozessorfamilie: 21
>>>>>> Modell: 19
>>>>>> Modellname: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
>>>>>> Stepping: 1
>>>>>> CPU MHz: 2068.754
>>>>>> Maximale Taktfrequenz der CPU: 3900,0000
>>>>>> Minimale Taktfrequenz der CPU: 1900,0000
>>>>>> BogoMIPS: 7786.16
>>>>>> Virtualisierung: AMD-V
>>>>>> L1d Cache: 16K
>>>>>> L1i Cache: 64K
>>>>>> L2 Cache: 2048K
>>>>>> NUMA-Knoten0 CPU(s): 0-3
>>>>>> Markierungen: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic
>>>>>> sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx
>>>>>> mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc
>>>>>> cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1
>>>>>> sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
>>>>>> cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt
>>>>>> lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb cpb
>>>>>> hw_pstate ssbd vmmcall bmi1 arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale
>>>>>> vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 23 entries total:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 0:1st timestamp 13,116
>>>>>> 1:start of romstage 13,477 (361)
>>>>>> 2:before ram initialization 75,515 (62,038)
>>>>>> 3:after ram initialization 1,308,025 (1,232,510)
>>>>>> 4:end of romstage 1,319,893 (11,867)
>>>>>> 8:starting to load ramstage 1,319,966 (73)
>>>>>> 15:starting LZMA decompress (ignore for x86) 1,319,984 (18)
>>>>>> 16:finished LZMA decompress (ignore for x86) 1,370,088 (50,103)
>>>>>> 9:finished loading ramstage 1,370,357 (269)
>>>>>> 10:start of ramstage 1,371,078 (720)
>>>>>> 30:device enumeration 1,461,571 (90,493)
>>>>>> 40:device configuration 1,470,758 (9,186)
>>>>>> 50:device enable 1,501,692 (30,933)
>>>>>> 60:device initialization 1,569,453 (67,761)
>>>>>> 65:Option ROM initialization 1,769,162 (199,708)
>>>>>> 65:Option ROM initialization 1,936,860 (167,697)
>>>>>> 70:device setup done 2,011,094 (74,234)
>>>>>> 75:cbmem post 2,366,967 (355,873)
>>>>>> 80:write tables 2,371,915 (4,947)
>>>>>> 85:finalize chips 2,750,289 (378,374)
>>>>>> 90:load payload 2,755,411 (5,122)
>>>>>> 15:starting LZMA decompress (ignore for x86) 2,797,472 (42,060)
>>>>>> 16:finished LZMA decompress (ignore for x86) 2,823,100 (25,628)
>>>>>> 99:selfboot jump 2,838,148 (15,048)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Total Time: 2,825,023
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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