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This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=e1h9yUaMZAsTwIEN&templete=2 A8N-SLI Deluxe]''' board.
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This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=J9FKa8z2xVId3pDK A8N-SLI]''' board.
  
 
== Status ==
 
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== Building coreboot ==
 
== Building coreboot ==
  
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Note: you can use the same target as for the [[ASUS A8N-E]] board. At the time of writing there's no specific target for the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe.
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Note: you can use the same target as for the [[ASUS A8N-E]] board. At the time of writing there's no specific target for the ASUS A8N-SLI.
  
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$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
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See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
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$ cd coreboot-v2/targets
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$ ./buildtarget asus/a8n_e
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$ cd asus/a8n_e/asus_a8n_e
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Now place your payload in this directory and name it '''payload.elf'''. Complete the build with:
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$ make
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The resulting '''coreboot.rom''' file (512 KB) can now be flashed using e.g. [[flashrom]].
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== Known issues ==
 
== Known issues ==

Revision as of 08:20, 5 May 2010

This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the A8N-SLI board.

Status

Device/functionality Status Comments
CPU
CPU works OK Tested: TODO
L1 cache enabled OK CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
L2 cache enabled OK CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line)
L3 cache enabled N/A
Multiple CPU support N/A
Multi-core support Untested
Hardware virtualization N/A
RAM
EDO N/A
SDRAM N/A
SO-DIMM N/A
DDR WIP See known Issues, only DIMMs A2_B2 or B2 will allow boot.
DDR2 N/A
DDR3 N/A
Dual channel support Untested
ECC support Untested
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"
On-board IDE 2.5" N/A
On-board SATA WIP See known Issues, Only SATA port 3 is tested as working
On-board SCSI Unknown
On-board USB
On-board VGA N/A
On-board Ethernet
On-board Audio WIP This is being worked on.
On-board Modem N/A
On-board FireWire N/A
On-board Smartcard reader N/A
On-board CompactFlash N/A
On-board PCMCIA N/A
On-board Wifi N/A
On-board Bluetooth N/A
On-board SD card reader N/A
Add-on slots/cards
ISA add-on cards N/A
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards N/A
PCI add-on cards No see known issues
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
PCI Express x2 add-on cards N/A
PCI Express x4 add-on cards Untested
PCI Express x8 add-on cards N/A
PCI Express x16 add-on cards WIP Will boot with a card in PCIEX16_1, if card outputs to screen is untested
PCI Express x32 add-on cards N/A
HTX add-on cards N/A
Legacy / Super I/O
Floppy WIP
Serial port 1 (COM1) OK
Serial port 2 (COM2) N/A
Parallel port
PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
Game port WIP
Infrared N/A
PC speaker
DiskOnChip N/A
Input
Trackpoint N/A
Touchpad N/A
Fn Hotkeys N/A
Fingerprint Reader N/A
Laptop
Docking VGA N/A
Docking LAN N/A
Docking USB N/A
Docking Audio N/A
Docking Displayport N/A
Thinklight N/A
Webcam N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control
Hardware watchdog N/A
SMBus Unknown
CAN bus N/A
CPU frequency scaling No Needs (at least partial) ACPI support.
Other powersaving features N/A
ACPI No There's no ACPI implementation for this board.
Reboot
Poweroff
Suspend Unknown
Nonstandard LEDs
High precision event timers (HPET)
Random number generator (RNG) N/A
Wake on modem ring Untested
Wake on LAN
Wake on keyboard Untested
Wake on mouse Untested
Flashrom OK

Building coreboot

Note: you can use the same target as for the ASUS A8N-E board. At the time of writing there's no specific target for the ASUS A8N-SLI.

See the Build HOWTO for information on how to build coreboot for this board.

Known issues

  • The MAC address is stored in flash for almost all CK804/MCP55 boards. All of these boards flashed with coreboot probably have the same MAC address. See src/southbridge/nvidia/ck804/romstrap.inc and src/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/romstrap.inc for details. On some of these boards, the MAC address is stored in a separate EEPROM, but you can't count on that.
  • halt -p / shutdown -P fails due to no acpi
  • possible issue if PCI card in PCI_1 causing hang
  • SATA ports 1 and 2 will not allow disk to be found SATA port 3 works and 4 is untested.

RAM

  • 512mb ram, DIMM A1 ( 1x512mb ) - Boots
  • 512mb ram, DIMM A2 ( 1x512mb ) - Hangs
  • 512mb ram, DIMM B1 ( 1x512mb ) - Hangs
  • 512mb ram, DIMM B2 ( 1x512mb ) - Hangs
  • 1gb ram, DIMMs A2_B2 ( 2x512mb ) - Boots
  • 1.5Gb Ram, DIMMS A2_B2_B1 (3x512Mb) - Hangs on Ram2.00
  • 1.5Gb Ram, DIMMS A2_B2_A1 (3x512Mb) - Hangs on Ram2.00
  • 1.5Gb Ram, DIMMS A2_B2_B1_A1 (4x512Mb) - Hangs on Ram2.00

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