[coreboot] Success! Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)

[Mark C. Mason]

Wim, you nailed it.  With a single-rank SODIMM the ASROCK IMB_A180 
coreboot build succeeds.

Much obliged!

We will look into the memory controller code next, as our design will 
use double-rank SODIMMs.

Mark Mason
Engineering Design Team


> Hello Mark,
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> Have you tried using a slower SODIMM yet? I have seen issues here myself that were caused by the faster especially dual rank SODIMMs.
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> The easy solution is to simply use a slower or single rank SODIMM. The real solution is to manipulate the AGESA code for correct initialization of the memory controller.
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> Best Regards,
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> Wim Vervoorn
> Eltan B.V.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org] On Behalf Of Mark C. Mason
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:59 PM
> To: coreboot at coreboot.org
> Subject: [coreboot] Fwd: IMB-A180E H coreboot won't boot (new)
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> I'm new to coreboot, and I'm working to use it with an ASROCK IMB-A180, the H version with the LVDS port.
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> I've read previous posts regarding the "IMB-A180 won't boot" on this group, and tried the .config that was posted, but the result is the same.
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> The debugging output shows things progressing until agesawwrapper_amdinitmid is called, then the boot restarts, then stops cold at the same point:
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>            PCI: 00:18.4
>            PCI: 00:18.5
>         Done allocating resources.
>         BS: BS_DEV_RESOURCES times (us): entry 0 run 1095130 exit 0
>         POST: 0x74
>         Enabling resources...
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>         Fam16 - domain_enable_resources: AmdInitMid.
>         agesawrapper_amdinitmid
> <garbage characters>     Tue Feb 4     16:46:38 PST
> 2014 starting...
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> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Full serial debug output and .config are attached below.
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> Best regards,
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> Mark Mason
> Engineering Design Team
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