coreboot-kgpe-d16/util/board_status
Paul Menzel a8843dee58 Use more secure HTTPS URLs for coreboot sites
The coreboot sites support HTTPS, and requests over HTTP with SSL are
also redirected. So use the more secure URLs, which also saves a
request most of the times, as nothing needs to be redirected.

Run the command below to replace all occurences.

```
$ git grep -l -E 'http://(www.|review.|)coreboot.org'
| xargs sed -i 's,http://\(.*\)coreboot.org,https://\1coreboot.org,g'
```

Change-Id: If53f8b66f1ac72fb1a38fa392b26eade9963c369
Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/20034
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
2017-06-07 12:04:50 +02:00
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to-wiki Use more secure HTTPS URLs for coreboot sites 2017-06-07 12:04:50 +02:00
README board-status: Add README 2017-02-20 04:43:39 +01:00
board_status.sh
getrevision.sh
set_up_live_image.sh

README

General information on boot logs
================================
To gather good boot logs, you must set the debug level to Spew.

If your board uses CMOS configuration[1], you can do it like this:
nvramtool -w debug_level=Spew

Else you will need to have to set the default log level at compile
time, to do that go in "Console  --->" in make menuconfig, then set
"Default console log level" to SPEW

Rereference:
------------
[1] in make menuconfig you should have: [*] Use CMOS for configuration values
    This option is also known as CONFIG_USE_OPTION_TABLE in Kconfig.
Information trough SSH
======================
board_status.sh can gather information trough ssh with the -r
option.

When using "-r <host>", The script will attempt to log into
root@<host>.
In order for "-r <host>" to work, the script has to be able
to log into the remote host's root account, without having
to provide a password.
That can be achieved with the use of SSH keys and ssh-agent.

board_status.sh expects the remote host to have the following
programs in its path: cbmem, dmesg

Boot log gathering trough a serial port
=======================================
When using -s </dev/xxx>, board_status.sh starts by retrieving the
boot log trough the serial port.

To produce such logs, power off the board, run board_status.sh
with the right arguments, power on the board.
At that point the logs will be displayed by board_status.sh as they
are produced by the board.

Enter will have to be pressed once the board has booted and is in a
state where the script is able to log into that board.

Publishing
==========
The -u switch will publish the results: It will make a git patch out
of the status information, that will be directly pushed in the
board-status repository.
It expects the user to already have an account in coreboot's gerrit
instance.