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Stepan: /* Use CBFS wherever possible */

2013-04-15T21:25:03Z

‎Use CBFS wherever possible

Stefanct: /* flashrom */

2013-04-02T13:34:38Z

‎flashrom

PaulePanter: /* Use CBFS wherever possible */ Add link to commit changing the location for referenced code.

2013-03-28T09:54:51Z

‎Use CBFS wherever possible: Add link to commit changing the location for referenced code.

PaulePanter: /* Formatting and whitespace cleanup */ Add note about automatic testing of whitespace errors

2013-03-28T09:22:34Z

‎Formatting and whitespace cleanup: Add note about automatic testing of whitespace errors

PaulePanter: /* Formatting and whitespace cleanup */ Remove incorrect third person »s«

2013-03-28T09:20:39Z

‎Formatting and whitespace cleanup: Remove incorrect third person »s«

PaulePanter: Fix syntax of section formatting so »Formatting and whitespace cleanup« is formatted correctly.

2013-03-28T09:20:03Z

Fix syntax of section formatting so »Formatting and whitespace cleanup« is formatted correctly.

MJones: /* coreboot */

2013-03-27T15:53:30Z

‎coreboot

Uwe at 17:01, 19 September 2010

2010-09-19T17:01:45Z

Uwe: /* coreboot */

2010-09-19T16:58:01Z

‎coreboot

Hailfinger: /* Test flashrom */ flashrom@flashrom.org

2009-08-25T16:51:51Z

‎Test flashrom: flashrom@flashrom.org

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:25, 15 April 2013
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	* http://www.czechcomputer.cz/cat_tree.jsp?bpath=Z%C3%A1kladn%C3%AD+desky\Socket+AM2%2B\AMD+740G		* http://www.czechcomputer.cz/cat_tree.jsp?bpath=Z%C3%A1kladn%C3%AD+desky\Socket+AM2%2B\AMD+740G
−
−	~~=== Use CBFS wherever possible ===~~
−
−	* <code>src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c</code> is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]]. See [http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=commitdiff;h=9839cbd53fdcfcee52c406d9f52af924192e618d commit 9839cbd53fdcfcee52c406d9f52af924192e618d] for the new location of the code.

	=== Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===		=== Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===

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 == flashrom ==
-The [[flashrom]] tool can read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.
+The [http://www.flashrom.org flashrom] tool can read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.
 * See [http://flashrom.org/Easy_projects flashrom's Easy Projects] list for details.

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 === Use CBFS wherever possible ===
-* '''src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c''' is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]].
+* <code>src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c</code> is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]]. See [http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=commitdiff;h=9839cbd53fdcfcee52c406d9f52af924192e618d commit 9839cbd53fdcfcee52c406d9f52af924192e618d] for the new location of the code.
-−
 === Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:22, 28 March 2013
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	We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and require review.		We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and require review.
		+
		+	Ideally a check/test should be integrated into the build system pointing out these issues already when committing or testing the commit. Such tests probably already exist in other projects and just need to be copied.

	== Payloads ==		== Payloads ==

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 === Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===
-We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and requires review.
+We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and require review.
 == Payloads ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:20, 28 March 2013
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−	=== Formatting and whitespace cleanup ==+	+	=== Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===

	We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and requires review.		We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and requires review.

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 == coreboot ==
 === AMD 740G information gathering ===
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 * '''src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c''' is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]].
 == Payloads ==

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 If you're a coreboot or flashrom newbie, this page is for you.
-= flashrom =
+== coreboot ==
-−
-The [[flashrom]] tool can read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.
-−
-== Add timing info to flash chip definitions ==
-−
-Go through the list of flash chips in flashchips.c inside the flashrom source. For each chip (except SPI chips), read through the data sheets and add a comment to the flash chip definition which contains the timing information in microseconds(!) for the probe sequence.
-−
-This will make probing a lot more reliable.
-−
-Every annotated chip helps.
-−
-== Add the bus type to flashrom flash chip definitions (done) ==
-−
-Go through the list of flash chips in flashchips.c inside the flashrom source. Look for chip definitions which have .bustype = CHIP_BUSTYPE_NONSPI and look at their data sheets. Read the data sheets and try to figure out the flash bus they use (Parallel/LPC/FWH/SPI). Change the bustype field to CHIP_BUSTYPE_PARALLEL etc. and post a patch to the list.
-−
-This will make probing faster and more reliable.
-−
-Even a single updated chip helps.
-−
-[[Flashrom#Communication_bus_protocol]] has a writeup on how to figure out the bus type.
-−
-== Add new flash chip definitions ==
-−
-We have a few dozen chip IDs listed in flash.h, but not in flashchips.c. Find them, dig up the data sheets and add chip definitions for them to flashchips.c. You can use similar flash chips as a guideline.
-−
-This will reduce the number of undetected chips.
-−
-Every added chip broadens flashrom support.
-−
-== Test flashrom ==
-−
-If you have a desktop (no laptops/notebooks/netbooks), please run
- flashrom
-and check if it finds your flash chip. If it does and any of the operations are listed as unsupported, we'd like to hear about it. If your flash chip is not found, we'd like to hear about it as well.
-−
-In both cases, please send the output of
- flashrom -V
-to the flashrom [[Mailinglist|mailing list]].
-−
-= coreboot =
 === AMD 740G information gathering ===
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 * '''src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c''' is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]].
-= Payloads =
+== Payloads ==
 coreboot can use a number of different [[Payloads|payloads]].
-== Add/test new supported payloads ==
+=== Add/test new supported payloads ===
 * Test syslinux (probably requires [[SeaBIOS]] in addition, needs to be checked).
 * Port [[GPXE]] to "native" coreboot (it works fine together with [[SeaBIOS]] though).
-= Other =
+== flashrom ==
 * Add [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/95 support for using coreboot in VirtualBox].

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 = coreboot =
-I'll skip explaining what coreboot is. The whole wiki is about this topic and I can't summarize it in one sentence.
+=== AMD 740G information gathering ===
-== coreboot v2 ==
+(This project description is not finished yet)
-The workhorse version of coreboot. Lots of supported boards, but difficult to work with.
+If you have a board with AMD 740G chipset, please run (as root)
-===AMD 740G information gathering===
+ $ '''flashrom -V'''
-(This project description is not finished yet)
+ $ '''lspci -nnvvvxxxx'''
 and mail the output to the [[Mailinglist|coreboot mailing list]] together with the exact model number/name of your board.
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 Here are some boards:
-== coreboot v3 ==
+* http://www.czechcomputer.cz/cat_tree.jsp?bpath=Z%C3%A1kladn%C3%AD+desky\Socket+AM2%2B\AMD+740G
-The next generation version of coreboot. Few supported boards, still in the design testing phase, easy to work with.
+=== Use CBFS wherever possible ===
-TODO: Add easy tasks here.
+* '''src/cpu/amd/model_lx/vsmsetup.c''' is a very good candidate. The VSM blobs should be loaded from [[CBFS]].
 = Payloads =