coreboot-kgpe-d16/Documentation/mainboard/asus/p8h61-m_lx.md

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ASUS P8H61-M LX

This page describes how to run coreboot on the ASUS P8H61-M LX.

Flashing coreboot

+---------------------+------------+
| Type                | Value      |
+=====================+============+
| Socketed flash      | yes        |
+---------------------+------------+
| Model               | W25Q32BV   |
+---------------------+------------+
| Size                | 4 MiB      |
+---------------------+------------+
| Package             | DIP-8      |
+---------------------+------------+
| Write protection    | no         |
+---------------------+------------+
| Dual BIOS feature   | no         |
+---------------------+------------+
| Internal flashing   | yes        |
+---------------------+------------+

Internal programming

The main SPI flash can be accessed using flashrom. By default, only the BIOS region of the flash is writable. If you wish to change any other region (Management Engine or flash descriptor), then an external programmer is required.

The following command may be used to flash coreboot:

$ sudo flashrom --noverify-all --ifd -i bios -p internal -w coreboot.rom

The use of --noverify-all is required since the Management Engine region is not readable even by the host.

Known issues

  • S3 suspend/resume does not work. This is the case for both coreboot and the vendor firmware, tested with Linux 4.9, Linux 4.17, and OpenBSD 6.3. Interestingly, it is possible to resume from S3 with Linux, but only if the resume is started immediately after the suspend.

  • There is no automatic, OS-independent fan control. This is because the Super I/O hardware monitor can only obtain valid CPU temperature readings from the PECI agent, whose complete initialisation is not publicly documented. The coretemp driver can still be used for accurate CPU temperature readings.

Untested

  • PCIe graphics
  • parallel port
  • PS/2 keyboard
  • EHCI debug
  • S/PDIF audio

Working

  • USB
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • integrated graphics
  • PCIe
  • SATA
  • PS/2 mouse
  • serial port
  • hardware monitor (see Known issues for caveats)
  • onboard audio
  • front panel audio
  • native raminit (2 x 2GB, DDR3-1333)
  • native graphics init (libgfxinit)
  • flashrom under the vendor firmware
  • flashrom under coreboot
  • Wake-on-LAN
  • Using me_cleaner (add -S --whitelist EFFS,FCRS if not using me_cleaner as part of the coreboot build process).

Technology

+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| Northbridge      | :doc:`../../northbridge/intel/sandybridge/index` |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| Southbridge      | bd82x6x                                          |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| CPU              | model_206ax                                      |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| Super I/O        | Nuvoton NCT6776                                  |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| EC               | None                                             |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| Coprocessor      | Intel Management Engine                          |
+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

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