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Duncan Laurie 215f278563 ELOG: Support for non-memory mapped flash
If the event log is stored in flash that is not memory
mapped then it must use the SPI controller to read from
the flash device instead of relying on memory accesses.

In addition a new CBMEM ID is added to keep an resident
copy of the ELOG around if needed.  The use of CBMEM for
this is guarded by a new CONFIG_ELOG_CBMEM config option.
This CBMEM buffer is created and filled late in the process
when the SMBIOS table is being created because CBMEM is
not functional when ELOG is first initialized.

The downside to using CBMEM is that events added via the
SMI handler at runtime are not reflected in the CBMEM copy
because I don't want to let the SMM handler write to memory
outside the TSEG region.

In reality the only time we add runtime events is at kernel
shutdown so the impact is limited.

Test:
1) Test with CONFIG_ELOG_CBMEM enabled to ensure the event
log is operational and SMBIOS points to address in CBMEM.
The test should involve at least on reboot to ensure that the
kernel is able to write events as well.

> mosys -l smbios info log | grep ^address
address              | 0xacedd000

> mosys eventlog list
0 | 2012-10-10 14:02:46 | Log area cleared | 4096
1 | 2012-10-10 14:02:46 | System boot | 478
2 | 2012-10-10 14:02:46 | System Reset
3 | 2012-10-10 14:03:33 | Kernel Event | Clean Shutdown
4 | 2012-10-10 14:03:34 | System boot | 479
5 | 2012-10-10 14:03:34 | System Reset

2) Test with CONFIG_ELOG_CBMEM disabled to ensure the event
log is operational and SMBIOS points to memory mapped flash.
The test should involve at least on reboot to ensure that the
kernel is able to write events as well.

> mosys -l smbios info log | grep ^address
address              | 0xffbf0000

> mosys eventlog list
0 | 2012-10-10 14:33:17 | Log area cleared | 4096
1 | 2012-10-10 14:33:18 | System boot | 480
2 | 2012-10-10 14:33:18 | System Reset
3 | 2012-10-10 14:33:35 | Kernel Event | Clean Shutdown
4 | 2012-10-10 14:33:36 | System boot | 481
5 | 2012-10-10 14:33:36 | System Reset

Change-Id: I87755d5291ce209c1e647792227c433dc966615d
Signed-off-by: Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/1776
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2012-11-12 17:09:39 +01:00
3rdparty@631f0a8209 Updated submodule reference 2012-11-12 04:21:27 +01:00
documentation AMD S3: Add a document about S3 on AMD platform 2012-08-15 23:19:50 +02:00
payloads libpayload: Add an option to skip console initialization on startup. 2012-11-09 22:55:38 +01:00
src ELOG: Support for non-memory mapped flash 2012-11-12 17:09:39 +01:00
util ifdtool: Dump more registers from FD 2012-11-12 06:56:03 +01:00
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README

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coreboot README
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coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS
(firmware) found in most computers.  coreboot performs a little bit of
hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a
payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic,
coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly
firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom
bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or
UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary
in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space
required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.


Payloads
--------

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.


Supported Hardware
------------------

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices


Build Requirements
------------------

 * gcc / g++
 * make

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
-----------------

Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.


Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
------------------------------------------------

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide
to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run
coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.


Website and Mailing List
------------------------

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

  http://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

  http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist


Copyright and License
---------------------

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual
developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)",
and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which
were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply.
Please check the individual source files for details.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.