[coreboot] Asrock IMB-A180 not booting

Bruce Griffith Bruce.Griffith at se-eng.com
Mon Nov 25 21:25:32 CET 2013


Let's try this again without my email client messing up the formatting ...

I successfully booted my IMB-A180 using the latest sources from
coreboot.org, so I don't think this a problem with coreboot itself.  If
you are trying to boot with SeaBIOS, make sure that SeaBIOS is loading the
option ROMs, not coreboot.  Make sure that the video device matches your
board and the VBIOS location matches your development system.  Do not
depend on coreboot "fixing up" the video BIOS id since that won't work if
SeaBIOS is loading option ROMs.

It would be helpful to know which variant of the ASRock board you have.
The information is located on a sticker near the 20-pin power connector.

Try the following .config file (assuming an IMB-A180E):

	#
	# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
	# coreboot version: 4.0-4832-gcae09e0
	# Mon Nov 25 11:18:41 2013
	#

	#
	# General setup
	#
	CONFIG_EXPERT=y
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="Open-source BIOS for ASRock IMB-A180"
	CONFIG_CBFS_PREFIX="fallback"
	# CONFIG_ALT_CBFS_LOAD_PAYLOAD is not set
	CONFIG_COMPILER_GCC=y
	# CONFIG_COMPILER_LLVM_CLANG is not set
	# CONFIG_SCANBUILD_ENABLE is not set
	# CONFIG_CCACHE is not set
	# CONFIG_SCONFIG_GENPARSER is not set
	# CONFIG_USE_OPTION_TABLE is not set
	CONFIG_COMPRESS_RAMSTAGE=y
	CONFIG_INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE=y
	# CONFIG_EARLY_CBMEM_INIT is not set
	# CONFIG_DYNAMIC_CBMEM is not set
	# CONFIG_COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS is not set
	CONFIG_USE_BLOBS=y
	# CONFIG_COVERAGE is not set

	#
	# Mainboard
	#
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AAEON is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ABIT is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ADLINK is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ADVANSUS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ADVANTECH is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AMD is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AOPEN is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ARIMA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ARTECGROUP is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ASI is not set
	CONFIG_VENDOR_ASROCK=y
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ASUS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_A_TREND is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AVALUE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AXUS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_AZZA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_BACHMANN is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_BCOM is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_BIFFEROS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_BIOSTAR is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_BROADCOM is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_COMPAQ is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_DIGITALLOGIC is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_DMP is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_EAGLELION is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_ECS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_EMULATION is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_GETAC is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_GIGABYTE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_GOOGLE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_HP is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_IBASE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_IBM is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_IEI is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_INTEL is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_IWAVE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_IWILL is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_JETWAY is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_KONTRON is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_LANNER is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_LENOVO is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_LIPPERT is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_MITAC is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_MSI is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_NEC is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_NEWISYS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_NOKIA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_NVIDIA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_PCENGINES is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_RCA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_RODA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_SAMSUNG is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_SIEMENS is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_SOYO is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_SUNW is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_SUPERMICRO is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TECHNEXION is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TECHNOLOGIC is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TELEVIDEO is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TI is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_THOMSON is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TRAVERSE is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_TYAN is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_VIA is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_WINENT is not set
	# CONFIG_VENDOR_WYSE is not set
	CONFIG_BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS=y
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DIR="asrock/imb-a180"
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER="IMB-A180"
	CONFIG_IRQ_SLOT_COUNT=11
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_VENDOR="ASROCK"
	CONFIG_APIC_ID_OFFSET=0x0
	CONFIG_HW_MEM_HOLE_SIZEK=0x200000
	CONFIG_MAX_CPUS=4
	CONFIG_MAX_PHYSICAL_CPUS=1
	# CONFIG_HW_MEM_HOLE_SIZE_AUTO_INC is not set
	CONFIG_MEM_TRAIN_SEQ=2
	CONFIG_RAMTOP=0x1000000
	CONFIG_HEAP_SIZE=0xc0000
	CONFIG_RAMBASE=0x200000
	CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ID="1002,9834"
	CONFIG_DRIVERS_PS2_KEYBOARD=y
	CONFIG_ONBOARD_VGA_IS_PRIMARY=y
	CONFIG_VGA_BIOS=y
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_POST is not set
	# CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN is not set
	# CONFIG_UDELAY_IO is not set
	CONFIG_DCACHE_RAM_BASE=0x30000
	CONFIG_DCACHE_RAM_SIZE=0x10000
	CONFIG_SERIAL_CPU_INIT=y
	CONFIG_ACPI_SSDTX_NUM=0
	CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE="site-local/1407514.002"
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_LEGACY_FREE is not set
	# CONFIG_BOARD_ASROCK_939A785GMH is not set
	# CONFIG_BOARD_ASROCK_E350M1 is not set
	CONFIG_BOARD_ASROCK_IMB_A180=y
	CONFIG_AZ_PIN=0x2
	# CONFIG_PCI_64BIT_PREF_MEM is not set
	CONFIG_MMCONF_BASE_ADDRESS=0xA0000000
	CONFIG_ID_SECTION_OFFSET=0x80
	CONFIG_XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x100000
	# CONFIG_MMCONF_SUPPORT_DEFAULT is not set
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_SMBIOS_MANUFACTURER="ASROCK"
	CONFIG_SEABIOS_PS2_TIMEOUT=0
	# CONFIG_POWER_BUTTON_FORCE_ENABLE is not set
	CONFIG_LOGICAL_CPUS=y
	CONFIG_IOAPIC=y
	CONFIG_SMP=y
	CONFIG_TTYS0_BAUD=115200
	CONFIG_TTYS0_BASE=0x3f8
	CONFIG_TTYS0_LCS=3
	CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=5
	CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250=y
	# CONFIG_USBDEBUG is not set
	# CONFIG_K8_REV_F_SUPPORT is not set
	CONFIG_CPU_ADDR_BITS=40
	CONFIG_BOARD_ROMSIZE_KB_4096=y
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_64 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_128 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_256 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_512 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_1024 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_2048 is not set
	CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_4096=y
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_8192 is not set
	# CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB_16384 is not set
	CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB=4096
	CONFIG_ROM_SIZE=0x400000
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_SERIAL_NUMBER="IMB-A180"
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_VERSION="1.0"
	CONFIG_MAINBOARD_SMBIOS_PRODUCT_NAME="IMB-A180"
	CONFIG_ARCH_X86=y
	# CONFIG_ARCH_ARMV7 is not set

	#
	# Architecture (x86)
	#
	CONFIG_X86_ARCH_OPTIONS=y
	# CONFIG_MARK_GRAPHICS_MEM_WRCOMB is not set
	# CONFIG_AP_IN_SIPI_WAIT is not set
	# CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM is not set
	CONFIG_STACK_SIZE=0x1000
	CONFIG_MAX_REBOOT_CNT=3
	CONFIG_NUM_IPI_STARTS=2
	CONFIG_X86_BOOTBLOCK_SIMPLE=y
	# CONFIG_X86_BOOTBLOCK_NORMAL is not set
	CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_SOURCE="bootblock_simple.c"
	# CONFIG_UPDATE_IMAGE is not set
	# CONFIG_ROMCC is not set
	CONFIG_PC80_SYSTEM=y
	# CONFIG_HAVE_CMOS_DEFAULT is not set

CONFIG_BOOTBLOCK_SOUTHBRIDGE_INIT="southbridge/amd/agesa/hudson/bootblock.
c"
	CONFIG_IOAPIC_INTERRUPTS_ON_FSB=y
	# CONFIG_IOAPIC_INTERRUPTS_ON_APIC_SERIAL_BUS is not set
	CONFIG_HPET_ADDRESS=0xfed00000
	CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE=y

	#
	# Chipset
	#

	#
	# CPU
	#
	CONFIG_CPU_SOCKET_TYPE=0x10
	# CONFIG_EXT_RT_TBL_SUPPORT is not set
	# CONFIG_EXT_CONF_SUPPORT is not set
	CONFIG_CBB=0x0
	CONFIG_CDB=0x18
	CONFIG_DIMM_SUPPORT=0x0104
	CONFIG_LIFT_BSP_APIC_ID=y
	CONFIG_UDELAY_LAPIC_FIXED_FSB=200
	CONFIG_CPU_AMD_AGESA=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_INIT_TIMER=y
	CONFIG_HIGH_SCRATCH_MEMORY_SIZE=0xA1000
	CONFIG_CPU_AMD_AGESA_FAMILY16_KB=y
	CONFIG_XIP_ROM_BASE=0xfff80000
	CONFIG_SMM_TSEG_SIZE=0
	# CONFIG_SSE2 is not set
	# CONFIG_CPU_INTEL_FIRMWARE_INTERFACE_TABLE is not set
	CONFIG_UDELAY_LAPIC=y
	CONFIG_LAPIC_MONOTONIC_TIMER=y
	# CONFIG_UDELAY_TSC is not set
	# CONFIG_UDELAY_TIMER2 is not set
	# CONFIG_TSC_CALIBRATE_WITH_IO is not set
	CONFIG_TSC_SYNC_LFENCE=y
	# CONFIG_TSC_SYNC_MFENCE is not set
	# CONFIG_CACHE_ROM is not set
	# CONFIG_SMM_TSEG is not set
	CONFIG_X86_AMD_FIXED_MTRRS=y
	CONFIG_CACHE_AS_RAM=y
	CONFIG_AP_SIPI_VECTOR=0xfffff000
	# CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_IN_CBFS is not set
	# CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_GENERATE is not set
	# CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_EXTERNAL is not set
	CONFIG_CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_NONE=y

	#
	# Northbridge
	#
	CONFIG_SB_HT_CHAIN_UNITID_OFFSET_ONLY=y
	CONFIG_VIDEO_MB=0
	CONFIG_AMDMCT=y
	CONFIG_MMCONF_BUS_NUMBER=256
	CONFIG_NORTHBRIDGE_AMD_AGESA=y
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA_MULTI is not set
	# CONFIG_S3_VGA_ROM_RUN is not set
	CONFIG_NORTHBRIDGE_AMD_AGESA_FAMILY16_KB=y
	# CONFIG_AMD_NB_CIMX is not set
	# CONFIG_NORTHBRIDGE_AMD_CIMX_RD890 is not set
	CONFIG_CBFS_SIZE=0x400000
	CONFIG_MAX_PIRQ_LINKS=4

	#
	# Southbridge
	#
	CONFIG_EHCI_BAR=0xfef00000
	CONFIG_EHCI_DEBUG_OFFSET=0xe0
	# CONFIG_AMD_SB_CIMX is not set
	CONFIG_S3_DATA_POS=0xFFFF0000
	CONFIG_S3_DATA_SIZE=32768
	# CONFIG_SOUTHBRIDGE_AMD_CIMX_SB800 is not set
	CONFIG_AHCI_ROM_ID="1022,7801"
	# CONFIG_SOUTHBRIDGE_AMD_CIMX_SB900 is not set
	CONFIG_SOUTHBRIDGE_AMD_AGESA_YANGTZE=y
	# CONFIG_SOUTHBRIDGE_AMD_HUDSON_SKIP_ISA_DMA_INIT is not set
	CONFIG_HUDSON_XHCI_ENABLE=y
	CONFIG_HUDSON_XHCI_FWM=y
	CONFIG_HUDSON_IMC_FWM=y
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_GEC_FWM is not set

CONFIG_HUDSON_XHCI_FWM_FILE="3rdparty/southbridge/amd/yangtze/xhci.bin"

CONFIG_HUDSON_IMC_FWM_FILE="3rdparty/southbridge/amd/yangtze/imc.bin"
	CONFIG_HUDSON_FWM=y
	CONFIG_HUDSON_FWM_POSITION=0xFFC20000
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_IDE is not set
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_RAID is not set
	CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_AHCI=y
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_LEGACY_IDE is not set
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_IDE2AHCI is not set
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_AHCI7804 is not set
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_IDE2AHCI7804 is not set
	CONFIG_HUDSON_SATA_MODE=0x2
	# CONFIG_HUDSON_AHCI_ROM is not set
	CONFIG_AMD_SB_SPI_TX_LEN=64
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
	# CONFIG_SOUTHBRIDGE_INTEL_COMMON is not set

	#
	# Super I/O
	#

	#
	# Embedded Controllers
	#

	#
	# Devices
	#
	# CONFIG_MAINBOARD_HAS_NATIVE_VGA_INIT is not set
	# CONFIG_VGA_ROM_RUN is not set
	# CONFIG_ON_DEVICE_ROM_RUN is not set
	# CONFIG_MULTIPLE_VGA_ADAPTERS is not set
	CONFIG_PCI=y
	# CONFIG_HYPERTRANSPORT_PLUGIN_SUPPORT is not set
	CONFIG_PCIX_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=y
	CONFIG_PCIEXP_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=y
	CONFIG_AGP_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=y
	CONFIG_CARDBUS_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=y
	# CONFIG_AZALIA_PLUGIN_SUPPORT is not set
	# CONFIG_PCIEXP_COMMON_CLOCK is not set
	# CONFIG_PCIEXP_ASPM is not set
	CONFIG_PCI_BUS_SEGN_BITS=0

	#
	# VGA BIOS
	#

	#
	# PXE ROM
	#
	CONFIG_PXE_ROM=y
	CONFIG_PXE_ROM_FILE="../ipxe/src/bin/10ec8168.rom"
	CONFIG_PXE_ROM_ID="10ec,8168"

	#
	# Generic Drivers
	#
	# CONFIG_ELOG is not set
	# CONFIG_IPMI_KCS is not set
	# CONFIG_DRIVER_MAXIM_MAX77686 is not set
	# CONFIG_DRIVERS_OXFORD_OXPCIE is not set
	# CONFIG_DRIVER_PARADE_PS8625 is not set
	# CONFIG_TPM is not set
	# CONFIG_RTL8168_ROM_DISABLE is not set
	# CONFIG_DRIVERS_SIL_3114 is not set
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_EON=y
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MACRONIX=y
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SPANSION=y
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SST=y
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
	# CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_NO_FAST_READ is not set
	CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_GIGADEVICE=y
	# CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_TPS65090 is not set
	CONFIG_MMCONF_SUPPORT=y

	#
	# Console
	#
	CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE=y
	CONFIG_SQUELCH_EARLY_SMP=y
	CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL=y
	CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM1=y
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM2 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM3 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_COM4 is not set
	CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_115200=y
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_57600 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_38400 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_19200 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL_9600 is not set
	# CONFIG_SPKMODEM is not set
	CONFIG_HAVE_USBDEBUG=y
	# CONFIG_HAVE_USBDEBUG_OPTIONS is not set
	# CONFIG_USBDEBUG_IN_ROMSTAGE is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_NE2K is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_CBMEM is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_8 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_7 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_6 is not set
	CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_5=y
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_4 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_3 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_2 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_1 is not set
	# CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_0 is not set
	# CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGBUF is not set
	# CONFIG_NO_POST is not set
	# CONFIG_CMOS_POST is not set
	CONFIG_IO_POST=y
	CONFIG_IO_POST_PORT=0x80
	CONFIG_HAVE_UART_IO_MAPPED=y
	# CONFIG_HAVE_UART_MEMORY_MAPPED is not set
	# CONFIG_HAVE_UART_SPECIAL is not set
	CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME=y
	# CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_SLIC is not set
	CONFIG_HAVE_HARD_RESET=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_MONOTONIC_TIMER=y
	# CONFIG_TIMER_QUEUE is not set
	CONFIG_HAVE_OPTION_TABLE=y
	# CONFIG_PIRQ_ROUTE is not set
	# CONFIG_HAVE_SMI_HANDLER is not set
	CONFIG_PCI_IO_CFG_EXT=y
	CONFIG_CACHE_ROM_SIZE=0x400000
	# CONFIG_USE_WATCHDOG_ON_BOOT is not set
	# CONFIG_VGA is not set
	CONFIG_GFXUMA=y
	# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_MODULES is not set
	CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_TABLES=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_MP_TABLE=y
	CONFIG_HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE=y

	#
	# System tables
	#
	CONFIG_MULTIBOOT=y
	CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLES=y
	CONFIG_GENERATE_MP_TABLE=y
	CONFIG_GENERATE_PIRQ_TABLE=y
	CONFIG_GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLES=y

	#
	# Payload
	#
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_NONE is not set
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_ELF is not set
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_LINUX is not set
	CONFIG_PAYLOAD_SEABIOS=y
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_FILO is not set
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_GRUB2 is not set
	# CONFIG_PAYLOAD_TIANOCORE is not set
	CONFIG_SEABIOS_STABLE=y
	# CONFIG_SEABIOS_MASTER is not set
	CONFIG_PAYLOAD_FILE="$(obj)/seabios/out/bios.bin.elf"
	CONFIG_COMPRESSED_PAYLOAD_LZMA=y

	#
	# Debugging
	#
	# CONFIG_GDB_STUB is not set
	# CONFIG_DEBUG_CBFS is not set
	# CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_RAM_SETUP is not set
	# CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_CAR is not set
	CONFIG_DEBUG_PIRQ=y
	# CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_SMBUS is not set
	# CONFIG_DEBUG_MALLOC is not set
	# CONFIG_DEBUG_ACPI is not set
	# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPI_FLASH is not set
	# CONFIG_TRACE is not set
	# CONFIG_RAMINIT_SYSINFO is not set
	# CONFIG_ENABLE_APIC_EXT_ID is not set
	CONFIG_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=y
	# CONFIG_POWER_BUTTON_DEFAULT_ENABLE is not set
	# CONFIG_POWER_BUTTON_DEFAULT_DISABLE is not set
	# CONFIG_POWER_BUTTON_FORCE_DISABLE is not set
	# CONFIG_POWER_BUTTON_IS_OPTIONAL is not set
	# CONFIG_CHROMEOS is not set



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