MSI MS-6178

This HOWTO describes how to use coreboot on the MSI MS-6178 board.

The MSI MS-6178, rev. 1.0

Status

Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK
L1 cache enabled	OK	CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
L2 cache enabled	WIP
L3 cache enabled	N/A
Multiple CPU support	N/A
Multi-core support	N/A
Hardware virtualization	N/A
RAM
EDO	N/A
SDRAM	WIP	Single-sided DIMMs in slot 0 work fine. Other combinations may or may not work, this is WIP.
SO-DIMM	N/A
DDR	N/A
DDR2	N/A
DDR3	N/A
Dual channel support	N/A
ECC support	N/A
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"	OK
On-board IDE 2.5"	N/A
On-board SATA	N/A
On-board SCSI	N/A
On-board USB	OK	Tested: USB thumb drive, USB mouse.
On-board VGA	WIP
On-board ethernet	N/A
On-board audio	OK
On-board modem	Untested
On-board FireWire	N/A
On-board smartcard reader	N/A
On-board CompactFlash	N/A
On-board PCMCIA	N/A
Add-on slots/cards
ISA add-on cards	N/A
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards	Untested
PCI add-on cards	OK	VGA PCI card works in each of the three PCI slots.
Mini-PCI add-on cards	N/A
PCI-X add-on cards	N/A
AGP graphics cards	N/A
PCI Express x1 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x2 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x4 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x8 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x16 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x32 add-on cards	N/A
HTX add-on cards	N/A
Legacy / Super I/O
Floppy	Untested
Serial port 1 (COM1)	OK
Serial port 2 (COM2)	Untested
Parallel port	OK	Loading the ppdev/parport_pc Linux kernel modules works fine, other tests were not done.
PS/2 keyboard	OK
PS/2 mouse	OK
Game port	OK	Works fine after modprobe analog and modprobe ns558. Tested using jscalibrator.
Infrared	Untested
PC speaker	OK	Works after modprobe pcspkr.
DiskOnChip	N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control	OK	Works fine using the w83627hf Linux kernel module.
Hardware watchdog	OK	Doing modprobe w83627hf_wdt seems to work fine, further tests were not performed, yet.
SMBus	N/A
CAN bus	N/A
CPU frequency scaling	Untested
Other powersaving features	N/A
ACPI	No	There is no ACPI implementation for this board, yet.
Reboot	OK
Poweroff	No	Probably needs ACPI in order to work.
Suspend	Unknown
Nonstandard LEDs	N/A	No LEDs mounted on the board, but there are various pin headers where you could add some.
High precision event timers (HPET)	N/A
Random number generator (RNG)	N/A
Wake on modem ring	Untested
Wake on LAN	Untested
Wake on keyboard	Untested
Wake on mouse	Untested
Flashrom	No	Works neither on BIOS nor on coreboot so far.

Building coreboot

First, copy your desired payload to /tmp/filo.elf, then:

$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
$ cd coreboot-v2/targets
$ ./buildtarget msi/ms6178
$ cd msi/ms6178/ms6178
$ make

You can now flash the resulting coreboot.rom on a ROM chip using Flashrom.

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