[coreboot-gerrit] Patch set updated for coreboot: nb/intel/x4x: Fix underclocking of 800MHz DDR2 RAM

Damien Zammit (damien@zamaudio.com) gerrit at coreboot.org
Sun Jun 19 14:27:54 CEST 2016


Damien Zammit (damien at zamaudio.com) just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at https://review.coreboot.org/15257

-gerrit

commit da7f72449f178052c5389dda8003bcf92dcfc6f5
Author: Damien Zammit <damien at zamaudio.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 18 23:57:43 2016 +1000

    nb/intel/x4x: Fix underclocking of 800MHz DDR2 RAM
    
    Previously, any 800MHz DIMMs were being slowed to 667MHz
    for no reason other than there was a bug in the maximum
    frequency detection code for the MCH.
    
    Change-Id: Id6c6c88c4a40631f6caf52f536a939a43cb3faf1
    Signed-off-by: Damien Zammit <damien at zamaudio.com>
---
 src/northbridge/intel/x4x/raminit.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/raminit.c
index 4f5575c..fb9f1fd 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/raminit.c
@@ -264,11 +264,13 @@ static u8 msbpos(u8 val) //Reverse
 
 static void mchinfo_ddr2(struct sysinfo *s)
 {
+	u8 capablefreq, maxfreq;
+
 	const u32 eax = cpuid_ext(0x04, 0).eax;
 	s->cores = ((eax >> 26) & 0x3f) + 1;
 	printk(BIOS_WARNING, "%d CPU cores\n", s->cores);
 
-	u32 capid = pci_read_config16(PCI_DEV(0,0,0), 0xe8);
+	u32 capid = pci_read_config16(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), 0xe8);
 	if (!(capid & (1<<(79-64)))) {
 		printk(BIOS_WARNING, "iTPM enabled\n");
 	}
@@ -282,7 +284,19 @@ static void mchinfo_ddr2(struct sysinfo *s)
 		printk(BIOS_WARNING, "AMT enabled\n");
 	}
 
-	s->max_ddr2_mhz = (capid & (1<<(53-32)))?667:800;
+	maxfreq = MEM_CLOCK_800MHz;
+	capablefreq = (u8)((pci_read_config16(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), 0xea) >> 4) & 0x3f);
+	capablefreq &= 0x7;
+	if (capablefreq)
+		maxfreq = capablefreq + 1;
+
+	if (maxfreq > MEM_CLOCK_800MHz)
+		maxfreq = MEM_CLOCK_800MHz;
+
+	if (maxfreq < MEM_CLOCK_667MHz)
+		maxfreq = MEM_CLOCK_667MHz;
+
+	s->max_ddr2_mhz = (maxfreq == MEM_CLOCK_800MHz) ? 800 : 667;
 	printk(BIOS_WARNING, "Capable of DDR2 of %d MHz or lower\n", s->max_ddr2_mhz);
 
 	if (!(capid & (1<<(48-32)))) {
@@ -297,7 +311,6 @@ static void sdram_detect_ram_speed(struct sysinfo *s)
 	u8 cas;
 	u8 lowcas;
 	u8 highcas;
-	u8 maxfreq;
 	u8 freq = 0;
 
 	// Find max FSB speed
@@ -317,19 +330,11 @@ static void sdram_detect_ram_speed(struct sysinfo *s)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	// Find RAM speed
-	maxfreq = (u8) ((pci_read_config16(PCI_DEV(0,0,0), 0xea) >> 4) & 0x3f);
+	// Max RAM speed
 	if (s->spd_type == DDR2) {
 
-		// Limit frequency for MCH
-		maxfreq &= 0x7;
-		freq = MEM_CLOCK_800MHz;
-		if (maxfreq) {
-			freq = maxfreq;
-		}
-		if (freq > MEM_CLOCK_800MHz) {
-			freq = MEM_CLOCK_800MHz;
-		}
+		// Choose max memory frequency for MCH as previously detected
+		freq = (s->max_ddr2_mhz == 800) ? MEM_CLOCK_800MHz : MEM_CLOCK_667MHz;
 
 		// Detect a common CAS latency
 		commoncas = 0xff;



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