[coreboot] coreboot on MSI K9AGM3-F

[Wouter de Groot]

I spoke with carldani in #coreboot about running coreboot on my MSI
K9AGM3-F. Details below. The first problem is that the BIOS is soldered
to the board. However, there is SPI access[1][2]. I understand the code
is not perfect, but should be usable. I'm no expert, but where I can I'd
like to help.

Page [2] builds an external programmer using a parallel port.
Unfortunately, I do not have such a port sitting around. I do have a
serial port. I'd be very pleased if someone could help me build a
programmer for it. I can't make schematics, but I can solder.

At the end of the day, my board needs to be usable. It's not doing
anything mission-critical, but I can't make this an eternal project,
either. I am willing to invest time and effort, perform tests where I
can, provide feedback, that sort of thing.


Board details:
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2300
NB: AMD 960V
SB: ATI SB600
MB: MSI K9AGM3-F
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge
(Internal gfx)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI
Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon
X1200 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
end lspci
Super IO: Fintek F71882FG
BIOS chip type: SOIC8 (also see [1])
URL:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1346&maincat_no=1


[1] http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9302/dsc00351lo.jpg
[2] http://www.fccps.cz/download/adv/frr/spi/msi_spi.html
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