[coreboot] ASUS M2V problems

[G]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Marc Jones <marcj303 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 7:37 AM, G <tjmadwja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to get coreboot onto my old ASUS M2V (rev. 1.01g)
>> motherboard, but so far I've had no luck. I'm currently trying to
>> get the coreinfo payload running, as that seems like the simplest
>> test case (I've also tried seabios, and failed).
>>
>> After flashing, when I boot, nothing happens. No beeps, the
>> monitor remains in power-save mode, the keyboard doesn't respond
>> to any keypresses (not even holding down several keys for a long
>> time generates any beeps), no blinking status LEDs, nothing on
>> the serial port. Nothing.
>>
>> I've tried with two different revisions, one from 2010-11-24 (the
>> one that adds S3 support for ASUS M2V), and one from 2012-02-21
>> (all later revisions fail to compile with lots of different CBMEM
>> problems).
>>
>> In the 2010-11-24 revision, I've had to add
>>       reg++; reg--;
>> in src/northbridge/amd/amdk8/raminit_f_dqs.c:setup_mtrr_dqs() and
>>       regm3++; regm3--;
>> in src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237_ctrl.c:vt8237_cfg() to get
>> rid of warnings about unused variables.
>>
>> Flashing is done by simply running:
>>       ./flashrom -V -w coreboot.rom -c W39V040C
>>
>> Does anyone here have any idea what might be wrong? Anyone got a
>> working .config, tips to use a certain known working revision, a
>> know working version of flashrom (although flashing two different
>> versions of ASUS's BIOS using flashrom works well, so I'm
>> guessing neither flashrom nor my usage of it is to blame), a
>> working coreboot.rom they can share, or anything else that might
>> help me move forward?
>>
>> Using Debian unstable to build, if that's any help.
>>
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> You will need to capture some output from coreboot to find where your
> system is having problems.
>
> http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#How_do_I_use_a_null-modem_cable_to_get_coreboot_debugging_output_over_a_serial_port.3F

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately, as I wrote in my
original mail, I get nothing on the serial port.

When I boot the standard ASUS M2V BIOS, with a null-modem cable
plugged in, then exactly as I power on the M2V system, minicom on
the other end briefly (less than a second) switches from Offline
to Online, and then back to Offline, and then the system
continues to boot.

Booting coreboot, minicom switches from Offline to Online exactly
when I power on the M2V system, and then the minicom status on
the other machine remains Online, but nothing ever arrives in the
minicom terminal window, and nothing else happens (no beeps, not
LEDs, nothing on the screen, just plain nothing).

I have tested that the minicom connection over null-modem cable
between my M2V computer and the other machine works after booting
the standard ASUS M2V BIOS, although I then have HW flow control
enabled, which is then disabled before trying to boot the
coreboot BIOS. And yes, I have checked the serial port settings
in the coreboot config and they are set to the correct values.

So, anyone got a working .config and/or working coreboot.rom I
can try? A known working coreboot revision I should download and
compile? Or any other tips/pointers?