Coreboot Options

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This is an automatically generated list of coreboot compile-time options.

Last update: 2011/10/14 00:44:39. (runknown)

Option Source Format Short Description Description
Menu: General setup
EXPERT toplevel bool Expert mode

This allows you to select certain advanced configuration options.

Warning: Only enable this option if you really know what you are doing! You have been warned!

LOCALVERSION toplevel string Local version string

Append an extra string to the end of the coreboot version.

This can be useful if, for instance, you want to append the respective board's hostname or some other identifying string to the coreboot version number, so that you can easily distinguish boot logs of different boards from each other.

CBFS_PREFIX toplevel string CBFS prefix to use

Select the prefix to all files put into the image. It's "fallback" by default, "normal" is a common alternative.

CBFS_PREFIX toplevel string Compiler

This option allows you to select the compiler used for building coreboot.

SCANBUILD_ENABLE toplevel bool Build with scan-build for static analysis

Changes the build process to scan-build is used. Requires scan-build in path.

SCANBUILD_REPORT_LOCATION toplevel string Directory to put scan-build report in

Where the scan-build report should be stored

CCACHE toplevel bool ccache

Enables the use of ccache for faster builds. Requires ccache in path.

SCONFIG_GENPARSER toplevel bool Generate SCONFIG parser using flex and bison

Enable this option if you are working on the sconfig device tree parser and made changes to sconfig.l and sconfig.y. Otherwise, say N.

USE_OPTION_TABLE toplevel bool Use CMOS for configuration values

Enable this option if coreboot shall read options from the "CMOS" NVRAM instead of using hard coded values.

COMPRESS_RAMSTAGE toplevel bool Compress ramstage with LZMA

Compress ramstage to save memory in the flash image. Note that decompression might slow down booting if the boot flash is connected through a slow Link (i.e. SPI)

INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE toplevel bool Include the coreboot config file into the ROM image

Include in CBFS the coreboot config file that was used to compile the ROM image

Menu: Mainboard
BOARD_LENOVO_X60 mainboard/lenovo bool ThinkPad X60 / X60s

The following X60 series ThinkPad machines have been verified to work correctly:

ThinkPad X60s (Model 1702, 1703) ThinkPad X60 (Model 1709)

BOARD_LENOVO_T60 mainboard/lenovo bool ThinkPad T60 / T60p

The following T60 series ThinkPad machines have been verified to work correctly:

Thinkpad T60p (Model 2007)

BOARD_OLD_REVISION mainboard/lippert/hurricane-lx bool Board is old pre-3.0 revision

Look on the bottom side for a number like 406-0001-30. The last 2 digits state the PCB revision (3.0 in this example). For 2.0 or older boards choose Y, for 3.0 and newer say N.

Old revision boards need a jumper shorting the power button to power on automatically. You may enable the button only after this jumper has been removed. New revision boards are not restricted in this way, and always have the power button enabled.

ONBOARD_UARTS_RS485 mainboard/lippert/hurricane-lx bool Switch on-board serial ports to RS485

If selected, both on-board serial ports will operate in RS485 mode instead of RS232.

ONBOARD_UARTS_RS485 mainboard/lippert/literunner-lx bool Switch on-board serial ports 1 & 2 to RS485

If selected, the first two on-board serial ports will operate in RS485 mode instead of RS232.

ONBOARD_IDE_SLAVE mainboard/lippert/literunner-lx bool Make on-board CF socket act as Slave

If selected, the on-board Compact Flash card socket will act as IDE Slave instead of Master.

ONBOARD_UARTS_RS485 mainboard/lippert/roadrunner-lx bool Switch on-board serial ports to RS485

If selected, both on-board serial ports will operate in RS485 mode instead of RS232.

ONBOARD_UARTS_RS485 mainboard/lippert/spacerunner-lx bool Switch on-board serial ports to RS485

If selected, both on-board serial ports will operate in RS485 mode instead of RS232.

ONBOARD_IDE_SLAVE mainboard/lippert/spacerunner-lx bool Make on-board SSD act as Slave

If selected, the on-board SSD will act as IDE Slave instead of Master.

SIO_PORT mainboard/supermicro/h8qgi hex

though UARTs are on the NUVOTON BMC, port 0x164E PS2 keyboard and mouse are on SUPERIO_WINBOND_W83627DHG, port 0x2E

BOARD_ROMSIZE_KB_16384 mainboard bool ROM chip size

Select the size of the ROM chip you intend to flash coreboot on.

The build system will take care of creating a coreboot.rom file of the matching size.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_128 mainboard bool 128 KB

Choose this option if you have a 128 KB ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_256 mainboard bool 256 KB

Choose this option if you have a 256 KB ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_512 mainboard bool 512 KB

Choose this option if you have a 512 KB ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_1024 mainboard bool 1024 KB (1 MB)

Choose this option if you have a 1024 KB (1 MB) ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_2048 mainboard bool 2048 KB (2 MB)

Choose this option if you have a 2048 KB (2 MB) ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_4096 mainboard bool 4096 KB (4 MB)

Choose this option if you have a 4096 KB (4 MB) ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_8192 mainboard bool 8192 KB (8 MB)

Choose this option if you have a 8192 KB (8 MB) ROM chip.

COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_16384 mainboard bool 16384 KB (16 MB)

Choose this option if you have a 16384 KB (16 MB) ROM chip.

ENABLE_POWER_BUTTON mainboard bool Enable the power button

The selected mainboard can optionally have the power button tied to ground with a jumper so that the button appears to be constantly depressed. If this option is enabled and the jumper is installed then the board will turn on, but turn off again after a short timeout, usually 4 seconds.

Select Y here if you have removed the jumper and want to use an actual power button. Select N if you have the jumper installed.

Menu: Architecture (x86)
UPDATE_IMAGE arch/x86 bool Update existing coreboot.rom image

If this option is enabled, no new coreboot.rom file is created. Instead it is expected that there already is a suitable file for further processing. The bootblock will not be modified.

Menu: Chipset
(comment) CPU
UPDATE_CPU_MICROCODE cpu/amd/model_10xxx bool Update CPU microcode

Select this to apply patches to the CPU microcode provided by AMD without source, and distributed with coreboot, to address issues in the CPU post production.

Microcode updates distributed with coreboot are not necessarily the latest version available from AMD. Updates are only applied if they are newer than the microcode already in your CPU.

Unselect this to let Fam10h CPUs run with microcode as shipped from factory. No binary microcode patches will be included in the coreboot image in that case, which can help with creating an image for which complete source code is available, which in turn might simplify license compliance.

Microcode updates intend to solve issues that have been discovered after CPU production. The common case is that systems work as intended with updated microcode, but we have also seen cases where issues were solved by not applying the microcode updates.

Note that some operating system include these same microcode patches, so you may need to also disable microcode updates in your operating system in order for this option to matter.

GEODE_VSA_FILE cpu/amd/model_gx2 bool Add a VSA image

Select this option if you have an AMD Geode GX2 vsa that you would like to add to your ROM.

You will be able to specify the location and file name of the image later.

VSA_FILENAME cpu/amd/model_gx2 string AMD Geode GX2 VSA path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as VSA.

GEODE_VSA_FILE cpu/amd/model_lx bool Add a VSA image

Select this option if you have an AMD Geode LX vsa that you would like to add to your ROM.

You will be able to specify the location and file name of the image later.

VSA_FILENAME cpu/amd/model_lx string AMD Geode LX VSA path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as VSA.

REDIRECT_IDS_HDT_CONSOLE_TO_SERIAL cpu/amd/agesa/family10 bool Redirect AGESA IDS_HDT_CONSOLE to serial console

This Option allows you to redirect the AMD AGESA IDS_HDT_CONSOLE debug information to the serial console.

Warning: Only enable this option when debuging or tracing AMD AGESA code.

SMP cpu bool

This option is used to enable certain functions to make coreboot work correctly on symmetric multi processor (SMP) systems.

MMX cpu bool

Select MMX in your socket or model Kconfig if your CPU has MMX streaming SIMD instructions. ROMCC can build more efficient code if it can spill to MMX registers.

SSE cpu bool

Select SSE in your socket or model Kconfig if your CPU has SSE streaming SIMD instructions. ROMCC can build more efficient code if it can spill to SSE (aka XMM) registers.

SSE2 cpu bool

Select SSE2 in your socket or model Kconfig if your CPU has SSE2 streaming SIMD instructions. Some parts of coreboot can be built with more efficient code if SSE2 instructions are available.

VAR_MTRR_HOLE cpu bool

Unset this if you don't want the MTRR code to use subtractive MTRRs

(comment) Northbridge
SVI_HIGH_FREQ northbridge/amd/amdfam10 bool

Select this for boards with a Voltage Regulator able to operate at 3.4 MHz in SVI mode. Ignored unless the AMD CPU is rev C3.

Menu: HyperTransport setup
None northbridge/amd None HyperTransport frequency

This option sets the maximum permissible HyperTransport link frequency.

Use of this option will only limit the autodetected HT frequency. It will not (and cannot) increase the frequency beyond the autodetected limits.

This is primarily used to work around poorly designed or laid out HT traces on certain motherboards.

LIMIT_HT_SPEED_AUTO northbridge/amd bool HyperTransport downlink width

This option sets the maximum permissible HyperTransport downlink width.

Use of this option will only limit the autodetected HT width. It will not (and cannot) increase the width beyond the autodetected limits.

This is primarily used to work around poorly designed or laid out HT traces on certain motherboards.

LIMIT_HT_DOWN_WIDTH_16 northbridge/amd bool HyperTransport uplink width

This option sets the maximum permissible HyperTransport uplink width.

Use of this option will only limit the autodetected HT width. It will not (and cannot) increase the width beyond the autodetected limits.

This is primarily used to work around poorly designed or laid out HT traces on certain motherboards.

SDRAMPWR_4DIMM northbridge/intel/i440bx bool

This option affects how the SDRAMC register is programmed. Memory clock signals will not be routed properly if this option is set wrong.

If your board has 4 DIMM slots, you must use select this option, in your Kconfig file of the board. On boards with 3 DIMM slots, do _not_ select this option.


OVERRIDE_CLOCK_DISABLE northbridge/intel/i945 bool

Usually system firmware turns off system memory clock signals to unused SO-DIMM slots to reduce EMI and power consumption. However, some boards do not like unused clock signals to be disabled.

MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_FREQUENCY northbridge/intel/i945 int

If non-zero, this designates the maximum DDR frequency the board supports, despite what the chipset should be capable of.

(comment) Southbridge
Menu: AMD Geode GX1 video support
EXT_CONF_SUPPORT southbridge/amd/rs690 bool

Select if RS690 should be setup to support MMCONF.

USBDEBUG_DEFAULT_PORT southbridge/amd/sb600 int SATA Mode

Select the mode in which SATA should be driven. IDE or AHCI. The default is IDE.

config SATA_MODE_IDE bool "IDE"

config SATA_MODE_AHCI bool "AHCI"

ENABLE_IDE_COMBINED_MODE southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 bool Enable SATA IDE combined mode

If Combined Mode is enabled. IDE controller is exposed and SATA controller has control over Port0 through Port3, IDE controller has control over Port4 and Port5.

If Combined Mode is disabled, IDE controller is hidden and SATA controller has full control of all 6 Ports when operating in non-IDE mode.

IDE_COMBINED_MODE southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 hex SATA Mode

Select the mode in which SATA should be driven. NATIVE AHCI, or RAID. The default is NATIVE.

SB800_SATA_IDE southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 bool NATIVE

NATIVE is the default mode and does not require a ROM.

SB800_SATA_AHCI southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 bool AHCI

AHCI may work with or without AHCI ROM. It depends on the payload support. For example, seabios does not require the AHCI ROM.

SB800_SATA_RAID southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 bool RAID

sb800 RAID mode must have the two required ROM files.

RAID_ROM_ID southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 string RAID device PCI IDs

1002,4392 for SATA NON-RAID5 module, 1002,4393 for SATA RAID5 mode

RAID_MISC_ROM_POSITION southbridge/amd/cimx/sb800 hex RAID Misc ROM Position

The RAID ROM requires that the MISC ROM is located between the range 0xFFF0_0000 to 0xFFF0_FFFF. Also, it must 1K bytes aligned. The CONFIG_ROM_SIZE must larger than 0x100000.

SATA_CONTROLLER_MODE southbridge/amd/cimx/sb900 hex

0x0 = Native IDE mode. 0x1 = RAID mode. 0x2 = AHCI mode. 0x3 = Legacy IDE mode. 0x4 = IDE->AHCI mode. 0x5 = AHCI mode as 7804 ID (AMD driver). 0x6 = IDE->AHCI mode as 7804 ID (AMD driver).

PCIB_ENABLE southbridge/amd/cimx/sb900 bool

n = Disable PCI Bridge Device 14 Function 4. y = Enable PCI Bridge Device 14 Function 4.

ACPI_SCI_IRQ southbridge/amd/cimx/sb900 hex

Set SCI IRQ to 9.

HAVE_CMC southbridge/intel/sch bool Add a CMC state machine binary

Select this option to add a CMC state machine binary to the resulting coreboot image.

Note: Without this binary coreboot will not work

CMC_FILE southbridge/intel/sch string Intel CMC path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as CMC state machine binary.

(comment) Super I/O
(comment) Devices
VGA_BRIDGE_SETUP devices bool Setup bridges on path to VGA adapter

Allow bridges to set up legacy decoding ranges for VGA. Don't disable this unless you're sure you don't want the briges setup for VGA.

VGA_ROM_RUN devices bool Run VGA option ROMs

Execute VGA option ROMs, if found. This is required to enable PCI/AGP/PCI-E video cards.

PCI_ROM_RUN devices bool Run non-VGA option ROMs

Execute non-VGA PCI option ROMs, if found.

Examples include IDE/SATA controller option ROMs and option ROMs for network cards (NICs).

PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_REALMODE devices bool Native mode

If you select this option, PCI option ROMs will be executed natively on the CPU in real mode. No CPU emulation is involved, so this is the fastest, but also the least secure option. (only works on x86/x64 systems)

PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_YABEL devices bool Secure mode

If you select this option, the x86emu CPU emulator will be used to execute PCI option ROMs.

This option prevents option ROMs from doing dirty tricks with the system (such as installing SMM modules or hypervisors), but it is also significantly slower than the native option ROM initialization method.

This is the default choice for non-x86 systems.

YABEL_PCI_ACCESS_OTHER_DEVICES devices bool Allow option ROMs to access other devices

Per default, YABEL only allows option ROMs to access the PCI device that they are associated with. However, this causes trouble for some onboard graphics chips whose option ROM needs to reconfigure the north bridge.

YABEL_VIRTMEM_LOCATION devices hex Location of YABEL's virtual memory

YABEL requires 1MB memory for its CPU emulation. This memory is normally located at 16MB.

YABEL_DIRECTHW devices bool Direct hardware access

YABEL consists of two parts: It uses x86emu for the CPU emulation and additionally provides a PC system emulation that filters bad device and memory access (such as PCI config space access to other devices than the initialized one).

When choosing this option, x86emu will pass through all hardware accesses to memory and I/O devices to the underlying memory and I/O addresses. While this option prevents option ROMs from doing dirty tricks with the CPU (such as installing SMM modules or hypervisors), they can still access all devices in the system. Enable this option for a good compromise between security and speed.

(comment) Embedded Controllers
EC_ACPI ec/acpi bool

ACPI Embedded Controller interface. Mostly found in laptops.

Menu: Generic Drivers
DRIVERS_OXFORD_OXPCIE drivers/oxford/oxpcie bool Oxford OXPCIe952

Support for Oxford OXPCIe952 serial port PCIe cards. Currently only devices with the vendor ID 0x1415 and device ID 0xc158 will work. NOTE: Right now you have to set the base address of your OXPCIe952 card to exactly the value that the device allocator would set them later on, or serial console functionality will stop as soon as the resource allocator assigns a new base address to the device.

OXFORD_OXPCIE_BRIDGE_BUS drivers/oxford/oxpcie hex OXPCIe's PCIe bridge bus number

While coreboot is executing code from ROM, the coreboot resource allocator has not been running yet. Hence PCI devices living behind a bridge are not yet visible to the system. In order to use an OXPCIe952 based PCIe card, coreboot has to set up the PCIe bridge that controls the OXPCIe952 controller first.

OXFORD_OXPCIE_BRIDGE_DEVICE drivers/oxford/oxpcie hex OXPCIe's PCIe bridge device number

While coreboot is executing code from ROM, the coreboot resource allocator has not been running yet. Hence PCI devices living behind a bridge are not yet visible to the system. In order to use an OXPCIe952 based PCIe card, coreboot has to set up the PCIe bridge that controls the OXPCIe952 controller first.

OXFORD_OXPCIE_BRIDGE_FUNCTION drivers/oxford/oxpcie hex OXPCIe's PCIe bridge function number

While coreboot is executing code from ROM, the coreboot resource allocator has not been running yet. Hence PCI devices living behind a bridge are not yet visible to the system. In order to use an OXPCIe952 based PCIe card, coreboot has to set up the PCIe bridge that controls the OXPCIe952 controller first.

OXFORD_OXPCIE_BRIDGE_SUBORDINATE drivers/oxford/oxpcie hex OXPCIe's PCIe bridge subordinate bus

While coreboot is executing code from ROM, the coreboot resource allocator has not been running yet. Hence PCI devices living behind a bridge are not yet visible to the system. In order to use an OXPCIe952 based PCIe card, coreboot has to set up the PCIe bridge that controls the OXPCIe952 controller first.

OXFORD_OXPCIE_BASE_ADDRESS drivers/oxford/oxpcie hex Base address for rom stage console

While coreboot is executing code from ROM, the coreboot resource allocator has not been running yet. Hence PCI devices living behind a bridge are not yet visible to the system. In order to use an OXPCIe952 based PCIe card, coreboot has to set up a temporary address for the OXPCIe952 controller.


DRIVERS_SIL_3114 drivers/sil bool Silicon Image SIL3114

It sets PCI class to IDE compatible native mode, allowing SeaBIOS, FILO etc... to boot from it.


Menu: Console
CONSOLE_SERIAL8250 console bool Serial port console output

Send coreboot debug output to an I/O mapped serial port console.

CONSOLE_SERIAL8250MEM console bool Serial port console output (memory mapped)

Send coreboot debug output to a memory mapped serial port console.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM1 console bool COM1/ttyS0, I/O port 0x3f8

Serial console on COM1/ttyS0 at I/O port 0x3f8.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM2 console bool COM2/ttyS1, I/O port 0x2f8

Serial console on COM2/ttyS1 at I/O port 0x2f8.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM3 console bool COM3/ttyS2, I/O port 0x3e8

Serial console on COM3/ttyS2 at I/O port 0x3e8.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM4 console bool COM4/ttyS3, I/O port 0x2e8

Serial console on COM4/ttyS3 at I/O port 0x2e8.

TTYS0_BASE console hex

Map the COM port names to the respective I/O port.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_115200 console bool 115200

Set serial port Baud rate to 115200.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_57600 console bool 57600

Set serial port Baud rate to 57600.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_38400 console bool 38400

Set serial port Baud rate to 38400.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_19200 console bool 19200

Set serial port Baud rate to 19200.

CONSOLE_SERIAL_9600 console bool 9600

Set serial port Baud rate to 9600.

TTYS0_BAUD console int

Map the Baud rates to an integer.

USBDEBUG console bool USB 2.0 EHCI debug dongle support

This option allows you to use a so-called USB EHCI Debug device (such as the Ajays NET20DC, AMIDebug RX, or a system using the Linux "EHCI Debug Device gadget" driver found in recent kernel) to retrieve the coreboot debug messages (instead, or in addition to, a serial port).

This feature is NOT supported on all chipsets in coreboot!

It also requires a USB2 controller which supports the EHCI Debug Port capability.

See http://www.coreboot.org/EHCI_Debug_Port for an up-to-date list of supported controllers.

If unsure, say N.

USBDEBUG_DEFAULT_PORT console int Default USB port to use as Debug Port

This option selects which physical USB port coreboot will try to use as EHCI Debug Port first (valid values are: 1-15).

If coreboot doesn't detect an EHCI Debug Port dongle on this port, it will try all the other ports one after the other. This will take a few seconds of time though, and thus slow down the booting process.

Hence, if you select the correct port here, you can speed up your boot time. Which USB port number (1-15) refers to which actual port on your mainboard (potentially also USB pin headers on your mainboard) is highly board-specific, and you'll likely have to find out by trial-and-error.

ONBOARD_VGA_IS_PRIMARY console bool Use onboard VGA as primary video device

If not selected, the last adapter found will be used.

CONSOLE_NE2K console bool Network console over NE2000 compatible Ethernet adapter

Send coreboot debug output to a Ethernet console, it works same way as Linux netconsole, packets are received to UDP port 6666 on IP/MAC specified with options bellow. Use following netcat command: nc -u -l -p 6666

CONSOLE_NE2K_DST_MAC console string Destination MAC address of remote system

Type in either MAC address of logging system or MAC address of the router.

CONSOLE_NE2K_DST_IP console string Destination IP of logging system

This is IP adress of the system running for example netcat command to dump the packets.

CONSOLE_NE2K_SRC_IP console string IP address of coreboot system

This is the IP of the coreboot system

CONSOLE_NE2K_IO_PORT console hex NE2000 adapter fixed IO port address

This is the IO port address for the IO port on the card, please select some non-conflicting region, 32 bytes of IO spaces will be used (and align on 32 bytes boundary, qemu needs broader align)


MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_8 console bool 8: SPEW

Way too many details.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_7 console bool 7: DEBUG

Debug-level messages.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_6 console bool 6: INFO

Informational messages.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_5 console bool 5: NOTICE

Normal but significant conditions.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_4 console bool 4: WARNING

Warning conditions.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_3 console bool 3: ERR

Error conditions.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_2 console bool 2: CRIT

Critical conditions.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_1 console bool 1: ALERT

Action must be taken immediately.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_0 console bool 0: EMERG

System is unusable.

MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL console int

Map the log level config names to an integer.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_8 console bool 8: SPEW

Way too many details.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_7 console bool 7: DEBUG

Debug-level messages.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_6 console bool 6: INFO

Informational messages.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_5 console bool 5: NOTICE

Normal but significant conditions.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_4 console bool 4: WARNING

Warning conditions.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_3 console bool 3: ERR

Error conditions.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_2 console bool 2: CRIT

Critical conditions.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_1 console bool 1: ALERT

Action must be taken immediately.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_0 console bool 0: EMERG

System is unusable.

DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL console int

Map the log level config names to an integer.

CONSOLE_POST console bool Show POST codes on the debug console

If enabled, coreboot will additionally print POST codes (which are usually displayed using a so-called "POST card" ISA/PCI/PCI-E device) on the debug console.

HAVE_HARD_RESET toplevel bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has a hard_reset function, no matter if it's provided by board code or chipset code.

HAVE_OPTION_TABLE toplevel bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has a cmos.layout file containing NVRAM/CMOS bit definitions. It defaults to 'n' but can be selected in mainboard/*/Kconfig.

VGA toplevel bool

Build board-specific VGA code.

GFXUMA toplevel bool

Enable Unified Memory Architecture for graphics.

HAVE_ACPI_TABLES toplevel bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has ACPI table support. It is usually set in mainboard/*/Kconfig. Whether or not the ACPI tables are actually generated by coreboot is configurable by the user via GENERATE_ACPI_TABLES.

HAVE_MP_TABLE toplevel bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has MP table support. It is usually set in mainboard/*/Kconfig. Whether or not the MP table is actually generated by coreboot is configurable by the user via GENERATE_MP_TABLE.

HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE toplevel bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has PIRQ table support. It is usually set in mainboard/*/Kconfig. Whether or not the PIRQ table is actually generated by coreboot is configurable by the user via GENERATE_PIRQ_TABLE.

Menu: System tables
GENERATE_ACPI_TABLES toplevel bool Generate ACPI tables

Generate ACPI tables for this board.

If unsure, say Y.

GENERATE_MP_TABLE toplevel bool Generate an MP table

Generate an MP table (conforming to the Intel MultiProcessor specification 1.4) for this board.

If unsure, say Y.

GENERATE_PIRQ_TABLE toplevel bool Generate a PIRQ table

Generate a PIRQ table for this board.

If unsure, say Y.

GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLES toplevel bool Generate SMBIOS tables

Generate SMBIOS tables for this board.

If unsure, say Y.

Menu: Payload
PAYLOAD_NONE toplevel bool None

Select this option if you want to create an "empty" coreboot ROM image for a certain mainboard, i.e. a coreboot ROM image which does not yet contain a payload.

For such an image to be useful, you have to use 'cbfstool' to add a payload to the ROM image later.

PAYLOAD_ELF toplevel bool An ELF executable payload

Select this option if you have a payload image (an ELF file) which coreboot should run as soon as the basic hardware initialization is completed.

You will be able to specify the location and file name of the payload image later.

PAYLOAD_SEABIOS toplevel bool SeaBIOS

Select this option if you want to build a coreboot image with a SeaBIOS payload. If you don't know what this is about, just leave it enabled.

See http://coreboot.org/Payloads for more information.

PAYLOAD_FILO toplevel bool FILO

Select this option if you want to build a coreboot image with a FILO payload. If you don't know what this is about, just leave it enabled.

See http://coreboot.org/Payloads for more information.

SEABIOS_STABLE toplevel bool stable

Stable SeaBIOS version

SEABIOS_MASTER toplevel bool master

Newest SeaBIOS version

FILO_STABLE toplevel bool 0.6.0

Stable FILO version

FILO_MASTER toplevel bool HEAD

Newest FILO version

PAYLOAD_FILE toplevel string Payload path and filename

The path and filename of the ELF executable file to use as payload.

COMPRESSED_PAYLOAD_LZMA toplevel bool Use LZMA compression for payloads

In order to reduce the size payloads take up in the ROM chip coreboot can compress them using the LZMA algorithm.

Menu: VGA BIOS
VGA_BIOS toplevel bool Add a VGA BIOS image

Select this option if you have a VGA BIOS image that you would like to add to your ROM.

You will be able to specify the location and file name of the image later.

VGA_BIOS_FILE toplevel string VGA BIOS path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as VGA BIOS.

VGA_BIOS_ID toplevel string VGA device PCI IDs

The comma-separated PCI vendor and device ID that would associate your VGA BIOS to your video card.

Example: 1106,3230

In the above example 1106 is the PCI vendor ID (in hex, but without the "0x" prefix) and 3230 specifies the PCI device ID of the video card (also in hex, without "0x" prefix).

INTEL_MBI toplevel bool Add an MBI image

Select this option if you have an Intel MBI image that you would like to add to your ROM.

You will be able to specify the location and file name of the image later.

MBI_FILE toplevel string Intel MBI path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as VGA BIOS.

Menu: Display
FRAMEBUFFER_SET_VESA_MODE toplevel bool Set VESA framebuffer mode

Set VESA framebuffer mode (needed for bootsplash)

FRAMEBUFFER_VESA_MODE toplevel hex VESA framebuffer video mode

This option sets the resolution used for the coreboot framebuffer (and bootsplash screen). Set to 0x117 for 1024x768x16. A diligent soul will some day make this a "choice".

FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE toplevel bool Keep VESA framebuffer

This option keeps the framebuffer mode set after coreboot finishes execution. If this option is enabled, coreboot will pass a framebuffer entry in its coreboot table and the payload will need a framebuffer driver. If this option is disabled, coreboot will switch back to text mode before handing control to a payload.

BOOTSPLASH toplevel bool Show graphical bootsplash

This option shows a graphical bootsplash screen. The grapics are loaded from the CBFS file bootsplash.jpg.

BOOTSPLASH_FILE toplevel string Bootsplash path and filename

The path and filename of the file to use as graphical bootsplash screen. The file format has to be jpg.

Menu: Debugging
GDB_STUB toplevel bool GDB debugging support

If enabled, you will be able to set breakpoints for gdb debugging. See src/arch/x86/lib/c_start.S for details.

DEBUG_RAM_SETUP toplevel bool Output verbose RAM init debug messages

This option enables additional RAM init related debug messages. It is recommended to enable this when debugging issues on your board which might be RAM init related.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_CAR toplevel bool Output verbose Cache-as-RAM debug messages

This option enables additional CAR related debug messages.

DEBUG_PIRQ toplevel bool Check PIRQ table consistency

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_SMBUS toplevel bool Output verbose SMBus debug messages

This option enables additional SMBus (and SPD) debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_SMI toplevel bool Output verbose SMI debug messages

This option enables additional SMI related debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_SMM_RELOCATION toplevel bool Debug SMM relocation code

This option enables additional SMM handler relocation related debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_MALLOC toplevel bool Output verbose malloc debug messages

This option enables additional malloc related debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

DEBUG_ACPI toplevel bool Output verbose ACPI debug messages

This option enables additional ACPI related debug messages.

Note: This option will slightly increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

REALMODE_DEBUG toplevel bool Enable debug messages for option ROM execution

This option enables additional x86emu related debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the time to emulate a ROM.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG toplevel bool Output verbose x86emu debug messages

This option enables additional x86emu related debug messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_JMP toplevel bool Trace JMP/RETF

Print information about JMP and RETF opcodes from x86emu.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_TRACE toplevel bool Trace all opcodes

Print _all_ opcodes that are executed by x86emu.

WARNING: This will produce a LOT of output and take a long time.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_PNP toplevel bool Log Plug&Play accesses

Print Plug And Play accesses made by option ROMs.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_DISK toplevel bool Log Disk I/O

Print Disk I/O related messages.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_PMM toplevel bool Log PMM

Print messages related to POST Memory Manager (PMM).

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.


X86EMU_DEBUG_VBE toplevel bool Debug VESA BIOS Extensions

Print messages related to VESA BIOS Extension (VBE) functions.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_INT10 toplevel bool Redirect INT10 output to console

Let INT10 (i.e. character output) calls print messages to debug output.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_INTERRUPTS toplevel bool Log intXX calls

Print messages related to interrupt handling.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_CHECK_VMEM_ACCESS toplevel bool Log special memory accesses

Print messages related to accesses to certain areas of the virtual memory (e.g. BDA (BIOS Data Area) or interrupt vectors)

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_MEM toplevel bool Log all memory accesses

Print memory accesses made by option ROM. Note: This also includes accesses to fetch instructions.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

X86EMU_DEBUG_IO toplevel bool Log IO accesses

Print I/O accesses made by option ROM.

Note: This option will increase the size of the coreboot image.

If unsure, say N.

LLSHELL toplevel bool Built-in low-level shell

If enabled, you will have a low level shell to examine your machine. Put llshell() in your (romstage) code to start the shell. See src/arch/x86/llshell/llshell.inc for details.

TRACE toplevel bool Trace function calls

If enabled, every function will print information to console once the function is entered. The syntax is ~0xaaaabbbb(0xccccdddd) the 0xaaaabbbb is the actual function and 0xccccdddd is EIP of calling function. Please note some printk releated functions are omitted from trace to have good looking console dumps.

POWER_BUTTON_DEFAULT_ENABLE toplevel hex

Select when the board has a power button which can optionally be disabled by the user.

POWER_BUTTON_DEFAULT_DISABLE toplevel hex

Select when the board has a power button which can optionally be enabled by the user, e.g. when the board ships with a jumper over the power switch contacts.

POWER_BUTTON_FORCE_ENABLE toplevel hex

Select when the board requires that the power button is always enabled.

POWER_BUTTON_FORCE_DISABLE toplevel hex

Select when the board requires that the power button is always disabled, e.g. when it has been hardwired to ground.

POWER_BUTTON_IS_OPTIONAL toplevel bool

Internal option that controls ENABLE_POWER_BUTTON visibility.

Menu: Deprecated
BOARD_HAS_HARD_RESET toplevel.deprecated_options bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has a reset.c file containing a hard_reset() function.

BOARD_HAS_FADT toplevel.deprecated_options bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has a board-local FADT in fadt.c. Long-term, those should be moved to appropriate chipset components (eg. southbridge).

HAVE_BUS_CONFIG toplevel.deprecated_options bool

This variable specifies whether a given board has a get_bus_conf.c file containing information about bus routing.

DRIVERS_PS2_KEYBOARD toplevel.deprecated_options bool PS/2 keyboard init

Enable this option to initialize PS/2 keyboards found connected to the PS/2 port.

Some payloads (eg, filo) require this option. Other payloads (eg, SeaBIOS, Linux) do not require it. Initializing a PS/2 keyboard can take several hundred milliseconds.

If you know you will only use a payload which does not require this option, then you can say N here to speed up boot time. Otherwise say Y.

PCIE_TUNING toplevel.deprecated_options bool

This variable enables certain PCIe optimizations. Right now it's only ASPM and it's untested.