[coreboot] Status Update of F2A85M

Mike Banon mikebdp2 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 3 20:02:23 CET 2018


Have you tried any Linux distributions other than Debian? Because
Debian's packages and Linux kernel - are relatively ancient, and maybe
the problems you're having - have been fixed in the recent kernel
versions (although they could have broken something else there ;) .
Please try a very modern Linux distribution, like Antergos
(newbie-friendly Arch Linux with GUI), Artix Linux (friendly Arch
without systemd), or maybe a fully updated Void Linux (really clean
and ultra fast Linux, also no systemd). Maybe some of your current
problems wouldn't exist there, it might be a good idea to try ;)
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:37 AM Kinky Nekoboi
<kinky_nekoboi at bluetardis.de> wrote:
>
> 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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