ASUS M4A785-M - Revision history

Juhe: Detail additions. Replaced some accidentally erased edits by user Uwe. Sorry about that.

2010-09-23T06:54:36Z

Detail additions. Replaced some accidentally erased edits by user Uwe. Sorry about that.

Juhe: /* Building coreboot */

2010-09-21T20:25:38Z

‎Building coreboot

Juhe: /* Known issues */

2010-09-21T20:22:05Z

‎Known issues

Juhe: /* Status */

2010-09-21T20:16:46Z

‎Status

Juhe: /* Known issues */

2010-09-21T20:14:48Z

‎Known issues

Juhe: /* Building coreboot */

2010-09-21T20:07:34Z

‎Building coreboot

Juhe at 19:26, 21 September 2010

2010-09-21T19:26:12Z

Uwe at 17:38, 21 September 2010

2010-09-21T17:38:30Z

Juhe: Created page with "This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ef0qgvMIwOUagAVl M4A785-M]''' board. == Status == {{Status| |CPU_status = OK |CPU_comm..."

2010-09-21T11:40:08Z

Created page with "This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ef0qgvMIwOUagAVl M4A785-M]''' board. == Status == {{Status| |CPU_status = OK |CPU_comm..."

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This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ef0qgvMIwOUagAVl M4A785-M]''' board.

== Status ==

{{Status|

|CPU_status = OK
|CPU_comments = Tested with Athlon64 X2 240e
|CPU_L1_status = OK
|CPU_L1_comments = -
|CPU_L2_status = OK
|CPU_L2_comments = -
|CPU_L3_status = N/A
|CPU_multiple_status = N/A
|CPU_multicore_status = OK
|CPU_virt_status = N/A

|RAM_EDO_status = N/A
|RAM_SDRAM_status = N/A
|RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A
|RAM_DDR_status = WIP
|RAM_DDR_comments = N/A
|RAM_DDR2_status = 2G works, 4G or more does not
|RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
|RAM_dualchannel_status = Untested
|RAM_ecc_status = Untested
|RAM_ecc_comments =

|IDE_status = OK
|IDE_comments =
|IDE_25_status = N/A
|IDE_CF_status = untested
|IDE_CF_comments =
|CDROM_DVD_status = OK
|CDROM_DVD_comments =
|SATA_status = OK
|SATA_comments = Tested SATA ports 1-4
|USB_status =
|USB_comments =
|Onboard_VGA_status = OK
|Onboard_ethernet_status = OK
|Onboard_audio_status = No
|Onboard_audio_comments = Linux driver crashes
|Onboard_modem_status = N/A
|Onboard_firewire_status = N/A
|Smartcard_status = N/A
|Onboard_CF_status = N/A
|Onboard_PCMCIA_status = N/A

|ISA_cards_status = N/A
|AMR_cards_status = N/A
|PCI_cards_status = OK
|PCI_cards_comments = see known issues
|Mini_PCI_cards_status = N/A
|PCIX_cards_status = N/A
|AGP_cards_status = N/A
|PCIE_x1_status =
|PCIE_x1_comments =
|PCIE_x2_status = N/A
|PCIE_x4_status = Untested
|PCIE_x8_status = N/A
|PCIE_x16_status = WIP
|PCIE_x16_comments =
|PCIE_x32_status = N/A
|HTX_status = N/A

|Floppy_status = WIP
|COM1_status = OK
|COM2_status = N/A
|PP_status =
|PP_comments =
|PS2_keyboard_status = OK
|PS2_keyboard_comments =
|PS2_mouse_status = Untested
|PS2_mouse_comments =
|Game_port_status = N/A
|IR_status = N/A
|Speaker_status = Untested
|DiskOnChip_status = N/A

|Sensors_status =
|Sensors_comments =
|Watchdog_status = N/A
|CAN_bus_status = N/A
|CPUfreq_status = No
|CPUfreq_comments =
|Powersave_status = N/A
|ACPI_status = Partial
|ACPI_comments =
|Reboot_status =
|Poweroff_status =
|LEDs_status =
|LEDs_comments =
|HPET_status =
|HPET_comments =
|RNG_status = N/A
|WakeOnModem_status = Untested
|WakeOnLAN_status =
|WakeOnKeyboard_status = Untested
|WakeOnMouse_status = Untested
|Flashrom_status = OK
|Flashrom_comments =

}}

== Building coreboot ==

See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.

Revision 5795 builds with patches. TODO: Details

== Known issues ==

*

=== RAM ===

* 2 GB RAM (1x2GB) - Boots
* 4 GB RAM (2x2GB) - Payload crashes
* 6 GB RAM (3x2GB) - Payload crashes

{{PD-self}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:25, 21 September 2010
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	Here are two alternative build methods. When the second one is tested to work, the first one should be removed from this page.		Here are two alternative build methods. When the second one is tested to work, the first one should be removed from this page.
		+
		+	[[Flashrom]] should be able to detect, read and write the flash ROM, if the version is new enough. The BIOS ROM chip is Macronix MX25L8005PC-15G in DIP-8 package and accesed via SPI.

	=== Method 1: Apply patches ===		=== Method 1: Apply patches ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:22, 21 September 2010
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−	~~{{PD~~-~~self}}~~	+	== [[Payloads]] ==
		+
		+	* Grub2 is tested and works.
		+	* Memtest86+ can be loaded from Grub2 with [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-September/060457.html patches], but crashes soon after starting.
		+	* [[SeaBIOS]] does not work, cause unknown.
		+	* [[Coreinfo]] works.

@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 |Floppy_status = N/A
 |COM1_status = OK
-|COM1_comments = No DB-9 connector, pins on board only
+|COM1_comments = DB-9 serial connector is available, but not included with board.
 |COM2_status = N/A
 |PP_status = Untested

@@ Line 108: / Line 108: @@
 == Building coreboot ==
-See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
+See the [[Build HOWTO]] for general information on how to build coreboot.
-Revision 5795 builds with patches. TODO: Details.
+Here are two alternative build methods. When the second one is tested to work, the first one should be removed from this page.
 == Known issues ==

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 |CPU_multicore_status = OK
 |CPU_virt_status = OK
 |RAM_EDO_status = N/A
@@ Line 21: / Line 22: @@
 |RAM_DDR_status = N/A
 |RAM_DDR_comments = N/A
-|RAM_DDR2_status = OK
+|RAM_DDR2_status = WiP
 |RAM_DDR2_comments = 2G works, 4G or more does not.
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
@@ Line 29: / Line 30: @@
 |IDE_status = OK
-|IDE_comments =
+|IDE_comments = Tested: CDROM, SSD
 |IDE_25_status = N/A
 |IDE_CF_status = untested
@@ Line 36: / Line 37: @@
 |CDROM_DVD_comments =
 |SATA_status = OK
-|SATA_comments = SATA ports 5-6 untested
+|SATA_comments = Tested: SATA ports 1-4. Ports 5-6 untested.
 |USB_status =
 |USB_comments =
 |Onboard_VGA_status = OK
 |Onboard_ethernet_status = OK
 |Onboard_audio_status = No
@@ Line 67: / Line 69: @@
 |Floppy_status = N/A
 |COM1_status = OK
-|COM1_comments = DB-9 serial connector is available, but not included with board.
+|COM1_comments = COM1 is only pin header on board. DB-9 serial connector is available, but not included with board.
 |COM2_status = N/A
 |PP_status = Untested
@@ Line 89: / Line 92: @@
 |Powersave_status = Untested
 |ACPI_status = Partial
-|ACPI_comments =
+|ACPI_comments = Linux recognizes ACPI at boot, but operation unknown.
-|Reboot_status =
+|Reboot_status = No
-|Poweroff_status =
+|Poweroff_status = No
 |LEDs_status =
 |LEDs_comments =
@@ Line 112: / Line 115: @@
 Here are two alternative build methods. When the second one is tested to work, the first one should be removed from this page.
-[[Flashrom]] should be able to detect, read and write the flash ROM, if the version is new enough. The BIOS ROM chip is Macronix MX25L8005PC-15G in DIP-8 package and accesed via SPI.
+[[Flashrom]] should be able to detect, read, and write the BIOS ROM, if the version is new enough. The ROM chip is Macronix MX25L8005PC-15G in DIP-8 package and accessed via SPI.
-=== Method 1: Apply patches ===
+=== Method 1: Older trunk and apply patches ===
-This is a more complicated method, but it is tested to work on revision 5795 and 5792. Find
+This is a more complicated method, but it is tested to work with Coreboot revision 5795 and 5792. Find
 [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-September/060303.html patches from the mailing list].
-. Check out Coreboot from SVN
+. Check out Coreboot revision 5795 from SVN
 . chdir to coreboot
@@ Line 132: / Line 135: @@
   % patch -p1 < ../patches/generic-code-patches-for-m4a785m.patch
 </pre>
 . <pre>make menuconfig</pre>
@@ Line 156: / Line 161: @@
 * The result should be a working coreboot.rom.
-=== Method 2: Use trunk code ===
+=== Method 2: Latest trunk code ===
 The patches used above are integrated to the Coreboot trunk in revision 5809 and later. However, revision 5796 introduced some changes that cause the SATA and USB controllers to not work anymore.

@@ Line 164: / Line 164: @@
 == Known issues ==
-* ...
+* The on-board "Azalia" audio codec does not work. Linux probes and finds it, but the driver in Linux 2.6.32 either crashes or causes a flood of interupts. The solution is to configure Linux to not load the driver snd-hda-intel module on boot.
 === RAM ===

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 |CPU_multiple_status = N/A
 |CPU_multicore_status = OK
-|CPU_virt_status = N/A
+|CPU_virt_status = OK
 |RAM_EDO_status = N/A
 |RAM_SDRAM_status = N/A
 |RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A
-|RAM_DDR_status = WIP
+|RAM_DDR_status = N/A
 |RAM_DDR_comments = N/A
-|RAM_DDR2_status = WIP
+|RAM_DDR2_status = OK
 |RAM_DDR2_comments = 2G works, 4G or more does not.
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 |CDROM_DVD_comments =
 |SATA_status = OK
-|SATA_comments = Tested: SATA ports 1-4.
+|SATA_comments = SATA ports 5-6 untested
 |USB_status =
 |USB_comments =
@@ Line 61: / Line 61: @@
 |PCIE_x4_status = Untested
 |PCIE_x8_status = N/A
-|PCIE_x16_status = WIP
+|PCIE_x16_status = Untested
 |PCIE_x16_comments =
 |PCIE_x32_status = N/A
 |HTX_status = N/A
-|Floppy_status = WIP
+|Floppy_status = N/A
 |COM1_status = OK
 |COM2_status = N/A
-|PP_status =
+|PP_status = Untested
-|PP_comments =
+|PP_comments = No connector, pins on board only
 |PS2_keyboard_status = OK
 |PS2_keyboard_comments =
@@ Line 80: / Line 81: @@
 |DiskOnChip_status = N/A
-|Sensors_status =
+|Sensors_status = Untested
 |Sensors_comments =
 |Watchdog_status = N/A
 |CAN_bus_status = N/A
-|CPUfreq_status = No
+|CPUfreq_status = Untested
 |CPUfreq_comments =
-|Powersave_status = N/A
+|Powersave_status = Untested
 |ACPI_status = Partial
 |ACPI_comments =
@@ Line 95: / Line 96: @@
 |HPET_status =
 |HPET_comments =
-|RNG_status = N/A
+|RNG_status = Untested
 |WakeOnModem_status = Untested
 |WakeOnLAN_status =

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ef0qgvMIwOUagAVl M4A785-M]''' board.
+This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ef0qgvMIwOUagAVl ASUS M4A785-M]''' board.
 == Status ==
@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 |CPU_status = OK
-|CPU_comments = Tested with Athlon64 X2 240e
+|CPU_comments = Tested: AMD Athlon64 X2 240e.
 |CPU_L1_status = OK
 |CPU_L1_comments = -
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 |RAM_DDR_status = WIP
 |RAM_DDR_comments = N/A
-|RAM_DDR2_status = 2G works, 4G or more does not
+|RAM_DDR2_status = WIP
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
 |RAM_dualchannel_status = Untested
@@ Line 35: / Line 36: @@
 |CDROM_DVD_comments =
 |SATA_status = OK
-|SATA_comments = Tested SATA ports 1-4
+|SATA_comments = Tested: SATA ports 1-4.
 |USB_status =
 |USB_comments =
@@ Line 41: / Line 42: @@
 |Onboard_ethernet_status = OK
 |Onboard_audio_status = No
-|Onboard_audio_comments = Linux driver crashes
+|Onboard_audio_comments = Linux driver crashes.
 |Onboard_modem_status = N/A
 |Onboard_firewire_status = N/A
@@ Line 51: / Line 52: @@
 |AMR_cards_status = N/A
 |PCI_cards_status = OK
-|PCI_cards_comments = see known issues
+|PCI_cards_comments = See [[#Known issues|known issues]].
 |Mini_PCI_cards_status = N/A
 |PCIX_cards_status = N/A
@@ Line 108: / Line 109: @@
 See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
-Revision 5795 builds with patches. TODO: Details
+Revision 5795 builds with patches. TODO: Details.
 == Known issues ==
+* ...
 === RAM ===
@@ Line 119: / Line 120: @@
 * 4 GB RAM (2x2GB) - Payload crashes
 * 6 GB RAM (3x2GB) - Payload crashes
 {{PD-self}}