ASUS P2B-F - Revision history

Stepan: /* Build tutorial */

2010-05-05T08:11:04Z

‎Build tutorial

AJenbo: /* Troubleshooting */

2010-04-21T12:43:50Z

‎Troubleshooting

Buurin: SDRAM support now complete; remove mentions of hard coding.

2010-03-28T17:59:34Z

SDRAM support now complete; remove mentions of hard coding.

Stepan: /* Build tutorial */ svn paths

2009-10-30T18:30:09Z

‎Build tutorial: svn paths

Juri: mark down the nonworking keyboard

2009-02-17T18:23:03Z

mark down the nonworking keyboard

Juri: mark down a known working version

2009-02-16T01:32:11Z

mark down a known working version

Juri: remove video references, use the closest memoy socket...

2009-02-06T05:39:01Z

remove video references, use the closest memoy socket...

Juri: missing '|'

2009-02-05T19:57:21Z

missing '|'

Juri: SMBus is really untested.

2009-02-02T08:19:21Z

SMBus is really untested.

Juri: no miniPCI either

2009-02-02T03:24:59Z

no miniPCI either

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 after your payload is compiled(assuming you compiled the [[FILO]] payload), copy the resulting file to /tmp/filo.elf, then:
-Check out a copy of coreboot
+See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
- $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot
-−
-Build the files used to build the bios
- $ cd coreboot/targets
- $ ./buildtarget asus/p2b-f
-−
-Build the bios itsself
- $ cd asus/p2b-f/p2b-f
- $ make -s
-−
-The resulting '''coreboot.rom''' is your coreboot ROM image you can flash using [[flashrom]].
 == Troubleshooting ==

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 == Troubleshooting ==
-So, you installed coreboot, and now your board doesn't board boot?
+So, you installed coreboot, and now your board doesn't boot?
 First, check the serial port, and see what sort of output you're getting.

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 |CPU_virt_status = N/A
-|RAM_EDO_status = N/A
+|RAM_EDO_status = WIP
 |RAM_SDRAM_status = OK
 |RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A
 |RAM_DDR_status = N/A
@@ Line 27: / Line 26: @@
 |IDE_status = Untested
 |IDE_25_status = N/A
 |CDROM_DVD_status = Untested
@@ Line 48: / Line 46: @@
 |AGP_cards_comments = Tested: AGP graphics card (ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X).
 |Mini_PCI_cards_status = N/A
 |PCI_cards_status = OK
 |PCI_cards_comments = Tested: PCI VGA card in all five PCI slots.

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 after your payload is compiled(assuming you compiled the [[FILO]] payload), copy the resulting file to /tmp/filo.elf, then:
-Check out a copy of coreboot-v2
+Check out a copy of coreboot
-  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
+  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot
 Build the files used to build the bios
-  $ cd coreboot-v2/targets
+  $ cd coreboot/targets
   $ ./buildtarget asus/p2b-f

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 = Known Working Revisions =
-Coreboot revision 3949 + filo 0.5.6 version 85 (builds a 128K image, make sure to slim filo down!)
+Coreboot revision 3949 + filo 0.5.6 version 85 (keyboard does not work! builds a 128K image, make sure to slim filo down!)
-−
-−
-−
 {{GPL}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:32, 16 February 2009
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	If this doesn't solve your problem, remove all the PCI or ISA components. then remove your IDE and floppy devices, and try again. If that still does not give you output on the serial port, you likely have a bad flash or bad cable (you did test it, right?). if you get partial output from the serial, but do not get to the point where you see your payload booting your system, then its time to upload the serial output you're getting after simplifying your hardware configuration to a paste website, and drop by IRC or the mailing list, and ask for help.		If this doesn't solve your problem, remove all the PCI or ISA components. then remove your IDE and floppy devices, and try again. If that still does not give you output on the serial port, you likely have a bad flash or bad cable (you did test it, right?). if you get partial output from the serial, but do not get to the point where you see your payload booting your system, then its time to upload the serial output you're getting after simplifying your hardware configuration to a paste website, and drop by IRC or the mailing list, and ask for help.
		+
		+	= Known Working Revisions =
		+
		+	Coreboot revision 3949 + filo 0.5.6 version 85 (builds a 128K image, make sure to slim filo down!)
		+
		+
		+

	{{GPL}}		{{GPL}}

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 First, before thinking of using coreboot, make sure you have a backup of your current BIOS image(see [[Flashrom]]), and the correct facilities to replace that image, if it becomes corrupt. Assuming you have a backup and restore procedure, continue with the following(which may destroy your board anyways! you have been warned!)
-It is recommended that you have a known good PCI video card, a known good single sided PC100 non-ecc dimm, and a known good null modem cable before you proceed, for error recovery.
+It is recommended that you have a known good PCI video card, a known good single sided PC100 non-ecc dimm, and a known good null modem cable before you proceed, for error recovery. At this point, it is recommended that you have many dimms, as the timings are compiled into the bios, and theres no good way to know your dimm is going to work after flashing.
 CoreBoot has multiple [[Payloads]] used for the boot process ([[SeaBIOS]], [[FILO]], [[GRUB2]], etc), and you must build a payload first, so that CoreBoot can build it into itsself.
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 First, check the serial port, and see what sort of output you're getting.
-The following is what the section of coreboot on the P2B-F shows for memory setup:
+The following is what the section of coreboot on the P2B-F shows when enabling ram:
   RAM Enable 1: Apply NOP
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       Enabling refresh (DRAMC = 0x09) for DIMM 00
-If in your output, you do not see the 'Enabling refresh' line, your ram chip is not being detected, or refreshed. try a different ram dimm, or a different dimm socket.
+If in your output, you do not see the 'Enabling refresh' line, your ram chip is not being detected, or refreshed. try a different dimm, and make sure you're placing it in slot 1 (the slot closest to the CPU).
-If this doesn't solve your problem, remove all the PCI or ISA components other than your PCI video card (you do have one of those, right?). then remove your IDE and floppy devices, and try again. If that still does not give you output ,its time to upload the serial output you're getting after simplifying your hardware configuration to a paste website, and drop by IRC or the mailing list, and ask for help.
+If this doesn't solve your problem, remove all the PCI or ISA components. then remove your IDE and floppy devices, and try again. If that still does not give you output on the serial port, you likely have a bad flash or bad cable (you did test it, right?). if you get partial output from the serial, but do not get to the point where you see your payload booting your system, then its time to upload the serial output you're getting after simplifying your hardware configuration to a paste website, and drop by IRC or the mailing list, and ask for help.
 {{GPL}}

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 |ACPI_status = No
 |ACPI_comments = There's no ACPI implementation for this board.
-SMBus_status = Untested
+|SMBus_status = Untested
 |Reboot_status = WIP
 |Poweroff_status = No